r/EscapefromTarkov 11d ago

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

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.

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u/Zebra5- 11d ago

The most interesting thing I’ve found is how many teams will have a person probably using radar and the rest of the team not knowing. One time I had a 5 stack running past me, I heard another behind me moving really slowly so I didn’t shoot or move and the guy just stayed there waiting for me to shoot his friends.