How bad is the cheating and hacking?

[Arlith]

Is it really as bad as the reviews are saying? Some of these reviewers have played for over 1000 hours. That's... a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ lot of hours. And if it really is that bad, is there nothing that's going to be done about it? Why don't the devs shine some light on this? Definitely not buying if I'm only going to get camped, hacked, and cheated and the devs are not caring.

[yxman]

play on private server, problem solved.

[Fever]

its not that bad, its only bad us their to lasy to report their asses

[Tokebec]

i have more then 1k hours playtime too and i love the game but lately our Official server has become unplayable,not because of hackers or cheaters but because they moved server to a different and cheap compagny now we have high lag and ping,cant tame or breed without having to deal with massive set back and they dont seem to give a ♥♥♥♥ about that.

[ShawDou]

Originally posted by Ozz3605:

i have more then 1k hours playtime too and i love the game but lately our Official server has become unplayable,not because of hackers or cheaters but because they moved server to a different and cheap compagny now we have high lag and ping,cant tame or breed without having to deal with massive set back and they dont seem to give a ♥♥♥♥ about that.

I love people who critize after 1k hours of fun. For this price i think it was definitely worth it already.

Dont get me wrong i can feel with you, but it does not mean they dont give ♥♥♥♥. Since this game is buy 2 play they get nothing from you after initial purchase is made and to keep so many servers runing is not cheap at all.

I have about 300h but we play on private server = we pay monthly fee. We then have server in our hands. If you play with several friends cost for private server can get about 2-3$ per person per month.

[MortVent]

Not as bad as you think from the amount of BS rage.

A lot of the so called hacks are just them not understanding some things render in first, so that hidden base isn't so hidden... others are as simple as them having the patience to try and figure out your keycodes (you'll be surprised at how often 1234 will open a PVP base door when it's locked) Lag and ping can also account for a good bit, especially with the new hosts.

But worst of all, most who see the hacks.. don't bother to report them properly so nothing gets done (OMG hacks on server 929292! Fix it nao! = worthless)

[Sweet Briana 💋™]

Hacks are real.

Anyone saying "so-called' really is outside the realm of knowledge of that particular "industry".

If you understand the game engine then you know its network code limitations and vulnerabilities. Every platform/engine is different and the ways that the network code is handled is pretty much limited between all games.

Right now, stopping a cheat is impossible - and this is how it always has been.

Cheaters are on every kind of server - IF - they want to be. Unofficial servers are no escape.

If there is PvP - NO MATTER the game - expect people who will need to inflate their sense of self by dominating their gaming peers by way of cheat packages.

Best just not think of it or you will think you see cheats in everything - although it is the truth that cheat packages exist for most games (somehow the commercial big money cheat makers all love Blizzard so only expect bargain basement hacks and trojoan malware), it will only frustrated you if you sit there and think of "how the hell did that guy snipe me on my spino from where he is with one shot" - and then Salted-Triggered-Tilt begins.

Cheats are a fact of ALL FPS games. No escaping them in this never ending Arms Race.

Want to avoid cheaters (or at least the knowledge or idea of cheaters or a person is cheating)? play PvE.

[Solus™]

1000's of hours means nothing. Most people just leave the launcher running when logged out and get super inflated play times.

[Sweet Briana 💋™]

Originally posted by Arlith:

Definitely not buying if I'm only going to get camped, hacked, and cheated and the devs are not caring.

The Devs do Care!

Most devs of game that are MMO-types know this issue and they care. But guess what?

They can't change that right now with the way network code for Multiplayer games works.

It's not the Devs fault at all - it is the reality of the current limitations they are bound by with code they do not write.

Game devs do what they can within the paramaters of the coding language and platform tools at their disposal. Just because something cannot be done or has not been done - does not == the Devs are CHOOSING NOT TO DO IT.

In regards to cheaters, they literally cannot stop it.

Punk Buster, BattlEye, VAC, etc, are literally in place for one reason: Assuage the Fears of the Consumer and Placate the Ignorant Gaming Plebeians.

[Fanne]

Try it, so many ways to play it and mods . Don't forget it's a EA and haters gonna ...
Devs do care, try to make some money if you get cheated or hacked: http://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/152393186481498717/

[Kraek]

The cheating is something the devs take serious. The battleeye implementation is decent and its a good thing they chose that rather than trying it on their own. It is decent, so i would not worry about cheating today in this game.

But...

Ark public is a sh*thole, i am talking imaginary rape, kidnapping, involuntary blood donation, your dinos bola'ed and killed before your eyes from your prison cage. sometimes over the top, there have been cases of people ransomming for real life money (basically forcing you to start a new survivor). And then there is an element of sad kids, poorly bullied and abused (never sexually... not even desired by the local clergy) in real life, that try to escape their poor embarressed and miserable existences by ganging together like little rats and commit internet trolling as a coping mechanism. It is survival for them..

But this is such a great game i'm willing to put up with that ;)

[Arlith]

Wow, lots of responses! Thanks for letting me know about the limitations of the technology preventing devs from ridding their games of hacking/cheating. That really blows =/ However, at this price I think I will probably give it a go. Seems like a lot of fun. Thanks guys 'n gals! :)

[simon]

Dont take bad reviews from poeple who payed so little for so many game hours played seriously. Why would people play something for 100's of hours if it was rubbish?