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I have reported all the cheaters that I know for sure in the game because some of them are very obvious. However, this issue has yet to be resolved. I would like to be able to get back into the game after being wiped so that I can see the end of the game and figure out who's cheating for real. This game is not fun at all if people cheat and I am considering to find something else more entertaining and healthy to play.

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Larkin Rampage 2 and Parker Freedom 5 (I may have the numbers reversed) are a master and grandmaster pair of the most obvious cheaters you will ever see.... but our game realized it in time and everyone ganged up and took them out, it was amazing.
1 Player, 2 accounts is essentially sitting down to a board game and one player plays 2 colors of armies. The only difference is in this online version, you don't often know that until it's too late.
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Luck is a factor, but in the longer run, logic and skill will win more times than it loses, so yes on occasion a cheater will lose, but ingenerL the advantage they have will prevail most of the time
Shimon and Keith, I have seen users playing with 2 accounts have both accounts defeated for multiple reasons like: they were automatically assigned bad starting positions, they were too wreck less and wasted their troops early, the other players realized that they were working together and made alliance to defeat them... etc. Sam is not 100% wrong. You could be an awesome player and have things fall apart quickly due to bad "luck" or game randomness. I've seen games where no matter how many times you reinforce a position the computer just will not let you defeat those last two troops keeping you from taking a continent in time. I've seen players form alliances and work to defeat someone for no reason at all and then lose! There are times where this game just makes no logical sense so you can't say that luck isn't a factor.
Sam that is 100% wrong. If you play progressive I agree there is a LOT of luck as to when you get cards, but in fixed there is a lot more skill. There is some luck to the game, but since dice rolls and territory assignments tend to level out over time, the skill you use to determine when and where to attack,  who you ally with, when to break and alliance etc. Bottom line is if you use 2 accounts in a game, you have negated luck and skill both and given yourself and unfair advantage. The game is no longer fun for anyone and actually makes the cheater rather pathetic because you are no longer playing the game but just winning. I find almost all Grand Masters cheat. My opinion, do away with levels and just have everyone play without titles.

 

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Sam I disagree. You could play however you want with the guideline of 1 user. Once you start playing with 2 users, youre abusing the game. Risk let's you have alliances short-term/long-term within that framework of the game. It's a tactic on its own since you can't alliance with someone too long then they'll eventually defeat you, only one person comes out winner. But to have 2 accounts, especially when when it's a 3 or 4-way game, there's no skilll anymore, chances of one of those accounts to win is over 50%. And that's called cheating. The make alliance/ignore/make alliance trick when other people are attacking is within the games tactics. Not saying that it's 100% right, but it's another tactic "if you can do it fast enough so timer will go out".
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Just as bad as collusion is when you actually make it to Master and when you join a game everyone in the game attack should because knocking you out gives them more points. There is zero reason to level up as it only hurts your ability to actually play a game.
Gents....and Ladies as well of course.... let's not get hung up on this cheating thing....the reality is that 90% if not more, in this game, is pure luck...the territories that you are dealt with, the draw of the dice, and the draw of the risk cards... all arbitrarily. Skill is quite limited. So you geniuses out there that think you are a brilliant player.... you are brilliant at luck.... good luck to all!
Doug M., I'm duke swift 4. I have no idea who the other guy is-just checked my friends, not there. I'm guessing it was an alliance that actually held. (Don't recall anything-3 months ago. I'm sure you reported it with a ticket. I heard nothing from smg-so it's safe to assume it was investigated and found unwarranted.
I literally just played them! They work together quite well, and by the time the rest of us realized it, it was already over. If you play them just keep in mind they are essentially one player. I wouldn't call it cheating though. Id definitely like to play them again.
Do not Play Alton Agincourt 6 he is a Grand Master and his accomplice is Poco Mcpunch 6. They cheat, so obvious that when he had a chance to take out Mcpunch he did not, let him get his numbers back up and then they attacked me who had an alliance with him.... ridiculous
I wouldn't say you are paranoid, if there is a way for someone to cheat ( 2 accounts, hacking, whatever) some people will do it. I would reccomend not playing in 3 player games as those always seem alot more suspect to me. I also agree with Daniel that some people whine about things that are not cheating.
Absolutely! Like I said it I might be paranoid. But it's usually the 3 player games that include a master and then a novice that seem fishy to me. Although I'd like to think I'm not a sore loser, but when the novice let's the master do what he pleases while going on a suicide attack against me that could not possibly lead to a win for him it makes me so salty. Either you win, or make up excuses lol
Well said Daniel. Having twice the amount of troops as everyone else is definitely cheating.
Unfortunately, it is a known fact that there are players who use 2 accounts with the sole purpose of increasing the rank of one of them.  This is often very obvious when it happens and it is "cheating," no matter what anyone wants to call it.  After that, you enter a gray area, where it is hard to determine exactly where the line is.  I do think that "cheating" is thrown around a bit too often in these forums.  There are forms of game play, such as shooting for second place or leaving 1 troop on a border with an ally, that are totally legit, IMO.  Also, attacking a ally at some point is part of the game, so you need to be prepared for it.

There are things that are annoying, like purposely prolonging the end of the game and asking for an alliance just to clutter up the screen.  I would not consider this cheating, but poor sportsmanship or just someone being a jerk.

 

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