Memo to WG: Good job on banning cheaters

[11thACRColdsteel]

Nothing angers normal day-to-day players more than the idea cheaters can get away with it in battle and not be held accountable.   A recent article on TheArmoredPatrol website, pasted below, talked about a number of players on the RU server being banned for cheating.  I hope this is accurate.  I encourage WOWS to keep this up, and to continue publicizing the bans.  It would be even better to have a list published with the handles of all the banned players on each forum.  But this makes all of us more secure that the game we are spending cash on is fair and an even playing field for all.  Good Job WG!

 

WoWS Q&A – 6th August 2016

2016-08-06 ~ SEBASTIANUL ~ 5 COMMENTS

Thanks to Babykim (EU)

On the proliferation of aimbot on the RU server (food for thought)

As you may know, Lesta constantly fights the use of aimbot on the Russian cluster. They fortified the client against unwanted modifications, used server statistics to find the cheaters, etc. They had “public prosecution” by coloring cheaters nicknames in brown, and, of course, bans.

Vallter_ has mentioned that 508 users on the RU server have received a permanent ban for cheating. The Russian community demands the names to be revealed, which Lesta is reluctant to do.

One user sent Vallter_ the list of top 1000 players according to the ProShips ranking, a kind of XVM, asking to reveal how many top players have been banned.

According to Vallter_, of the top 1000 players 39 have been permanently banned, or nearly 4 percent.

[Spyde]

Wish they would name and shame cheaters here..

 

 

Would be amusing.

[LittleWhiteMouse]

Wish they would name and shame cheaters here..

 

 

Would be amusing.

 

Agreed.  The litigation that resulted would be hilarious too.

[IronWolfV]

They banned guys on the RU server and the NA server cares why?

[saagri]

So, only 39 people of over 500 using cheats were able to get into the top 1000 eh? 

[alexf24]

It is good that they banned cheaters in RU. I am sure they are doing it in NA too.

 

I do not think names should be made public. Besides, I am not sure they cannot come back in with a different name and email addy, though they will start with T1 again, and they will be caught again. I'm all for catching and getting rid of them. 

[CapnCappy]

Well if 4% of the RU server is cheating, this shows the problem is incredibly small and well contained.

 

It would be interesting to see where that 4% fell in the spectrum of the top 1000 players. It the cheat program gets you a 54%WR or a 66%WR. We've often speculated on here that aim assist is more of a crutch than a tool. I know when we briefly had the built-in assist that I often found it useless. It was only really good for long shots where the enemy didn't change course (opening shots using spotter plane). Otherwise, my own training was more accurate.

[tortelloni]

 

I do not think names should be made public. Besides, I am not sure they cannot come back in with a different name and email addy, though they will start with T1 again, and they will be caught again. I'm all for catching and getting rid of them. 

 

Some may support the "catch and release" method for cheaters. I support "catch and euthanize" of cheaters.

 

Ban by software ID's where the offenders not just have to open new email addy/nickname but they have to re-download the whole game again after prolifically purging their registry. A few hours of PC systems cleaning followed by hour or more of total download game should prevent many multiple offenders. After all, if they are so lazy and desperate to avoid actually learning how to be a top player, then how long are they gonna endure system cleanups/downloads?

[Astralite]

So, only 39 people of over 500 using cheats were able to get into the top 1000 eh? 

 

Not much a cheat can do if you aren't already halfway competent. 

[11thACRColdsteel]

They banned guys on the RU server and the NA server cares why?

 

Because....this follows on the heels of announcement banning some NA players not too long ago.  It shows their effort is ongoing and on all servers.....which is a good thing, and this is an indicator it's not just a one off.  Otherwise cheaters could migrate to a server where cheaters are not banned. 

[11thACRColdsteel]

Well if 4% of the RU server is cheating, this shows the problem is incredibly small and well contained.

 

 

It would be interesting to see where that 4% fell in the spectrum of the top 1000 players. It the cheat program gets you a 54%WR or a 66%WR. We've often speculated on here that aim assist is more of a crutch than a tool. I know when we briefly had the built-in assist that I often found it useless. It was only really good for long shots where the enemy didn't change course (opening shots using spotter plane). Otherwise, my own training was more accurate.

I don't think that's a valid deduction.   The 4% just represents the amount of players that were CAUGHT and then were banned.  It doesn't indicate how many were caught and not banned, nor how many of those players out of the 1000 were analyzed for cheating.

 

But this does show significant movement on WG's part to deter cheating, which I applaud heartily.

[Spyde]

for NA server recently

 

Greetings Captains!

 

I wanted to provide you with an update on our efforts to make WoWS more fair for everyone. Today we identified a list of players who have recently been using illegal mods. For anyone that this was their first offense, they received a 7 day ban as a warning. Repeat offenders have been perma banned.

 

112 account received a 7 day warning ban

3 accounts received a perma ban

 

We will continue our efforts to make WoWS and fair and equitable game for everyone!

 

Happy Sailing!

 

[RobertViktor68]

They banned guys on the RU server and the NA server cares why?

 

Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

[IronWolfV]

 

Because....this follows on the heels of announcement banning some NA players not too long ago.  It shows their effort is ongoing and on all servers.....which is a good thing, and this is an indicator it's not just a one off.  Otherwise cheaters could migrate to a server where cheaters are not banned. 

 

 

Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

Quite frankly it doesn't bother me in the least. Cause if they have to cheat to get somewhere where many do it by either hard work or raw skill, it just merely shows how pathetic those people really are.

 

And if WG is doing something, kudos to them.  And before you say I cheat, no I don't.

[11thACRColdsteel]

 

Quite frankly it doesn't bother me in the least. Cause if they have to cheat to get somewhere where many do it by either hard work or raw skill, it just merely shows how pathetic those people really are.

 

And if WG is doing something, kudos to them.  And before you say I cheat, no I don't.

You woke up pretty grumpy today, huh?   Dude chill out ....LOL

[IronWolfV]

You woke up pretty grumpy today, huh?   Dude chill out ....LOL

 

I'm always grumpy, just a matter of how much.

[11thACRColdsteel]

 

I'm always grumpy, just a matter of how much.

 

Fair enough....LOL