Cheating

[mosborne]

Hi:
I agree, the information from pressing the 1 key is helpful but not worth accusing some one of cheating. Examples may be that they played the turn on a second computer, have more than one game in a slot, computer crash, etc.

I think one would need to consider the game in total when evaluating cheating. Although these are some examples, please do not assume some one is cheating because you see them, they are only listed as some tail tail signs, and should only raise a flag if they occur often particularly at critcal times.

a) pieces moving away from your artillery shots with no prior knowledge.

b) units that rally far too many times after taking repeated hits.

c) targeting units in ambush that should not have been detected beforehand.

d) opportunity fires that never kill even when the odds are in your favor

e) Units in the game that were thought to be excluded. Not necessarily a cheat since it could be mis-communitcation. An example would be spotter planes and UAVs when no air is expected.

Keep in mind that there are some very good players with 6th sense, so you could be up against one in which case consider it an honor and a lesson.

Also, the game itself has some quirks. For example:

a) Replay will show positions of units that could never had been seen. I find it helpful to do all your fire (or move fire) first befoe doing any repositioning of units.

b) Replay will give audio cues that you wouldn't normally hear (i.e. splinters hitting armor). This can give away position of your units.

c) Machine gun and rifle fire can suppress any tank even from adjacent hexes to the point that they are no longer effective (a bug IMO).

d) Specialized units (commandos for example) do get high rally points.

e) Specialized units do get very low rally points (same as regular units) as well as other low settings (a bug IMO). So double check what you think you bought.



So there are a lot of variables. Best approach I found with suspect cheaters, is continue to play unless they become unmanageable in which case don't play with them. Don't ever accuse them of cheating, however I find it worth while to at least ask non-accusing questions to see if there is some explanation of what you are seeing.

Hope this helps.

(please forgive any spelling/grammar errors, it is a rush post.)