Game running rampant with cheaters

Rare has no tolerance towards hackers and cheaters and since launch of the game has been on a pretty good streak of not letting this happen bcuz they dont want their game tarnished either.

I'm sure that they appreciate you finding hackers and cheaters so they can do something about it. I'm sure people have tried and had their fun short lived bcuz Rare is really good at watching for that kind of stuff.

I'm playing since day 1 and I've never encounter a single hacker/cheater in this game. [Mod edited] Seriously, it seems like another complaint post from propably freshly baked Pirate Legend who just cant admit that some lower reputation player managed to kill them in PvP.

@xix-zeno-xix I’m not a hacker nor cheater and I can point blank one shot with a blunder buss. It seems these statements are assumptions with lack of evidence.

It's a bit ridiculous to assume their hacking.
Whats the chances of coming across 3 ships hacking on 3 different servers in the one day.
It sounds more like a connection problem either player side or server side.
If you have any evidence send it onto rare and let them investigate.

Along with players having connection issues, the servers themselves have problems from time to time... for a while now, I've watched my ping go from 60-ish to 1100 over and over again; I have no issues with any other games or apps, and this problem has been occuring for me since the last update, so the problem appears to be Rare's servers, IMO.

OP, just try to keep in mind that these issues do exist. Not everyone you've encountered in your original post is cheating.

@andyxxpanda1290 okay but I dont recall calling anyone a hacker/cheater in my previous post but I'm glad you have the luck on your side to do one shot kills (I can too but very rarely cuz I usually use pistol sword combo myself lol) but I agree, with such accusations I feel also would need a bit more evidence to provide a better understanding of the flaw the OP of this thread is trying to get at.

I'm srry if anything I said before made you feel that way tho sir, my bad bro. :)

@kin6-nothin6 Never seen a hacker in this game, gonna assume you haven't either. Makes much more sense that you are just plan wrong than assuming everyone who beats you is hacking.

More than once I've been accused of being a hacker simply because I killed them.

@cstrap said in Game running rampant with cheaters:

Hey there, I actually haven’t run into any hackers in quite a long time so I have a hard time believing you are running into at least one on every server you play - I’m not calling you a liar, but are you absolutely sure about this? There’s a good chance you might be having some lag on your end that’s causing this to happen you.

100% sure. the lag switcher we met earlier had a damage modifier on that increased his damage AND he also attacked with his sword twice as fast. I have never lagged in this game and neither has my crew aside from the normal lag spike, this dude lagged me out of the game, radial menu for bucket, planks, banana's, cannonballs, etc. actually froze on the screen right before. this was not the normal type of lag I have had in this game and the lag only started once this specific person had either got within 50ft of us or was right on top of us.

@esl-cruiser yes im PL and im also max ranked Athena buddy. I've put in HOURS in this game and know the difference between server lag and player added lag. its pretty easy to tell the difference.

@reavermachete50 I have no issue losing...when its fair. I have 3 other players who all witnessed the same exact thing as I have. I've seen people no-clip and teleport as well. hackers are there whether you know it or not. assuming that I haven't seen a hacker makes no sense. I have video evidence of one specific no clip/teleport. hard to tell exactly what happened.

@jack-flintlock If the lag did not start as soon as this player got within range of us, I would agree with you that it was just server side lag. but the fact that it happened as soon as he got close to us and then disappeared as if it never happened as soon as he was taken out and sunk...that's quite the coincidence don't ya think? this was also pretty early in my time zone, about 6pm, so its not like it was at 2:30am when your trying to matchmake with players from Australia while your in America.

@frankzappa-fan I think one of my buddies got evidence of one guy modding/hacking., just by the way he was attacking with the sword is enough to label him a hacker/modder. easily twice as fast as normal sword slash speed. went right through your guard as well. had my guard up, below deck and he was right in front of me yet still going through my guard with normal slashes, no jumping.

@cstrap its not EVERY server we play on. the 4th server thankfully had no hacks on it so we were at least able to enjoy ourselves.

@kin6-nothin6 but crying about cheats.

Yet I play 10 hours a day and have never seen one. They say perception of cheating is relative to an individuals skill... I.E. the lower your skill the more likely you are to think someone else is cheating. the higher your skill the less likely you are to think that.

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@lady-aijou said in Game running rampant with cheaters:

@ESL-Cruiser Please refrain from the use of derogatory language directed at another player. It is a violation of our forum rules, and your post has been edited accordingly.

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Since when phrase "GIT GUD" is considered derogatory? Im honestly asking, since for all I know its primarly a meme and secondary its literally means "just get better" - and its hardly counts as an insult.

@kin6-nothin6 said in Game running rampant with cheaters:

@esl-cruiser yes im PL and im also max ranked Athena buddy. I've put in HOURS in this game and know the difference between server lag and player added lag. its pretty easy to tell the difference.

I've run into several PLs - quite a lot of them recently - and tbh if anything it only means someone's put a lot of time into the game. It does not automatically means that was quality spent time since I've seen PL's unable to even coordinate their crew to properly manage the galleon so having Athena lvl 10 is not an argument behind you being indisputably correct about your claim and it is still highly possible that you've met someone who was simply better than you and managed to defeat you.

@galactic-geek said in Game running rampant with cheaters:

@esl-cruiser How do you not see that phrase as derogatory? It's insulting and in no way helpful.

Seems like nowadays any word can be considered insulting. Even someone wearing a yellow hat can be called for being insulting to someone.

Guys dont derail^ the subject in this thread with an arguement as it's not helpful to the topic at hand.

Feedback to the topic only please. The moderators will tell you the same.

It's very simple, if you find cheaters record them and send it in via Twitter to the SoT page (I think at least, I've never done it yet cuz I haven't had a reason to) or submit a ticket to get results.

Reinforce the subject with related feedback to the topic.

See ya on the seas mateys.

@cstrap Because you aren't running into any hackers./cheaters doesn't mean its not a problem. It is still very much an issue albeit not as frequent when the game launched. And there is still a website that switches its name that is selling cheats to this very day.

And on top of that there isn't any form of anti-cheat in the game so besides reporting which is a frustrating thing in on itself, there is nothing stopping players from using them.

And even when they get caught and banned, all they do is delete that account (at least on PC) create a new one and do it all over again.

One problem when trying to identify if someone is indeed cheating, is the state of the servers themselves. Instability issues/lag spikes/hit registration problems can blur the lines between an obvious cheat/hack or server issues.

So to sum up. stating YOU haven't seen any cheaters is a inward narrow view of the issue that doesn't take the rest of the player population into account. And on the flip side, just because your hits aren't killing other players, or you lag out when near other players, it doesn't necessarily mean they are cheating.

There are several ways to clarify these issues, one obvious one is implementing an anti-cheat. Similar games that run on the same or similar engine that have them, its about time SoT does too.

Another possible way is to migrate alternate accounts into one account in the Pirate profile. The premise being, the player would have a main account that then will be asked to link any existing accounts to said account and allow new users to create "Alt" Pirates in the pirate profile.

The purpose behind this is something I touched on earlier. When players get their accounts banned they would then delete said account and do it all over again. With the system I mentioned above if they were to have their account have action taken against it, be it a ban/suspension, that player would lose access to all pirates without the ability to just simply create a new email address and abuse the existing system.

This, I believe would deter players from using cheats and not only that being verbally abusive, harassing other players and anything that could compromise access to Sea of Thieves.

Even though I feel like making posts like this is like throwing a pebble into a black hole, I hope something can be done about all these issues. because after all we love this game, otherwise , we wouldn't be here making these posts.

Fare thee well and see you on the seas everyone!