Solution to Laggy Servers + Hackers
For Laggy Servers:
Make all servers determine best ping and automatically connect to that server. On game load, just have it query all servers, and give them the option to select the server from the best 3 server response times. (IE: Alpha: 79ms, Bravo: 82ms, Charlie: 75ms, Delta: 70ms, West Coast: 60ms, UK: 140ms, it would allow me to connect to West coast, Delta, and Charlie.
Sure, the downside to that is if your in a different country that doesn't allow you to connect to say... the UK server where all your clanmates are, but, you will just find another clan that is closer to you. Doesn't really help you if you have to connect to a server with a crap ping to play with your clanmates anyway does it?
For the Cheaters:
Now this is a 2 part solution. The first one is that you need to have xtrap get on the ball with this crap. Not something you have any control over so I won't fault you for it. HOWEVER, this not banning people because they buy copious amounts of ZP has got to go. If you don' ban, you will lose everyone but the hackers, and then they will just scam you with fake credit cards, paypal account numbers, etc. Also, your banning mechanism is lax.
When you ban, you just ban an account. That CLEARLY doesn't work. You need to get the routers MAC, and ban it. Along with EVERY ACCOUNT associated with it. This whole ban the noobie accounts that high level people make so their good account isn't banned is UNACCEPTABLE. The fact that they make a NEW account just to hack let's ME know that THEY know it's WRONG to do in the first place. As such, there needs to be consequences. No more banning of the rookie accounts only. I don't care if a "friend", "brother","sister","neighbor","stranger" comes into to your house, and hacks the game on your account. YOUR BAD. Your GONE.
OR.... you can make a server where only people with a high ranking account are allowed to play at (im thinking butter bar or higher), and that will cut down on the amount of hacks right there because no one wants their high level account banned, just their noobie account. (Personally I like option 1 better. More strict and shows your not ****ing around, but maybe that's too much work for you guys so go with option 2. don't care, pick one and run with it).
Make all servers determine best ping and automatically connect to that server. On game load, just have it query all servers, and give them the option to select the server from the best 3 server response times. (IE: Alpha: 79ms, Bravo: 82ms, Charlie: 75ms, Delta: 70ms, West Coast: 60ms, UK: 140ms, it would allow me to connect to West coast, Delta, and Charlie.
Sure, the downside to that is if your in a different country that doesn't allow you to connect to say... the UK server where all your clanmates are, but, you will just find another clan that is closer to you. Doesn't really help you if you have to connect to a server with a crap ping to play with your clanmates anyway does it?
For the Cheaters:
Now this is a 2 part solution. The first one is that you need to have xtrap get on the ball with this crap. Not something you have any control over so I won't fault you for it. HOWEVER, this not banning people because they buy copious amounts of ZP has got to go. If you don' ban, you will lose everyone but the hackers, and then they will just scam you with fake credit cards, paypal account numbers, etc. Also, your banning mechanism is lax.
When you ban, you just ban an account. That CLEARLY doesn't work. You need to get the routers MAC, and ban it. Along with EVERY ACCOUNT associated with it. This whole ban the noobie accounts that high level people make so their good account isn't banned is UNACCEPTABLE. The fact that they make a NEW account just to hack let's ME know that THEY know it's WRONG to do in the first place. As such, there needs to be consequences. No more banning of the rookie accounts only. I don't care if a "friend", "brother","sister","neighbor","stranger" comes into to your house, and hacks the game on your account. YOUR BAD. Your GONE.
OR.... you can make a server where only people with a high ranking account are allowed to play at (im thinking butter bar or higher), and that will cut down on the amount of hacks right there because no one wants their high level account banned, just their noobie account. (Personally I like option 1 better. More strict and shows your not ****ing around, but maybe that's too much work for you guys so go with option 2. don't care, pick one and run with it).
Comments
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I agree 100%. I think if the punishments were more severe you'd see a big drop in hacking.
