Re: Regarding the Use of Third-Party Programs and Player Safety

[kajv95]

we really gonna let this get swept under the rug then or

[JohnConstantine]

we really gonna let this get swept under the rug then or

They are deleting every new thread about the stalking plugin now

reminder that anticheat will do absolutely nothing to solve this issue.

No, at this point, no. But they don't even bother trying to enforce anything. Even RMT bots barely get banned, once every 2 years if even that.

[Wired-Lain]

I remember anticheat in Elden Ring caused me so many performance issues the only way I could really play it was by getting rid of it and playing offline only. People who pirated it probably had a smoother experience lol

[Wyssahtyn]

reminder that anticheat will do absolutely nothing to solve this issue.

[Kaurhz]

To be honest, given they can't even get a blacklist function right, I don't even want to know how bad their anti-cheat will be.. Regardless of whether they elect to go for in-house or third-party.

and frankly, anti-cheat wouldn't solve this specific case, and not only that it would be at a serious loss to the game, and the developers know that they stand to actually gain very little from it, and much more to lose.

[MiaBlaze-Cari]

Hey Square, just a friendly reminder that trying to ignore the problem doesn't make the problem go away. Unless you're waiting for actual serious damage to the community and/or individuals because it's not a secret that small parts of this community are rotten to the core. ¯\_(シ)_/¯
It's already bad enough that people have to deal with weirdos who think this is a dating sim or XXX game but having to deal with actual unhealthy obsession from stalkers and worse people? Enough is enough.
Do something about this issue that is not dismantled and laughed at in less than 24h. Like how do you even mess up this badly? QA on vacation? Trainee? Even effing ChatGPT would've done a better job, let that sink in. Also again failing to publicly acknowledge your absolute mess yet again is a pathetic display but not surprising anymore. Hire some external company to fix this if you're incapable of doing so, we don't care, just fix it already. Basically we want to see actual actions and not just hear empty phrases or pure ignorance.


Thank you for coming to my cat-talk.

[SongOfTheWind]

So the thread that brought awareness that the privacy issue SE claimed to take a priority to fix was not actually fixed in the slightest - got deleted silently? To what end?

[MatchaokaCha]

They just have a bunch of interns being paid Starbucks gift cards running the game. There's no way they can't find competent talent unless they have crap salaries. That or their management has an ego to uphold.