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While Rainbow Six: Siege was well-received by fans and critics alike when it launched, as time went on, the game did attract more cheaters and for a long time, Ubisoft was very slow to deal with the issue. Since then, a new anti-cheat method has been implemented and it seems to be doing its job properly, with thousands of cheaters already banned.
Ubisoft announced today that so far, just under four thousand cheaters have been banned on the PC version of the game, cleaning up the player base quite a bit. This is just the first wave of bans with the new Battleye system too, so there is more to come.
“The launch and integration of the first BETA iteration of BattlEye set forth in motion a dramatic change in the way we approach cheaters in Rainbow Six Siege that is more preventative. With this first wave of bans from Battleye, we are establishing a firm stance to protect the game and the community for the long run.”
“In the future, Battleye will be banning much more quickly, sometimes in real-time. Ban waves with longer delays can still happen, but usually bans for detected cheaters should take a few days maximum.”
So if you have been avoiding Rainbow Six: Siege for a while due to the sheer amount of cheaters, then now might be a good time to jump back in, as Ubisoft seems to be getting much more proactive about it.
KitGuru Says: Ubisoft still hasn't quite nailed its approach to online gaming. The Division had similar issues for weeks after its launch but hopefully, this will be a turning point for the publisher. It needs to be proactive about stopping cheaters, whether that be on Rainbow Six: Siege or any other online game.
I don’t like Battleye, I played ARK for several hundred hours with no issues and thought it was great. then ARK:SOTF comes out and I played all of two matches after dealing with massive launch day problems and I get banned for no reason. I have tried multiple times to contact Battleye and they won’t respond and Devs refuse to even make any attempt to help me with my issue. Global ban, that I’m afraid to play Siege that I also have a lot of hour in, because I don’t know how far that Global ban extends. I didn’t deserve it, I’ve never cheated on any online game and this false positive garbage happens. Screw Battleye and their lack of support or help.
Did you have Cheat Engine installed for single player offline use? This may have triggered BattleEye
Yes, that’s the only thing I have and that only gets used for my SNES emulator and RPGmaker. I never have it running while playing anything else. It’s stupid that I would even get banned for having a program on my PC that isn’t being used. It never had a problem with me having that program before all these years and I don’t know why it would have started now unless they’re just being ridiculous.
I know it’s a late reply but this could very well be the cause of the ban, maybe you left it running in the background at one point by accident or they’re just detecting the installation of it instead, whether its running or not
I make sure not to have these things running while playing these sort of games. I wondered that myself, but I would have remember accidentally leaving it running or noticed it among other things. It’s pure garbage what they did. Still no response from them either, which is frustrating.