It seems the cheating has spread to Frontlines.

[Applesnap]

Last match I participated in, I witnessed two instances of third-party tool use:

a) Unable to attack a Flames WHM standing directly in front of me. They were frozen and made no attempt to move until we retreated, at which point they magically came back to life again. The attack would begin, but stop partway through then "Unable to use that action at this time" (no, I wasn't stunned, pacified, slept etc.)

b) One Flames PLD was using a speedhack. He was bound and we rode away on mounts, only for him to not just *catch up* but dismount, Shield Lob and commence fighting us. The time it takes to Purify / Tempered Will, mount then move, we would be out of range.

If I see this behaviour again I shall be looking up character names on servers and filing a GM report. Whether SE take any notice or not, I don't care. I am completely sick of the cheating lately.

[Riepah]

Wow, I haven't encountered this yet but this sounds awful. Can you even check character names in Frontlines, though, if they're your enemies?

[ZhycranaDranix]

[QUOTE=Applesnap;2269829]Last match I participated in, I witnessed two instances of third-party tool use:

a) Unable to attack a Flames WHM standing directly in front of me. They were frozen and made no attempt to move until we retreated, at which point they magically came back to life again. The attack would begin, but stop partway through then "Unable to use that action at this time" (no, I wasn't stunned, pacified, slept etc.)

I myself use WHM in FL and we have an ability called Attune which makes the evasion rate nearly 100 or maybe it is 100% but anyways and then when leveled with Action points make the CD really fast so that's what youre probably coming in contact with

[Yumi_umi]

[QUOTE=ZhycranaDranix;2269867]

Last match I participated in, I witnessed two instances of third-party tool use:

a) Unable to attack a Flames WHM standing directly in front of me. They were frozen and made no attempt to move until we retreated, at which point they magically came back to life again. The attack would begin, but stop partway through then "Unable to use that action at this time" (no, I wasn't stunned, pacified, slept etc.)

I myself use WHM in FL and we have an ability called Attune which makes the evasion rate nearly 100 or maybe it is 100% but anyways and then when leveled with Action points make the CD really fast so that's what youre probably coming in contact with

Yup lol and knowing is half the battle ^^
Might want to check pvp classes's abilities before calling out cheats.
Cuz assuming only makes an ass out of you and me.

[Applesnap]

You can target someone and use an emote on them to see their name. I believe /p <t> also works, but not 100% on this.

Yeah, I know about Attunement but it wasn't that. They were in range and the attack wasn't missing. It was giving the "Unable to perform" error as if I was stunned, but the animation would get partway through then just stop. When we all ran back (they were in the alley outside of Markets north end) they behaved as normal again.

[Nyalia]

Cuz assuming only makes an ass out of you and me.

But... you're assuming that they didn't know about the skill, and that their opponent was using the skill in this case (which it doesn't sound to me like they were), so that makes... uhh... yeah?

[Logo]

Sounds like lag.

[Phenidate]

You can target someone and use an emote on them to see their name. I believe /p <t> also works, but not 100% on this.

Using <t> does work
You could make a macro like this:
/echo <t>



Set a chat tab to show only echo or change the color of echo to something easily noticeable (yellow or bright red maybe) and you easily pick out the names of people you 'checked'. Just in case you don't know, /echo will print a chat message only you can see. This way you don't end up spamming your team mates with random peoples names.

[Applesnap]

Thanks for the info, Phenidate. I will pass it on to some others as well.

These issues aren't lag-related. Had two different people complain about issue a) last night when a black mage came to our outpost and they tried to kill him. Nothing worked. He just stood by the flag and was unable to be hit by anything. When two of his team members arrived, he suddenly went back to normal. No Attunement this time, even though that wasn't the cause before. I can guess at what the hack is from my experience seeing it in FFXI and it's not used commonly (right now), but it's still damaging.

So many people are dismissive about any actual cheating, but I can assure you it is happening. People use third-party tools for hunts, so why do you think PvP would be sacred? It is not lag or anything related to status effects and the sooner we realise this as a community and get rid of it, the better. It should be an equal and fair playground for all, regardless of Grand Company affiliation or server.

[Divinemight]

Thanks for the info, Phenidate. I will pass it on to some others as well.

Are you playing on PS4? Would be nice if you can provide a video to show it.