I just tried a custom battle loaded with bots. The bots may catch the bomb but I didn’t see any intent. Bombs were ignored but a couple were captured. Capturing the bomb gets attention, even if you’re (probably) outside of their sensor range. After I decided to go for the bomb I got at most 4 locks. Also, two of the interceptors with RFB had 3km range. I never saw a bot attempt to plant even when practical.
Perhaps the bot’s behavior in detonation is partially fixed, now they at least understand there’s a bomb that’s valuable. Before it was completely ignored. The bots didn’t avoid the bomb though, which seems odd. I understand if the devs think they don’t have the strategic stills to carry it, nor do they want the bots to carry a team, but they would still capture. I would prefer it if bots intentionally avoided capturing the bomb just so they don’t carry a player who doesn’t understand how to win.
Also, most of the time I was targetted, it was lasers. I received minimal damage from assault rails, a few hits from RFB but I’ll chalk that up to 3km ranke and spread. Almost all appreciable damage was lasers. Oddly enough I was able to avoid dieing by fly skills. Perhaps the devs changed something, maybe a minor slow barrel effect. Maybe I’ve gotten better, or my ship did. Bots with lasers are deadlier than humans, but I’m not sure if I got better or they got worse. Bots were gone for a while.
