Whatever the root causes, cheat developers are certainly cashing in on the demand. “The truth about cheating in gaming varies from person to person - some might do it because they’re addicted or think that their life will be better if they win more often while others become hackers out of sheer curiosity or frustration at being beaten by less talented players than themselves.” You’ll get a ton of different answers and perspectives, but there’s no definite answer for either one,” writes cheat maker IWantCheats. “Cheating in games is like asking why the sky is blue. At worst, some cheaters do it just to ruin the fun for someone else. There are many reasons why people cheat, from the obvious over-zealous competitiveness games can bring out in some to plain curiosity. There’s a veritable buffet of cheat options for players looking to have an unfair advantage in a game - whether they want programs to help them shoot through walls or automatically aim for a perfect headshot. Not just to improve the player experience, but ensure their game’s survival. But in the era of live-service games, fighting cheaters is more important than ever.Īs cheats continue to proliferate and impact the most popular online games, developers have begun developing stronger and stronger anti-cheat measures. Some of the world’s biggest games today – Call of Duty, League of Legends, and Destiny 2 – are almost exclusively played online, and are inviting targets for enterprising cheaters. It’s the only real way to resolve the rampant cheating.Nowadays, games are a bit more sophisticated than six-sided dice, but so are the cheats. What they really need to do for starters is to ban cheaters instantly after the first proven infraction, just like Steam and Massive do now. Well under 1000 players in the US servers, which is just crazy! Looks like DICE and Fair Fight have things to do. I was quite surprised in how few of people are playing this game right now. And I noticed just how empty the servers were. Saw several times where ping rates were easily reaching up to 200ms in a server, making lag a huge issue. Also, DICE has failed big time in keeping ping rates within servers to a minimum. And no, there were regular soldiers and not flame throwers or infantry kit equipped players. Also, I noticed several players were able to take unusually high amounts of damage with very little loss of life. I was getting killed mysteriously at odd angles (when viewed through the kill cam). I can confirm that there are in fact a lot of cheaters in the servers as of today, 21 October. If that’s sullied, it’s hard for players to want to come back. Nothing is worse that a cheater online, and it’s compounded by the high player numbers and massive expectation Battlefield has on it for a being a great online shooting experience. There’s still something DICE could do before the game is release properly this week, but it’s also a problem that should be a top priority. “ESCAPE > Scoreboard > Player name > View Profile > Dropdown next to “Send friend request” > Report”, wrote rockamokafon Instead, players will have to report a transgressor through Origin, which isn’t at all ideal or entirely straight-forward. Some players are also lambasting DICE for not offering an easy way to report cheating players. Many cite Fair Fight as too slow, and would rather see more traditional systems like Punkbuster implemented. PCGamer eventually saw their cheater banned, but many players over on the Battlefield 1 Reddit pages are struggling with the same issue. Bullets travel through walls and instantly seek your head, which makes online play more than frustrating. If you take a look at a video they compiled below, so many deaths come from impossible angles according to the killcam. As PCGamer found out over the weekend though, its wheels of ban hammer justice turn slowly, leading to numerous frustrating matches with inexplicable deaths. Hackers are getting a free pass online, and Battlefield 1’s systems are struggling to keep up.īattlefield 1 currently does have an anti-cheat system in place, and Fair Fight is trying the best it can to deal with cheating players. Inadvertently, it’s also highlighted a problem that was plaguing the game during the September beta. The early access for subscribers starter last week, giving players a taste of some of the campaign and a whole lot more of the multiplayer. Battlefield 1 is out this Friday, but for anyone on EA or Origin Access it’s been out in a limited form for the past few days.
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