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[Shadowglade]

So any plans to deal with aimbots there PGI? Cause its rather interesting having what seems to be an entire lance targeting the left torso (or right, or center) focus fire at extreme range and blowing it out instantly.

Oh, and lets not forget the whole legging a spider (or other light mech) while it is in mid-flight (Jump Jets) with 2 bloody gauss rounds... cause everyone is that good of a shot...

[Shredhead]

Aimbots. Sure.

[Sean von Steinike]

I don't think I have ever experienced an aimbot.

[Scratx]

Shadowglade, on 06 June 2014 - 10:05 AM, said:

So any plans to deal with aimbots there PGI? Cause its rather interesting having what seems to be an entire lance targeting the left torso (or right, or center) focus fire at extreme range and blowing it out instantly.

Oh, and lets not forget the whole legging a spider (or other light mech) while it is in mid-flight (Jump Jets) with 2 bloody gauss rounds... cause everyone is that good of a shot...

Actually, I don't need an aimbot to do either of that... and there's many people who are a better shot than me and therefore can do it more consistently.

So, do you actually have anything other than anedoctal proof?

[Lucky Moniker]

they do exist. but what you are experiencing is knows as "teamwork", where people work together as a team.

people use aimbots to headshot from across the map.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Shadowglade, on 06 June 2014 - 10:05 AM, said:

So any plans to deal with aimbots there PGI? Cause its rather interesting having what seems to be an entire lance targeting the left torso (or right, or center) focus fire at extreme range and blowing it out instantly.

Teamspeak. If I was dropping with a lance and we all had voice chat, I would call out a torso location to my lance and have them focus on it. That isn't an aimbot, that is good group tactics. If everyone does focus on a crit location, it will be destroyed fast.

Shadowglade, on 06 June 2014 - 10:05 AM, said:

Oh, and lets not forget the whole legging a spider (or other light mech) while it is in mid-flight (Jump Jets) with 2 bloody gauss rounds... cause everyone is that good of a shot...

I agree that is hard to do, but then again, luck does happen. I head shot a light before in full run. I get lucky from time to time. Besides, a jump jetting mech has a more predicatble arc and doesn't move too fast in the air. Hit registration might not have been as wonky at that time.

This game is very heavily server side controlled (hence the hit reg problems and rubberbanding from time to time), it makes aimbots far more difficult to implement then more client side controlled multiplayer games.

I don't think you had come across aimbots, you came across good or lucky players.

[Imperius]

That;s funny cause I do this to people all the time...

[Bishop Steiner]

Sean von Steinike, on 06 June 2014 - 10:08 AM, said:

I don't think I have ever experienced an aimbot.

I have....(at least that was confirmable) maybe.....twice?

Out of 20,000 matches.

Do they exist, of course. Are they common, not really. Are the aiming mechanics so ludicrously dumbed down and simple in this game that even a baby chimpanzee can master it? Yes.

[Degalus]

lol XD some matches ago i just did exactly that with a spider.
He jumped (supereasy to hit because of the straight flight path)
*Hit on leg*
he comes down, land (acc. delay also easy to hit in that time)
second charge
fire *bäm*
leged muhahaha
*ppc and 3xsmall pulse on the other leg*
Dead.

Looks like im a Aimbot XD

[EyeOne]

Shadowglade, on 06 June 2014 - 10:05 AM, said:

Oh, and lets not forget the whole legging a spider (or other light mech) while it is in mid-flight (Jump Jets) with 2 bloody gauss rounds... cause everyone is that good of a shot...

That's not even that hard of a shot.

However, you are assuming that they did it on purpose.

Edited by EyeOne, 06 June 2014 - 10:22 AM.

[Sean von Steinike]

Bishop Steiner, on 06 June 2014 - 10:12 AM, said:

I have....(at least that was confirmable) maybe.....twice?

Out of 20,000 matches.

Do they exist, of course. Are they common, not really. Are the aiming mechanics so ludicrously dumbed down and simple in this game that even a baby chimpanzee can master it? Yes.

Yeah, it's so rare as to be a negligible problem. One of the things that PGI actually has done right.

[CaptainDeez]

Shadowglade, on 06 June 2014 - 10:05 AM, said:

So any plans to deal with aimbots there PGI? Cause its rather interesting having what seems to be an entire lance targeting the left torso (or right, or center) focus fire at extreme range and blowing it out instantly.

Oh, and lets not forget the whole legging a spider (or other light mech) while it is in mid-flight (Jump Jets) with 2 bloody gauss rounds... cause everyone is that good of a shot...

Hitting a target the size of a small house at 1000m? Gotta get a bot for that kind of surgery.

[Sephlock]

Lucky Moniker, on 06 June 2014 - 10:09 AM, said:

they do exist. but what you are experiencing is knows as "teamwork", where people work together as a team.

people use aimbots to headshot from across the map.

Devil's advocate here.

I guess they could theoretically be targeting a side torso in order to avoid suspicion... .

[Agent of Change]

Bishop Steiner, on 06 June 2014 - 10:12 AM, said:

I have....(at least that was confirmable) maybe.....twice?

Out of 20,000 matches.

Do they exist, of course. Are they common, not really. Are the aiming mechanics so ludicrously dumbed down and simple in this game that even a baby chimpanzee can master it? Yes.

No, no Bishop, we all know it takes l33t skillz to drop a pinpoint alpha on an enemy mech at any range in this game if it didn't it would become so common you couldn't drop without out seeing it....

wait...

Now i see it, never mind you were right.

[Malcolm Vordermark]

Shadowglade, on 06 June 2014 - 10:05 AM, said:

So any plans to deal with aimbots there PGI? Cause its rather interesting having what seems to be an entire lance targeting the left torso (or right, or center) focus fire at extreme range and blowing it out instantly.

You have experienced the hack known as "coordination."

[Bobzilla]

On most mechs you aim for the RT or legs. No need to call it out.

[Egomane]

Closing this thread!

Please note, that if you believe you have encountered an aimbot or any other type of cheat or exploit, you need to contact support. Posting about it on the forums will not do anything against those, should a functional one really exist. It's more likely that it will advertise it to a broader audience, making it more of a problem, then that it will provide a solution.