Hackers & EA's Lip Service.
Quote: "We take all reports very seriously and will fully investigate" How is this an effective way of dealing with the problem? How many reports do you receive hourly? how long do they take to sort...
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What bothers me the most is the fact that not a single anti cheat system ever worked/works properly. There's never been a PC shooter without cheaters. How hard can it be to remove people that use software that taps into the game to give an unfair advantage. That's not meant in a bad way, more like a serious question. At this point I'd like them to make it so you can't run anything but the game itself, a voice chat program and something like OBS if that means we can finally have a cheat-less game.
@Derunik wrote:
people that use software that taps into the game to give an unfair advantageHere's the thing, Discord, Steam, TeamSpeak etc.. basically anything that creates an overlay can be hooked into the game. If they banned people for any software changes, they would be banning any and all users who use the above as well. And yes, I'm aware you can use Discord to inject further files into the game, which is why the cheating situation will never be controlled.
Especially since most gaming sites are dumb, and promote the use of Discord, which is one of the biggest tools to cheat in most game.
@Jungle-Beard wrote:
@Derunik wrote:
people that use software that taps into the game to give an unfair advantageHere's the thing, Discord, Steam, TeamSpeak etc.. basically anything that creates an overlay can be hooked into the game. If they banned people for any software changes, they would be banning any and all users who use the above as well. And yes, I'm aware you can use Discord to inject further files into the game, which is why the cheating situation will never be controlled.
Especially since most gaming sites are dumb, and promote the use of Discord, which is one of the biggest tools to cheat in most game.
none of the programs you mention alter game files or inject .dll's like the vast majority of hacks do. You can eliminate hacks without messing with other peripheral apps people use. There are games like overwatch that have almost no cheating at all. I have played that game from launch, and I still play it and I have ran into one or two cheaters, period. In Apex legends I run into them every couple matches.
Respawn can do better. It's just a matter of "will they?" before their game takes a major hit in popularity like pubg did. Pubg's devs were very smug when fans were begging for stronger anti-cheat protections and they really thought that their game was so popular it didn't matter what they did, people would just play it. It wasn't until their player count tanked dramatically that they started to panic and take it seriously.
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