Division punishing cheaters with threat of permanent bans
Hey, the situation in New York is bad enough without cheaters muddying the snow.
You may already know that patch 1.1 for The Division, due out on Tuesday, April 12, will add blueprint levels and gear modifications for the Dark Zone. More interesting, in a way, is news that Ubisoft will also roll out measures to punish cheaters... and they may never see the ban hammer coming.
"If you're cheating, you know what you're doing," Ubisoft community developer Yannick Banchereau told PC Gamer. Banchereau spoke in regards to the punishment cheaters face for their first offense: a three-day ban, no ifs, ands, or buts. Strike two? A permanent ban from the game.
Measures presented in next week's patch represent the latest salvo in Ubisoft's battle against cheaters in The Division. Banchereau went on to thank players who take the time to report offenders, and promised "better solutions coming in the future."
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replyDavid Craddock posted a new article, Division punishing cheaters with threat of permanent bans
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If they are just going off of player reports, first offense bans would be harsh, but I doubt that's the case. Like he said in the article, hackers know what they are doing. I have no problem with banning verified hackers.
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only if the false positive rate is high and the appeals process is bad. For the people that actually cheated? Nope, not harsh.
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Nope. Put it in the EULA then let the banhammer bring forth swift and permanent punishment. Fuck cheaters. Make then fear the worst.
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1st offense of cheating in a multiplayer game? Not harsh at all. I'd support a permanent Steam ban, lose all your games, do not pass go, do not collect $200. Fuck cheaters.
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You'd get kicked out of a concert or sporting event that you'd paid $60 for if you broke the rules, or out of a hotel - possibly without a refund for your entire booking.
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That's not a good comparison though. Most concerts last between 2 to 4 hours,and a hotel stay is usually three days. The Division is trying to position itself to be a game that lasts hundreds,if not thousands of hours. So essentially what you would need to do is to not just ban people for that one concert or that one hotel stay. You would have to ban them from every single hotel of that particular chain,EVER,and that particular concert venue EVER.
Also,I find it weird that they don't specify what cheat they are talking about. If you are talking about a PVP cheat,I would say a harsh punishment is deserved.If we are talking about strictly PVE,then it seems like way too severe of a punishment that really doesn't effect other players.Are they talking about straight up cheats or just an exploit?
If it's an exploit,then they need to rethink the whole punishment thing,because just about every single MMO,and MMO type of game has one somewhere,so in essence,don't hate the player,hate the game.
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