With the upcoming update, alongside new arena challenges, official leaderboards will also be added to Monster Hunter Wilds. Especially console players see a huge problem with this and already perceive the lists as unfair.
What is the problem? Unlike players on Xbox and PS5, PC players can use mods. These are external programs that influence the game and can enhance the interface or provide useful features. Currently, these are not provided or checked by Capcom and can be freely used by players to customize their gaming experience.
This, however, invites cheating, leading many players to use mods to reach their goals faster – such as getting certain items more easily or increasing their damage. While this might not be a problem when playing solo, mods can sometimes undermine cooperation with others.
However, with the 1st major title update set to release on April 4, special challenges will be introduced, where mods will likely play an even larger role. For this update, official leaderboards and arena quests with special rewards will be introduced, where you can secure a spot based on your completion time.
Special Rewards (also) for Cheaters?
So far, mainly players using mods to unlock paid DLCs have been banned. However, more and more reports are emerging from the community, where players’ experiences are affected by others using mods and cheats. Capcom has not yet commented on handling such players and generally pursues a rather liberal policy.
Originally, rewards for time challenges were mostly tied to personal completion times. Now, rewards have been announced in the livestream that depend not only on your time but also on your world ranking.
Players therefore suspect even more cheaters with the leaderboards: Where there are leaderboards, there are also many players who want to see themselves at the top. It is not far-fetched to think that mods and cheats will be used to help achieve that. In a thread on Reddit, the community is already discussing how Capcom will respond to this.
This is particularly significant since it involves not only leaderboard positions, but also exclusive rewards you receive for participating or achieving certain placements. Fans express concerns that players using mods will be distinctly advantaged.
Additionally, it is not the intention to cheat exclusive rewards. Therefore, players hope that Capcom will find a solution to exclude cheaters from the leaderboards.
What does the community say about this? In a thread on Reddit, there are numerous thoughts and ideas regarding this issue:
- User Scizzoman comments: “It’s like this with every game that has global leaderboards. It has happened in Monster Hunter before. Hopefully, you can filter the leaderboards for friends, that’s always the best way to participate in rankings in games.”
- Current_Sale_6347 notes: “Of course mods will inevitably enable the acquisition of these rewards for every player, but what would motivate players NOT to do this, assuming the global rankings are used for it?”
- Tseiryu writes: “This existed in World with arena quests. The top players were clearly cheaters, but you could sort by friends’ times.”
Players hope that rewards will not really be tied to a specific leaderboard position, but rather to specific time limits of the respective positions. This would make obtaining the rewards at least more realistic and somewhat fair.
Nevertheless, the problem persists that many players will secure their placements and therefore rewards through mods and cheats. This already makes the list feel pointless and especially unfair.
Of course, mods are not completely to be condemned and can significantly enhance your gaming experience for yourself.
As long as you ensure that you do not harm other players and are aware that installing mods is at your own risk and can always lead to problems, there is really nothing wrong with it. We have compiled some particularly useful mods for you in our overview: Monster Hunter Wilds: Everything about mods, installation, and whether you can get banned
