@Fox @Carlos I just reported a hacker in-game, but I thought I also report him here as it might help to get this dude banned!

I just encountered him in PvP. I missed the first special(s) as I wasn't paying attention and only my Thetys was left standing when I looked next so not sure the other monsters are also hacked but it is likely. I next was hit by his Thetys Pet which proceeded with "Mysterious Protector" and followed by "Epic Blizzard". Unfortunately, he currently has no team so can't look him up. His name is Raul and he is using the monster hack. He is at the top my PvP attack list:

I hope something can be done about this guy!

And here you can see my Thetys being frozen and stunned by Thetys Pet:

@David-ML I see he is back cant believe it they can return, this time smart enough to have no team or no team will except him because his name is known but can't believe he is still or again around using same kind of monsters and hack

I do not like cheaters. We will try to fix the bug and also find him to try to stop that undesired behaviour.

Raul has been a hacker for quite some time ! It’s known . I have screen shots of his monster profile from months ago when we faced him in war . Showing 0CD 0stamina on all skills and ultimates triggering 3-6 times per battle . Monsters also doing wrong skills that were not originally designed that way . ! former team name “Arrest in One Piece “

@Carlos said in Just Encountered Hacker in PvP - please ban!:

I do not like cheaters. We will try to fix the bug and also find him to try to stop that undesired behaviour.

That is one tree in the forest. I hope you actually got a good view of how many are cheating in your top PVP ranking list with their Musu, Firyna, Uriel, etc.

The only difference is this hacker is not giving SP any profit. Those in high PVP ranking are probably safe from banning because they are good paying customer who spent a lot for those diamond relics.

@Portgas-D.-Ace Although I absolutely dont like and also think it's abuse to take advantage of a bug specially against other players I see a difference in altering an attack of a monster to a special attack of totally different monster, that's hacking

@Marianne-van-Es said in Just Encountered Hacker in PvP - please ban!:

@Portgas-D.-Ace Although I absolutely dont like and also think it's abuse to take advantage of a bug specially against other players I see a difference in altering an attack of a monster to a special attack of totally different monster, that's hacking

He said he didn't like "cheaters" specifically. Knowing a glitch will cause the game to crash and exploiting it to the fullest to get higher rank and rewards in PVP should be considered cheating to anyone.

The intent and end result of both the hackers and the exploiters are the same: they want to win against other players, even if they don't deserve the win. They want the better prizes, whether it is from higher PVP ranking or more war coin wins from war, or a false sense of superiority.

Only difference is, is easier to take care of the isolated case of the hacker who is most likely not a paying customer. To take care of the relic issue will take a lot of time and effort, and without this glitch they probably sell a lot less Gold Relic Chests from these P2W players.

@Portgas-D.-Ace it must be considered a cheat as they're well aware that defence wins earns them more trophies & how, do they go about getting those wins..? Yup, by causing crashes...so much for SP's fair play policy (probably doesn't cover pay to play "cheats"). Oh well...

@Marianne-van-Es said in Just Encountered Hacker in PvP - please ban!:

@Portgas-D.-Ace Although I absolutely dont like and also think it's abuse to take advantage of a bug specially against other players I see a difference in altering an attack of a monster to a special attack of totally different monster, that's hacking

Are they not altering the attacks using the runes, knowing it will crash the game and win them trophies? I fail to see the difference in your example.

I am not sure how rigged this hacker's monsters are, but if their stats and traits are not altered, looking at that level if you use a monster with AOE stun or freeze that outspeeds them, that team is actually beatable.

The ones with double Uriel Essences are not winnable.

Is funny in a sense that the person using hacks is not even cheating as hard as those allowed by SP.

@Portgas-D.-Ace good luck if you can beat him. Hackers are not usually even if you think so

The Hacker I wont call him by name is using specials from other monsters this means they have zero cd sure you can win but its not very likely also its more of a hack then using a glitch (not defending the use of it) because with the glitch you cant change the monster it self, you use an effect that happens when you get attacked, you could even use the glitch by accident (not that I believe these players did that)

@Tara-Nicole-Martin Thanks for posting the moves of his Thetys Pet. It confirms the moves I thought I saw. It all happened so quickly and I was lucky to actually catch a screenshot of his last special!

@Carlos I hope you can arrange some swift action on this guy who seems to be a repeat offender, just like the other guy "Monster Warrior :{" who didn't get banned until a flood of complaints came in on the forum!

@Marianne-van-Es not sure how you can conclude that a player (with this "glitch") cannot change the monster...why ever not, pray tell..? Lol, of course they can! At the end of the day, it's clear that both the hacker & the "poor unfortunate player with the bugged monster with 2 Uriel essences" have the exact same intention...both want to earn easy & more trophies from defence wins. The intention is what makes both types of players cheats...clear as a whistle, to me.

@David-ML said in Just Encountered Hacker in PvP - please ban!:

...just like the other guy "Monster Warrior :{" who didn't get banned until a flood of complaints came in on the forum!

Was he banned, or just given a time out? First time he got kicked, they let him back in. If he was a big spender, we may see him again.

@David-ML it's not that they are hacking they are playing in airplane mode and saving the results when they win. Was reported and like everything else stopping adding content and fixing broken bugs is not a priority any longer.

@ss13 @Fox @Carlos they still have done nothing to fix the issue. I still don't understand why some need 2 of the relic when 1 is bad enough. Not the fault of players just a bit scandalous knowing it causes the game to freeze. COME ON SP YOU KNOW ABOUT IT SO FIX IT!

@annihilator said in Just Encountered Hacker in PvP - please ban!:

I still don't understand why some need 2 of the relic when 1 is bad enough.

Probably because so many relics will only trigger once during any war.

@ss13 What i mean is you can change the being of a monster like the coding of the attacks, that to me is a hack. The abuse off a glitch,( and again not defending it and if you know about the glitch in my eyes you should remove the relics) isn't a change in coding or core of the monster itself. And yes a cheat is a cheat
@Bruce-Hamilton they told me after the second time he was definitely banned/removed from the game.