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They should review their banning system. I have never used third-party software and I was banned.
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Without knowing precisely how they are detecting and banning the latest stuff I can't vouch for its accuracy, however, I can say the overwhelming trend is for Kabam to be spot on with bans outside of a couple of very narrow corner cases in recent years. So narrow in fact I can count them on one hand.
But Kabam did use new software to catch thousands of cheaters today, so should we be surprised if a bunch of people are going to claim today that they were unfairly banned?
No, that is exactly what would happen based on those facts.
There is a gray area where Kabam can't tell if someone is cheating or not?
This is a guess. I have no direct knowledge of the details of this particular announced ban wave.
Why show any mercy at all? Maybe Kabam decided there might be a lot of players who for whatever reason are using side loaded clients but may not realize these side loaded clients are not just coming from an unauthorized site but also have been modded. There have been a few instances like that recently where players have been discovered running copies of the game from unauthorized download sites. Maybe they want to cut those guys some slack if they were just complete idiots and not actual cheaters.
Make no mistake: if you are downloading this game from an unauthorized source and have no way to absolutely verify the provenance of it, you are a complete idiot. Anyone who does that deserves to have their game account vaporized, and is explicitly stated grounds for doing so. Any warning they get is a gift.
I’m guessing this is the only way to cheat? Kind of surprised that it’s taken this long to be able to detect it but the impact should be massively positive.
I think it's to be expected that there are so many threads and posts.
And I have no idea whether all the bans were valid or not.
But I do know that if you go to an arraignment court anywhere in the country, every defendant will swear to you that they're innocent.
Cheaters lie; that's their whole personality.
What !! 😮
I'm not using any kind of 3rd party software. Then why kabam suspended my account? Why? It's a random selection?
1) if they are confident in technology to detect this, why not as a first step just prevent any account the system is flagging from logging in using this rather than straight ban. Then at least someone can stream a video of them with a fresh play store install and still get the block (if they insist they are innocent)
2) would genuine cheating software probably not have a way of masking its true source
3) why do this on a Friday, feels weird to drop it and then not be able to be as responsive the next couple of days in case there was a mistake (not that I know if there has been).
People using unauthorized clients aren't all necessarily cheating, but they pose the same threat as emulators. If you allow people to use modified or otherwise unauthorized clients, you can't trust what they say. Which means your ability to detect cheaters drops substantially. You have to prevent people from using such tools, and you can't let them keep trying until they get it right.