If it's actually compromised, I don't think there's a valid reason for uninstalling it. Just don't run it.
All that's certain for now is that the game will crash after entering the multiplayer menu, and all versions are affected. The whole "don't play the game it's dangerous" thing seems like bullshit.
I still don't understand why Titanfall of all franchises is getting hammered like this. Fucking sucks.
FWhat a depressing state of affairs for such a fantastic game...
Respawn fixing issues with their games? That's a good one.on all platforms?...wasn't this issue brought up a few months back?...they haven't fixed it yet?
I may be mistaken. Read some reports in r/Titanfall that the PC version was updated in the past day and servers were working again. Either those people were mistaken or the update didn't fully address the issue because plenty others are saying they're still having issues.
I mean, buffer overflows can lead to serious stuff, but usernames typically have character limits that are hilariously low, so it's pretty darn tough to do anything malicious beyond crash it. Message of the days, however, can be MUCH larger.You mean to tell me some random kids on Discord had no idea what they were talking about? I'm shocked
It was confirmed to be bullshit before you posted.This looks like a misinformation campaign to get everyone not play the game. (Especially the BS about it affecting consoles as a whole)
Wouldn't blocking the game on firewall let you play the SP without issues?
Not exactly, some of them might had ties with the hackers, but the entire page is in good faith.I thought the save Titanfall account in the OP turned out to be the people hacking the game in the first place?
I don't understand how one arrives at this conclusion. Titanfall players have literally been shouting into what appears to be a void for that last few months trying to get anyone to acknowledge major problems with the games online infastructure. I don't even play the game and im not really a part of the community. Only reason i know about this whole situation is because the game recently became unplayable for my girlfriend on xbox one and i looked into fixing it for her only to find out it was a group of hackers fucking with the game. My girlfriend isn't a hardcore gamer by any stretch of the imagination and TF2 multiplayer was one of the few games she like to hop into from time to time (she'd play maybe a couple hoursevery other week).The Titanfall community really hates Titanfall. To the point of spreading lies to create fear and not have people play the games they're supposed to enjoy.
The hacker you're talking about was by someone who was glorified by the community because he was doing the whole "I know how to fix with just a few lines of code" and everyone believed him. Turned out he was the hacker with a specific goal of trying to get full control of the game's source code to recreate a canceled game called Titanfall Online.I don't understand how one arrives at this conclusion. Titanfall players have literally been shouting into what appears to be a void for that last few months trying to get anyone to acknowledge major problems with the games online infastructure. I don't even play the game and im not really a part of the community. Only reason i know about this whole situation is because the game recently became unplayable for my girlfriend on xbox one and i looked into fixing it for her only to find out it was a group of hackers fucking with the game. My girlfriend isn't a hardcore gamer by any stretch of the imagination and TF2 multiplayer was one of the few games she like to hop into from time to time (she'd play maybe a couple hoursevery other week).
I feel like EA/Respawn have an obligation to address these issues if they are going to continue to sell the games....especially when one considers the fact that TF1 didn't even have an offline campaign and they still market TF2 as having online multiplayer.
I just want to be able to tell my gf she shouldn't have any issues on TF2 anymore. She hasn't been able to play for the last 2 months for more than like 2-3 minutes; after that her and everyone elses ping in the server goes up to a billion and shes forced to hard close the game. Nothing in that tweet acknowleding a "crash exploit" has me confident that the issues are actually going to get addressed. Seems like they are just trying to sweep this whole thing under the rug again by undermining it as nothing to worry about just a simple crash exploit, nothing to see here. The sad part is seems like alot of people are eating that shit right up.
The hacker you're talking about was by someone who was glorified by the community because he was doing the whole "I know how to fix with just a few lines of code" and everyone believed him. Turned out he was the hacker with a specific goal of trying to get full control of the game's source code to recreate a canceled game called Titanfall Online.
And this issue now was about another member of the community trying to spread fear so that everyone would uninstall the game because every player on every platform could be hacked. Turns out that, again, it was not true.
Prominent members of the Titanfall community are actively trying to get people to not play the games because of their weird goals. That's how I arrived at that conclusion.
what a shitshow this part of the community is. hackers and liars. and fucking idiots.
yes, titanfall deserves better.
no, this is not the way.
grow tf up.
I don't think "various members of the community start resorting to new lows (i.e. misinformation campaigns)" is a good thing no matter what their goals are. But we can agree to disagree.Based on the story you just presented I still don't understand how you can paint anybody but the hackers and the developer/publisher (respawn/EA) in a negative light.... essentially what your saying is hacker exploits game makes it unplayable and developers and publishers do nothing to resolve it.... community becomes so desperate for support they unknowingly turn to the very hacker causing many of their problems. Shenanigans ensue..game becomes even more unplayable...various members of the community start resorting to new lows (i.e. misinformation campaigns) in desperate attempts to shed more light on the actual issues...with that issue being, a hacker has been making tf1 and tf2 unplayable for months now and ea/respawn have done nothing and have barely even acknowledged any issues until now...seems like alot of this could have been avoided if respawn/EA addressed the initial issues months ago rather than continue to refuse to acknowledge it.
I never argued it was a good thing, infact that's why its referred to as a "low"... just pointing out how many of those people are actually victims themselves, and the larger issue (i.e.EA/Respawn doing nothing to fix the game for months and barely even acknowledging the existence of the issue until now).I don't think "various members of the community start resorting to new lows (i.e. misinformation campaigns)" is a good thing no matter what their goals are. But we can agree to disagree.