The cheating problem is off the charts. There was a really good video of someone who investigated how bad it was, and found that about 50% of players were using wallhacks.
I played it for a couple months. The gunplay was pretty impressive, but the cheaters made it incredibly frustrating, and after seeing that video, I uninstalled and never looked back.
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The game has had major cheating issues since Covid started. There only so much they can do when the game is build on over a decade of shit code.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Is there a modern popular shooter that doesn’t have a cheating problem? And if so, what are they doing differently?
_cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 4 days ago
there are no online games that don't have a cheating problem. but there are many online games that don't have anywhere near as bad of a cheating problem than EFT.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 days ago
There’s not a cheating problem in Rocket League. 🤷♂️
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Is that not just a reflection of how popular it is and the incentives that players have to not lose and not just the desire to win? As opposed to a deathmatch or ranked game, you actually lose stuff when you lose in this game, right? Is there anything you could reasonably ask of this developer that isn’t just inevitable for this game design?
Flamekebab@piefed.social 4 days ago
What's even the point of cheating in multiplayer?
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
There’s a pretty massive item market for this game to use real money for in-game items, where the seller will meet you in a match and drop the gear. So there’s a big financial incentive for people from third world countries to hack so they can quickly acquire valuable items to sell on that market.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Winning at any cost, I think.
Envy@fedia.io 4 days ago
Since covid started? Lmao