Crytek has warned that Hunt: Showdown (opens in new tab) gamers who make the most of a glitch that provides the LeMat Mark 2 revolver an unintended energy enhance might face severe penalties for his or her actions.
The LeMat (opens in new tab) is a nine-round revolver that additionally packs a secondary barrel able to firing shotgun shells. What this implies, principally, is that it has the comparatively accuracy of a pistol (or excessive price of fireplace, when you’re fanning), and may also completely smash your day up shut. The issue, as defined by PCGamesN (opens in new tab), is that the gun will be glitched in order that when the shotgun is fired, every pellet is handled as a full steel jacket pistol spherical, with out the standard unfold of a shotgun shell. Meaning it hits like an absolute truck, manner above and past what it is meant to, as you may see within the video beneath.
Gamers have expressed their distinct unhappiness with the state of affairs throughout a number of threads on the Hunt: Showdown subreddit (opens in new tab) and Steam dialogue boards (opens in new tab), and earlier immediately Crytek stated on Twitter {that a} repair is coming. It additionally warned gamers tempted to make the most of the issue that doing so isn’t with out danger.
“We’re conscious of the problems regarding the LeMat Mark 2 revolver,” Crytek senior social media supervisor Bence Hamos stated in a quick video posted to Twitter. “The workforce have been actively engaged on resolving the bug, and we are going to launch a hotfix within the coming days. Please be aware that utilizing this exploit will be detected, and can lead to actions being taken towards the exploiter’s account.”
Hunters,We’re conscious of the problems regarding the LeMat. The workforce are conscious and have been actively engaged on resolving the bug, and can launch a hotfix within the coming days.Preserve a watch out concerning information for server downtimes to deploy the repair. pic.twitter.com/ifEbAghETKJune 20, 2022
What precisely these actions could be is not specified, but it surely’s secure to imagine that repeat offenders could possibly be taking a look at a ban. Sadly, that prospect has some legit gamers nervous: The glitch is outwardly very simple to take advantage of, and based on one poster “might occur simply since you’re taking part in usually.”
Most gamers welcomed the information of the incoming repair, however for some it isn’t sufficient: Quite a lot of gamers are calling for the LeMat to be disabled instantly (opens in new tab), and never introduced again into service till it is working as supposed.
