- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Razorboy68
I've finally started playing Multiplayer for the first time today, and TWICE I ran into players that appeared to be cheating.
I chose to play CTF exclusively, as having teammates with real brain power verses simple AI was something I was wishing for in the solo campaign, and playing a "free for all" (or whatever it's called) has never appealled to me.
One of my first games had a player that seemed to stand still and do nothing while hanging out near the flag. He/she never attacked the opponents even when they appeared right in front of him/her. It occurred to me that the person could have gotten a call or something, but for some reason, the opposing team never attacked this player. Hmmm....
Realizing what was going on, I just chose to quit that server and try elsewhere. For a while, it was fine. Then I noticed when I re-spawned in my base, that one of my teammates had the opposing team's flag, and was "hiding" in the stairwell, just steps from the place where the flag is placed to score a point. ????? After watching this person simply stand there for a minute, I decided he must be another cheater (after all, we can't score as long as he's holding the flag), and I shot him with my rocket launcher. Unfortunately, the server must have had Friendly Fire disabled, as he took no damage. He didn't even react, so I IMed the group that I suspected this player was cheating, and that he/she was holding the enemy's flag back in our base. I then tossed a few frag grenades at him, hoping that Explosives could still hurt him. As I suspected, he took no damage. I few minutes later, a few of my OTHER teammates respawned in the base, and the cheating player decided to place the flag. ????? I suspect he/she did it as it would be way too obvious that he/she was cheating if we ALL saw it happening. Regardless, at this point, I decided not to waste any more time with this group.
I'm hoping Bungie does SOMETHING about this, because it's hard enough to win the game when everyone plays fair, but it's something else entirely when they're cheating. And if Bungie doesn't care to fix this problem, I can't see myself buying any multiplayer games from them in the future.
What do you think?
When people are just standing there, it probably means that they're busy for the moment (like going to the bathroom) and don't want to leave the game. cheap players pound these dudes for points.
ever try talking to other players?
sometimes players will wait to score until a team member is at the opponents base to grab the flag when it pops up.
the nearest thing I've seen that comes to cheating is teamkilling, and using modded maps.
If i think someone is not behaving properly(usually teamkilling), I'll give several warnings before I torch them.
If you torch first, you're liable to have a in team feud happen, and those suck.