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As with any new game, XDefiant has faced some criticism and some controversies. Well, maybe a couple more than an average game. There were the bunny-hoppers, the OP weapon, the P2W accusations, and unfortunately, many more. Not to say that the game didn’t receive any praise, as developers seem to be very dedicated and open to criticism. Over the weekend, a new problem arose, reportedly there have been instances of cheating, even though the anti-cheat system exists. Players are united in their efforts against cheaters taking over the game less than two weeks after the release of XDefiant.
Fans Displeased With Cheaters
A Redditor, Twizzyyyy69, complained: “The amount of blatant cheaters this weekend has been through the roof, every 3rd game some guy aimbotting the entire lobby”. They elaborated: “I am level 71 now, I haven‘t had a cheater up until this weekend. 3 guys speed hacking as well as aimbotting, 4 guys just spinning and one running in the sky aimbotting and having god mode. Haven‘t played all too much this weekend, pretty miserable experience”.
Another player, pigpen808, confirmed: “Same. Wasn’t bad before this weekend. Had plenty of wallhacks, few aimbots”. AnyWhichWayButLose added: “Confirmed. I think competitive FPSs are going to die off if this persists. I already came across a turbo player using aimbot who is level 110”.
Loli_Caretaker shared their unfortunate experience. They said: “Someone in voice chat warned us about the guy on the other team being a hacker and left. The person was a level 3, that at some point got 40-something kills and 0 deaths, just hunting people down and pre-firing through the walls as a cleaner and with no intel on their team”.
What can be done in a situation like that? Several players wondered why anybody would stay in a game like that. One of them, orgi_nal_01, said: “I’m curious, why do you stay in the lobby? I’m thinking if everyone on your team just quits with a rage hacker like this, he’d not get the enjoyment out of his cheats that he’s looking for”. GrandPand- elaborated: “They do it to cause rage that’s the point of rage hackers they get off at wasting your time so always leave as fast as possible if they are doing s**t like this”.
Cheaters or Extremely Good Players?
Obviously, not everyone has had the same experiences, with many players testifying to never seeing a single cheater. Brantuh said: “I’ve played a LOT and only come across one blatant hacker… not saying you’re lying but it is odd because I play on PC, where you would expect a lot of hackers to be”. S_Squar3d agreed: “I’m a level 62 with a good amount of hours played. I’m also on PC. I have yet to run into one cheater. You’re running into a cheater “1 in every 4 games”? Crazy”.
Born2beSlicker pointed out: “Have yet to find a hacker. Can’t wait for console-only crossplay though to keep it nonexistent”. Lots of others agreed with this statement. Dxrules90 simply stated: “My crossplay is off for a reason”.
Some fans were predicting a grim future for XDefiant. CallaxD reminded: “I mean, this is Ubisoft and BattlEye. Just look at R6 Siege, it’s been out of control for years. Considering this is F2P and cheats have been around since beta, there will be a lot around right now”. When considering previous experiences, these doubts are justified.
When it comes to the rising number of cheaters, we can’t be sure if any of these were just exaggerations, but, the number of reports is certainly concerning. Let’s hope the developers find a way to prevent cheaters from ruining XDefiant for all the other players.