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I have a total of 6,872 hrs in DayZ and for the most part I've loved every minute of it, that was until now. For the past 4 years I've been playing on Private RP servers and life was good, safe, but somehow predictable. Then came the release of Livonia and it was then I decided to return to Public servers and give it a go for a while to see how Public server were. I found a AP server (Australia) in February and began to settle in. I was enjoying the fact that almost everyone I met on this server was friendly and have only once been shot and killed but that was a random player. It's a rare beast in my experience since 2014 to find a Public server like this so I stayed and we started to develop a nice little group of like minded players who have each others backs. Then things changed abruptly with disheartening shock back to reality in the shape of a "Hacker Attack"

Server Info: Public Server Livonia SY - 5594 version 1.08. Persistence enabled.

Starting on 18th to the 22nd July 2020 we experienced a distinct "Hacker Attack" affecting every person on the server.
Bases were raided with no visible sign of entry.
Every hidden stash (buried items) crates, Barrels, on the map were located, looted & "Griefed".

1st Attack was on the 18th - overnight (NZDT) when server was empty. Tier 3 loot all located from hiding places (including buried) and taken.
19th -21st more attacks but included griefing - all inventories emptied and left to despawn. Players logging in early Wednesday morning (NZDT) reported finding loot still lying on the ground - it had not despawned yet.

The attack has affected every players base/stashes on the server across the entire map., even extremely average loot / supplies when found was dug up and thrown on the ground to despawn. I logged on Weds 22/7 morning 10 am (Aust time) and found every container I had hidden had been dug up and griefed and I was also able to see items still on the ground
where they had thrown them.

These people have systematically attacked everyone on the server from the upper reaches or the North to the depths of the South in a time period that would not be achievable in "normal" game play.
https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/dayz/4858143
Battlemetrics shows 2 players on for 6 hours overnight (NZDT) 21st July.

There is a tight community on this public server currently - 9 players with their own bases - who are all in contact with each other via Steam and Discord, so we were able to measure the damage done on the server over the 4 nights.
The hackers are careful to only log on when players are not. When one of us logs on they quickly log off.
However we were able to collect some screenshots of player names. We did not catch them in the act of hacking, but we have been playing on this server for 4 - 5 months and have a very accurate database of regular players.

Surely after all the work that has taken place with the release of Livonia you would assume that there was also an amount of work carried out to keep up to date on ways to safe guard players who have been loyal to the game through thick and thin and attempt to keep them engaged in the game by having an effective anti cheat system to prevent hackers turning players/ customers away to find another outlet /game.

BattleEye is obviously an inferior product as clearly displayed in the persistent Hacker Attacks on Public servers and for 2 "players" ( I use the term very loosely) to carry out hacks and cheats over a period of 4 consecutive days without being detected by BattleEye proves the system to be ineffectual. This I fear will be the final straw for a lot of dedicated players, both young and not so young ( I'm 63 yrs old next week) I love DayZ and in the scheme of things I literally owe my life to the game, I also know of a large player base that feels the very same sentiments about DayZ. and the doors the game can throw open and get people together who would most certainly never have the chance to meet in the real world.

There must be a serious, concerted, attempt to rectify this hacker issue, it's 2020 and people are really finding this situation extremely unacceptable for a game they've waited so long to be right.

Details

Severity
Major
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
N/A
Operating System
Windows 10 x64
Operating System Version
1903
Category
Gameplay

Event Timeline

CausticQueen added a comment.EditedAug 10 2020, 9:22 AM

Yeah, just about over this myself, been on and off this server for months now due to hackers and as one of a crew of 3 its really disheartening to build a base and have it emptied all the time. Fair firefight and break ins are a part of the game. This crap is not.... Happy to be in contact with you and the others via discord etc to keep in contact over things.

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I wrote bohemia about countless cheaters on public servers. They said that it was not their problem, they said to write in battleye, there has been no answer for a year. Bochemia is the most mediocre and lazy team in the whole world.