Darkzero3802

It really isnt that hard to come out once a month and say "this is how many people were reported for this and this, this is how many the anti cheat caught". This is how many were suspended for griefing and this is how many were banned for cheating". "We do not condone cheating or breaking the TOS in any way. If you do we will take action". Thats all they need to do and thats all were asking for. Clarity as to if the anti cheat is working and if they are actually doing anything to enforce the rules. In no way do they need to release names of those who were actioned against nor are we asking for that. Were just asking for them to care enough to prove that they are actually trying and give transparency.

They say the provider did this without notification. Either theres a serious lapse on the providers part and LO should get some sort of compensation, or there was a notification and LO missed it. For this to happen and be down for so long theres something in the background that we dont know about. A decent provider should give notification and wouldnt take down the old stuff till the new stuff was up and running. Im speculating here abit but any form of common sense would go this route.

@MattScott You say transparancy but since this letter came out there has been 0 transparancy on the game, especially when it comes to the anti cheat system and LOs policy towards them. We receive 0 info as to if the anti cheat system is actually working. How many people are banned each month for using bots? How many are suspended for griefing or accessing areas they shouldnt be in? What is the LO staff doing to further enhance security and show they have 0 tolerance for cheaters? What is LO doing about cheaters openly streaming the game while using cheats? All we as a community see is constant cheating going on and the same accounts continuing to cheat even after multiple reports. This shows us that the cheaters bypass the anit cheat and LO doesnt do anything to fix this. When we try to bring this up we are either ignored or told to be quiet about it. This is not transparant in the slightest bit and we the community demand more.

We have been calling on transparancy for years now in regards to anti cheat and what LO actually does if anything. But they say they are doing something and hide behind the no name and shame. Unless the community as a whole demands this and annoys the LO staff about it without lapse it will never change.

Again. New players who arent good can be legit green. But after a certain point it is questionable how your still green. It is way too easy to get bronze and bronze is considered bad. At one point everyone called silver bad cause everyone was gold (and cheated). Now with the pop so low your either silver or a cheating gold cause legit golds are just as rare as legit green threats. Matt doesnt care about APB nor does he want to spend the money to actually have a legit anti cheat system in place and hire enough people to handle the problem (between gms and devs to recode). Anyone who has been here a minute knows that a hacker broke into the game, got the game codes and built a full cheat system around it so they cant be detected. Anyone who has been here since LO took over knows that Matt and LO have a high tolerance for hackers and have been doing the same thing over and over expecting different results each time. Back at the beginning I gave LO a chance and said to support them. Now I cant argue that as they have had the game long enough to know what to do, how to do it and what needs to be done. They just chose not to do it.

Way back in the day there was a hacker who played who actually broke into the game and got the game code. When they were banned they released these cheats for free for public use. Nothing short of a complete game code redesign will stop this problem. LOs continued half assed anti cheat solutions will not prevent ppl from using these cheats. LO relying on AI to act as the ban hammer is their way of making an excuse not to actually take a stand and do more to prevent said cheats. It is lazy, it is a way not to hire more ppl to keep the game clean and it is a way for them to do less work. TLDR: These cheats have the game code and LO is too lazy to do whats required.

The only way you can do well with the OBIR at closer range is to know how to use it. If you dont know how the gun works you wont do well at closer ranges. Thats where the skill gap comes into play between the few newbies who play and the vets who have been around since forever. On another note where do you get these new legendaries perm? The only way I knew how was JMBs and that was forever ago.

ESET Nod32 and it says it found a threat in a file SARD was trying to access and it blocked SARD from accessing said file

When is LO going to finally fix hitreg?

Basically as the title says. My anti virus is seeing SARD as a virus and is preventing it from working. Something changed since this latest SARD update to where its now being flagged as a potential threat. Can this be looked into?

Got to be honest here. Pretty mixed overall on this. To just release skins in armas that were limited time only at one point that you had to put effort into getting just feels like a slap in the face to those of us who put in the time to get them. They either should have been re released with the same requirements to earn them as the first time or not at all. Its a money grab by LO for new players and a slap in the face to the vets who keep the game going and earned them the hard way. To release a jumping sniper brings a whole slew of issues. Mainly that jump shooting back in the day was abused greatly as it gives an advantage to someone in jump motion vs someone moving slowly aiming down the sights. 2ndly it also gives cheaters another way to break the game as now they can aimbot jumpshoot. Back in the day it was not an intended part of the game and it was removed due to the unfair advantage it gave and the abuse it got from cheaters.

I am skeptical as to how effective this will be in improving matchmaking quality and in banning cheaters. To date nothing has worked and they have easily skirted any cheat detection. Heres to hoping this will actually do something but one big thing that needed addressing yesterday is hitreg. You cant balance weapons when they dont work properly to begin with and that should have happened first.

Exactly. Its harder to get green then gold and to dethreat that far requires dedicated match throwing. To dethreat that far is nothing short of ruining gameplay for others.

Your not looking hard enough or dont know everyone if you miss the bronzie and green threat vets who were once upon a time gold.

They get that when they constantly unban everyone?