Displeased with rampant cheaters in the game, Ubisoft to address the issue. Released in 2015, Ubisoft Montreal’s online first-person shooter continues to battle with the rising prevalence of players using cheats and exploits.
Despite being released six years ago, Rainbow Six Siege remains highly popular, with the game hitting a record concurrent player count in March this year. Its popularity is undoubtedly why developer Ubisoft continues to the title with new expansions. However, popularity in the online FPS genre seems to come with a seemingly unending stream of players utilizing hacks to gain an unfair advantage. In the case of over 50,000 Warzone cheaters banned in July.
As reported by TheGamer, #SaveSiege has begun to trend on Twitter thanks to the collective efforts of displeased Rainbow Six Siege players who want Ubisoft to address the rampant cheating in the game. The trending hashtag was first started by Twitter TSM_Achieved, aka Matthew Solomon, a professional Rainbow Six Siege player and captain of TSM FTX. Solomon’s post brought the game’s hacking issues into the spotlight, asking fellow fans to “Retweet this tweet if you think Rainbow Six Siege has a massive cheating problem.” He further added that the developers should be addressing the problem, stating “it should be Ubisoft’s #1 priority going forward."
Ubisoft has taken steps in the past against hackers in Rainbow Six Siege, with the company ing forces with Rainbow Six Siege's AFK cheaters earlier this month, assuring R6 players that it would be implementing adjustments to its detection software, in addition to issuing manual bans to players that utilized the exploit. Although the game features an anti-cheat system called BattlEye, other FPS titles using the same detection software such as Escape from Tarkov have been facing similar issues with hackers.
It’s understandable that fans are frustrated with the prevalence of hackers in Rainbow Six Siege, especially so for professional players like Solomon, whose livelihood depends on the health of the game. However, it is also difficult to argue that Ubisoft is not actively attempting to address the issues, considering that the company has pursued legal action against exploit sellers and Rainbow Six Siege’s DDoS attackers. In any case, the important thing for most fans is that companies like Ubisoft continue to push back against hackers, and show some level of commitment to solving the problem.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Source: TSM_Achieved/Twitter (via TheGamer)
