Dungeons: "Do dungeons" and a search completed in one minute

The finding

From 13 to 30 October, the autonomous players only did 164 dungeon runs:

• 15% of bosses killed, and no success in Outland or Northrend;
• roles came from class alone: paladins, druids and shamans were never tanks or healers;
• healers often stayed in Shadowform, without healing;
• tanks died first, overwhelmed;
• the queue held one tank for 0.18 healer and 5.4 damage dealers, and only 10% of sign-ups succeeded;
• the random dungeon, which gives the satchel and emblems, did not work.

The fixes

• Group combat:
• the tank takes its stance before pulling, starts with the smallest pack and waits for its group;
• paladins, shamans and druids finally heal, the tank first;
• the healer leaves Shadowform to heal;
• the dead and pets are raised between fights;
• two wipes on the same pack make the group leave the dungeon;
• entry refusals caused by a fall not reset properly are fixed.
• Sign-up:
• roles are read from talents; below level 40, a character ticks every role it has the tools for, and the game chooses;
• access is judged by real strength;
• the random dungeon is fixed and preferred;
• dungeons with vehicles, escorts or dialogues are set aside;
• a queued character stays available for its group.
• For players:
• auto mode offers "Do dungeons", random or a chosen dungeon;
• a player's search is completed first by free autonomous players in game, then, after 60 seconds, by temporary brains of their level and item level, who leave them the loot;
• these brains come from a pool of dedicated accounts, never mixed with players' accounts, and are removed at every start.

Checked on the test server

• Random search by a lone level 20 player: four temporary brains are called at 45 seconds, ready 3 seconds later at level 20 with 16 pieces each, and the group is formed and teleported after 56 seconds.
• "Do dungeons" mode: same sequence, group formed in 55 seconds. In the dungeon, the tank pulls, the healer shields, the player's character follows. No death.
• Groups of autonomous players alone: no group formed yet in an hour. Each faction lacked a tank or a healer: the finder does not mix factions, and above level 40, switching roles requires a trip to the trainer.
• No error, no crash, and normal CPU use.

Still open

• Groups made of autonomous players alone, which lack tanks and healers.
• Low level warriors without Defensive Stance, learned through a class quest that is not handled.
• Progress inside the dungeon, safe but slow.
• Raids, the next step of the work.

Deployment

The new module version is installed on the server. The autonomous players stay stopped; a player's dungeon search works right now.