Ubisoft’s new PvP Web3 game plagued by game-breaking exploit allowing players to automatically win games
Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles, Ubisoft's recently released turn-based Web3 RPG, has reportedly encountered its first major issue, with a single player taking advantage of an exploit that allows them to win ranked games before they even begin.
The details:
As reported by YouTuber Jauwn on X, Champions Tactics has been "unplayable" since Friday, when a player known as "Schilleri11" or "Paulstar111" began automatically winning every single match before their opponents could even play. Not only can the player win every game without actually playing, but they are also said to be the only player that others can encounter right now.
On the game's official Discord server, it was shared that Paulstar111 had played over 56,000 matches just over a week after its release, propelling him to the top of the global leaderboards. “I am sorry, the level of incompetence here is alarming,” one Discord user said. “Last time I saw Paulstar111 on the ranking he had 56k Matches. There are 10 of us complaining on here, now picture the other [thousands of] players who were trying the game, and probably will never come back, because the game is unplayable.”
Following the reports, a moderator in the server stated that the game's developers are already aware of the exploit and other common bugs, which will hopefully be addressed in a patch sometime on Monday. However, as of the time of writing, it appears that Paulstar111 is still causing havoc in the community.
Champions Tactics was quietly released on October 23 and is Ubisoft's first full-game release to directly incorporate Web3 technology. Players can purchase characters from the marketplace using in-game currency or cryptocurrency, with some costing up to $64,000 USD. Unsurprisingly, the response has been overwhelmingly negative, with the YouTube launch trailer failing to reach 100 likes and thousands of dislikes.
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