Indentifying a Cheater
September 1, 2019 11:47PM
edited September 2019
Sorry if this has been answered or seen before but this is the first time I've experienced this and it really ruined my time.
I've been doing well in GAC, so far at most I see a DR (I have one) which is the toughest I've battled. This 3rd round my opponent has the first Malak I've ever seen. At first I was excited to face an opponent that would give me a huge challenge.
But upon further investigation of his roster I think he might be cheating. I always check the Pheonix first because he had a 7* Thrawn. Here they are:
I thought maybe he got lucky with a G12 Ezra, but then looking at his CLS I'm almost sure he's cheating, these are his rebels:
Am I safe to assume this guy cheated? If so I'll go ahead and report him. But man did this ever discourage me.
Thanks for reading & responding
**edit: some pics didn't insert
I've been doing well in GAC, so far at most I see a DR (I have one) which is the toughest I've battled. This 3rd round my opponent has the first Malak I've ever seen. At first I was excited to face an opponent that would give me a huge challenge.
But upon further investigation of his roster I think he might be cheating. I always check the Pheonix first because he had a 7* Thrawn. Here they are:
I thought maybe he got lucky with a G12 Ezra, but then looking at his CLS I'm almost sure he's cheating, these are his rebels:
Am I safe to assume this guy cheated? If so I'll go ahead and report him. But man did this ever discourage me.
Thanks for reading & responding
**edit: some pics didn't insert
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Scrub the player IDs or remove the pictures from this thread - no name & shame - and include them when you report him.
Anyway - would seem that there would be some kind of "if then" search in their DB to flag accounts like this for inspection. Run it monthly or something...
Since they are cheating, they don't need to put gear on anyone. Can Lvl 1 G1 no mod kill anything in the game.
Though really the better option would be for CG to actually do something about this and actually stop the cheating, this guy is blatant, most cheaters are not.
No I meant gear them up so he doesnt look like a cheater lol
@hoberfinkle
There's a zero tolerance policy for cheating. If you saw a guy with JKR and a level 1 bast, that guy would be a cheater. If you send a message to @CG_LucifersDaddy , he will look into it and let you know the outcome with possibly a small reward. I have reported cheaters and received a reward for one of them.
https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/206596/anti-cheating-competitive-integrity#latest
Didn't someone complete the event without bastilla and got a title for it ?
Could be something else
I wouldn't report my opponent unless I'm 100% sure they actually cheated. If the work of looking for cheaters piles up, just because every second person gets reported, it'll just take longer to catch actual cheaters.
Edit: Of course if he is innocent and you report him, he won't suffer any consequences. There's no harm in a report if you have a reasonable doubt. Just don't be overly suspicious.
Cheating's been a part of online gaming for as long as there's been online gaming, and mobile is an inherently unsecure platform. CG is not going to "end cheating" for the industry, and they're on a harder platform to do it on than the console and desktop world.
I had Malak only on g12 at the start of the GA. But still interesting. My major toons are also faster than his.
old Ben is also needed to get cls. on those screenshots, I've seen no old Ben. check his roster again for old Ben, if there's no - cheater for sure
There isn't a cheat to get into the event without meeting the prerequisites. They may have a weak Ben, but they did not get through with no Ben.
That said, Ben cannot carry you through that event.
And, yes, you can (I have been assured, I wouldn't know personally) interfere with a game after a battle starts and before the results are reported from your device back to the SWGOH server. But the server decides if you can enter a battle, and there are lots of reasons you might not be able to (timers, qualifying characters, etc.).
The server obviously checked this person's roster for the CLS event and decided they were allowed to try. Thus, it's pretty certain that this person actually has an Old Ben at 7*.
That said, one of the good things about GP checks is that it makes it impossible to cheat this way to get Malak or to defeat those special missions in GeoTB (and thus get Wat Tambor shards and other benefits). If you've got every member of your squad at 17,500 for Malak, you should be able to beat the event if you just work at it. Even if you got there with less than optimal toons, you still have 5x17,500 - that's some power to play with. And if you've got all that, why would you stop at minimal gp for, say, JKR. If you have him there without zetas, he's worth the zetas.
In any case, just some food for thought if you were wondering about EA/CG putting in gp checks for certain events.