Even 2042 had DAY ONE cheats that you can still find online, there is literally no stopping these people it seems. IMO if you're caught cheating in an online game you should lose access to your EA account (or whatever service is providing the game) although of course there is no way that is ever going to happen (back to the whole $$ thing was talking about). So yeah, recording and reporting definitely helps. Even caught a guy on 2142 using a wall-hack and a few days later received this from EA: These are some of just a few really blatant examples but imagine how much more DON'T get caught.

That one dude was part of the ELiTE BF3 clan which everyone suspected of cheating back in the day and yep looks like they always were. Some recent examples:Īll those players were banned by BFA/servers/EA after I submitted all this so it's not just in my head. I fire up old BF games every once and a while and almost EVERY TIME I catch someone straight up hacking. Is using a mouse sensitivity changer considered cheating (you know who you are)? What about having someone spectate and communicate enemy locations to you? What about being on Discord and giving your friends enemy positions after you get killed? Doesn't seem to be as black and white as it used to be. I've spectated jet pilots in BF4 who are able to keep their speed at EXACTLY 313 to maximize turning/manoeuvrability, something that is not possible without some sort of key macro. In BF4 I see -certain unnamed players- doing it all the time. The only thing that has really changed from the old days of BF/COD/CS are 1.) what is considered a 'cheat' and 2.) people have learned to be more subtle with it and integrated it into their play-styles.īack in the day using key macros was considered cheating in BF2 you could be banned for using a macro that switched you from the pilot seat of a chopper to the gunner and auto-fired a TV missile. If you wanted to cheat there is almost nothing stopping you at this point, in fact it might almost be required to keep up with things the way they are developing (play on a Russian server and you will see what I mean). The entire video-game industry needs a whole new rewrite top to bottom when it comes to cheating in online games. The bZ forums has a great and recent example posted by located here: This is great and all but is there any examples of this 'cheating' that is rampant in bZ servers?

Unlock All Vehicle Equipment Everywhere.

Force Unlocks (Unlocks all weapon attachments/skins).

Save PB Screenshots (Will save all screenshots from PunkBuster).

Warn on PBSS (Warns you if PunkBuster makes a screenshot).Jet Speed Control (Fly at the correct speed for perfect turning).

Invisibility (No one can see you only your weapon is visible).Auto-Revive ( revives everyone around instantly when holding a defibrillator ).Magic Bullet (Kill through walls, and with 1 bullet).No-Recoil (Visual Only or Perfect - Removes the recoil).No Rotation (Disables the modification of the roll angle in jets).Aim at Vehicles (Choose whether to ignore aiming at Tanks/Ground Vehicles/Jets).No Hit Indicators (Enables the Hit Indicators in Hardcore Mode).No NameTags (Enables the Friendly / Enemy NameTags in Hardcore Mode).No 3D Spotting (Enables the 3D Spotting in Hardcore Mode).No Mini-Map Spotting (Enables the Minimap Spotting in Hardcore Mode).No Hud (Enables the HUD in Hardcore Mode).No Minimap (Enables the Minimap in Hardcore Mode).View ESP (Shows where the player barrel is targeting at).

Battlefield 5 hacked