For me cheating is using a third party tool to gain advantages. Abusing certain mechanics and bugs has always existed in coh2 and will probably always exist.
I can't believe this.. What about if multiple players were involved in intentional match fixing in a tournament to ensure certain players go through? no 'third party' software involved there and I would still class that as cheating, wouldn't you?
This is Relics fuck up. Abusing bugs is disgusting, dont get me wrong, but its up to Relic to fix their code.
This is a separate issue. I agree with you here 100% and it is up to Relic to fix their code. Its also up to them to nail every dick who has been abusing it to the wall, no matter how popular they are in the community OR how far up the ladder they are.
The only way I see to discourage people from abusing bugs like this in future en masse is to make abuse of stuff like this come with a
heavy punishment from Relic. That becomes even more important when it takes them weeks to implement bug fixes.
I'd love to see abusers get a ladder reset and only be able to get automatch games with other abusers. that would be immense! in fact, while we're at it I'd make it so they were stuck with some kind of special 'novelty' faceplate and skins that they cant get rid of so everyone can see!
Inb4 half of the playerbase unable to automatch and with novelty skins..