Marvel Rivals developer NetEase has apologised after mistakenly banning players wrongly flagged for cheating. The action has since been reversed, and the studio says tackling legitimate cheaters remains a priority.
On Discord, NetEase apologised for the affair (thanks, IGN), assuring players it "does not and will not ban players who are playing fairly and without cheating". Sharing a Quickplay player base with PS5 and Xbox, those banned were on PC, using a compatibility layer. According to Wikipedia, and beyond our limited technical understanding, this might be for unrelated hardware emulation purposes, not necessarily for cheating.
The number of cheaters in Marvel Rivals appears to be rising, and NetEase says it will invest in further anti-cheat protections, putting the onus on players to report suspected cheats in the meantime. Players recently determined they were being put into bot matches after losing streaks as an apparent quick dopamine hit, a feature which the dev failed to mention pre-release.
Have you encountered cheaters in Marvel Rivals? Do you have suspicions that your opponents might be using performance-enhancing programs? Let us know in the comments section below.
[source discord.com, via ign.com]
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I wish they would apologize and address the bots situation. That really kills the game for me.
They banned the wrong rivals.
The kids are playing Mabble Rabbles a lot, so I said "okay, let's throw some money at this thing." Then I was in a lost fugue, trying to figure out how I sign up for a subscription so they get everything, or even how much a skin costs. When I realized how the game was trying to confuse me, I noped out. I don't do ftp, so I'm not even sure if this is too bad an example, but it was bad enough.
Ximming is a bit of a problem once you start getting to higher ranks on console.
Still no developers make separated servers for cheaters??? There is no bigger fun, than seeing 2+ cheaters quarreling each other...
Never understood what the fun is with cheating. You know you suck and cant win in a normal way why play at all
Crossplay with PC players is always turned off because of the cheats. So many of them just can't help themselves and its sad.
@djlard it happens with GTAV, or at least it did when I last played a few years ago. Often wondered why it isn't universal in all MP games.
@riceNpea GTAV likely has enough players that they can populate several servers filled with cheaters, most games don't have that luxury and often struggle to fill lobbies, especially if they have other triaging systems like skill based matchmaking. The number of people online at any one moment that fit into a niche becomes smaller and smaller.
EDIT: But in theory I agree!
@themightyant I don't think that should matter, seeing as they are cheats. Stick them on a small, dedicated server and if it's empty tough *****
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