@pure-rare
Rare doesn't only use video evidence to convict players. They use it in tandem with other evidence. The video just shows them where to look mostly or if they should bother looking the first place.
"Hey this guy hacks!!" + no video provided + the guy who crys hacks = report goes straight into the trash.
"Hey this guy hacks!!" + video evidence + from a player who rarely reports = your account is being investigated
So if you don't hack you have zero worries regardless of what happens on the other players screen. Video evidence is just there to help the people know what to look for or if they should bother even looking.
Example : My crew and I get called hackers quiet often. A lot actually to the point that we actually perpetuate it sometimes. We mess around with other crews pretending to be hackers or at least pretending to use hacks in front of them just to get a reaction out of them. No hacks are being done or used and some of the stuff we do is so outlandish I'm surprised they even believe it but it was a good laugh lol.
We'll sneak onto a ship and hide somewhere then in chat type something random like "admin/teleportplayer/xultanisdragon" or "admin/playership/drop_anchor" and then I would come out of hiding and drop their anchor lol. IMMEDIATELY the hate comes on strong and we are laughing because seriously?? Someone would buy that??
My crewmate will take 5 pineapples with full health regen from our barrel and go into the enemy ship and just types "console/admin/playerhealth_9999" and then fight the whole crew and would hide anytime he would scarf down a pineapple. So the crew would think he had god mode on or something when hes just eating pineapples lol.
We would say aimbot whenever they would come broadside and just wail on them when we are just really good with our shots.
We got yelled at and screamed at and told we were going to get reported EVERY single time. We are still playing the game because we werent actually hacking, just messing with the players we were attacking :).
So you can openly say "im hacking" but just so long as you are legitimately NOT hacking, you are fine and safe.
SIDE NOTE Becareful about the words you use when trash talking though. I've known some salty PvE players use some very vulgar language just to entice the attacking crew to respond, record the response and then report for "hate speech" or whatever. Players can be very very petty.
If they try to bait you, dont take it. Trash talk but careful not to use any of the no no words.
SIDE NOTE 2 Like @FaceYourDemon said, it is very possible to hack on xbox, just because you are on xbox doesn't mean there aren't hacks.
SIDE NOTE 3 @FaceYourDemon if your response is to why your friends or that "group" got mass banned then they probably got banned for teaming in Arena. I think Rare gives players a pass that team to TDM in arena, however team spawn camping ships to force them out of the lobby because they attacked you or team attacking ships is a big no no.
I've seen TDM lobbies gang up on a single ship for 2 to 3 games because they attack the ships TDM'ing. That is a big no no.
One of the very first videos of Arena Joe Neate stated that Teaming in arena is frowned upon and they didn't want that to happen which was one of the main reasons why they tried to make the lobby recycle players after every match.
