Level 166 characters with only one cf each cover?

ERock4

So I'm checking out the leaderboard for the Unstable Iso-8 event that just ended, and I decided to check the roster of the person who got first place in the bracket that my iPad game was in. I didn't even bother looking at the rest of their roster after I saw their level 166 Captain Marvel and Black Panther, each of whom had only one of each cover, along with a few other heroes whose cover counts should never have allowed them to become max level.

Sorry if this is old news (I don't browse the forums a ton), but I just figured that it should be looked into, since unless it's something wrong with the way it's displayed, the cheating is pretty obvious.

Unknown

Although this didn't directly affect me, this is really frustrating for people who finished 3rd, 21st,51st etc. I wonder if D3 has anything in place to give the people who deserved the next tier of awards what they earned. Clearly the people with the 1/1/1 166s probably used more hacks than just setting their character to top level and with the insane global scaling I guess this really does affect me and everyone else.

Devs please take care of this ASAP

Unknown

ERock4 wrote:

So I'm checking out the leaderboard for the Unstable Iso-8 event that just ended, and I decided to check the roster of the person who got first place in the bracket that my iPad game was in. I didn't even bother looking at the rest of their roster after I saw their level 166 Captain Marvel and Black Panther, each of whom had only one of each cover, along with a few other heroes whose cover counts should never have allowed them to become max level.

Sorry if this is old news (I don't browse the forums a ton), but I just figured that it should be looked into, since unless it's something wrong with the way it's displayed, the cheating is pretty obvious.

if you havnt already done so screen shot and report it. Its not guarenteed to get anyone the rewards they deserved, in fact its probably unlikely, but it should a cheat banned.

Spoit

LoreNYC wrote:

Although this didn't directly affect me, this is really frustrating for people who finished 3rd, 21st,51st etc. I wonder if D3 has anything in place to give the people who deserved the next tier of awards what they earned. Clearly the people with the 1/1/1 166s probably used more hacks than just setting their character to top level and with the insane global scaling I guess this really does affect me and everyone else.

Devs please take care of this ASAP

HAHAHAHAHAHA

ERock4

Lord Tempos wrote:

ERock4 wrote:

So I'm checking out the leaderboard for the Unstable Iso-8 event that just ended, and I decided to check the roster of the person who got first place in the bracket that my iPad game was in. I didn't even bother looking at the rest of their roster after I saw their level 166 Captain Marvel and Black Panther, each of whom had only one of each cover, along with a few other heroes whose cover counts should never have allowed them to become max level.

Sorry if this is old news (I don't browse the forums a ton), but I just figured that it should be looked into, since unless it's something wrong with the way it's displayed, the cheating is pretty obvious.

if you havnt already done so screen shot and report it. Its not guarenteed to get anyone the rewards they deserved, in fact its probably unlikely, but it should a cheat banned.

Yup, I sent a ticket last night shortly after making this topic, along with a screenshot.

KillStormFirst

ERock4 wrote:

Lord Tempos wrote:

ERock4 wrote:

So I'm checking out the leaderboard for the Unstable Iso-8 event that just ended, and I decided to check the roster of the person who got first place in the bracket that my iPad game was in. I didn't even bother looking at the rest of their roster after I saw their level 166 Captain Marvel and Black Panther, each of whom had only one of each cover, along with a few other heroes whose cover counts should never have allowed them to become max level.

Sorry if this is old news (I don't browse the forums a ton), but I just figured that it should be looked into, since unless it's something wrong with the way it's displayed, the cheating is pretty obvious.

if you havnt already done so screen shot and report it. Its not guarenteed to get anyone the rewards they deserved, in fact its probably unlikely, but it should a cheat banned.

Yup, I sent a ticket last night shortly after making this topic, along with a screenshot.

....i wanna see the screen shot

Unknown

KillStormFirst wrote:

....i wanna see the screen shot

I found one today, too... I took him out and sent over a support email, but here it is:

hex706f726368

I think this is similar to the ticket I sent in for this. It's some sort of bug due to the level shift.

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=12460

Hadn't seen it in PvE, but then again I wasn't looking.

Unknown

eidehua

hex706f726368 wrote:

I think this is similar to the ticket I sent in for this. It's some sort of bug due to the level shift.

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=12460

Hadn't seen it in PvE, but then again I wasn't looking.

There's a difference here-- in his roster you see lvl 166's with one cover. In your case, the roster had the normal levels. He may be taking the bug and exploiting it.

AngryHulk wrote:

KillStormFirst wrote:

....i wanna see the screen shot

I found one today, too... I took him out and sent over a support email, but here it is:

This on the other hand may be a bug-- did you check his roster out? Were the levels normal there?

So I guess the difference between bugged level shifted characters and exploiters/cheaters is what levels show up in the roster view.

ERock4

Madmanami wrote:

Eeyup, that is the exact person I was talking about.

Unknown

That sucks. Did you report?

Unknown

This might be a drastic suggestion, but would it be a good punishment to penalise the entire alliance for having cheaters?

simonsez

Milkrain wrote:

This might be a drastic suggestion, but would it be a good punishment to penalise the entire alliance for having cheaters?

Hell no. If my commander accepts someone who turns out to be an a-hole, what does that have to do with ME?

Unknown

eidehua wrote:

This on the other hand may be a bug-- did you check his roster out? Were the levels normal there?

So I guess the difference between bugged level shifted characters and exploiters/cheaters is what levels show up in the roster view.

His roster levels were okay, but when I attacked him, punisher definitely had lv 166 health and match damage. I dunno - it's not for me to make that call... I sent it up the ladder and will let the admins handle it.

jonatslee

LoreNYC wrote:

Although this didn't directly affect me, this is really frustrating for people who finished 3rd, 21st,51st etc. I wonder if D3 has anything in place to give the people who deserved the next tier of awards what they earned. Clearly the people with the 1/1/1 166s probably used more hacks than just setting their character to top level and with the insane global scaling I guess this really does affect me and everyone else.

Devs please take care of this ASAP

Nope, the devs don't care, nor do they compensate those who were cheated out of a reward.
Take it from someone who placed 51 (missed last refresh), then see players get sandboxed (event summary page showed less total players after).
It is really frustrating when you've been putting in so much effort, have a cheater knock you out of rank, but receive nothing at all in compensation.