Ranked Team Games bug: what should have been a 4v4 was a 5v3

Age of Empires IV IV - Report a Bug
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  • Build Number: 22160626

  • Platform: Steam / Microsoft Store / Xbox / PlayStation: Steam

  • Operating System: Windows 11 / Windows 10 / Windows 8 / Windows 7 / Mac / Linux: OS=W11

Issue: We were queued as a 4-man into a 4v4 game. In the lobby, one member of our 4v4 team (me) ended up slotted into the enemy team.

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This is visible clear as day on my match history and on AOE4world: dorryza's Game – AoE4 World

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Trigger Event: No idea what caused this.

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Repro Steps: No idea how to reproduce. Hasn’t happened before.

Map seed was: 5c4846f1

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Oh this billy guy. He seems to be one of the hackers.

Don’t know how that is achieved, it’s an exploit/hack anyway: people can change opponents’ civ and even make 4v4 games into 7v1 where original opponents still lose MMR after the game. Check that Billy guy’s profile, you will see. There are a few discussions about this on Reddit too.

A video clip on opponent of the hacker’s side

https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe4/comments/1jc86yu/hacker_changing_civs_same_guy_from_before_why_you/

https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe4/comments/1rfnh5z/craziest_bug_i_ever_seen/

https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe4/comments/1rnyk9g/is_this_an_exploit_abuser_or_some_kind_of_new_hack/