@shiroryu13 threads about hacks get closed, as they are against rules. If you encounter a hacker, report it, idealy with video proof attached.
@shiroryu13 said in Address Auto Aim Hack:
Please find some way to address auto aiming and other game abuses. It creates a very unbalanced play experience for those of us playing by the rules.
I would post on an existing thread, but searches in the forum don't turn up any results on this topic.
My only question is, how do you know they're using an auto-aim?
@shiroryu13 said in Address Auto Aim Hack:
Please find some way to address auto aiming and other game abuses. It creates a very unbalanced play experience for those of us playing by the rules.
I would post on an existing thread, but searches in the forum don't turn up any results on this topic.
It's called aimbot.
Also Rare tries their best to bust cheaters like that by looking at the coding of each account, if the coding is corrupt or tampered with, chances are they've been cheating, and get busted... That's a grossly simplified explanation of how it works, but you get the jist.
Report these people in order to get them busted sooner than the usual process... Don't bother with threads like this because Rare is already hard at work busting those guys, mate. :P
@sweltering-nick I definitely report any player who's account CAN be reported.
Some players set their account to the highest privacy settings and they never show up under recent players.
How can these hidden users get reported?
@shiroryu13 said in Address Auto Aim Hack:
@sweltering-nick I definitely report any player who's account CAN be reported.
Some players set their account to the highest privacy settings and they never show up under recent players.
How can these hidden users get reported?
Well, i'm not familiar with Xbox bureaucracy, but i'm pretty sure, that, regardless of your privacy settings, you will show up as "recent player" or such similar lists. However, should it be impossible to report them the usual way, Rare will get them eventually through the usual, failsafe method.
@daddy-sanctus That is easy to determine.
If they can hit a head-shot while jumping and evading their character, multiple times, they are using a hack.
If they can hit you the second you peak out from cover to confirm their location, again multiple times, they are using a hack.
If those same characters can snipe you underwater, with a pistol, from a moving Sloop or Galleon, without hitting the gunpowder you are carrying, multiple times, then they are using the hack.
When you're under their boat and they know exactly which side of the boat you are on, from the deck of their boat, and instantly 1-shot you with a pistol, multiple times, they are using the hack.
If they are able to 1-shot another pirate at the wheel, on a different moving boat, while they are jumping and evading another pirate, multiple times, they are using an abuse.
If you play the game, you know it should take at least 2 seconds to locate another player and aim at them. One or two shots like this are luck, doing this over and over again in adverse conditions shows they are cheating.
Ahoy mate, the information from Rare which we have is this - Rare have heard concerns and are working on investigating the instances which are reported via Support. Hopefully at some point we'll hear more about the work that has been ongoing to address these concerns, but your best bet is to submit a support ticket with as much detail and information possible, then it gets to the right team and is logged as a potential issue.
As with everything on Sea of Thieves, we will make changes, get them out to players and assess how effective they are, using feedback and data to decide whether we need to take more steps. Our priority is always to work out what can we do to address issues quickly, and then if we need to spend more time on them for a more involved fix, we will invest that time and effort.
Cheating
We have seen a few reported instances of cheating, where players are compromising the game client or using programs to gain an advantage over other players. Everyone should understand the seriousness with which we treat this, and anyone identified as taking part will have action taken against them, up to and including permanent Xbox Live account bans. We have a zero tolerance approach to this.
Investigating:
We are investigating and have detected some instances of suspicious behaviour, and will be taking direct action against anyone abusing the game in this way. The number of people we are currently investigating who show suspicious behaviour make up an extremely small portion of our player base. Work is ongoing against this as a high priority, once we are certain we have identified people cheating we will swiftly ban them.
Ok.... I really hope you're not reporting people for this stuff. Almost everything you listed is easily done, I do it all the time. You're simply being beat by people better than you.
If they can hit a head-shot while jumping and evading their character, multiple times, they are using a hack. -- No... not at all, this is one of the easiest things to do. There's no headshots in this game, there's no reason to even aim at the head.
If they can hit you the second you peak out from cover to confirm their location, again multiple times, they are using a hack. -- You're mad because someone knows your location and is waiting for you to peak from behind it and shoot you? C'mon bro.
If those same characters can snipe you underwater, with a pistol, from a moving Sloop or Galleon, without hitting the gunpowder you are carrying, multiple times, then they are using the hack. -- Pistol is my favorite weapon, and you best believe you're getting "sniped" with it from my moving galleon when you're swimming.
When you're under their boat and they know exactly which side of the boat you are on, from the deck of their boat, and instantly 1-shot you with a pistol, multiple times, they are using the hack. -- Headphones dude.... headphones. A pistol won't 1 shot you either unless you're already injured to a point, or you were hit a few times at once from different people.
If they are able to 1-shot another pirate at the wheel, on a different moving boat, while they are jumping and evading another pirate, multiple times, they are using an abuse. -- This is literally the only thing you listed that would be DIFFICULT to do, but not impossible.
Just like I recommend to my friends when we're playing games like Battlefield or Rainbow Six, record the "offender" and rewatch the video yourself. Usually you can see where YOU screwed up, or they OUTPLAYED you. Maybe it will save you some frustration and grief.
It is worth mentioning that all of the instances you mentioned, although difficult, can be reliably and repeatably done by a skilled player playing within the rules.
You also have to take into account that a player using a mouse to aim has a much greater potential for quick, pinpoint accuracy.
When I was playing Rainbow Six Siege a lot, I always used to watch the pro league competitions, which is the best of the best from both console and PC (although not playing together) and just as a spectator, the difference in accuracy and rapid target acquisition between the two platforms is staggering, but that's a different argument all together.
PC players only make up about 10% of the playerbase right now, and I'd estimate there's less than 50-100 total players out there using these hacks and mods, which is almost inconsequential in the millions of players.
There is also the issue of ping, and netcode. It is entirely possible, given the broad reach of the servers, for what you see to be different that what is actually happening in the code. i.e. You might see that you are behind cover, but you or the other player could actually be a few feet to either side allowing them to see you/shoot you. It might also appear that you have shot another player, as the little hitmarker is based on what you see, not what the code actually says. They could have actually been a few feet to the left and you missed them entirely. I'd bet 99.99% of instances that appear to be cheats, are actually either a very skilled player, or a visual disconnect caused by ping and net code issues.
