It’s a known fact that cheating has been plaguing the Call of Duty franchise ever since the series returned to PC popularity in 2020 after the release of Warzone. Despite Activision’s Richochet-anti-cheat system, cheaters have gone unhinged, completely ruining the experience for everyone.
In recent years, Activision has started going after the cheat providers themselves to solve the issue. Although the company has managed to shut down another set of cheat providers, gamers have already lost faith and believe that there’s no end to this infestation in Call of Duty.
Call of Duty Cheating Problem Still Hasn’t Ended
It’s been only a few months since Activision sent a legal notice to Interwebz, one of the most prominent Call of Duty cheats providers. The notice proved to be exceptionally threatening for Interwebz, and they altogether ceased their operations.
Now, Activision has caught another two big fishes! The gaming industry giant has pushed out fresh legal notices to Call of Duty cheat developers RagingNation and Stealthware. It’s evident for such providers that a loss in the court will be inevitable, so they’re shutting down.
Although ignoring legal notices could allow cheat providers to generate more revenue until the things are settled in court, the penalty they might have to pay to the publisher in return for the damage they’ve caused is exceptionally high, as we’ve seen with the case with EngineOwning.
The closure of these providers is definitely a huge win for Activision, and legitimate Call of Duty players, as it would mean we’ll see fewer hackers on the servers. However, many players are skeptical as they feel these bans have had no effect, and Activision cheats are still running rampant.
It’s great to see Activision is going after Call of Duty cheats, but this situation will not end until the developers fix the game’s Richochet system. For every exploit this system can squash, more seem to sprout and get past protections. Shutting down cheat providers is not the end of it; new ones will rebrand and emerge in no time.
Just like all recent titles, even the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will have the Ricochet anti-cheat software. Let’s hope Activision and Treyarch have done their homework and brought improvements to the system to end the terror of cheaters.
Why Doesn’t Call of Duty Ricochet Anti-Cheat System Work?
It’s mind-boggling how much resources Activision has spent developing Ricochet anti-cheat, yet it gets absolutely wrecked by Call of Duty cheaters. This makes you wonder why Richochet is so bad despite being branded by the company as one of the best in the industry.
To counter Ricochet, cheat developers have found creative methods such as disabling their software in the same second as Richochet scans a user’s UI. Suspected gamers have their screens screenshotted throughout the entirety of a match, but these cheats can detect when this will take place.
Ricochet’s main weakness is the fact that it’s not a kernel-level system like Riot Vanguard or Easy Anti Cheat. However, a kernel-level cheat comes with its own issues, with users claiming that it’s basically spyware due to the invasiveness it brings.
With that said, are you still going against cheaters in Call of Duty? If so, let us know in the comments!
