Battlefield 3 Hacking Problems Hit New Low

Community Moderator outed as a hacker in Battlefield 3.

Hackers and Cheats are a problems in just about every online game nowadays, and especially in a title as popular as Battlefield 3. DICE has attempted to remain vigilant in the fight against cheaters in their shooter, but a recent find puts a Community Moderator as one of those people that they were fighting against.

DICE recently promoted one of their Battlelog users to "Moderator" status giving them special priviledges before ultimate finding out that this player was using unscrupulous methods to rack up points in the popular shooter. MrPropper777 recently had all of his stats set clean and moderator status revoked after the finding.

The Battlefield Blog points to this as a sign of just how big the hacking problems on the game are.

"If there ever was an indication of just how big the hacking problem in Battlefield 3 is, this was it. Not only did DICE fail to catch him, they promoted him. Coming across a hacker in Battlefield 3 is now a common thing. Reporting players on Battlelog doesn’t seem to be working, or at least working fast enough. Even a simple glance at the top leaderboards reveals a horde of hackers, cheaters and boosters, and yet, those players have been there for months."

DICE has recently announced a new initiative to combat the problems in Battlefield 3 which has been seemingly overrun by players looking to get an edge on the competition. However, it looks like the true blue fans are starting to get restless.

By William Schwartz on January 23, 2012

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AIRFREAK

In the last week the amount of noticeable hackers has exploded. I dont care about the subtle hackers. The subtle ones can be beat with enough skill. The annoying headshot-across-map ones can’t.
- That Guy
  
  i went into a server about a wek ago with a hacker that had a hack that would automatically kill you with whatever weapon he was using across the map without shooting you. if he was in a vehicle it said you got roadkilled… e has since been banned though lol
Heavenswarrior121

Wow,atleast in mw3 they catch you and ban you for 13-14 years lmao so far over 1,000 hackers gotta wait till call of duty modern warfare 15 or

im wrong and they only ban you from that certain game which would suck -_- meaning those hackers can hack bitch ops 2 this november and then get banned again like idoits
- That Guy
  
  the community is also twice the size so there are far more hackers in mw3 than in bf3.i cant remember the amount of times ive seen a hacker in mw2 or black ops but so far in mf3 ive seen about 5
- AIRFREAK
  
  The amount of hackers in bf3 is inflated since it’s PC focused. Plus over a thousand hackers in bf3 have been banned too. there are just more hackers in general.
RedRing

Does this only affect the PC version? And how are they hacking it, anyway?

(I haven’t played this, but will pick it up at some point, for the PS3.)
Heavenswarrior121

Yea true but yall cant lie modern warfare 2 COULD have been the best fps game ever if it wasnt for the stupid hacking -_- only problems that kept mw2 from being one of the best ever is

1.hacking
2.two bad perks (1 man army,danger close)which led to noobtubers
3.campers and noobs

Other then that i loved mw2 do much, mw2 is way better then mw3 smh
- That Guy
  
  well, not just the hacking, if they fixed the spawn system/raping and made larger maps i would go as far to say the game is good.on number 2, people always spammed noob tubes, OMA just vastly increased the number of them.
- Cool dude
  
  Dont forget commando
- jake
  
  mw2 could never be near the tittle of best fps ever it was good at first then it got extremely boring
Heavenswarrior121

People have to understand spawning will always be a problem for all fps online multiplayers games,its just the way it is, when i use to play las vegas 2 online all i did was spawn camp lol but yea spawning problems will always be there like hackers,there will always be hackers

And yea oma made noobtubers dreams come true lol idky they just diddnt release a patch to removd the two bad perks
Map Maker

Design maps with spawn points that can not be camped. Or Mod so new pawn can not be killed or kill for 3 secs.
BIGRED15

Well this is getting a bit ridiculous. I’ve yet to run into a hacker in BF3 but with their numbers growing everyday, I got a feeling some tool is gonna cross paths with me pretty soon here. That’s pretty snakey that some hacker managed to get promoted by dice as a moderator. Still though ive played hackers in other games like bc2. Most use aimbots and stupid crap like that but most can be outsmarted.
Heavenswarrior121

Jake your stupid,if it got completely boring why did battlefield 3 just pass mw2 on most players online for multiplayer? If it was boring no one would play it genuis,you probably just sucked at it dont disrespect mw2 like that
- jake
  
  yeh ok im stupid because i got bored of a game you sir need to pull activisions dick out of your wind pipe because the lack of oxygen is making you too agressive or maybe thats due to the onset of puberty causing an increase in testosterone either way calm down and stop calling people names just because they said something about your beloved game. by the way fuck cod its shit just because it out sold the competition does not make it a better game the nintendo wii has destroyed the xbox and playstation on sales yet is no where near as good as the xbox and ps3 its because it appeals the the casual crowd not the hardcore gamer
Heavenswarrior121

Why was commando such a problem for people o.O lol i reaky wouldnt care if they kept commando in mw3 they just need to take out final fuckin stand! Its so annoying!
- That Guy
  
  whati find ironic is that bowling said fuck final stand in that big call of duty event(forgot the name of it) yet its still in the game.
- AIRFREAK
  
  tbh commando wasnt a big deal either. Last stand has no excuse.
Pud_NZ

on the pbbans list it currently stands at a little of 3500 bans thus far that excludes dev bans so more than likely over 5000 bans.

i hope for a cheat free game and with a patch in Feb i hope alot more will be banned.
- AIRFREAK
  
  On PC, there will never be a cheat free game. :/
AIRFREAK

Punkbuster update today. That should drop the hacker count a good bit for at least a week. But they’ll come back. they always do.
Eagle

For PC players, just play on servers with good admins and moderators. Our clan investigate hacking claims and ban using pro con and screenshot snaps of suspected players. We have awesome moderators who keep our servers clean. It’s the best defense against hacking. Check out Marine Raiders servers for well run servers and clean gaming. See you on the battlefield. Raidersclan.enjin.com
Roach

@That Guy if I recall, he said that Second Chance/Last Stand (the perk) was being removed, which it was. However, being the sneaky b@$t@rd that he is, he “forgot” to mention that Final Stand (the death streak) was still in the game.