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[Dragonporn]

Is that a thing in MWO? Haven't seen anything even remotely odd from all time I've been playing this game. Just curious, because I don't know any other pvp based game on PC, p2p/f2p/you name it, which doesn't have significant number of people using stuff like aimbot, wallhack, etc.

[Grus]

locked thread in 3...2...1....

[Mcgral18]

There's a Meme concerning them
They're Mediocre, as Ross puts it
https://youtu.be/arY4Tq1POxY?t=1m17s


IE, perpetual Terribads, even with wallhacks
It's a small enough issue to outright ignore

Edited by Mcgral18, 09 March 2018 - 05:55 PM.

[K O Z A K]

that being said, anyone who can aim is accused of hacking fairly regularly

[LordNothing]

on one hand i really dont see anything suspicious. on the other i really dont think pgi did anything about it.

[nehebkau]

@OP if you want to talk hacks/enforcement or lack there of you need to do it outside of these forums (Reddit).. PGI does not allow discussion of hacks or cheats on official forums and the official party line is:

There is no significant cheating in MWO and if there was PGI would catch it pretty quickly and ban the offender.

IBTL

[Koniving]

PGI took about 1.5 years to catch on to a cheating trend... but after a month or two of investigating, banned a large number of players including 30 of the top performing players that you can find on Jarl's list for seasons 1-5. (Search for MWO forum group "Banned" or look at old threads for purple names).

This said, it isn't impossible but it isn't easy to cheat due to the server-authority nature of MWO. And that's a good thing.

That was 1.5 years into the game becoming "released", though... And maybe only 4 months to people posting videos of working methods to cheating..

[Bill Lumbar]

In before the lock!!!! Ha ha

[Clownwarlord]

Oh also answer to question is there any ... yes.

[sycocys]

Yes there is cheating. The server-authoritative aspect doesn't really mitigate that as much as some players would like to believe.

The relatively low population on the other hand creates a low demand for people to create and spread/sell cheats.

Edited by sycocys, 09 March 2018 - 06:43 PM.

[BrunoSSace]

I haven't been in a locked thread. Is it nice?

[UnofficialOperator]

Even pilots with 4000 games can be salty af

[El Bandito]

Once someone in our group got headshotted while moving--in a fresh Orion-IIC. That was the closest I came to accuse someone of hacking. The cockpit is just so frigging small.

[N0ni]

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Edited by draiocht, 09 March 2018 - 10:39 PM.
unconstructive

[Dragonporn]

Thanks for the info, I got what I wanted to know, you can safely lock it away.

On the side note, jut got curious, because I haven't even seen anyone ever accusing someone of cheating on top of never seeing anything suspicious myself. I just can't believe system can be coded so well to be completely hack proof, but looks like it is at some degree... I suppose there can be no argument that someone with aimbot, even not blatant one, could completely ruin the match.

[ThreeStooges]

The game has one built int if you put the 20-25 points into sensors for seismic sensor then don't move your mech.

[Mystere]

[blood4blood]

Being totally honest: maybe there are, but who cares? It's not like this is a competitive e-sports game with real money on the line....it's a niche game that can't decide between shooter or sim, between keeping the die hard lore hounds eager for any BT/MW they can get and going to the arcade FPS style where competition is tough but rewards are far greater...but really, anyone using hacks in this game is clearly overcompensating for other...things...lacking....

[LT. HARDCASE]

Koniving, on 09 March 2018 - 06:16 PM, said:

(Search for MWO forum group "Banned" or look at old threads for purple names).

This forum has a working search function?

[draiocht]

In-game misconduct may be reported through the player context-menu on the scoreboard screen or by emailing moderation@mwomercs.com with any evidence and/or details available. Further information may be found in the PGI Support Articles: https://mwomercs.com...-for-misconduct

[mod]As discussion of exploits, cheats, or hacks (and attempts thereof) is not permitted on the forums
(including complaints regarding such, as this may inadvertently advertise those exploits, cheats, or hacks),
this thread is now closed.[/mod]