Is hacker/cheater still common nowadays?

[月]

I saw there are hacker/cheater software for MWO around, is hacker/cheater still common in MWO nowadays?

[Ishan451]

They have never been common and you would have to get really unlucky to get into a game with one.

[Xilo The Odd]

only ever seen one or a group with a few in it way in the past.

remember when faction warfare was relevant and fun? it was back then. 12 Gauss snipers on the defending side, aimbotters among them going for headshots and getting them.

[Kaisha]

No one plays MWO any more... that includes hackers.

[Conan the Brobarian]

Originally posted by Kaisha:

No one plays MWO any more... that includes hackers.

[Ishan451]

Always amazing how many people hang around here, in a game nobody is supposedly playing anymore.

[Shadow of the SPQR]

With the way people define death in games, I have to wonder if everyone over the age of 60 is not in fact already dead, or people with any number of weaknesses compared to the most virile segment of population.

Hackers were never common in the first place.

[The Fifth Horseman]

In my four years of experience with MWO (about 2500 hours in live drops) I saw less than half a dozen occasions that looked like someone might be cheating.
Accusations of cheating aren't uncommon though, since the matchmaker can put together players whose performances are aparty by roughly 50% of the playerbase (and the lower end is quite poor in their comprehension of basic gameplay mechanics... or even aiming for that matter).
To an inexperienced players something might seem almost magical until the trick is explained - I've been on the receiving end of that when I asked my opponent if he had Seismic Sensor too (since he was clearly able to anticipate my moves)... and the answer was no, he stayed close enough to listen to where my footsteps are going.

[Xilo The Odd]

Originally posted by Ishan451:

Always amazing how many people hang around here, in a game nobody is supposedly playing anymore.

to be fair, i havnt touched it in ages, i literally hopped in once to check on a build i was gonna recommend. but i hang out here in the hopes someone sees a big change and reports on it and it sounds good. or to continue knocking on PGI and their leaders poor decision making for the franchise.

[月]

Originally posted by The Fifth Horseman:

In my four years of experience with MWO (about 2500 hours in live drops) I saw less than half a dozen occasions that looked like someone might be cheating.
Accusations of cheating aren't uncommon though, since the matchmaker can put together players whose performances are aparty by roughly 50% of the playerbase (and the lower end is quite poor in their comprehension of basic gameplay mechanics... or even aiming for that matter).
To an inexperienced players something might seem almost magical until the trick is explained - I've been on the receiving end of that when I asked my opponent if he had Seismic Sensor too (since he was clearly able to anticipate my moves)... and the answer was no, he stayed close enough to listen to where my footsteps are going.

hacker/cheater software for MWO still around

[The Fifth Horseman]

Originally posted by 月:

hacker/cheater software for MWO still around

That doesn't mean it's getting much if any use.

[Ishan451]

Originally posted by 月:

Originally posted by The Fifth Horseman:

In my four years of experience with MWO (about 2500 hours in live drops) I saw less than half a dozen occasions that looked like someone might be cheating.
Accusations of cheating aren't uncommon though, since the matchmaker can put together players whose performances are aparty by roughly 50% of the playerbase (and the lower end is quite poor in their comprehension of basic gameplay mechanics... or even aiming for that matter).
To an inexperienced players something might seem almost magical until the trick is explained - I've been on the receiving end of that when I asked my opponent if he had Seismic Sensor too (since he was clearly able to anticipate my moves)... and the answer was no, he stayed close enough to listen to where my footsteps are going.

hacker/cheater software for MWO still around

Thanks to the Metrics released by World of Tanks and such we know that IIRC less than 1% of all gamers cheat (i think it was something like 0,15%). With an average playercount throughout the day of 400 players that means MWO has maybe 4 cheaters on at any given time, if that much.

The chance for you to be matchmade against one, (if you are matchmade with one it doesn't really effect you), is rather small.

And even if you run cheats you can't really do much with them. Thanks to the rescaling of the hitboxes its incredibly difficult to hit the head hitbox. A minute change in angle and you will miss the hitbox. You can test this yourself when you try to hit the head hitbox in the training area from any sort of distance. If you are not perfectly head on you are likely going to miss the head hitbox.

Since hits and hit points are handled by the server there isn't much in terms of invunerability...

What remains are wallhacks that let you know where the enemy is... and you can just get seismic sensor for that and don't even need to hack.

And if people suspect you of cheating they will report you via the ingame function and probably send the Match ID to support... so you are likely gonna be banned quite quickly, as soon as they start investigating you.

Cheating in MWO isn't worth it.