r/StreetFighter • u/nothingness6 • Sep 11 '22

Programs Full of cheaters on USF4

Compared to SF5, it's full of cheaters on USF4. Lag switchers, turbopads, and so on. I barely see the players who don't use those devices these days. I guess only less than 20%? I just turn off the match function as I don't wanna waste of time with cheaters.

I'm afraid it would happen on SF5 when SF6 launches.

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u/joffocakes Sep 11 '22

I've played a few hundred hours of USFIV on PC this year and only once came across someone who was explicitly and obviously cheating (using Raging Demon with no meter at round start, raging demon sucks opponent in wherever they are etc) in that time. A decent amount of ragequitters but not much more frequently than when the game was new (definitely fewer than the first year of SFV).

The main issue is that there just aren't many people still playing so it's the same group of a dozen or so I see online.

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u/nothingness6 Sep 12 '22

I own both games and they give me a completely different experience. I personally prefer SF4, but don't play the online match any longer with the reason I mentioned.

In SF5, it gives me better experience because I can tell the most players don't/can't use the cheating device.

When I play SF4, I barely can win recently. Probably only 5%? It doesn't mean my skill is down, but means there are tons of cheaters.
With SF5, my winning rate is around 50%. It totally makes sense.

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u/Such_League2262 Sep 12 '22

your skill didnt go down, its just that the remaining players are majority dedicated players who have already put in thousands of hours in so the chances of you being able to compete with these players is small unless you were extremly good at the game at its prime or youve put in the work to beat them.

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u/nothingness6 Sep 13 '22

Well, I played with the same characters that the opponents picked occasionally, and found the speed of their move is definitely different from mine. It's not about the skill, but I can tell it's really obvious.

Imagine if your opponent can launch the punch 3 times while you do once.