{"id":14991,"date":"2022-08-17T13:14:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T04:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=14991"},"modified":"2022-08-17T13:14:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T04:14:41","slug":"20220817-14991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220817-14991\/","title":{"rendered":"Tower of Fantasy quickly finds itself with a cheating problem. Cheaters dominate the PvP leaderboards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>Level Infinite began service for their free-to-play open-world RPG <em><strong>Tower of Fantasy<\/strong><\/em> on August 11 (JST). However, it looks like the existence of cheaters has quickly been confirmed, and the development team has announced that they will be taking measure to deal with the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tower of Fantasy | Global Launch Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i7PKw73QS18?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tower of Fantasy<\/em> is a free-to-play open-world RPG with a sci-fi setting. The game takes place on a planet humanity colonized called Aida. After the humans there experience a great calamity, those that survived push to continue living in the destroyed world. As survivors of the catastrophic disaster, players adventure across the world for the future of humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Battles are action oriented, and players mix and match weapons to build their own fighting style. In addition to being made in China and an open-world action RPG, many other elements resemble the popular title <em>Genshin Impact<\/em>. On the other hand, the game does differentiate itself with its sci-fi designs and seamless multiplayer. <em>Tower of Fantasy<\/em> also features PvP, including its Apex League for 1v1 battles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the game is coming up on one week of service, it looks like an issue with cheaters is already starting to surface. One Reddit user has posted an image of the game\u2019s leaderboard to point out what appear to be cheaters at the top rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-reddit wp-block-embed-reddit\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:316px\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TowerofFantasy\/comments\/wod5oy\/deleted_by_user\/\">[deleted by user]<\/a><br> by<a href=\"\"><\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TowerofFantasy\/\">TowerofFantasy<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"757\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220817-214733-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220817-214733-001.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220817-214733-001-600x355.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220817-214733-001-380x225.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220817-214733-001-768x454.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220817-214733-001-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220817-214733-001-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220817-214733-001-696x412.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220817-214733-001-1068x632.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220817-214733-001-710x420.jpg 710w\" \/><figcaption>Image Credit: GorillasInYourEars on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TowerofFantasy\/comments\/wod5oy\/psa_do_not_support_this_game_financially_until\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reddit<\/a><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The screenshots were posted to show that the levels for the top 2 players are unnaturally high given their playtime. According to the poster, these players are confirmed to be on the North American server Solaris. The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TowerofFantasy\/comments\/wod5oy\/comment\/ika8fgd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reports<\/a> that these accounts have multiple characters with the rarest 6-star SSR rating and level 7 Suppressors. Another user added in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TowerofFantasy\/comments\/wod5oy\/comment\/ikav5m1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comments<\/a> that they have one billion stamina if you check their profiles and that there\u2019s a guild of hackers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, other users in the thread report that they have encountered cheaters in PvP as well. One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TowerofFantasy\/comments\/wod5oy\/comment\/ikbatjd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that their opponent\u2019s shield would unnaturally restore itself despite the player continuously attacking and another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TowerofFantasy\/comments\/wod5oy\/comment\/ikdds8y\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">added<\/a> that they were attacked by a player using poison skills specific to CPUs in the game. There have been a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E5%B9%BB%E5%A1%94%E3%80%80%E3%83%81%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reports<\/a> in Japan as well about cheaters in PvP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The development team has taken to the official <em>Tower of Fantasy<\/em> Twitter account to update players on the issues they\u2019ve fixed and are working on. In addition to raising the server cap for PC players, the report also has \u201cimprovements to the game\u2019s anti-cheat mechanism\u201d listed as an issue to be fixed soon. The team says they also have an upcoming announcement regarding the first batch of cheaters in the game and the punishments they will receive. By the looks of it, the developer is setting out to deal with cheating players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear Wanderers,<br><br>To keep you stay updated about the team&#39;s development progress, we&#39;ve prepared the Dev&#39;s Report for you regarding the issues we&#39;ve fixed and been working on. We will make more adjustments ASAP. <br><br>Click below to have a look! \ud83d\ude4f<br>\u25bd <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fbsmqVLQTU\">https:\/\/t.co\/fbsmqVLQTU<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ToF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ToF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CCdxfDFBhm\">pic.twitter.com\/CCdxfDFBhm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tower of Fantasy (@ToF_EN_Official) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ToF_EN_Official\/status\/1559525493380358145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Though service has only just begun, the shadow of cheaters lingers over <em>Tower of Fantasy<\/em>. There are players saying they are enjoying PvE content with little trouble from players using cheats. However, not having a fair leaderboard is a problem, and the existence of cheaters also poses a problem for PvP and endgame content. Players are sure to be keeping an eye on just how cheaters are dealt with and the upcoming improvements to the anti-cheat system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toweroffantasy-global.com\"><em>Tower of Fantasy<\/em><\/a> is now available on PC (Windows), iOS, and Android. Steam and Epic Games Store versions are scheduled to launch at a later date.<br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220817-214733\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-08-17 09:49<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like the existence of cheaters has quickly been confirmed in Tower of Fantasy, and the development team has announced that they will be taking measure to deal with the issue. 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