Mistfall Hunter Game Director HAO Addresses Key Community Topics in Latest Livestream

 

Mistfall Hunter Game Director HAO recently responded to some of the biggest topics players have been discussing, from cheating and teaming to server performance, class balance, Brandrgarde solo mode and trading. 

 

Cheating and Illegal Teaming

On cheating, HAO said the team’s position is clear: behavior that hurts the fairness of the game needs to be dealt with continuously and firmly.

At the same time, bans aren’t based on a single factor. The team looks at client-side detection, server data, behavior patterns and player reports before taking action. The goal is to catch real violations without creating false bans, and confirmed cases will be penalized.

Malicious teaming is a little more complicated. A short gameplay clip doesn’t always make it easy to tell the difference between normal team play, temporary cooperation and intentional multi-team collusion. The team looks at things like repeated matchmaking patterns, unusual cooperation, damage and elimination data, item transfers and movement routes before making a decision.

The team also plans to keep improving its reporting tools and report categories, with updates on ban lists and detection rules shared through official channels.
 

Server Lag and Optimization

HAO apologized to players who have been affected by lag or performance issues and said the team is actively working on the problem.

The technical team is looking at server logs during peak hours, match data, matchmaking-node information and player feedback to understand whether certain conditions are causing spikes or instability.

For now, the priority is fixing issues that directly affect match stability. Longer term, the team will continue working on client performance, resource loading and network synchronization.

More details on individual fixes and timing will be shared through official updates.
 

Class Balance

HAO also talked about the ongoing discussion around Blackarrow and Withered Knight.

The team doesn’t decide whether a class is too strong based on win rate or raw numbers alone. It also looks at different gear stages, team compositions, specific match situations and, importantly, whether other classes and builds still have meaningful ways to counter it.

HAO said being strong doesn’t automatically make a class a problem. The team considers adjustments when something becomes so strong that it feels unreasonable — particularly when other players can no longer understand it, play around it or find a counter

Blackarrow and Withered Knight have already received adjustments in previous maintenance updates. The team will continue watching the data and community feedback following those changes.