Comment by superxpro12

There are hacks these days that sniff the pcie bus with an FPGA to mitm the ram, render out the game state, and render an overlay on top of the monitor.

It's a crazy arms race that IDK even kernel mode can compete with at the end of the day.

I think this shift away from community-led multiplayer is approaching a dead-end with respect to this hacking arms race.

Player bans and votekicks used to be so easy to do. And while there were some badmins, I argue it still resulted in an overall healthier multiplayer ecosystem.

OF course we know this shift is so the developer can control the game more tightly for monetization purposes. But i think the end result of this is more harm than good.