playing with multiple accounts, buddy's loaned accounts

[Chalenge]

You might just be reading too much into it. There are a lot of people that have some pretty strong habits and you can depend on them doing the same routine on a nightly basis. So after quite a few engagements on some maps you know how to find some people. Nothing really magical about it.

[Zimme83]

I think that is the point, it has to come out into the open. HTC policy on this should be plainly spelled out so when someone questions it they can be pointed to the official policy.

Whether it's 1 or 2 guys, or whole squads is unimportant. Players BELIEVE it is an issue. As it is right now it's kind of a grey area. On one hand it's ok to have a number of accounts because you have other members of your family that play, or you have friends over, what ever. But it is documented that should a player be caught giving the location of a CV group, or NOE mission location to an opposing side player it IS considered cheating and is a punishable act.

HTC is on top of ANY accusations of cheating because the game must maintain the reputation that it is fair. Damaging that reputation could effect the subscriptions.

And how is that going to happen?   Its enough to kill a guy in the "wrong" way to be called a cheater. People are just bad loosers and a bit paranoid. Hard to do anything about it

[The Fugitive]

You might just be reading too much into it. There are a lot of people that have some pretty strong habits and you can depend on them doing the same routine on a nightly basis. So after quite a few engagements on some maps you know how to find some people. Nothing really magical about it.

Personally I couldn't care less about spies, heck if a mission Im in is ratted out I get more guys to shoot at!

And how is that going to happen?  Its enough to kill a guy in the "wrong" way to be called a cheater. People are just bad loosers and a bit paranoid. Hard to do anything about it

This is something HTC is going to have to take care of. Obviously you really cant just go on a players accusations.

First HTC is going to have to lay out the rule/law in clear black and white. Now the rule is known and those breaking it are subject to punishment. Catching someone at it could be as easy as hitting the "report" button and HTC can review the logs much like they do say in a mass reporting that gets a player squelched. After the review either there is an issue and the player gets his/her punishment, or if falsely accused, the reporting player is punished.

As I said, I don't care that much about spies, I am not into the "win the war" aspect of the game that much any more. Maybe once the game play turns back to missions with some substance I will go back to it, but the point is There are always cries of "SPIES!" and shades and so on. I'm sure many people quit because they feel there are too many spies. If HTC want to get a handle on it they have to post clear rules on the multi-accounts and spying so that people know whats right and fair and what is going to get them in trouble.

If the game gets a reputation that you can't run missions because the "spies" are always leaking the info then who is going to want to bother running missions? If that is the style of game play you enjoy and the "spies" make it un-playable, then why pay for a subscription?

[c H e F]

I am pretty sure that this is an issue that is greatly exaggerated. If u look at the total number of players in the game i am pretty sure that its not more than 1-2 in total that use double accounts. But its not exactly hard to get accused of some form of cheating... 
BTW: up from any base under attack, kill the spit, la7 and f4u and just wait for the same players to come back in the same plane...
With a little effort by da brain and some experience its not hard at all to predict what is going to happen.

Mr Zimme, I think you missed the initial post (OP) that set up how I knew this guy had a second account. The guy screwed up and called me out by name, and I had just entered the game, not returning from any fight cycling. I asked him now he knew my name...never talked to me again, no response. It was late at night, there was no one else at my tower or base to have been asked (PM'd) by the guy either. This leaves only one mechanism.

An unrelated evidence, is the incredible rapid route some show garnering all the achievements. I'm not envious, it is just evidence & who cares about it. I'm holding at 2 stars and content about it. The innovation, resourcefulness and effort for doing a second account does have some "achievement" value I suppose. It should be listed something like this: "Using second account to make your own targets to accelerate achievements"--  1 pnts   

Now about 10+ years ago I think, I used a second account to bring supplies to myself, over-turned in a tiger or something. It took a while to set it up on another computer but it worked. Then the free 2 weeks ran out. I had all kinds of ideas, but never used it again.

[c H e F]

 

Is that a bad thing?

[kvuo75]

Mr Zimme, I think you missed the initial post (OP) that set up how I knew this guy had a second account. The guy screwed up and called me out by name, and I had just entered the game, not returning from any fight cycling. I asked him now he knew my name...never talked to me again, no response. It was late at night, there was no one else at my tower or base to have been asked (PM'd) by the guy either. This leaves only one mechanism.

no, it also means ANYONE on your country could hover his mouse over your dot and pm him your name, text him, call him on the phone, etc.. someone didn't have to be in the tower at your field.

so, more than one mechanism at least.


also, i have said it before, i am not convinced spying is all that rampant to begin with, but even if it were, at the very worst, it causes players to interact.  that should be considered a good thing.

unless people are spying on missions so they can avoid them??

[hitech]

Locked for rule #7

This is a classic example of why we have this rule, the paranoia a post like this creates is 100 times worse then any real issue that exists.

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