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Maxx0mega
2 years ago
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I just started playing - Gotta ask.

Hey guys. Nice to meet you. I just started playing and I was wondering. Is there a lot of cheating going on in this game? I don't want to accuse anyone but I keep getting killed so easily over and o...
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  • UP_Hawxxeye's avatar
    UP_Hawxxeye
    2 years ago

    @Maxx0mega
    Welcome Maxx !
    I general most of the weirder deaths you will ever experience are just flaws in the game's way to showing you where you were and how long you were being shot for.
    2042 for all its demerits, has done a good job reducing the cheating compared to previous entries.

    The players who are really good at the game are having such good map awareness that they can predict where to expect someone to be at around a door. Some of them are really good at listening for footsteps.
    Even without that, there is a great deal of spotting from gadgets etc that will betray your location.

    As some of the better infantry players seem to say. Winning in Battlefield gunfights is more about having the better positioning than the superior aiming. If you practice that, then you will have a lot less deaths.


    You should also look up for informative BF2042 related creators. I would recommend TheCadWoman on youtube for fairly information dense 2042 news and tips videos.

    Be sure to ask away in this forums if you need more info about something. Good Lord, we could use a break from raging at the machine and show the ropes to someone who wishes to learn.

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UP_LordPlumber
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago

@Maxx0megaCheating is very minimal in this game. In my nearly 2000 hours I've seen 3-5 "obvious" cheaters. Alot less than in previous games.

With a little 2042 experience, you're destined to get killed over and over again. Its just the way it is.

There are too many ways others can see and anticipate you - Motion detectors, literal wallhack scanners, AOE vehicle scanners, drones etc.

All of this takes time to learn.

And on top of that, you have people with thousands of hours of experience in this game who know every corner, every bush in and out.

My advice is to take things slower. Practice your aim in Portal shooting ranges to dial in your aiming and settings. Make sure Universal Soldier Aiming is ON, and adjust the slider depending on how you feel. Although most good players prefer to have it on 0.

Don't rush players in multiplayer. Use cover as much as possible. The biggest mistake I see is people running at full sprints across empty spaces without any idea of where they going. Take cover, peak, make sure its safe to run for the next one. Rinse and repeat.

Stay away from large crowds of people. I know it might sound counter-intuitive to stay away from large groups of people, but in there, you're even more likely to get mowed down by some cracked-up Macay running at Mach 1 in full body armor with the sweatiest gun in the known universe.


  • SnubbyFighter's avatar
    SnubbyFighter
    2 years ago

    The game engine has always done a poor job of preventing cheating over the years and they just keep copying over from past games. So yeah there's definitely cheating and lots of it. Not to mention repetitive bugs and extra bugs on top due to accumulative spaghetti code. Maybe someday EA will retire the Frost....Cheatbite engine, but until then expect any pvp game built on it to be a mess. 

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