Last night was 1 of many situations my friends and I encountered over the last 2-3 weeks, where players have been utilizing exploits and hacks, looking very obviously ridiculous and absurd. I'm not 100% sure why people are willing to cheat a game with no stats or financially lucritive value (loot boxes, etc.), but it has become a nuisance.
Last night, my friends and I encountered a 3-player group on a Brigantine, using a variety of hacks and exploits.
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2 of the players were using a speed hack that not only allowed them to move at ludicrous speeds, but also swing their swords at a much faster rate.
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1 of the players had spawned multiple gunpowder barrels at will, when their ship had no barrels on-board. One moment he had empty hands and the next, as if by pure magic, a barrel was in his hands.
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All 3 were using, what I'm assuming is an exploit, a way to never run out of agility. They just kept swinging their swords to no end. This is the most commom cheat I've seen people use, but when combined with their speed hack, made them almost invincible.
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Not sure if this is a hack or an exploit, but all 3 of them were jumping incredibly high, as if doing a 10 foot jump. Again, combined with the speed hack, made them nearly impossible to kill.
2 of the 3 accounts had no more than 350 Gamerscore, which means they most likely either have alternate accounts or were banned on their previous accounts. There needs to be a surefire reporting system and/or manner of investigating reports of cheaters in a more timely fashion. Also, some of these cheaters (if not all) need permanent bans. MAC ban? IP ban? Something that will prevent them from returning.
