Below are actual quotes from hack sites that are preparing to cash in on the PC version of the Division. If Massive does not take this seriously the PC game will be a mess inside of 3 weeks. You cannot release a AAA game in 2016 without the very best protection available. Yes the PC is cursed with cheats but you save money on patching costs. On the PC you don't need to pay Sony and MS for updates, spend the money you save on free patching on a decent anti-cheat. I for one will not buy this game unless you are serious about stopping these guys.
PS. Please do not post links or name the sites I took these from. I'm trying to bring Massive's attention to the obvious threat without advertising these idiots sites.
PPS. Yeah yeah console guys we all know you don't have to deal with this crap. However do we come and post in your "my thumbs heart threads"?Let us try and get this message out without all you guys gloating :P
Edit: Deleted the copy + pasted words from hack sites because that just makes these places super easy to google.
Yeah because you have no idea how to google ...... Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight! lol
Don't shoot the messenger. I'm here to tell you that the game is about to get ruined by these idiots. I'm trying to help bring attention to the impending attack. They are ready to abuse the hell out of this game and I have not heard anything of significance from Massive. I really hope I'm wrong and Massive has a really good anti cheat in place. But until I can see that I'm not crazy enough to take it on faith.
To IP ban someone you have to catch them. Every modern paid for hack in the last 15 years has been VAC and PB safe. The only anti-cheat to catch paid for cheats on mass in the last 15 years has been Fairfight(FF). Bar FF the cheats have been having a hay-day. Even CSGO is now starting to test FF. If the division has FF I will buy it in an instant. In fact I will encourage every PC player I know to get the game.
And the votes are in, consoles safer than PC in the hacker/cheater category. I know Ubi will have a few nasty suprieses for the low skilled and weak egoed morons that have to use cheats. The testing alpha thru open beta was not only to show server stability but I am sure they were also monitoring he code to see how the cheats were being done and how best to tack their worthless hides to teh wall when the game goes live. I think an IP permaban would be good.