Rare needs to handle repeat-offenders using this meassure

@banditjackk said in Rare needs to handle repeat-offenders using this meassure:

@kommodoreyenser
Oh yeah I see now, that part went completely over my head.
A GPU ban would be a good idea, especially since the prices of those right now are insane. But again, I’m sure someone would have a ‘Raid0’ type of thing for a GPU within no time.

Not necessarily but would require ALL manufacturers to have a unique serial stored on a ROM chip on each board. That would probably be too big an undertaking for something as small as cheating in video games unfortunately.

They could potentially solder a new ROM chip to bypass (for a GPU anyway) but would void the warranty in the process. Also I know few people with skilled enough hands and confidence to re-solder modern microchips, they are way smaller than the stuff from the 80-90s.

@kommodoreyenser What about a license code that you obtain upon purchasing Sea of Thieves, that is required to log in onto Sea of Thieves?

@kapitein-kater said in Rare needs to handle repeat-offenders using this meassure:

@kommodoreyenser What about a license code that you obtain upon purchasing Sea of Thieves, that is required to log in onto Sea of Thieves?

Issue with that is your account and login is tied to Xbox live while your game purchase is tied to Steam. They would have to get Steam to ban people and that’s tough to do. Valve kinda has a stranglehold on companies who sell their games through Steam.

Also as far as cheating goes, Rare must not think it is a large enough issue. If they did, they would just contract BattlEye or EAC and the problem would be solved. You would still have some people come back from being banned each month but it would be a huge reduction in cheaters.

@leator Wasn't that used in a different game too? Where all the rulebreakers were sent to rulebreaker-only servers?

@super87ghost You don't loose access to all your games, but you do lose the privilege of playing on VAC protected servers.
Here is a description from Steam:
VAC stands for Valve Anti-Cheat, an automated system designed to detect cheats installed on users' computers. If a user connects to a VAC-Secured server from a computer with identifiable cheats installed, the VAC system will ban the user from playing that game on VAC-Secured servers in the future.

It's a true mark of shame, nobody likes people who have one and never trust anything they say ^^

@super87ghost said in Rare needs to handle repeat-offenders using this meassure:

@zig-zag-ltu I stand corrected then.

Also, you're responding to a 2 year old post...

@eldritchbear Honestly I never understand why is it not allowed to post/reply (The original necromancer of this topic was obviously off topic) to an older than 3 months topic if it remains unlocked.
If a shop is open until 23pm, but they have their doors open - I am going in. It's not hard to lock them, besides I think they are on some kind of payroll and not just some random cosmetics.