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Koochi-Q's avatar
Koochi-Q
6 years ago

Re: EA - Stop Making Free Games To Deter Cheating!

@Aegis_Kleais I understand what you’re saying but same can be said as to a severe of punishment. Break a rule 1-3 years in prison or $20K? You get the same punishment for beating someone up...

A good punishment should be just and strict, but it should be customized. For someone not invested in Apex at all an IP punishment for a set period will be nothing, but for an individual who spends hours upon hours of playing it will make them think twice. Catch my drift?

TOKYO DRIFT! Ha haha ha!!! Need for Speed!!!

9 Replies

  • GRiPSViGiL's avatar
    GRiPSViGiL
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago

    @Koochi-QOkay..to harsh?! Then allow me to beat up cheaters! There never has been one that will agree to meet me though.  

    Allow cheaters to be legally beat down.  Like a purge.

  • Aegis_Kleais's avatar
    Aegis_Kleais
    Rising Hotshot
    6 years ago
    @GRiPSViGiL I've heard horror stories from some overseas Internet Cafes where the people caught a cheater in an online game that they were all playing, and, well, suffice it to say, it did not end well for the cheater.

    Society will tell us we're wrong for wanting that kind of justice. Society wants the law abiding to just absorb the loss. It's not designed to protect the innocent or punish those who deserve it. Kinda like an under-funded police station in a high-crime area. Hooray for playing by the book, right?

    But the "purge" comment. I kinda chuckled at that. Lemme know if you run for office. You got my vote, lol.
  • BaldWraithSimp's avatar
    BaldWraithSimp
    6 years ago
    @GRiPSViGiL How about you have to provide your full identity before playing a game? So if you are caught cheating, devs will know who you are and then ban you from their respective games. Like you can't even buy a new PC to play cuz you have to authenticate your identity.
  • KelRiever's avatar
    KelRiever
    6 years ago

    Sorry, paying for games NEVER lowered the number of cheaters.

    There are cheaters everywhere, even in games that are dead with next to no population.

    if anything, cheating increases with a game’s popularity.  And Apex is popular enough.

    if you want to pay for a game,  you’ll just help executives make more money.  Because you better believe it isn’t going to the developers.  And no, you won’t put a dent in cheating. That’s something Epic should realize keeps people away from their game, even if it is for free, and they should do something about it, like ISP bans.

  • xpl0its's avatar
    xpl0its
    6 years ago
    @KelRiever

    If people are banned, they have to create a new account, then pay for the game over, each time they are banned, why isn't this going to have any effect on cheating?

    I'm not sure why someone would want to pay over and over for a game, each time they are caught...

    hmm
  • Adendon's avatar
    Adendon
    6 years ago

    I mean, paying for fallout 76 didn't stop it from being plagued by hackers, I doubt making Apex a paid game would make it any different.

  • xpl0its's avatar
    xpl0its
    6 years ago

    I guess the way to consider it, would be like saying, there are going to be the Hardcore Cheaters,those who spend vast amounts of time and energy trying to circumnavigate, and for those, well they might figure how to get away without needing a new account and paying for the game over.

    For the Casual Cheater, who spends no time learning this Black Art, just gets a cheat and wants to play, and that's the end of their efforts, I can see that when these types of people get their accounts banned, and they want to play again, they are going to need to create a new account and they will have to purchase the game over.

    So the question I'd assume that would be on the minds of the DEV TEAM is, how many people will they be able to deter with this sort of thing...

    I personally still believe that if people are caught cheating, and they have to create a new account and then you have to start the game over, and you also have to pay again, this will deter some people.

    I never said it was 'The Solution', or the Perfect Solution, it's just an 'Added Layer', and the only way to over come something like this, is by adding/including as many layers of security/protection as possible, for the best possible outcome...

  • KelRiever's avatar
    KelRiever
    6 years ago

    pay what for a used account?  Nothing really. Done all the time o