The solution to the cheating in DCUO is actually very simple and effective. First the realization that it is a people problem not a code problem is necessary. Some people want to play a game fairly and within its designed rules others find it fun to cheat and to make others miserable by cheating on them, there's nothing that can be done about that its just who both sets of people are and software had nothing to do with it. The solution is quarantining one group from the other.
Cheaters can cheat all day by themselves, on other cheats, or on these numb nuts that insist cheating isn't happening they just have no place wasting legit players time. So the game makers need to implement game options for players to have either Inclusive or Exclusive PvP lists. Inclusive would be pvp and queuing for PvP arenas or legends is only possible with players you have on your list and their toons. Exclusive would be that players and their toons listed on your list would not be able to pvp or que with you. You could also place leagues on the list meaning that cheater leagues would be excluded from pvping with you and so forth. The best way to use this system is to have a network of trusted players on both the villian and hero side that are committed to legit play and have an inclusive list of both of those for people to choose from to have on an Inclusive list. The cheaters can go screw themselves and cry all day about how they can't cheat on legit players anymore. They can enjoy cheating on cheats and being cheat on themselves though. Those enablers who insist the cheating isn't happening can just be the target practice they should be, great the real pvp crowd doesn't have to bother with any of this trash.
Not having the software bloat, performance hit, and man power cost of manually addressing every cheat instance is a must to have this solved. With free to play manually going after every cheat account is just as good as allowing it to happen. This also solves the issue of cheats having all the best gear and development based on the proceeds of their cheating, rather than retroactively deleting things cheats can be allowed to stay as they are just not be allowed to use any of it on legit players. The fact that cheats delight in guarantee wins with no skill against people who have barely a chance to beat them would make this system the most adverse to them and they'd most likely quit the game. The hard core cheats who want to see who the best cheat is can cheat against each other all day, as long as they aren't mixed in with the legit players let them.
Currently the game is a cess pool of cheats because most legit good pvp players aren't going to bother with a game where a bunch of no skill scrubs with hacks beat them and steal marks all day from them. So what we have is an increasingly cheat friendly game community that the legit players leave. Giving players this option to quarantine the cheats will give the legit players an incentive to come back to the game and people who value ethics to start playing it. The game community having more ethical people rather than be overrun by the Internet sociopath cheat crowd will have long lasting benefits for the enjoyment of the game by normal people rather than the take over by emotionally disturbed nerds trying to get a sense of control at others expense.
Every time people log on to the game, they should make this suggestion in the Feedback section of the Settings in the game menu. Also the Gotham City section of the PC Forums is a place to offer these suggestions.
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