The war between Splatoon 2 cheaters and Nintendo rages on...
As you may know, lately hacking has become a problem on Splatoon 2. As it's a P2P game there aren't any cheat detection systems in the game. The only way to report people was through the Nintendo Switch Online mobile app (there isn't a way to report people through the Switch itself).
But now cheaters have now found a way to hide themselves from the app essentially preventing getting banned. There's also no way to get their Friend Code or any sort of unique identifier, the only thing you can do is block them.
This situation gets even worse because up until last month Splatoon 2 hacks were private and available only to certain groups but now thanks to certain modding tools anybody can download, use or make a Splatoon 2 cheat. Editing weapon parameters is as easy as changing a number in a XML file.
I can only think of two solutions for this situation:
1- Nintendo implements a cheat detection system in their game (though I doubt they will).
2- Nintendo introduces a way to report players from the Switch itself.
Switch Online will become a paid service soon, this is just unacceptable for a paid service. We're only at year 2 of the Switch lifetime and it will only wet worse.
I have played almost 900 hours of Splatoon 2 and fortunately I haven't encountered a cheater yet. It's definitely not a terrible situation yet. The thing is this needs to stop before it becomes a big problem.
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