I’m going out on a limb here and going to say that the reason I was not able to connect to Combat Arms update server the other day is because they were updating it. Today when I logged in there was a HUGE patch that was installed, in fact I think it took longer to download and install than the initial game. Maybe just because so many people were updating after not being able to play Combat Arms for a little while.
The hacking problem seemed to be better last night, but you never know only time will tell that one. I still never have understood it but there seem to be those people out there that are outright determined to make gameplay no fun. Maybe because gameplay is no fun for them because they are teh suckzorz.
Much has been added to the game whether the hacking problem has been taken care of or not. They’ve finally added in some other Melee items, which makes Melee servers more fun… rather than just running around knifing people you can either get another tactical knife (which I assume is better) or even a machete! Now that’s what I call a knife round 
