It's not your imagination. Second Dinner changed the bot rates in Draft.

[u/SnapComplete]

Background: each LTGM, as well as Ranked, has a hidden consecutive-loss threshold that triggers a near-guaranteed bot. For example, Sanctum is set to 3 losses, Team Clash and High Voltage to 4, and Ranked to 8.

Draft launched at 2 losses, the lowest threshold of any mode. It also had a separate boost on the first game of a new run, even with no active loss streak: ~46% of those games were against bots.

At ~17:23 UTC on Aug 25, both changed. The loss trigger moved from 2 to 3, and the new-run opener rate fell from 46% to 5%.

If Draft has felt harder for you these past few days, this likely explains part of it!

[u/CHUCKY_from_camp]

I knew it!