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| 0s | Hi, I'm David |
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| 1s | Fifield, the general manager for the Hunt franchise. |
| 4s | We're here to discuss our Fair Play Task Force, |
| 7s | what they've been up to, and what's in the works going forward. |
| 12s | Our Fair Play Task Force formed this past winter |
| 16s | after some new hires were brought up |
| 18s | to speed on the current lay of the land. |
| 20s | The first step they took |
| 21s | was upgrading Hunt from an older, basic form of Easy Anti-Cheat to |
| 26s | a more modern level of protection through Epic Online Services. |
| 29s | This upgrade also brought us the capacity |
| 32s | for more rapid updates going forward, |
| 34s | as new cheats are identified and need to be blocked. |
| 37s | This is by no means |
| 38s | a silver bullet solution, but rather |
| 40s | our first step in our plans to heighten protection |
| 42s | and have more agility to counter threats as we move forward. |
| 50s | Something else our task force has worked on |
| 52s | is investigating and disabling some local file manipulations. |
| 56s | The first manipulation removed was the ability to turn off |
| 59s | shadows to gain an unfair advantage over opponents. |
| 62s | The next exploit countered was the ability for players |
| 64s | to disable onscreen rendering of the Hunter's weapons or hands. |
| 68s | While this feature |
| 69s | was initially created to support content creators and fan videos, |
| 72s | it was too much of a liability |
| 74s | when used for unfair advantages during competitive play. |
| 78s | A related open topic currently under |
| 80s | scrutiny is the Nvidia Profile Inspector. |
| 83s | While we are actively evaluating if the impact is significant |
| 87s | enough to broadly label it an exploit, |
| 90s | we can say that the use of the profile inspector |
| 92s | is detectable and in obvious cases of abuse. |
| 95s | We are already taking action on those offenders. |
| 103s | We are revisiting the ping |
| 104s | limits and intend to make them more stringent, |
| 106s | both in terms of the servers you're allowed to launch into |
| 109s | and the servers you're allowed to cross over |
| 111s | to when matching with friends. |
| 113s | These new limits will have an upper boundary |
| 115s | that groups are not allowed to cross. |
| 117s | Our intention is to keep matches |
| 118s | as fair as possible while still allowing friends |
| 121s | to game together. |
| 122s | However, if you are on opposite |
| 124s | sides of the world, you may no longer be able to play |
| 126s | with specific friends after these upcoming changes. |
| 129s | When a date and new limits are established, |
| 131s | we will share them through our social channels. |
| 135s | This summer, we are increasing the number of available servers |
| 138s | in overloaded regions, as well as revising the back |
| 141s | end traffic patterns for cross-region players. |
| 144s | This is not going to result in a hard region |
| 147s | lock as some players call for, |
| 148s | but we do expect it to lower the frequency of facing opponents |
| 151s | in your local region who have high pings |
| 153s | and are playing from far-off connections. |
| 159s | First of all, |
| 160s | please use the in-game reporting tools. |
| 163s | They are reviewed daily, |
| 164s | and the information in those reports serves |
| 166s | as the foundation of regular actions |
| 168s | taken by the Customer Service and Fair Play Task Force members. |
| 171s | Many future initiatives will look at the database |
| 174s | of all reports across time as the backbone |
| 176s | for a healthier system going forward. |
| 178s | Please avoid reporting opponents |
| 180s | who simply outplayed you, |
| 181s | got a lucky shot, or executed a skillful play. |
| 184s | If you're unsure, spectate your opponent for clear evidence |
| 187s | of cheating before you report. |
| 190s | We understand this is a delicate topic, |
| 193s | but the most helpful reports |
| 194s | are the ones that state facts and not opinions. |
| 197s | Please pay yourself and our staff the respect of being as precise |
| 201s | and to the point as you can, |
| 202s | without devolving into toxic commentary. |
| 205s | A recent exploit to put certain characters |
| 207s | in your game ID to prevent reporting |
| 209s | has also been identified. |
| 211s | We're prioritizing this issue |
| 212s | and when ready, we will deploy a back-end |
| 214s | fix with no client update needed to remove |
| 217s | any such characters from existing IDs. |
| 219s | As well as prevent their future use beyond in-game reporting, |
| 223s | if you have a desire and the means to go above and beyond, |
| 225s | please do send your reports to customer support. |
| 228s | Videos are, of course, |
| 229s | the best form of proof |
| 231s | to offer, along with succinct details of the mission. |
| 234s | If you report through customer service |
| 236s | and include your own game ID, the exact time, the time |
| 239s | zone, and the server region in which the incident occurred, |
| 242s | we can pull all the relevant data |
| 243s | regardless of hidden statistics or player name and affiliations. |
| 251s | We know that for many of you, |
| 252s | the system feels like a black box you never hear back from. |
| 256s | For this reason, an automated system |
| 258s | is in development to report certain actions |
| 260s | back to you related to in-game reporting, |
| 263s | such as suspensions or bans put into effect on offending accounts |
| 267s | if the report was considered legitimate and acted on. |
| 270s | Apart from the automated system, |
| 272s | we will also resume publicly publishing ban wave reports |
| 275s | with statistics like we've done in the past. |
| 280s | We are well |
| 280s | aware of the controversies around players |
| 282s | being allowed to hide their profile data. |
| 284s | While their platform ID |
| 286s | may not always be available to you as players, the in-game |
| 288s | reporting system from the team detail screen does not require you |
| 292s | to know the platform ID to make a report. |
| 296s | There is still a gap with the in-game reporting system, |
| 298s | where you can't report a player that you're merely spectating. |
| 302s | Some interaction is required. |
| 303s | We're investigating closing that gap, but |
| 305s | do not have an immediate solution to announce yet. |
| 309s | Additionally, the previous client-side |
| 312s | attributes file was removed after some legal complications |
| 315s | with EU GDPR player data and consent for that data to be |
| 320s | published is an evolving topic, and it won't always be immediately |
| 323s | clear what the motives are for complaints. |
| 325s | Regulations concerning personal data are a hot legal topic, |
| 329s | so ultimately the file has been removed from client-side |
| 332s | access and will not be returning. |
| 335s | In closing, we know the discussions around |
| 337s | these topics are highly contentious |
| 339s | and evoke strong feelings of right versus wrong, |
| 342s | and the silence from our side has been mistaken for indifference. |
| 346s | With that in mind, we will make Fair Play |
| 347s | an ongoing topic for announcements and updates, |
| 350s | coming back quarterly with news and plans around the issues, |
| 353s | as well as the results |
| 354s | we are navigating with the Fair Play Task Force. |