It’s because of the ability to trade items with other players. Any exploit that affected item drops or crafting creates the potential to upend the entire global market in the game, affecting the experience of many other players who might play mostly alone but will often look to the market to trade for items they need.
Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I’ve never played PoE but I always thought it was singleplayer / coop. Why would it need anti-cheat?
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
It does have PVP, and is generally online only.
They also make their money through in-game-purchases, so they want anti-cheat to protect people from unlocking that stuff for free.
wyrmroot@programming.dev 2 months ago
It’s because of the ability to trade items with other players. Any exploit that affected item drops or crafting creates the potential to upend the entire global market in the game, affecting the experience of many other players who might play mostly alone but will often look to the market to trade for items they need.
alp@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
It’s trade mechanism is the reason they gain a lot of money. Trade really needs to work flawlessly.