Console keyboard and mouse pandemic

Since the launch of this season the cheating and XIM device using (Keyboard and mouse adapter) is out of control! You get every quickplay lobby 2 cheaters in yours or the enemy team it’s so frustrating… and let’s not even talk about ranked because it gets 10x times worse. You start finding KB&M users as soon as diamond and If they duo with a support role player that’s preferable mercy it gets a 2v5 and you can just watch as your team gets demolished. It’s kinda sad because a couple seasons ago blizzard pushed against KB&M on console and banned + punished them hard. But now they dropped the ball again and let the people cheat, rampage and destroy the experience for everyone again! I hope blizzard will do something to this because right now the game is unplayable and if they do nothing against it I will soon will be leaving this favorite game of mine behind as well

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I mean k+m are native to consoles now blizzard if anything should get on board and encourage peo ppl le to use them instead of controllers. It’s an fps o can’t believe anyone is rolling to play on a controller.

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Yeah I agree but they should be put in the PC lobby pools as simple as that. And don’t forget that if you use a XIM device you get aim assist on a mouse and I don’t need to tell you how unhealthy it is to play against that. There are a couple of videos out there where XIM users on console destroy PC pro players :wink: just as proof how broken this s**t is. And now imagine you play on a controller against this…. FUN

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The only sure-fire way to remove XIM impact is to completely disable ALL aim assist. But we all know this will not happen since it makes OW2 unplayable on controllers.

My AA settings are low so it’s not unplayable if you’re good with controller.

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Even if you report these guys for blatantly cheating it’s extremely rare that they get banned, and in the rare case that they do get actually banned they just create a new account and keep ximming there.

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Just this season?

KBMs are native to select games, like fighting games or RTS.
FPS games don’t let you play or force you onto PC servers.

No?
It’s still KBM lmao, it’s still objectively better than controller. Aim assist is just a bonus they get.

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I’ve been tracking my matches as objectively as possible, in the past week there has been 12 ximmers I was able to detect in competitive. It’s absolutely unreal how many are strolling around this season, adds salt to the wound when they flex it on the killcam too.

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Blizz already posted what they are doing about XIM in this DEV post:

TL;DR - XIM’ers will be banned from console comp and eventually be thrown into the PC player pool without AA being enabled if they are found. Not sure if any console ID will be used to exile XIM’ers into the PC player pool for life, but consoles are cheap compared to gaming PC’s. Otherwise game on!

Yes that’s what I’m saying there is no reason for them to be doing that anymore, consoles take k+m now they need to get rid of controller as the default for fps and let console players have fun.

Please post your last 5 consecutive replay codes.

Yeah, and ximmers found a way around the system day one.
Not a single XIM user I know was banned.
The system hasn’t been updated once, and Blizzard has made zero indication that they will.
So in other words, XIM on!

They take KBM for specific games.
Ones where it’s convenient or wouldn’t make a difference.
Games where it’s an advantage, consoles will not take KBM.

No.
Cry about it or buy a PC.

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Wow, that’s… sad lol. Can’t say I’m too surprised.

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Cheaterwatch 2

Such a sad story to an incredible game.

Cmon blizz, it’s time.

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Can you post consecutive codes of your last 5-10 matches please and point out the obvious cheaters?

no there aren’t any “obvious cheaters” because xim isn’t detectable on console nor would it be obvious, it just is what it is.

In fortnite and CoD they put consoles and PC in the same lobbies, and if you want to be that competitive you are expected to just get a keyboard.

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Yes it is to both…

No? im assuming you peaked like dia 5 on console if you think that lol, not everyone that uses linear ramp is a ximmer btw. Or you just don’t play console.

yea I stopped trying to determine whether someone is on xim because I am convinced that I have no idea and cannot tell the difference