Why so many hackers?

[Huatica]

Quit playing MP awhile ago due to running into a hacker at least 1-2 per play session. Tried it again last month and within 30mins of gameplay ran into someone spam spawning cougars and teleporting people into the cougar pile lol. Getting kinda silly if you ask me. Does MP have any chance of someday getting rid of the hackers or implementing a private game option? Or is it kinda just a casual hack fest forcing players to hack as well in order to compete?

lol overall kinda ruining a gem of a game.

[Gaunter O'Dimm]

Been playing again quite actively for about 2 weeks now and haven't seen a single cheater

[Bloodysod]

Same

[Silhouette]

How many cheaters you run into really seems to depend where you’re located in the world, and what time you play.

People on the West Coast who play during the evenings have it pretty bad when it comes to cheaters. :(

Unfortunately, Rockstar never solved the cheating problem in GTA Online, and that game’s been around for almost a decade.

I know Rockstar’s trying to make a stronger push against cheating, but only time will tell if they’ll have any success.

In the meantime though, private/friend only sessions would be a great feature to help their player base deal with cheaters. It’s a shame Rockstar wont’t implement it. Maybe they will after RDO’s audience shrinks another 10% and they’re eager to earn back some good will. :(

Hopefully something changes. I’d like to see this game succeed.

[Eminem]

Originally posted by Huatica:

Quit playing MP awhile ago due to running into a hacker at least 1-2 per play session. Tried it again last month and within 30mins of gameplay ran into someone spam spawning cougars and teleporting people into the cougar pile lol. Getting kinda silly if you ask me. Does MP have any chance of someday getting rid of the hackers or implementing a private game option? Or is it kinda just a casual hack fest forcing players to hack as well in order to compete?

lol overall kinda ruining a gem of a game.

Cause you not using the tools afforded to you...

Leave lobby and switch <since the mod users aren't going anywhere>

OR

Go for the permanent long term fix. Stay in lobby but make mental note of player(s) you prefer not to play without.

Goto your Player List > Select said player and view their rockstar profile > Click BLOCK function. You won't see those players(s) in your future lobby ever again.

[Huatica]

Originally posted by Eminem:

Originally posted by Huatica:

Quit playing MP awhile ago due to running into a hacker at least 1-2 per play session. Tried it again last month and within 30mins of gameplay ran into someone spam spawning cougars and teleporting people into the cougar pile lol. Getting kinda silly if you ask me. Does MP have any chance of someday getting rid of the hackers or implementing a private game option? Or is it kinda just a casual hack fest forcing players to hack as well in order to compete?

lol overall kinda ruining a gem of a game.

Cause you not using the tools afforded to you...

Leave lobby and switch <since the mod users aren't going anywhere>

OR

Go for the permanent long term fix. Stay in lobby but make mental note of player(s) you prefer not to play without.

Goto your Player List > Select said player and view their rockstar profile > Click BLOCK function. You won't see those players(s) in your future lobby ever again.

The problem is most of the hackers are using throw away steam accounts and if they get banned etc, they just purchase a new $5-10 RDO account and continue to play.

I have tried blocking the hackers but there are SO many people who do it. You block one and it's replaced by another in a few moments. Switching servers gets you like a few hours if your lucky before your teleported into a field of 100 bears or launched to the moon by a trail of TNT explosions.

ALL of the hacking problems would disappear if they allowed you to make a private/friends only or invite only sessions.

[Eminem]

Hey if you don't want to use that functionality and just want to rant, have at it.

[Huatica]

Originally posted by Eminem:

Hey if you don't want to use that functionality and just want to rant, have at it.

Lol not ranting, just explaining how the options you gave don't work to solve the problem. :P

[JACKSin]

Supposedly they hired Kenneth Parcell to "fix-it"

[Dog]

Started playing online tonight with some friends for the first time since i bought it back in 2019.

I loaded in and immediately some hacker was ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ with my friends camp despite the passive flag being raised

[Surviva 777]

Don't pay attention to them. Do the opposite of getting upset, they hate it and leave. Also report and record them.

[Bealla Donna]

Cause it's a Rockstar game.

[steal_TH-9]

I had a weird one where a flag pole was strapped to me and there was explosions every five steps.

Miraculously, when I took a stranger mission, it became a private session, without any player in sight.

But, I swear, every bullet was dynamites....

[Starbarian]

RockStar doesn't do anything about cheaters because they duno how to deal with it, RockStar's security is a joke. Even small indie MMOs has better security against cheaters.

Gypsyy explains perfectly about the cheating issue in the video below, even if it's about GTA but its also related to RD2 since it is the same company and same infrastructure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_fdhCXlPI0&t=2s&ab_channel=♥♥♥♥♥

@ 11:50 in the video the support outright says they can't help you and hangup on customers.

[MoOoOo]

Originally posted by Gaunter O'Dimm:

Been playing again quite actively for about 2 weeks now and haven't seen a single cheater

Use VPN, set your region to or near China and you'll see how bad it is.

[Icarus]

ill be honest . at least in my personal experience . playing for almost 2 weeks now i encountered 0 hackers and only ONE griefer . mofo shot my horse and logged off for no fn reason but that was it . everyone else i met online only wanted to smoke a cigar with me lol