Ban cheaters at the PC hardware level.
I agree with the opinion that cheaters should be banned at the PC hardware level. I don't just mean at the MAC address level, which they could change, but at the level of the entire hardware combinat...
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I agree, but you think that would stop them? there is pleanty of ways to HWID spoof any hardware ban. Microsoft tried this years ago with Windows activation and it was a disaster for them.
It also means that some get caught in the cross fire. for example you buy a PC from someone who was hardware banned, you then have to attempt to reverse this, not gonna happen.
I get the frustration, as these games are rife with cheats. I even came across one in the BF beta They had a KD of 67-2 and were pinpoint with their accuracy. Shame these soap eaters exist, but I just move to another server, or better yet rent one and ban them from that!
