So this happened last night, and it’s not the first time. Payload is very fun to play but I get denied to even try 2/10 times I play it because both teams just get drophacked and only one person stays and obviously wins the game by themselves against bots.
This time both teams got drophacked by this Viktor (I’m not blocking out the name because they HAVE NO name, so you can’t find them even if you wanted to, which I did want to so I can report them but tough luck)
They also used blatant aimbot when we were in game still. We all came back multiple times and got kicked out again.
The worst part is their title. It’s one of Paladins’ own streamers that’s doing this. I don’t know where to report this so it actually gets looked into and that person gets perma banned and kicked off of their streams, because this is more than unfair. That person gets a platform for what, drophacking and aimboting in QUICKPLAY PAYLOAD?
If you can help me get the attention of Paladins officials, I’d appreciate it very much.
he has a name, it’s just symbols that can not be shown by the game (like arabic i think), you could’ve found them out with a discord bot that gives you info about your current match
there was no drophack in this match, he is using a spray which isn’t available in the game but can be cheated, by pressing T he crashes everyone in the lobby except himself and people who play on console
with this cheat he can also get the paladins streamer title, this guy is not really a streamer
hirez needs to do something about this spray asap
This is not an official streamer, this is a known cheater who is also abusing various exploits. We’ve been working a lot behind the scenes to curb actors like this & improve our structure to prevent these cheats.
Fighting situations like this unfortunately require some secrecy, but know we will be heavily punishing and removing anyone who does this, and have increased our bans per day significantly to combat this. We also have been exploring out of game options for punitive action towards those who create & distribute these cheats.
This may likely be the same Viktor in our enemy’s team earlier, but I’m not 100% sure, but maybe yes. Dude was speed hacking in our game with his account name of special characters, also in Payload (SEA). Posted it here.
to be fair its only payload. no one playing payload really cares if they win or not. its a totally non toxic casual game mode where you just goof around and people leave all the time and no one cares
The saddest part is this isn’t the first time I got drophacked in Payload. This is just the first time I got drophacked by an official Paladins streamer… feels bad
Thanks for the info!!
He’s the only person whose ‘name’ I can see now, after the match. Is that normal because of the symbols?
Thank you for responding! I’m currently literally unable to play the game because of another cheater. I’ve been on a loading screen for that match for an hour now. I love this game, but it feels bad to literally be unable to play it.
I hope you can find a way to resolve this soon. There’s many new players coming to Paladins and it would mean a lot for everyone to get to actually experience playing this game without feeling like they’re losing time waiting for a match to end to try again because of people like these. Your efforts are appreciated!
If you found the one behind it, pretty sure there would be a case for a lawsuit, yeah? Seeing as they have distributed hacks and exploits (including one for infinite Crystals), and have repeatedly come back to grief the game for several people.
Alternatively, looking into the possibility of IP banning like Reddit does for serious and repeat offenders could be a decent idea, if it hasn’t been tried yet.
It’s not only aimbot but literally drophacking both his team and my team. He denied us from playing the game. Thank you for your insight!!
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Pretty sure it’s the same guy.
Edit: def the same guy, now he’s a PPL player… my dude ragehacking.
it’s not an official paladins streamer
I don’t care which mode it is. It’s not ok to drophack and aimbot. I don’t care if I win or lose if I actually get to play. I did not get to play. None of us did.
Don’t speak for everyone.
Look like that i met this player today lucky that his internet drop him bevor match
no thats just a bug, close the stats screen and open it again
Not sure if you figured it out already, but deleting DefaultGame.ini from the files will let you play the game. I was in the same situation a few days ago. Really sucks
IP banning doesn’t do much nowadays with how common and easily accessible dynamic IPs and VPNs are. Hardware banning is more effective but that too can be bypassed with some effort.