Z8 should also get hacking sites shut down. If the music industry can shut down torrent sites, game companies should shut down hack sites.
Z8 can't shut down a hacking site. At Best, they can sue the makers of the hack (assuming they could find them). cheats aren't protected under the DCMA. -
I wouldn't mind having that "find the server with best ping for your connection" option. Only, let's make that a suggestion and not a "do this or lose" type of deal... I have friends who live in the UK and I play with them sometimes and they play with me in either servers. So although I might be able to play with less ping, I wont be able to play with my friends which is 50% of the reason that I play on crossfire.
For the hackers... They have to be more strict than that. High accounts are either farmed, home-grown (best way) and/or sold. Therefore... we can't have a ban or IP ban on just the low rankers, it has to be a universal rule that EVERY rank must follow. -
Banning accounts would be a great thing, additional to that i would like to have an additional punishment for clans, each time a hacker is found in a clan everyone gets 10% xp reduced.
One of todays daily missions was some games in Mutant Mode. A paradies for hackers. high damage shots are the most prefered hack, other players are apparently able to jump higher than everyone else and the best no one can kick them even if the hack is so obvious. Being a noob in the game, i can live with that, when others are playing better. But being a total helpless pawn takes the fun out of the game. The conclusion is: If i want fun again in CF i have to learn to cheat. (is that the goal of the CF makers?) It might not help the game but it helps to get rid of the frustration by ****ing others off as much others do me.
Over one week now i have not played one single game where noone was cheating in one or another way and it works me up.
My suggestion for immediate effect:
1.Introduce a room kick option in MM.
2.Concentrate on a way to identify automatic hack programs and shut the program down if found. -
vote kick in MM mode will not happen, anyways its not like it ruins ur kd, MM is known for 4 hecks, dont play it thenMy suggestion for immediate effect:
1.Introduce a room kick option in MM.
2.Concentrate on a way to identify automatic hack programs and shut the program down if found.
there is already that autoban thing that bans people who use injector programs for 7 days -
danuber2004 wrote: »For Laggy Servers:
Make all servers determine best ping and automatically connect to that server. On game load, just have it query all servers, and give them the option to select the server from the best 3 server response times. (IE: Alpha: 79ms, Bravo: 82ms, Charlie: 75ms, Delta: 70ms, West Coast: 60ms, UK: 140ms, it would allow me to connect to West coast, Delta, and Charlie.
Sure, the downside to that is if your in a different country that doesn't allow you to connect to say... the UK server where all your clanmates are, but, you will just find another clan that is closer to you. Doesn't really help you if you have to connect to a server with a crap ping to play with your clanmates anyway does it?
For the Cheaters:
Now this is a 2 part solution. The first one is that you need to have xtrap get on the ball with this crap. Not something you have any control over so I won't fault you for it. HOWEVER, this not banning people because they buy copious amounts of ZP has got to go. If you don' ban, you will lose everyone but the hackers, and then they will just scam you with fake credit cards, paypal account numbers, etc. Also, your banning mechanism is lax.
When you ban, you just ban an account. That CLEARLY doesn't work. You need to get the routers MAC, and ban it. Along with EVERY ACCOUNT associated with it. This whole ban the noobie accounts that high level people make so their good account isn't banned is UNACCEPTABLE. The fact that they make a NEW account just to hack let's ME know that THEY know it's WRONG to do in the first place. As such, there needs to be consequences. No more banning of the rookie accounts only. I don't care if a "friend", "brother","sister","neighbor","stranger" comes into to your house, and hacks the game on your account. YOUR BAD. Your GONE.
OR.... you can make a server where only people with a high ranking account are allowed to play at (im thinking butter bar or higher), and that will cut down on the amount of hacks right there because no one wants their high level account banned, just their noobie account. (Personally I like option 1 better. More strict and shows your not ****ing around, but maybe that's too much work for you guys so go with option 2. don't care, pick one and run with it).
Truth is, I belive in everything you have stated, its probably not going to happen...
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