Warzone players have hit out at Acitivsion’s apology over the Ricochet anti-cheat in Warzone, claiming it is a ‘desperate’ move.
Over the last few years, Call of Duty has struggled with cheaters. The Ricochet anti-cheat was supposed to address that, however, hackers have continued to find ways to ruin non-cheater’s days.
In late November, Activision admitted that Black Ops 6’s Ranked mode also had a cheating problem amid rampant community outrage. The anti-cheat has been called a “failure” by some prominent voices in the COD scene.
Despite all that, the devs have promised to implement further fixes in a bid to corral cheaters. The latest came on December 16 as Activision apologized to fans, promising new server-side protections in Season 2 and 3 of Black Ops 6.
Black Ops 6 fans doubt anti-cheat changes will fix anything
However, some fans just aren’t sold on that. They especially aren’t pleased with the mention of Ricochet becoming a kernel-level driver, seeing as it already has that.
“Fool me five times shame on me. I don’t believe anything they say regarding the anti-cheat,” one fan said. “This is just going to be another half assed anti-cheat update that accomplishes nothing like the past 4 anti-cheat updates they have done,” commented another.
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“They aren’t adding a kernel level driver because they already have one and clearly the one that already exists is pure s*it,” another added. “This blog post stinks of desperation.”
An update from #TeamRICOCHET outlining additional measures the team has implemented, with a focus on ramping up speed of enforcement. Read more: https://t.co/g6CZV3ZNPg pic.twitter.com/YToQAlcfZ6
— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) December 16, 2024
In their apology, Activision admitted that they “did not hit the mark” with the Ricochet integration in Season 1. That was another point of contention for players.
“I still find it concerning that crossplay is forced enabled with an anti-cheat that admittedly did not “hit the mark”,” Twitch streamer LunchTime pointed out.
Crossplay has long been a source of annoyance for console players, seeing as they’re thrust into lobbies with PC players who have access to cheats.
“How about CROSSPLAY OFF for console,” another suggested.
