Reporting hackers/cheaters Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

[Jinbo]

Edit:

Saintone posted the site of the form you need to fill to report a player, here it goes:

https://www.konami.com/mgs/tpp/report/index.php?region=ac&lang=en

Use this second website to find out what is the ID of the player you want to report: http://steamrep.com/ simply copy and paste the players URL.

In this website: http://www.konami.jp/mgs5
I loged in today after giving up on FOB because of hackers, and saw that Konami posted a notice on the message board when you open the game. I went to the website and found nothing regarding this "reporting a player option" so my request is to please go in the website and look for it with me and post back here for any results that way we let everyone know we can keep this small community clean of cheaters/hackers.

A bit of a story.

I was the number one player on the espionage ranking ladder for a while, along side a player named Galathil. He gave up on the game when he saw what trainers were capable of doing for players online. I gave up a couple of days before him for similar reasons. Its a shame that you can find the best tactics for the game best loadout for each situation and get to the top of the world but still somone manages to score in 3 days what you have scored in 2 weeks and go far beyond.

Situation.

I have played FOB for a whole 9 hours in one day and Im telling you there is no way to score 300,000 points of espionage ranking in that a amount of time without some kind of hacking. Its unfair for the players who enjoy this game and want to enjoy FOB to find hackers/cheaters in every corner.

Lets fulton this idiots back to the brig.

[BrutalAI]

And again: http://imgur.com/FsUzDpq

[Captain Keys]

soo did this ever do anything or was it a waste of time

[Zeph]

Waste of time. As has been stated many times, there have been no confirmed cases of banned players in TPP/MGO. Some people must have been reported hundreds if not throusands of times since they've been at it since FOB's were activated.

[BrutalAI]

http://imgur.com/B7gf4BK
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198056894979/
infinite cgm-25, stun all guards

[erebus dark]

The original link in this post is definitely broken and resolving to a potentially malicious site. I didn't click through all the security checks that popped up when I tried clicking. I think I found the updated link from the legit Konami site:

https://www.konami.com/mgs/tpp/report/index.php?region=ac&lang=en

Alternatively, if you just go to the MGS:TPP main page, ( http://www.konami.jp/mgs5/ ) then click the "GLOBAL" button. On the main page click the "FAQ & ENQUIRIES" button at the bottom of the red left menu. This will open a new tab where one can find answers to common questions.

At the very bottom of the FAQ page there is a box asking "Is the problem solved?" Clicking "No" will direct you to an options box where I'm assuming the "Malicious Acts" button is the right department.

To complete this form you'll need to find your "Enquiry ID number" which is the same as your "Contact ID." It's located in the pause menu under the "CONTROLS & MANUAL" section.

I'm sure you can all figure out the rest from there.

(I'm going to copy/pasta this on another thread with the same broken link in hopes people don't get infected.)

[Jinbo]

Originally posted by Wafflefaust:

The original link in this post is definitely broken and resolving to a potentially malicious site. I didn't click through all the security checks that popped up when I tried clicking. I think I found the updated link from the legit Konami site:

https://www.konami.com/mgs/tpp/report/index.php?region=ac&lang=en

Alternatively, if you just go to the MGS:TPP main page, ( http://www.konami.jp/mgs5/ ) then click the "GLOBAL" button. On the main page click the "FAQ & ENQUIRIES" button at the bottom of the red left menu. This will open a new tab where one can find answers to common questions.

At the very bottom of the FAQ page there is a box asking "Is the problem solved?" Clicking "No" will direct you to an options box where I'm assuming the "Malicious Acts" button is the right department.

To complete this form you'll need to find your "Enquiry ID number" which is the same as your "Contact ID." It's located in the pause menu under the "CONTROLS & MANUAL" section.

I'm sure you can all figure out the rest from there.

(I'm going to copy/pasta this on another thread with the same broken link in hopes people don't get infected.)

Thank you, sir. I'll update these details.

[ShiningHero]

Hello everybody

I am pretty thief, also known as prettyboy. I created a group called MGSV Cheaters awhile back with the intention of collecting information on cheaters. This includes listing their steam profile (by id of course), evidence and other details.

Since March, I begun to report on average 3-5 cheaters a week, sometimes more if I had a nuclear weapon. I would record video, upload photos, everything I could that would undeniably prove that somebody was cheating. I would attach all this to my report. When it came clear that I was running into the same cheating individuals who were continuing their actions with no penalty, I decided to contact Konami directly. This was the e-mail I received

Hello. Thank you for contacting KONAMI Customer Support.

We appreciate your effort in reaching out to us regarding the matter.

That being said, please note that we are unable to particularly disclose the details of our specific response regarding players with inappropriate actions; however, please note that we will take appropriate measures upon verifying the details we received.

With this, we kindly ask you to continue to use the link below should you wish to submit player reports in the future:

https://www.konami.co.jp/service_support/mgs/tpp/report/index.php5?region=ac&lang=en

Rest assured that your input will be forwarded to the department concerned so that it may be used as reference in the future.

With this, we ask for your kind understanding and continued patronage.

