A streamer loses to a cheater in Destiny 2 and conducts an interview with the cheater. He reveals his motivation and the costs for the nasty hacks.
This is the situation: The Twitch streamer Righty was defeated by a cheater during his weekly PvP matches in the Trials of Osiris. Afterwards, he messaged the cheater, and to his surprise, the cheater replied, leading to an interesting interview.
In the conversation, the cheater talks about what drives him to cheat and provides rare insights into the world of hacks & co. Please keep in mind that the statements should be taken with caution, and we do not want to cover all aspects.
For those who want to watch the entire interview themselves, here is the approximately 30-minute video:
Costs and Insights into the World of Cheaters
The motivation of the cheater: In the interview, the cheater expresses his reasons and states: “I started cheating for a simple reason – Bungie banned my original account.” He clearly misses this account:
I would hand over the USB stick full of cheats to Bungie if they reactivated my original account.
The interesting part is that the ban was not due to hacks or anything like that, but rather because of his behavior, for “communication reasons”.
Now, he uses a “rage account” and mainly cheats in the Crucible, while he no longer plays PvE content. Somewhat surprisingly, the cheater claims he does not get paid and does not carry others. He wants to have “an advantage” and says he does not care about anything.
This is what is said about cheats: The cheater was also asked which cheats he specifically uses to disrupt Destiny 2. He only uses wall hacks and sees enemy Guardian boxes all over the map.
This program costs him about $25 a month, and it is operated via USB stick. He keeps the cheat on permanently but does not overdo his cheating. He flies under the radar since larger hacks are noticed faster. He has never used the allegedly downloaded Aim-Bot 335,000 times or anything like that.
For the “really good cheats” like infinite super, the interested party would have to pay $120 a month, which he finds “just too expensive”. He has also been banned for his cheats, even within a few hours. He overdid it with his rage account.
Some honest Destiny players wish for a kind of “paywall” for the Trials, meaning a paid barrier. Currently, this PvP content is freely accessible to everyone. But statements like those of the cheater show that such a protective mechanism would hardly provide deterrence.
What do you think of the interview with the cheater – do you believe his statements? Just recently, Bungie announced how they want to solve 3 major issues in the Trials. The topic of cheaters often comes up in the intense PvP competitions.
