Can players cheat in this game?

[Ron]

Had fun even though I'm a complete noob. I think I ran into a cheater though.

I was behind a large plane that was shooting at me from a rear facing gun. I was lighting him up but he didn't seem to take damage :(

Happened at 3.37 on the believe vid

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3122774259

[B-36 convair]

Originally posted by dan:

Originally posted by M1075:

do i look like if im 100% sure? in the video that i saw it looked like he hit it but i didn't hear any sounds so the guy been a cheater is 10% true and 90% not true

The only cheats out there for the game is ESP and aimbot. There's no invincibility or stuff of that sort.

k got it

[Ranold Arzenschwegger🕹]

I've dealt with the topic of cheaters in detail, because it just totally bothers me. In any multiplayer game, there are between 3-7% cheaters. I once read this in a statistic. By the way, for Warthunder there is Wallhack, Aimbot, Triggerbot (Goes to the target at the touch of a button and the accuracy can be increased and decreased. This seems to be a very popular cheat especially among streamers). It's just totally disappointing how many dishonorable people try to spoil the fun for honest players just because they are extremely bad and selfish. Es sind statistisch also zwischen 0,96 und 2,24 Spieler Cheater pro Match ( in einer Runde mit 16 Spielern pro Seite). Of course, most cheaters don't make it obvious and try to disguise it. Some wait and intentionally take their time between kills so they don't get too much reporting. On the one hand, there are paid cheats that are regularly updated and there are freeware cheats that can be detected by anti-cheat after some time. The people who pay can use it in Warthunder with almost no risk.

But there is a new type of cheat that can only be detected by algorithms and an AI. They are small devices that are plugged in between your power devices and your or console (mouse or controller). Inside is an AI that actively improves your aim and learns from your gaming behavior. This seems to be becoming more and more fashionable, especially among console gamers. It's just sick what cheaters come up with.

However, I recommend you not to go to cheater forums, otherwise you will completely lose trust in anticheat and thus in online gaming. You'll be shocked at all the cheats out there. There are a lot of cheaters among the players and you will be killed by cheaters in many rounds. Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do about these poor people.

I'm not paraniod, but I'm not naïve, so I always keep myself up to date to know what patterns and behaviors to look out for in opponents. I often watch replays and most of the time my suspicions are confirmed very quickly. It's unclear to me whether gaijin does anything at all with the masses of reports, because every report would actually have to be checked by a human. That wouldn't be possible in terms of time.

[ErickaUnlimited]

Since OP's question was answered, I'll close this up.

For those that suspect someone of cheating, please review the server replay and report them appropriately. For instances of botting, please report them in-game using the botting option.