Originally posted by MrRiplEy[H]
What are you talking about? AAO is PROTECTED by Punkbuster!
Having Punkbuster doesn't guarantee that hacks won't/can't be used.
Alot is up to the admins, how aggressively they react to the cheaters.
For example CS has been full of cheaters for a long time already, just because the bans are server specific and the cheaters doesn't risk loosing their CD key.
However I'd say AAO is fairly safe of cheaters, because the admins are far more aggressive against cheaters.
Also you can't just create a new account and go back to cheat in an instant (well, nobody tells veterans to play on low honor servers) - you need to first get some honor.
They've also threatened cheaters with legal cases, but I haven't heard has it really happened and would they really do it.