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OK ... I can twist conspiracy theories, too ... you say the hack has been going undetected for four years (yet provide no proof).

Maybe it has been detected, with a counter programmed and waiting for the right moment to drop.  My impression of IGP was that they didn't care about anything that didn't actually make them money.

PGI, on the other hand, I feel, does care about the long-term health of the game, but is focused on other things.  Whether or not a few people are cheating doesn't really mean anything (except to those of us in player-created leagues).  I enjoyed the Tukayyid event, and got kind of emotional about it, but it's really not that important, in the long term ... it's a few cockpit trinkets and bragging rights ... who really gives a fuck?  Now, if it turns out that the top tier of the MLMW teams are hacking and cheating, then I'll buy some popcorn, because the drama will be real.

Getting into a cheat/hack - counter/correct - wash - rinse - repeat cycle would have costed IGP resources they weren't willing to dedicate, and will cost PGI resources (programmers, testers, etc.) ... resources that they want focused on making the product the best they can in time for the promised steam release by the end of summer.

Maybe they're holding fire until the right time ... and when that right time comes, they'll swing the ban hammer, and have a team (or an outside contractor) at the ready to swat down the next hack or cheat.  That righ time is probably either right before, or right after steam release.  It's definitely not when their "hard core role-playing mode" is still in beta.

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