How pervasive are the bots? And would getting rid of the bots means that it would take longer to match up games? Or that games would be more uneven?
My exposure to Steemmonsters is still tiny compared to everyone else, but I thought that the variation of games and mana levels made it hard to bot? Are bots able to make a different deck for 27 mana melee only games and 16 mana weak magic games? Or do they make one deck and just lose all those games?
Love that you're thinking of new ways to improve the game... I'm still finding it pretty fun to play... but the daily quests do feel pretty grindy, especially if you get a few people surrendering in a row and it doesn't count towards the daily quest total.
There's a specific team which is 15 mana and really difficult to beat.
Silvershield Paladin, Divine Healer, Peacebringer. All level 3.
When the mana cap is higher, the bots add additional cards, like elven cutthroat and cyclops, usually at level 1.
It's a particularly difficult team to crack, regardless of ruleset, even if you know what they're going to play. Easiest is magic, but a lot of new players don't have much magic firepower.
A royal dragon archer would be an elegant solution, Snipe poison taking out the divine healer, then the Peacebringer. There aren't many of those around, though.
Oh yeah, I've definitely come across this deck, and I'm pretty sure I've lost every time.