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    It’s a great game but there IS a catch that wasn’t mentioned.

    The devs plan on implementing one of the more intrusive Anti-Cheats (Face It Anti Cheat) which doesn’t work on Linux which also stops all Steam Deck users from playing. It also forces you to disable virtualization on windows. I can’t recall the last time I had to go into bios to disable an option to turn off important windows features.

    According to their stream, it’s non-negotiable and will be added regardless of what the community wants. But they did mention that community servers would be able to pick which Anti Cheat they wanted to use?

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      But they did mention that community servers would be able to pick which Anti Cheat they wanted to use?

      As I understand, there are three tiers to this:

      • Official servers will use FaceIt exclusively.
      • Servers rented from official partners will have the choice of FaceIt or EAC.
      • Community-run servers will only be able to use EAC, and won’t be hooked into the global progression system.

      One of the many problems with FaceIt is that the server-side component is not allowed to be freely distributed, which is why community-run servers won’t have the option to use it.

      Personally, there is no way I am buying this unless if they reverse their plans to use FaceIt.

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        Well tbf, on most devices it’s usually disabled by default so this is one of the typical “well 99% of our users are unaffected so eat it or go away”. Always kinda dick-ish to do something like this.

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      From what I read, it also requires Secure Boot to be enabled. I played the game for 90 minutes before reading about the anti-cheat change, fortunately I didn’t hit 2 hours and took a refund.

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      As someone that uses virtual machines frequently, I look at my like 16 hours in the game. Fuck. I hope they don’t do that, this is the Battlefield I’ve been wanting for years. ;-;

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        They haven’t backed down at all. They’re still committed to implementing FaceIt according to the devs in their discord. The only reason it’s not implemented now is because of privacy concerns so they’re trying to rework it a bit.

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    I considered it, but am now avoiding it because they’re going to add a Linux-incompatible anticheat.

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    I was about to buy this but apparently they are planning to change their current anti cheat software to FaceIt which does not support Linux. EAC is still used for upcoming selfhosted servers but ranking up is disabled. I’d rather not feel like being considered as a second class citizen so I’ll have to skip for now.

    Other than that the game looks fun. I prefer to look in to the current state of the game rather than the promises of future content (which kind of contradicts my anti cheat point but eh), and I feel like the current price would be worth it even though it’s an early access game.

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      yeah, Im enjoying it right now, but if they choose to make my experience not playable, I would expect a refund =/

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    I love to see indie games pop off. I hate to see Linux-hostile anti-cheats. C’est a la vie.

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    I’ve been having a lot of fun with it. Even if I only get a few weeks or months until they add FACEIT, it’s worth the $15.

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          FACEIT is yet another completely useless, doesn’t-actually-work, trust-the-client anti-cheating tool. Basically, it makes it so that cheaters (and the game publisher) can claim cheating isn’t happening because, “there’s an anti-cheat tool” but in reality it doesn’t stop actual cheaters.

          The entire purpose of anti-cheat tools appears to be to stop casual Linux gamers from being able to play the game. Microsoft has a big part in it as well because the very same intentional vulnerabilities in Windows that hackers use to install undetectable rootkits are what get used by anti-cheat software.

          If Microsoft wanted they could close those vulnerabilities by making all privilege levels above administrator (of which Windows has two which is insane) inaccessible to anyone but Microsoft. Instead they just collect money from 3rd party vendors to sign their driver encryption keys, inherently trusting those vendors not to make software with vulnerabilities. It’s a recipe for insecurity and Microsoft likes it that way. It acts as a form of vendor lock-in.

          Anti-cheat tools pretty much all work with the same basic assumption: Trust the client. What’s the first rule of network programming? Never trust the client!

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          From what I understand, FACEIT is a “better” anti cheat that the developers want to use to replace the current Easy Anti Cheat. Their current implementation of Easy Anti Cheat supports Linux and Steam Deck while FACEIT does not, and will not support Linux

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        Honestly though, I hate it but I do kind of get it. If this game gets overrun by hackers in its prime, the game dies and I’d really like to see this survive long term as this is the kind of pricing model I’d like to support. Can’t have everything perfect.

        But it will only make sense if FACEIT achieves that goal. Time will tell, and I’ll keep my windows dual boot for gaming for now.

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    The game itself is a workmanlike Battlefield with a few oddball choices. I hope they never “fix” the vaulting behaviour that lets you break a 20-storey fall and make massive jumps across rooftops.

    But I’ve specifically been having a lot of fun with the proximity chat. Remarkably robust, has an opt-in “broadcast your mic for a few seconds when you die” feature, and somehow isn’t a sluice of slurs / edgy crap / etc (at least in my experience).

    The anticheat news is really depressing though. Cheaters are out there and will come to this game, and EAC at least has a reputation of being quite weak. We’re not allowed to have nice things.

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    Looks interesting; one of the things keeping me away from some FPS games is the sheer amount of micro transactions. I’d spend 15 and get something good and fair for everyone who plays instead of being asked to put in another purchase every few minutes!

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      I’ve been playing this game a lot the past few days. it’s just plain fun. A nice refreshing FPS in the era of BRs and battle passes.

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    It’s a great game! Runs super smoothly and it’s got a lot of great QoL features. $15 is a steal

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      The refund period isn’t a hard set in stone thing. Send support a request and it’s likely to be granted. When tlou came out plenty of people with way more than 2 hours got refunds.

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        I’m mostly concerned about not being able to play it on Steamdeck anymore. I can still play it on PC. But doesn’t seem like a good choice to have that anti cheat. Thanks, gotta think about it.

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      In the servers browser I’ve noticed some community ones but there are only a few and mostly in different regions. Hopefully they will open it up for more players to host soon.

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    I’ve been playing a ton of combat master.

    F2p with no bs, I love it, and it has a proper Linux client, it even runs natively on Wayland for me.

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        I’m under the impression that it automatically runs as a lan if everyone in the custom game is on the same network.

        I could be wrong.

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          Hmm…not sure I like them defining that as LAN if you need an internet connection to find the other players in the first place.

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            you need an internet connection to add them as friends in-game, but once they’re added as friends in game it should work.

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    LevelCap has a great video about how 3 guys made a better battlefield game then EA/DICE. I had fun the one night I’ve gotten to play so far but I was kind of drunk so I didn’t do very well. I’m a Battlefield player of many years and it’s the most fun I’ve had playing since 4.