Multi-player Matchmaker Exploit

[Prussian Havoc]

Yes, this actually happened. I dropped into a 15m Match with 25m in Mechs.

We stopped the match after I got enough details to submit the best Bug Report possible. My thanks to my opponent for helping me catch this, the most serious MP Bug I've seen to date.

Obvious to me is that such an Exploit, purposefully employed, could wreak havoc if used to target players new to BATTLETECH Multi-player.

Thoughts on the Bug?


As ever, good luck and good and exploit-free gaming!

 

[Zakhodit]

I've seen a problem similar to this. If I'm hosting and I open the lobby at 15m, then my opponent joins and I switch it to 20 or 25, my opponent still sees that the game is at 15m.

Basically, if it wasn't my friend on voice comms he'd have no way to know that the actual limit was 20M. So he would logically take a 15m lance and I show up with 5m more than he.

I'm not sure if this was what happened with you. The Guest is the one who will see the wrong information. So a shady host could pull a fast one. Start a lobby at 15M after new player joins, change it to 20 or 25 or unlimited. The Guest will not be aware that limits have changed. Unless the guest tries to take a larger lance. In that case the lance will be valid as the true settings of the lobby are higher than what is reported on the screen.

 

[WilliamVonBillhelmHelmet]

I have not witnessed this personally, but as far as expectations go, this is one that would make a person rage quit in no time flat, given the right circumstances.
MP needs some attention, and this seems like it would make the top of the list for corrective priority.