Hacks for Fortnite are a bothersome problem. Since the game was first played by a large number of people in 2017, players have tried hard to find any way to get ahead, even if it means hacking or cheating.
Epic Games has ensured everyone has the same chance of winning, and they want to keep it that way. The company cares a lot about fairness, so hackers and cheaters are looked down upon and often banned, but they keep doing it anyway.
The company’s constant efforts to stop players from getting an edge have made hackers work even harder. Also, as technology improves (which may be helped by the fact that the game now runs on Unreal Engine 5), more and more Fortnite hacks are coming out.
Players who cheated have been banned for life by Epic Games. They will stand for it in no way, shape, or form. Sadly, it looks like that did the opposite of what it was supposed to do.
Instead of making players play fairly, Epic’s zero-tolerance policy has made some (not all, because the policy isn’t a total failure) come up with even more creative ways to play.
There’s nothing that Epic Games can do to fix this. There will always be Fortnite hacks. So they’ll have to keep punishing cheaters and doing what they can to make the hacks useless.
Epic has one of the best anti-cheat systems in all gaming, but that isn’t enough to solve the problem completely.
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What does Epic Games say about people who try to cheat in Fortnite?
In their Community Guidelines, Epic makes it clear how they feel about people who cheat. They are also against bullying, harassment, and many other problems that game players face. However, they are very clear about how they feel about hacking and cheating:
"Follow the game's regulations and play fairly. Don't cheat, hurt other players, or take advantage of bugs and glitches. Don't tell people about cheats, bugs, or exploits that are already known. Find a weakness? Tell someone."
Epic has made the game so that no one can get ahead. Because of this, no cosmetic has any effect on the game that could even be helpful. When something like that happens, they get rid of it or fix it as soon as possible.
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There are different levels of punishment for cheating:
"Each player is banned individually, and bans can be anything from short-term to permanent. Temporary bans can last up to 30 days, after which players can return on the Battle Bus."
Also, they said:
"Permanent bans in Fortnite are imposed, for instance, when a player is detected cheating. Even if a player is banned, they can still play other games on the Epic Games Store."
These are harsh punishments, but they might need to get even worse if the number of Fortnite hacks keeps going up.
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