> title:MGS5
> version:TPP
> region:europe
> language:en
> userId:prettyboy
> date:2016-5-13 20:0
> category:FOB ONLINE
> question:Dear Konami,
> I am an admin for a group known as MGSV Cheaters which is dedicated to colle
> cting information and footage in regards to active cheaters who play online.
> We have collected very solid evidence in regards to a number of players inc
> luding those in the top rankings.
>
> While we have filed several reports through the Malicious Acts website, the
> same cheaters actively persist even after months of being reported. Will we
> ever see any action taken?
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIw9kPgbJTU
>

Thank you for playing METAL GEAR SOLID V.

Best Regards,
KONAMI Customer Support Team

This was two months ago and I have yet to see visible action taken against active and well known cheaters. Even cheats such as Ragnar Lodbrok who would try to deny it, no longer hide the fact they cheat nowadays.

With the announcement of new content, I briefly became optimistic that there would be some changes, I was wrong. So I have come to the following conclusions

1) The anti cheating support is a small part time task force that is not properly equipped to handle such matters

2) It's little of no concern to them because...

I am certain many cheaters have bought MB Coins. So taking offline the 50-60% of the PC player base that has either A) Cheated in single player and quit, or B) Continues to play online and cheat, they are risking a loss of profits. In fact, the only time I think people may have truly been penalized in the past 6 months is when there was some exploit to get MB coins without paying for them.

There is also the issue of how PC servers are ran in contrast to PS4/XBONE. When you defend your FOB from an invader, the invader is actually hosting the server. So that means you could be connecting to somebody from Australia to defend your own FOB and you'll get all that comes with that. From what I understand.. and I could be completely wrong, the console versions use dedicated servers as do most online games. Players connect to the same server rather than a local one. This allows easier moderation, cheat prevention and of course better latency.

Cheating will probably never go away on the PC platform because it is not their target platform.

I actually had more to say on this, but you get the idea and time to go to work :)

[SirexPower]

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198017773158/

Hard level cheater

Please tell Konami

[Alien]

I can see cheats for singleplayer. You know the drill, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ disconnect and then cheat. But really? Your ♥♥♥♥ is that small? You have to be the "best online player"? Talk about the Diamond dogs of his mother's basement. I can see maybe cheating in weapons in SINGLEPLAYER. Just to ♥♥♥♥ around. You know, destroy guardposts, wipe the floor with tanks. But at the same time cheating ruins the experience for you in a way. Which is why I haven't cheated on MGSV, I do it on borderlands, Skyrim, Terraria, even something really grindy like Factorio, but not MGSV, because the "grind" is Arab drifting on sand dunes and leaping out of jeeps with a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ revolver like Rambo and headshotting an entire guardpost midair. That's the kind of grind I like. This game is like Just Cause 3 met MGSV, which is perfect for me. Because I love all of MGS and all of Just Cause.

[Zeph]

Originally posted by tjmccaust:

I can see cheats for singleplayer. You know the drill, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ disconnect and then cheat. But really? Your ♥♥♥♥ is that small? You have to be the "best online player"? Talk about the Diamond dogs of his mother's basement. I can see maybe cheating in weapons in SINGLEPLAYER. Just to ♥♥♥♥ around. You know, destroy guardposts, wipe the floor with tanks. But at the same time cheating ruins the experience for you in a way. Which is why I haven't cheated on MGSV, I do it on borderlands, Skyrim, Terraria, even something really grindy like Factorio, but not MGSV, because the "grind" is Arab drifting on sand dunes and leaping out of jeeps with a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ revolver like Rambo and headshotting an entire guardpost midair. That's the kind of grind I like. This game is like Just Cause 3 met MGSV, which is perfect for me. Because I love all of MGS and all of Just Cause.

Bruh, youre like 2 years late to the party. The online is aready dead for this game lol

[RosscoPico]

Originally posted by Zeph:

Bruh, youre like 2 years late to the party. The online is aready dead for this game lol

Haha yeah, nothing like reviving a 2 year old thread!

Online can be a bit quite sometimes now, but there's still plenty of PvP going on if you know where to look.

The average number of active players each month has remained in the 2000 - 4000 region contantly since March 2016. MGO is virtually completely dead though.....

[Zeph]

Originally posted by Oliver Queen:

for using hacks in FOB, what option should i select? improper acts or criminal acts?

Doesnt matter. Dead game, not that you can actually report them anyway since when you try to konamis report system after 2 years still defaults to inappropriate name no matter what.

[Asterix]

Originally posted by Oliver Queen:

for using hacks in FOB, what option should i select? improper acts or criminal acts?

Improper acts

[cabrones]

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198340086166/

cheater noob

[Pilkie]

I know I'm reviving a dead topic here, but its out of control. I got a max FOB up and a single hacker came in and kept console killing all my guards until my entire security team was wiped out, then he teleported into the core and won. This happens several times a day now and the only winning move is to just never open up your FOB. On top of that, Konami has completely thrown this game out of their view since they no longer ban cheaters. There have been players that my group of 50+ FOB users and I have been reporting for months that are still runing FOBs for everyone today.

TL;DR If you came here to find out more about hackers, there are a ton of them and Konami no longer bans them and doesn't offer anti-cheat.

As for the revive, this is the most popular post on this subject and I want players to know the situation before they post about hackers. And Konami, ♥♥♥♥ YOU. You took one of the greatest stealth-action games of all time and turned it into a haven for cheaters and gave the middle finger to your dedicated playerbase.