The first days of THE FINALS<\/em> beta have apparently been inundated with cheaters, according to the community, and it’s spurred on calls to region-lock one country.<\/p>
Players have allegedly been encountering a never-ending supply of cheaters from China, with the likeliest problem\u2014according to fans who took to social media on Oct. 29<\/a> to complain about the endemic\u2014being a network setting.<\/p>
The reasoning, most players said, comes from other fledgling FPS titles that faced these issues early in their own life cycles<\/a>. Players Unknown Battlegrounds<\/em> struggled with the same issue in its initial few months<\/a>, leading to region locks in an attempt to quell the issue. Unfortunately for PUBG<\/em> fans, the issue still remains today<\/a>, despite the region lock.<\/p>
The cheating endemic has already begun to drive away members of THE FINALS\u2019<\/em> player base. With the beta being released less than a week ago, it\u2019s a worrying sign when players call the experience \u201cunbearable\u201d already<\/a>.<\/p>
But, some gamers are looking to prevent history repeating itself again.<\/p>
Players can report opponents once they\u2019ve left their games via the social page or from the post-game leaderboard, but the community believes \u201cit\u2019s more hidden than it should be<\/a>\u201d this early in a game’s lifespan. By introducing report buttons inside matches, Embark will likely see more cheaters before players quit early.<\/p>
Others recommended phone verification systems to cull the onslaught. Many games have tried this method to varying degrees of success, and titles like Overwatch 2<\/em> even had their own struggles attached to this method<\/a>.<\/p>
