In Gray Zone Warfare, it sometimes feels like the NPCs are using an aimbot. Now the developers have responded to the frustrating issue.
What is the issue with the NPCs? In Gray Zone Warfare, it can currently happen that NPCs accurately attack and eliminate you over very large distances.
The tracking of NPCs is sometimes too strong, inconsistent, and unrealistic. There are instances where they track your movements precisely even when there is no line of sight. You will also be hit by their shots accurately even when you are already behind cover.
NPCs should better recognize blocked lines of sight
What do the developers plan to do about it? As the developers of Gray Zone Warfare explained in a community briefing on YouTube, they want to tone down the “aimbot AI”:
“We are working to rein in the aimbot AI. They currently display unusual behaviors, and the developers are working to make them more consistent and less accurate at distance, and to make the AI tracking more consistent with the line of sight.”
Thus, the artificial intelligence is supposed to shoot less accurately at great distances in the future and also better recognize the environment. The fact that NPCs accurately shoot at you through walls or objects is expected to be avoided in the future.
Is it going to be too easy for you now? No. The developers emphasize in the community briefing that Gray Zone Warfare is meant to be a challenging game.
The team continues to work on the shooter and wants to make the AI both smarter and more challenging. Only the feeling that the NPCs are using an aimbot is to be addressed. That is indeed a bit too strong and, above all, inconsistent.
This was also one of the issues that the German content creator and shooter expert Fabian Siegismund criticized in his video about Gray Zone Warfare. What else he complained about can be found on MeinMMO: “Still relatively shit, yet surprisingly fun” – German shooter expert draws conclusion on Gray Zone Warfare
