Let me just clarify something I said earlier which somewhat explains for the new hack checks. Basically there have been some reports (at least from Japan) where players who go on battle spot, fight others online and have gotten part of their saved data deleted if there is a disconnection of sorts, normally to detect whether there was a hack mon used. According to Mike (Omega Donut), "...new "hack check" apparently response to player using hack saves that delete other's saves after a Battle Spot match". Basically this is the issue here since someone might go on battle spot only to have parts of their save file erased by someone with a modified/hacked account. Though this has happen to a very small percentage of people, the fact that their "safe file" gets deleted (I don't know to what degree) is a problem that Game Freak has to look up. To be honest if what they are saying is true, then there might be people with with such intents of deleting save files (probably worse case scenario) or a glitch regarding the hack checks. I definitely support Game Freak in rooting out people who inadvertently delete other "innocent" save files but I just don't agree with their approach mainly since it will affect many players on battle spot. I don't want them to just blanket ban all players with any powersaved mons since some players can't even tell if their Pokemon are powersaved or hacked because of someone they could easily IP Ban or a glitch that can be fix with an update.
For now, Game Freak's "best" solution is to implement stronger hack checks so fewer people with powersaved mons get on Battle Spot just as a precaution before an update is released. However this doesn't explain how my friend's rating got erased other than if he actually battle someone and encountered a glitch. I'm gonna be honest ....this has happen to me before in XY where my account info was erased for no reason around March 2014 and this was before hack checks, powersaves, and pokegen was a thing. Of course there was the possibility of hacking and sending bluntly obvious hacks into XY from previous gens and I still haven't got a response from Pokemon.
For now, Game Freak's "best" solution is to implement stronger hack checks so fewer people with powersaved mons get on Battle Spot just as a precaution before an update is released. However this doesn't explain how my friend's rating got erased other than if he actually battle someone and encountered a glitch. I'm gonna be honest ....this has happen to me before in XY where my account info was erased for no reason around March 2014 and this was before hack checks, powersaves, and pokegen was a thing. Of course there was the possibility of hacking and sending bluntly obvious hacks into XY from previous gens and I still haven't got a response from Pokemon.
