Cheating is out of control, what are you doing about it?

[Sirhara]

I'm Digital Age, playing near the top of the game (top 50 alliance).

Most wars we come up against are filled with cheating bases. There are a mixture of cheats such as infinite TTs and unreasonable progression. There are so many 330+ level bases that are just not feasible when you check their stats on Dominations.pl. also with the new spying feature we can see almost 100% complete universities yet no paid legendaries.

Some bases are ludicrously obvious cheats, some more subtle. There's also been a big increase in unreasonable progression since June 2019. Whilst I'm sure there are some huge spenders out there, I'm betting that most I see are not.

My alliance is filled with significant spenders and some high VIP levels, yet we can't compete with the level of cheating we are seeing, and why should we spend money against people manipulating the system?

I have reported countless bases over the past 2 weeks and so far there have only been 2 rollbacks out of 30+ highly suspicious accounts. Rollbacks are laughed at as players just exploit their way back up again. Temporary bans are ineffective as players have all of their ill gotten gains back afterwards.

I'm really disheartened by the lack of action and I have little incentive to continue knowing how rigged this game has become at the top.

I would like to know what your plans are to combat this and get the game back to a fair state - you cannot allow these players to keep these unfair advantages that they have gained through cheating.

​​​​​​Thanks.

 

[Uhuru]

Cheating is out of control.. Yes, it is, and for a long time. And I'll tell you what plans BHG has - they want to implement Info Age more quickly, so that spenders can spend more. And everything else is not a priority..

 

[LordStark263AC]

I'd say its 2 years too late, but, lately they have been cleaning up hacked bases. Sure you'll still see them but as unbelievable as it sounds, Nexon have been doing their job in the last month but, as I already mentioned, 2 years too late.

 

[JustAnotherPlayer]

Better late than never. And perma ban every single one of them cheaters. I built my base from ground up with OCD-like MP raids finishing some of my upgrades with crowning and speed-ups. No hacks,no cheating. Just plain hard work. EnigmaticOwl

 

[Uhuru]

We can hope that they will continue to clear the game of scams, because this is a direct threat to their profits. But there is still a huge queue of requests for fixes and improvements. From the big ones, like matchmaking, to the smallest, like translation errors, all this accumulates over the years.. BHG, when will you do this systematically? After the release of IA?

 

[Sirhara]

My concern with the cheating is that it's so widespread, and by people who also spend that it becomes risky too to correct.

If they can find a way to plug the exploit holes then roll players back they could lose a lot of revenue from those who both spend and cheat. But it really needs to happen.

I think the original 285 level requirement for DA was because of the cheaters inflating the level stats, it's that bad.

 

[Persia]

Weren’t you guys talking a month or so ago about how they seemed to finally be taking positive action? Did they just ban a few people and forget?

I have no idea, since I haven’t been playing actively or checking the forums much, but I thought things were getting better from what I had seen...

 

[Uhuru]

They must have done something, but we don't know what it is. And in any case, this is not enough!

p.s. I’m looking domi..pl now.. active accounts level 300+ about 2.5 of 3,3 thousand means about 800 blocked (for all time). From active 2.5 thousand on my cursory glance every fifth cheater at least. Those 500 cheaters level 300+ still in the game. If I'm wrong refute me BHG team!

 

[kilgore_trout]

cheaters are definitely still out there, but on the plus side, this is the only event -since the new system, that I could realistically compete in if I bought a pass and gave it the time. Whether they banned people or only threatened them, something drastic has clearly happened.