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New World’s Mass Report Exploit
Part of what makes New World’s mass reporting so dangerous is that it’s easy to do. If around a dozen New World players get together to report another player at the same time, New World’s system is likely to kick the reported player right away without reviewing their offenses. Considering how central PvP and factions are to New World, this makes mass reporting very powerful. Getting the leader of a rival Company banned for a fictional offense can give New World players a huge advantage when trying to conquer that Company’s territory.
There’s no shortage of evidence that this manipulation of the report system is still happening. One player recently shared a story on Reddit about finding a New World streamer planning to mass report them ahead of an in-game war. While the streamer’s faction reportedly lost the war and failed to ban the Reddit user, the streamer’s conversation with fellow New World players in a YouTube clip made it clear that the game’s report system is easy to abuse.
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Moderation is Difficult Work
Having an automated moderation system in New World is nothing out of the ordinary. Any multiplayer game with a huge playerbase needs a certain level of automation for reporting and banning players; having the game’s staff review every single report by hand would be time consuming and ultimately impractical. Even so, New World’s moderation algorithm clearly needs some kind of failsafe for mass reporting, potentially passing reports to a human for review whenever they pile up quickly.
New World is available now on PC.
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