Is chearer reporting useless?

[[EPTF] Dexorf]

Encountered some speedhackers. Currently taking the time to file a report, submit the footage, etc.

But the zinger? They're P100. So I have to wonder, does nobody report them, or does nobody react to the reports? How likely is it that they've just now decided to start cheating?

[Rizzo]

They could have just hacked their prestige levels, it doesn't really tell much.
That said, there is a team that handles the reports, so yes, they do get seen and acted upon.

[[EPTF] Dexorf]

Originally posted by Rizzo:

They could have just hacked their prestige levels, it doesn't really tell much.
That said, there is a team that handles the reports, so yes, they do get seen and acted upon.

Gotcha, that does make some sense.

[PuttBlug]

Cheaters definitely get banned. BHVR will never inform you if the ones you report are banned or not because that would allow the cheaters to report themselves and be notified which cheats they can use safely and which ones are detectable. So it's best that it remains as it is.

[Truth seeker]

Apparently cheater get ban you just have no idea as a player because you have no feedback on your 10 minute report.

[tunnel me clown]

Some clowns Every week call me a hacker and cheater with speedhack and teleport for prestige 100+Sprint+lightweght and the fact that I am not Manser with 20-30sec chase Lol

[NarkoTri1er]

i just had a match against a team with No Mither Leon who was tping and going invisible as soon as other survivors were downed so he can heal them so that I can't carry anyone.
He used: lag switch cheat, invisibility cheat, perma SB cheat, and idk the name of the cheap for constantly going away from the killer when they try to pick you up. Rest of team wasn't cheating, but they were obviously cooperating with him.
With some luck I managed to slug Leon to death and get a 3k, but now that I have only post game screenshot with name of Leon and everyone who was cooperating with him, I guess they will never see the banhammer.

[Darkmaster]

yeah i'm seeing a lot of killer cheaters

[Sewerbat]

Originally posted by NarkoTri1er:

i just had a match against a team with No Mither Leon....

jeez that's ugly bud

[Harmonica]

One crucial thing that is still missing is feedback on report system, kind of the most important part of the whole process. Ie, a week or so (or some random time period) after they get banned (having accumulated n reports or having the reports evaluated), players who reported them should get a popup saying 'action was taken on a player you reported' and some BP in their inventory or whatever.

Without that feedback as you say you might as well assume that nothing happens, because it's a black box, BHVR are poor at talking about what they're doing to improve player behaviour, and it's definitely not worth your time or mental energy to keep track of whether cheaters/abusers are still playing (though you can and probably should Block abusive survivors after the game so you know if you run into them again BEFORE the match).

[Gorre]

If you didn't record video proof it's worthless.

[Narri]

They do ban cheaters. But they need proof of it.

Also same time there are people who cry that you are cheating when they don't know how killers mechanics work. So would't be surprised if there are many false reports.

[NarkoTri1er]

honestly? Ingame reporting system is extremely lame and it serves no purpose when reporting cheaters. Why? Because nonetheless, you will have to additionally mail BHVR and send them strong video proof so that they can do something about the cheater. This is the major reason why this game is crawling with cheaters.
Yesterday I faced a team of survivors where one was literally a 30+ level Steam account and they were using: lag switch, tp, invisibility and couple of more cheats, while the rest of the team were cooperating with them even with the fact that they were quite obviously cheating. 30+ level person on Steam is so confident in their hacks that they have more than 750h without a single game ban.

[Raft]

a blatant cheater (flying, opening gates at 3 gens remaining) whom i reported just yesterday is banned as of today. they do act on reports.

if it's obvious, they'd get banned. if it's subtle, probably not.

[NarkoTri1er]

Originally posted by r_r:

a blatant cheater (flying, opening gates at 3 gens remaining) whom i reported just yesterday is banned as of today. they do act on reports.

if it's obvious, they'd get banned. if it's subtle, probably not.

I reported a Leon I was talking about all the specified cheats and his team for cooperating with him without showing signs of protesting about his playstyle, nothing happened, dude doesn't have any game ban on his ban record.