Is cheating still as rampant as six months ago

[crimewave@gmail.com 0]

My friends and I took a break about the time the stand a lone started being talked about

because of rampant cheating and getting killed by them almost every time we played.

Whether it was teleport hundreds of feet into the air to drop to your death in a pile of everyone on the server

or insta killed or invunerable people ect.

I was watching a youtube video from fat boss and it looks like a lot of changes have been made and i read some

patch notes from the newest patch and I was wondering if the cheating is a lot less common now? Or should

we just continue to wait for the stand alone and hopefully for access through it with a kickstarter perhaps since

it seems we are finally getting very close

[SmashT 10907]

It's much better tbh

[deejay2900 28]

It's much better tbh

I agree with the sexy beast with long, blonde hair.

There are far less hackers. I haven't run into a hacker (on DayZ [i've seen a hacker in ArmA]) in a few months now.

[boxman80 964]

A combination of Private hives and improvements to the game it's self have massively improved the situation. Plus last year seen a massive influx of hipsters who were only here on the crest of a wave of popularity, which in its self brought a load of shit-houses and script kiddies - those guys have pretty much gone now.

All you got to worry about now is admins who abuse their server admin privileges! However if you find a well established private hive you should be aright!

[HMS 115]

Only by owners and admins.

I haven't been killed by a hacker since.. well I guess it's about 260 days now.

[ThrobbinCorncob 8]

Before this past weekend, it was extremely quiet. Then suddenly it seemed as though Saturday/Sunday was no holds barred, every server getting script kiddied. I tried to play on seven different, completely unrelated servers and there were script kiddies all over the place this weekend. I think it may have had something to do with 1.7.7 and trying to get their last "hoorah" in before new "hacks" have to be developed.

It had calmed down yesterday again thankfully.

TL;DR it's hit or miss right now but definitely has been on the quiet side except for this past weekend.

Edited June 11, 2013 by ThrobbinCorncob

[rn_max 202]

A while ago I would have said no ... but now I'm not entirely sure. From repeated loss of vehicles and raided tents, I became highly suspicious of le hax on one of my regular public haunts.

Turns out I was right after watching three guys in a row get busted for setpos (teleport) restrictions by Battleye (finally!) in one evening. One of them was a long term regular using his normal name, the other two were suspected to be regulars under changed names. One even tried to change his name again and come back, but Battleye announced his idiocy and unchanged GUID in chat. What a halfwit.

Later on I found out from a friend of an admin, that a whole gang of hackers had been manually banned, following evidence of mass map hacking and teleporting. They got greedy, taking every vehicle on the server and raiding every tent. Pointless without doubt and childishly destructive, there are still plenty out there.

[Statik (DayZ) 2695]

No, just find a good private hive.

[crimewave@gmail.com 0]

Private hives werent around really when I played, how would i find one? just using dayz commander or what?

sorry for the questions thanks for the replies ill try to talk a few of my friends to come back again instead of waiting for standalone

[rn_max 202]

That's the trick of it all ... finding a good private hive. A reliable one with decent admins who don't abuse their position, or tools, or favour their buddies, that won't close down on a whim and leave you looking for another to start again on.

I've been on too many that have done just that and disappeared, which is a total loss when you invest in a persistent game. Despite their problems, public hive servers are easy to wander between at least and provide a consistent standard game world.

[crimewave@gmail.com 0]

ah yes so lik eprivate EQ servers ect haha..

I might try to look for some.

Edited June 11, 2013 by Merciful