In the Zombie MMO H1Z1 , the first hacks have now appeared. Players can apparently fly, there is an aimbot, a kind of radar, and they can find out where the so-called airdrops land.
H1Z1 is still in early access, so difficulties are to be expected. However, hack reports are never good and concerning. Especially in an environment where life or death is as critical as in the zombie apocalypse of SOE, fair play is essential.
An atmosphere where every death makes players question whether everything was above board would be extremely detrimental to the fun and success of the game.
Reports and links to such hack tools have now surfaced. The forum of the US MMO site mmorpg.com features the following .gif.
SOE has stated in advance that avoiding hacks will be one of the strong points of H1Z1. Here, they have gathered a lot of experience with Planetside 2 and developed strong protection. H1Z1 and Planetside 2 are based on the same engine.
It remains to be seen how and how quickly SOE will respond to these issues during early access.
Update 23:00: There is a statement from SOE president John Smedley on this. This is a situation they are paying the utmost attention to. When they launch, they get an overview of what people wanted to do, then they watch them do it, and then they act very strongly and ban them. Players will soon realize that SOE is acting here very quickly and regularly.
Smedley speaks of banning cheaters into the “world of scumbags” where they belong. The word “nuclear” was mentioned in this context.
This is a situation we are extremely on top of. When we first launch we get a good survey of what people want to do.. we watch them do it, then we ban them into the nether world of scumbaggery they belong in. You’ll be seeing us ban and shut down the few things we see on a regular and very rapid response basis.
What we have is extremely robust in terms of detection and prevention. Now that we started with detection, you’ll be seeing the prevention go nuclear.
