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Re:Activision’s Faulty Anti-Cheat Software by amatecha on Sunday December 04, 2022 @11:58PM (#33861663)
Good timing, I was just today considering playing Diablo III on my Steam Deck (or trying to)... based on your experience, I guess that might be a bad idea to even try.
Re:Activision’s Faulty Anti-Cheat Software by jakogut on Monday December 05, 2022 @12:11AM (#33861737)
I know Activision now owns Blizzard, but I don't know the extent to which these policies apply across other games. I know World of Warcraft has an active and thriving Linux user base still. I recommend checking https://appdb.winehq.org and https://protondb.org for reports on game compatibility.
Re:Activision’s Faulty Anti-Cheat Software by tempestn on Monday December 05, 2022 @04:57AM (#33863526)
Microsoft now owns both.
Re:Activision’s Faulty Anti-Cheat Software by tempestn on Thursday December 08, 2022 @04:48PM (#33914022)
Actually apparently I'm wrong; looks like that's not finalized yet, and now the FTC is seeking to block it.
Re:Activision’s Faulty Anti-Cheat Software by everforward on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @01:25PM (#33898055)
I think the gameplay and architecture of WoW means there isn't a huge market for "competitive advantage" cheats. Macros let you do most of that stuff yourself, and something that would auto-interrupt a particular spell is probably detrimental at high levels of play.

The only "cheats" I ever really saw WoW care about was botting, and that's probably easier to catch server-side than client-side anyways. Why monitor inputs when you can just see who's been fishing for the past 24 hours in a row?

Re:Activision’s Faulty Anti-Cheat Software by emkoemko on Monday December 05, 2022 @12:06AM (#33861706)
no Diablo III and D2R work fine on wine, they don't have anti cheat like their shooters do
Re:Activision’s Faulty Anti-Cheat Software by amatecha on Monday December 05, 2022 @12:36AM (#33861853)
Oh for real? Nice, that's good to hear. Maybe worth checking into, then...