Nikita Buyanov is Studio Head at Battlestate Games and Game Director of Escape from Tarkov. The hardcore shooter suffers from cheaters, which many players criticize. Now the chief has explained what is being done to combat this plague.
Nikita Buyanov, the head of Escape from Tarkov himself, has now addressed the cheater problems of the hardcore shooter on Reddit (via reddit.com).
After much criticism from players after the last wipe, the chief wanted to clarify what measures the Tarkov team is taking to rid the shooter of cheaters, speed hackers, and nasty cheaters.
Overall, Nikita mentions 5 points, and you can tell that the chief himself has a certain aversion to cheaters. He says, “Report all these bastards” – below you will find the individual points.
If you want to take a look at the latest map Streets of Tarkov first, start the trailer for Patch 0.13:
Tarkov Chief Takes a Stand Against Cheaters
What does Nikita say about the cheater problem? He begins with an assessment and says that there are many people who think that the Escape from Tarkov team is not doing enough to drive cheaters out of the game.
That’s also the reason why he would write these lines. He wants to clarify how high the priority of the cheater problem is and what is being achieved:
- 1. They are taking care of it
Every day they are working to catch and ban cheaters. The cheater plagues often come in waves – that’s why there are phases in which more cheaters are active in the game.
- 2. Thousands of cheaters per day
Currently, they ban several thousand cheaters in a day. Many cheaters are caught quickly, playing only a little before they get caught.
- 3. Battleye Anti-Cheat
It’s a never-ending battle of updates – cheaters versus anti-cheat, who breaks through the other’s defense faster. Just in the week before the Reddit post, they updated the Battleye Anti-Cheat 4 times.
- 4. They are trying new things
The team is always looking at possible innovations in the fight against cheaters. They are constantly experimenting with new anti-cheat tools to catch cheaters faster and more accurately.
- 5. Reporting system
Moreover, the reporting system is constantly being developed further. Recently, they introduced a report when a cheater you reported gets kicked from the game.
In conclusion, Nikita makes it clear that they see the worries of the players and truly take them to heart. Finally, a small call to action: “Report all these bastards, we will make the game cleaner together”.
In a game like Escape from Tarkov, cheaters are particularly annoying. Compared to a Battle Royale like Warzone, you lose not only time but also equipment or quest items due to a cheated kill.
Sometimes you have to become really creative to trap the cheaters. DOTA 2 recently had a big success with such a measure: Steam: Valve traps cheaters in DOTA 2 – Over 40,000 fall for it and are permanently banned.
