For Honor Tournament Dishonored By Cheater, Wins $10,000 Using Exploits

At this point, Ubisoft’s online multiplayer hack and slash game For Honor has lost much of its luster in terms of the number of regular players despite being a sales success. During the recent Season Three tournament, however, the community got an even bigger reason to gripe about the game. A player just won $10,000 by exploiting a bug in the game, which many consider is akin to cheating.

The exploit in question involves the use of a Nobushi fighter, which grants players the ability to take advantage of something called an “unlock tech”. It’s basically a bug that makes attacks immune to parries or blocks. As a result, players who use these characters can mow down both NPCs and opponents with ease. This is exactly what Jakub “SB.Alernakin” Palen used to win the tournament, Kotaku reports.

It’s worth pointing out that the player actually did display quite a bit of skill during the competition, but it was his habit of using the exploit on a regular basis that propelled him to the top. Upon winning, Palen was congratulated by Roman Campos-Oriola, the creative director behind the game, while also being told that his play style won’t work in the future.

When contacted for a comment regarding the rather questionable nature of Palen’s victory, a representative of For Honor said that the development team is already aware of the exploit. This should only be natural since, by all accounts, it has been around for over a month.

As for its impact on the community, the end of the tournament clearly left a bitter taste in gamers’ mouths. As Polygon points out, many players are expressing outrage and disappointment regarding the final leg of the competition, with a lot of the competitors habitually using exploits to win. While it can be argued that the participants broke no rules since the bugs are part of the game, it can hardly be called sportsmanlike behavior either.