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Why am I penalized?

MasterofDungeons
MasterofDungeons Member Posts: 7
in General Discussions

So, multiple times, I have faced people teleporting around the map, using hacks or cheats to not allow me to pick them up after a drop (especially on their last hook). Is there no way to report this in the game code? The last few times I disconnected and reported it, but am faced with a matchmaking lock. Apologies if this is answered elsewhere, but I have only been playing for like 12 weeks.

Comments

  • Wearevenom1484
    Wearevenom1484 Member Posts: 11

    Hacking is out of control. Just now i had 2 survivors teleport between the floors of midwich doing gens at light speed. Every week I’m facing more hackers but nothing is said about it.

  • burt0r
    burt0r Member Posts: 4,163
    edited January 2023

    The penalty is there because if it weren't then hacker would be the least of your worries.

    The ratio between games with hacker in them and games where people DC is already in favor of the latter even with penalties in place.

    Now imagine, remember or ask people that were there for it, the game with penalties off is nearly unplayable. Every match has one spineless, selfish baby that doesn't like how the match goes and boom DC, followed by several more DCs and the match is over and nobody had fun.

    So DC penalties are a necessary evil in all online team based pvp games. And for you to be excepted from it because of hackers, how do you expect the system to notice?

    It obviously can't detect the cheat otherwise the cheater would be caught on their own. - so that's not an option.

    Your report after the match to invalidate your penalty? - Way too abusable by ragequitters

    There is no option for exceptions just like genuine connection losses are indistinguishable from pulling the plug.

    So you and the people with bad connections are the victims of selfish ragequitters.