The video evidence was pretty strong. In all cases that I showcased either I had the weapons power up, or it was demonstrably in the control of another player and not with "Suicidal Shrimp". I also put all pips to SYS and had full shields. In each case he destroyed me in 2/3 shots. I followed up with another video where I had the weapons power up, and he had almost no shields left. I had the heat beams, so there was no doubt that I was connecting, but it was clear that his shields were not going offline, and his hull just sat at 100%. Then he turned around and killed me in 2 shots when I had full shields. In that post death screen, where they focus on who killed you, you can still see him just sitting there absorbing weapons fire from other players with no consequence. That was also in the recording. I am not sure what else I can give them beyond that at this point.
CQC Are There Known Hacks in CQC That We Know Of?
- Thread starter Synthetic Frost
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The video evidence was pretty strong. In all cases that I showcased either I had the weapons power up, or it was demonstrably in the control of another player and not with "Suicidal Shrimp". I also put all pips to SYS and had full shields. In each case he destroyed me in 2/3 shots. I followed up with another video where I had the weapons power up, and he had almost no shields left. I had the heat beams, so there was no doubt that I was connecting, but it was clear that his shields were not going offline, and his hull just sat at 100%. Then he turned around and killed me in 2 shots when I had full shields. In that post death screen, where they focus on who killed you, you can still see him just sitting there absorbing weapons fire from other players with no consequence. That was also in the recording. I am not sure what else I can give them beyond that at this point.
Ian Phillips
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Please REPORT these players, and don't name them on the forums. There is a strict policy about there being no naming and shaming or witch hunting on the forums.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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Thing is, we have reported these players, then send video evidence clearly showing they are cheating, and they are still in the game making it miserable for everyone. I haven't been able to get into a game for days now since each time I do, the cheater is in there. I love CQC but I will probably just stop playing and go do something else if they don't deal with the cheaters.
From my experience reporting "-=.." it takes ~3 month for Frontier to take action. Just keep reporting and wait patiently. Oh, wait, it was in the main game.. Wonder how long it will take for CQC.. 
PS: "K.S" is clearly making a point (pretty sure CQC is no fun for him either). And he is winning. The losers here are all non-hacking players (thanks to Frontier).
PS: "K.S" is clearly making a point (pretty sure CQC is no fun for him either). And he is winning. The losers here are all non-hacking players (thanks to Frontier).
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Glad to see others reported him too, I was watching that Sidewinder test you did Mirida and it was that what confirmed something off hand was going on. Hope they are banned just in time for the new beta
Glad to see others reported him too, I was watching that Sidewinder test you did Mirida and it was that what confirmed something off hand was going on. Hope they are banned just in time for the new beta
Lucky you. Hacks used by K.S are "release-specific" and require developer(s) to update address table (and some other stuff).
So after new version pushed out you can enjoy from a few days to a few weeks of hacking-free game.
Also, betas never (I had suspicions about one beta last year, but nothing definite) really have hacking problem (hack developer(s) just skips them and goes for main releases)
The other kind of hackers (lag switching) can still be there in beta but they are rare in CQC - I've seen perhaps 2 total (and not recently). Not sure if Frontier installed some guards against variable lag?
So enjoy it...
Making a wild guess here...
Would it be legal in EU to ban a user of Arena? (somebody who bought just Arena and not a full game)
I suspect not since Frontier did not bother to create NPCs in it and the only option they have is "disable the game entirely". So Frontier is probably in a "legal bind" here. They can't just disconnect him and "shadow ban" (can still play with NPCs) is not available in CQC. The only option it has is to coerce hacker to voluntarily quit. I wonder how much money they can offer to buy back the game from him... A few thousand dollars should do the trick?
(Honestly, hard to imagine anything else after all the fuss about this guy..)
Would it be legal in EU to ban a user of Arena? (somebody who bought just Arena and not a full game)
I suspect not since Frontier did not bother to create NPCs in it and the only option they have is "disable the game entirely". So Frontier is probably in a "legal bind" here. They can't just disconnect him and "shadow ban" (can still play with NPCs) is not available in CQC. The only option it has is to coerce hacker to voluntarily quit. I wonder how much money they can offer to buy back the game from him... A few thousand dollars should do the trick?
(Honestly, hard to imagine anything else after all the fuss about this guy..)
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Of course it's legal!
Justice should be done and should be seen to be done.
Grrrr... that doofus is at it again. Too bad I can't flash my virtual "womanly parts" at him in hopes of distracting him so that he crashes into an asteroid or something.
Met another CMDR today. He started off as level 1 when I first saw him. Overpowered lasers. Not as bad as our favorite fishy friend: more like 4-5 shot kills without the weapons power up vs 2-3 like our favorite friend. He had no obvious shield mods, so you could definitely kill him, which I did religiously on principle. I reported him, but the influx of these guys makes me feel like there is a common exploit somewhere that is being distributed more frequently than before.
If I would report every Player who kill me fast I only would write a report every day. as long u can kill him I dont care much. I had a lvl 50 Player in enemy Team who killed me all times and he was allways Nr.1.. but no reason for report in my eyes.
Had an imperial fighter that seemed to be using heat sinks. You could target it but your weapons couldn't track the ship. First I thought good use of heat sinks but after playing a few games with the guy his ship seemed to be producing no heat at any time. Could this be a infinite sink or a no heat hack of some kind? If it's a lag issue or a desync problem he was flying around killing people with no issues.
If it is silent running (too low level to get) it is definitely the upgrade to get.
If it is silent running (too low level to get) it is definitely the upgrade to get.
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There are a few players (including myself) that use silent running very effectively. But we do produce a lot of heat when we use it. Its a hard item to use effectively but if you do its pretty killer.