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THDNA's avatar
3 years ago

Hackers are disabling the PC GW2 MP servers

There are currently massive hacker attacks on PC GW2 multiplayer. Hackers are crushing game lobbies and skipping maps indefinitely so nobody can play the game. Most of the servers are down again because of them. You will see indefinite loading when getting into some lobbies on some servers, And for some other lobbies, the same matchmaking issue as last time. And the remaining lobbies are constantly under threat from hackers. The hackers this time are Chinese so they target majorly Asian servers, and NA West (2nd lowest ping for Chinese). The ID of the hackers who have been crashing lobbies day and night is *snip* and *snip*. They taunt other players on social media and even upload footage to show their hacking. And the ID of the hacker who is actively using map skipping mod is *snip* who also crushed lobbies for days several months ago. Please ban these hackers and investigate their mods to improve anti-cheat on PC. Remember EA, you just released GW2 on Steam last year and made more money. At least spend some on anti-cheat on PC and let PC players play online games. Proofs of hacking are in the attachments. I am attaching the footage recorded by the hacker himself that showed how he crashed the lobby. It is hard to show IDs who do the map skipping so I attached screenshots of other hacking behaviours such as using boss or modded weapons. 

(CM: Edited to remove names and content displaying names. Please do not share your or others' names on the forums. It is considered naming and shaming)

20 Replies

  • sawaki142's avatar
    sawaki142
    New Traveler
    3 years ago

    Hackers also use lobby hacking that makes all players stand on the screen and exit the game instead of exiting the lobby mode of multiplayer servers.

  • @EA_Barry Can you speak to the current level of multiplayer in game cheating and hacking that is going on in PVZGW2? Can you provide an update on any counter measures that EA is taking?
  • Iron_Guard8's avatar
    Iron_Guard8
    Legend
    3 years ago

    We've always had this problem to a degree, but with the game effectively being in maintenance mode, it's actually gotten worse. These hackers have to be dealt with, and in a more timely fashion than we've seen in the past. With the game on Steam and the resurgence in PC players, expecting such a minimum amount of service is not an onerous expectation.

  • EA should punish these hackers for using mod software that interferes with the game to manipulate players.

  • sawaki142's avatar
    sawaki142
    New Traveler
    3 years ago

    EA should punish these hackers for using mod software that interferes with the game to manipulate players.

  • sawaki142's avatar
    sawaki142
    New Traveler
    3 years ago

    Here is a video of the hacker that I filmed and shared below with these 2 links:

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  • MikeyJohn2's avatar
    MikeyJohn2
    3 years ago
    @EA_Barry I understand the no Naming and Shaming thing. But @TheFitchBros makes a good point.
    Can anyone from EA speak to what anti cheat efforts are being taken in PVZGW2?

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