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Matchmaking locked cause of cheater

I just had a game where when we spawned in, we got teleported to the basement and killed on hook, and when i got back to the lobby i had a penalty?? why? so i get a cheater in my game that instakills me, and that gives me a penalty?

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  • MarbleThrone
    MarbleThrone Member Posts: 514

    I ran into the same cheater twice yesterday but never suffered a DC penalty.

    This is maybe because I was able to move a bit before being caught. I believe that if you get grabbed and hooked immediately, before pressing any buttons or doing anything, the game thinks you were AFK and applies a penalty.

  • jajay119
    jajay119 Member Posts: 1,115

    I’m convinced this rise in cheating is in protest to the AFK penalty.

    I had a killer yesterday who just ran up the stairs and off the balcony of Eyrie until all the gens were done - it’s not going to make any difference.

  • MarbleThrone
    MarbleThrone Member Posts: 514
    edited December 2024

    That player was most likely just farming the Deadly Plunge achievement, which requires you to fall a total of 1000 meters. It's an achievement that was added with the Doomed Course chapter.

    I've done the same thing at least twice, Eyrie main building is a really nice spot for that.

    The AFK penalty can stay imo. Don't queue up for an online game if you're not actually ready to play.

  • Nazzzak
    Nazzzak Member Posts: 5,983

    That killer was grinding the new achievement where you have to fall a certain distance. Eyrie main building is a popular spot to gain progress.

  • JonahofArk
    JonahofArk Member Posts: 65

    Idk. It's sounds like bhvr is banning the wrong people if there are so many hackers these days. I just casually scrolled down fhd forum and seen at least 5 posts about hackers. Have fun in the fog lol

  • For_The_People
    For_The_People Member Posts: 608

    I had the same killer! Unless we were in the same match! (This always makes me excited at the prospect of being in. Match with someone form the forums!)

  • BurnedTerrormisu
    BurnedTerrormisu Member Posts: 260

    it was even more posts, at one point the forum guy just removed every new post.

  • MaTtRoSiTy
    MaTtRoSiTy Member Posts: 2,218

    Yeah I had the same with a Nurse that already had me on her shoulders when I loaded into the match.

    Someone said to get into a locker to avoid the penalty but I had literally no time to react and I was on a hook before what was happening really registered in my brain lol.

    On the positive side, I reported them as did the rest of my lobby and I guess they were banned the next time I logged in as I got a notification action was taken. Doesn't help with the penalties though if you get more than one in a day

  • jajay119
    jajay119 Member Posts: 1,115
    edited December 2024

    apparently it’s bots: yesterday I had the nurse who auto hooked everyone and the killer was a TTV player. But when I went to their channel they were live and actively playing as a survivor in a match. So it couldn’t have been them. It’s very strange.

  • JonahofArk
    JonahofArk Member Posts: 65

    Hackers are impersonating casual players and streamers with low numbers. Happened to me.