The first post to hit the front page today was a declaration in all caps: "EXTRA EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT, DUPERS IN A STUPER AFTER PUNISHMENTS ROLL OUT." u/CWGM uploaded a gallery of what appeared to be dupers griping over lost credits and suspended accounts. The subreddit's response was immediate and unsympathetic. u/hdeck landed the top comment: "Wait, these guys are posting and expecting sympathy? 🤣" u/Downsey111 followed with, "Self justification is so entertaining." The thread collected 663 points and 283 comments, most of them laughing. Dupers had been caught, and nobody was buying their excuses.

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The celebration carried into a separate announcement from u/Advanced-Region-8226. The notorious streamer IbraaTV, long a fixture of cheating accusations, was permanently banned on Twitch. But the first post noted Embark had yet to act in-game, and the 38 comments were split between schadenfreude and anger. Hours later, the same user posted a follow-up: "Huge wave ban targeting cheaters today. Few of the most notorious cheaters like IbraaTV, Dusty, MoeTV have been banned." That one sat at 264 points, with relief dominating the thread. "Their discord is in tatters," one raider reported. "No one of them is streaming."

Yet the paranoia didn't disappear. A clip from u/BaldMongoose, titled "Is it possible to cheat on console?", showed a raider absorbing four Anvil shots and a melee swing before turning and firing back. u/Ciaran_h1 pointed out the giveaway: "See how he spins like crazy when he finally downs you?" The thread drew 199 comments, the top replies unanimously calling it suspicious. Even with the ban wave, the game still felt unsafe to many.

That unease crystallized in u/ASoulToBear's post: "Embark: Don't suspend, just ban!" The 94-point thread argued that cheaters and dupers deserve permanent bans, not temporary suspensions. The 110 comments largely agreed. For the subreddit, the morning's justice was good, but it wasn't finished.

Between the drama, a handful of lighter threads kept the mood from sinking. Embark confirmed the Seeker Grenade nerf was an accident and a fix was coming, earning a quiet nod of approval. A store update added two Driftcoat color variants, and u/CWGM called the red one "punk as fuck." u/MattOverMind posted a PSA reminding everyone that expedition is a week out, warning that things would get weird as bored raiders unloaded gear or pulled off stunts. The top reply, from u/syncsynchalt, embraced the chaos: "And if someone were to fill their entire stash with fireworks boxes and set them off in a night raid, well that’s just par for the course. Hypothetically. "

For one day, the dupers begged and the cheaters fell. The subreddit ate it up, then asked for seconds.