Inspired by but not entirely related to
http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=72163502

No need to program a smart dummy just provide more control mechanisms. (programming the pathing would be easy, the clickable map slightly more complex.)
Driver would still have to engage after a wave.

This post was edited by DBishop on Apr 18 2016 07:38pm

id vote yes, but clearly there is no unbiased option... i like the idea only because of does not reveal any unexplored area.

Needs tweaking, it should not even follow THROUGH unexplored areas to get to the spot you want it to get to. It should travel the fastest path that is already explored.

If what I wrote exactly how you percieve it to work, then I would change vote to yes... comes in handy with Dummy Driver as well in some instances...
[meaning that the dummy driver doesn't decide to go back over the path it just took :P ]

This post was edited by izParagonzi on Apr 18 2016 08:29pm

Love it, anything that helps the player drive less gets a yes from me. As long as it's not a super slow dummy driver

bump

Voted yes.

I like it because it only moves through explored areas

bump

what if you got spun and there isnt a way to return?

would the delay between spaces be just as slow as the current dummy pilot?

to be honest its a decent idea but i think it would be at the bottom of the list if we were actually going to add new features

If you were spun to a unexplored area you would have to explore manually.
For the purpose of pathing think of unexplored squares just like walls. The dummy can't generate a travel plan the go thru them because the dummy is just as blind as a player is to the contents of the unexplored area.

Delay between spaces could be anywhere between instantaneous and the current dummy speed.

Imo, it should always find out to the nearest "unexplored area" and then be a dummy and explore, if it get spun to already explored it would find it's way back to "unexplored" shortest way ofc, and faster than what it is today.