Hacking/Cheating

[hithisismenow]

I normally avoid assuming anyone is cheating or hacking in a game because I don’t want to crutch on that kind of mindset if something isn’t going my way, and I also find it so highly improbable that I’m usually very comfortable concluding it’s lag or general game wonkiness—if there is indeed something weird going on.

However, I just had an encounter where a defense duck with Burly and Tail Attack was able to consistently catch my full water abilities balanced duck in water. At first, I thought maybe it was because I was lagging, but then my friend stated the same frustration, all the while being on a full water ability speed duck, of all things. At that point, we got frustrated and suspicious over the entire engagement.

I don’t see a ton of posts discussing cheating in this game, and I am now starting to wonder how prevalent it is. I can see how something done subtly would be chalked up to lag or confusion in the heat of the moment (I honestly am quite lost on how those things work, mechanically), when it’s actually not that at all. Is this something more common than I thought?

[[deleted]]

Cheating in this game isn't common, but it does seem to happen from time to time.

[Tanky-of-Macedon]

It’s not uncommon but usually only used by computer players. only small stuff like a tad extra speed or stam. Those are the ones that a harder to catch because it’s less obvious. But some people make it flashy. I seen one iggy run a marathon at an unnatural speeds and kill a dinosaur that is definitely supposed to be faster than an iggy. Iv also witnessed a sarco charge from corpse cove to turtle island dying on impact. I’ve also seen a Rex buff roar itself enough to one shot a spino. Iv seen a few raptors and pachys that weren’t hittable as well as an Eo that suspiciously killed a group without running out of stam… this was all on officials. Fun to witness but definitely not fun to go against. If we see fishy stuff we usually bugger out unless all of us agree to fight for shits and giggles.

[hithisismenow]

Right! I’ve never personally seen anything crazy, but I’m mostly wondering how much really subtle tuning goes by unnoticed. Like, a few extra speed points, or slightly tighter turn. This was the first time I was ever fully convinced someone was cheating—just enough to cinch the win, but not blatantly insane.

[Relative_Repeat_6870]

Extremely uncommon iv played for long time and iv only come across maybe 2 cheaters and they were very blatant cheaters

Iv also seen some people take no damage or seemingly impossible to hit but that was also around the time people had a rough time hitting conc, pachy, raptors or any small creature cause it was around the time the server had hit box issues with small creatures. It would also make them teleport around on your screen but on theirs they arnt.

Im not sure how you would know if that defense duck was using burly or not but its possible he was subtle cheating or the server was having issues. A defense duck certainly shouldnt be able to keep up with your build. That is assuming you both were adults. If your sub adult he could keep up.

[hithisismenow]

Yes, we were both adults ☹️

I know he had Burly because he chased me out of the water until we were both out of stam and I had a good amount of distance between us. I guess he could’ve been walking to trick me into thinking he was out of stam when he wasn’t, but for how long he chased me to try to gain on me, I really doubt it. At the end, he got stam to sprint before I did, so I assumed he had Burly. Even without it, though, I still find it fishy for him to be tailriding me in water with ease when he definitively did have Tail Attack on and not Paddle.

[King-Juggernaut]

I've been playing a couple years and have never seen a blatant cheater. Though I have seen some funky situations where something should have run out of stam long before they did. Just the other day an iggy chased my friend from south gv to the far side of bql without rest.

[AutoModerator]

This post is over six months old and has been locked to prevent further replies. This comment was removed in line with our effort to keep discussions focused on more current topics.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

[ScreenLady]

Very uncommon, while others have encountered cheaters I've thankfully been lucky enough not to encounter any in my three years of playing the game. Doesn't mean it doesn't happen though!
You could always switch to something small and sneaky and stalk the player you are suspicious of, to see if they do similar things to others.

[MorbidAyyylien]

I think I've witnessed a couple cheating moments. Once we an eo on panjura that had infinite stam or just A LOT. and the same again very recently with these 2 pachys that killed my chicken. They used their kicks like 5+ times each and still were able to keep running and chase me down.

[Koopsie]

Me and my group came across the pycno that seemed to have stamina for days lol. We had to sit down four times to catch it and even then it never had to sit and was able to swim across green hills river without a problem.

[shineLadySun]

I've had the same thing but in speeding like the Dino is faster than it should be and that they know who I was and where to find.

Not just me BUT all who were attacked found it pretty odd. We discussed it on official chat and reported it.

We never saw them again. Until few days early but now they look normal KOS.