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Arc Raiders Bans Cheaters Without Warnings
Arc Raiders will permanently ban cheaters with no warnings or second chances starting October 8.
In brief
Arc Raiders will permanently ban cheaters with no warnings or second chances starting October 8. Arc Raiders developer Embark will immediately permaban cheaters with no warnings or second chances starting October 8. Originally reported by Kotaku.
Cheating Policy Shift
Arc Raiders developer Embark announced immediate permabans for cheaters with no warnings or second chances starting october 8.
“no warnings, no second chances”
Permanent Ban Policy
Embark will permanently ban any account caught using cheats with no warnings or second chances starting october 8.
“permanent bans are now standard for all known cheat programs”
Hardware Bans
Embark will implement hardware bans to prevent cheaters from starting new accounts after lowering the threshold for these bans.
“we were recently able to lower the threshold at which these types of bans are applied”
Queue Teaming Reduction
Embark reduced queue teaming by 85 percent in five days, dropping spoiled raids from 1 in 50 to 1 in 300.
“five days later, we saw 85 percent fewer players engaging in this behavior”
Anti-Cheat Systems
Anti-cheat systems analyze behavior over multiple instances to avoid incorrectly banning legitimate players.
“the system analyzes behavior over multiple instances to give us a high-degree of certainty that fair play is compromised”
Frozen Trail Update
Arc Raiders' October 8 update Frozen Trail adds a new map, ship, enemies, and a grappling hook.
“frozen trail update”
The key point
Arc Raiders developer Embark will immediately permaban cheaters with no warnings or second chances starting October 8.
