Escape From Tarkov has had problems with cheaters pretty much from the start, but despite being vocal about its efforts to rid the game of their influence—and occasionally referring to cheaters as "scum of the Earth"—some players aren't convinced that developer Battlestate Games is all that serious about dealing with the problem. A new anti-cheat effort rolled out in the latest patch might change some minds on that front: The studio is now offering "compensation for reporting players who violated game rules"—in other words, a bounty on cheaters.
"Players will receive in-game currency compensation after the report that led to the blocking of the violator," the 0.14.9.5 patch notes say (via GamesRadar). "Compensation comes with an in-game message informing of a successful report. Compensation for several successful reports will be combined."
