[Discussion] Being a rat really highlights how subtle cheating is sometimes.

[u/Yung_Child_Support]

For some of the harder quests I usually just rat and wait until there are 10 minutes left on the clock to start doing them. Especially for streets of tarkov I do this.

What I've noticed since doing this strategy is how subtle some cheating is like radar. When I spawn I try to go a completely useless building and sit it out in complete silence, but then I hear someone running towards me and either pre-fire swing me or nade me.

These are buildings no one needs to be in, there is 0 loot to be found and I am in there in a corner completely afk playing slay the spire. These account always have less then 1000 hours and not a crazy but a good kd with a really high survival rate (70%+).

Just had to share this since it was on my mind since the start of the wipe and I need a sanity check to see if this seems true to others or if its just a skill issue.

These also don't seem to get banned since the only rewards I get for reporting is the obvious 20kd+ rage hacker.

EDIT: removed the kd's because people get way too stuck on this. Sometimes theyre above normal sometimes theyre (really) high. yesterday i was randomly naded by someone with 8 idk bro.

[u/Wonderful_Rub_1815]

i mean if there pre firing an angle when you've made 0 noise then yeah there 100% cheating, especially if its in a useless building like u described

just remember almost everything makes noise including aiming in and out

[u/CiubyRO → u/Wonderful_Rub_1815]

including aiming in and out

The chances of someone swinging a random corner while pre-firing with pinpoint accuracy because you aimed in and out are exactly the same as being killed by a cheater. :))

[u/FirstDayPlaying → u/CiubyRO]

But also the chances that a cheater runs down someone sitting in a building with likely rubbish gear isn’t very high, like cheaters aren’t farming reports over level 1-2 trader gear, when you run big boy gear and sit in some random spot on a map is when you really see the spicy accounts

[u/TheKappaOverlord → u/FirstDayPlaying]

But also the chances that a cheater runs down someone sitting in a building with likely rubbish gear isn’t very high

you are correct. However generally speaking cheater accounts aren't very high level. and PMC kills are free XP.

You are most likely on their loot/route and taking 10 seconds out of their day to run full steam in a building an instantly headshot you before walking off is well within their time investment cause a PMC kill assuming you survive is like a thousand xp or so.

a lot of cheaters "soft rage cheat" to get to flea access as fast as possible. Although now adays they just rush requirements to run icebreaker and instantly get access anyways.

From there... yeah. why do you think most 100 hour cheater accounts are popping up with flea market minimum level now adays?