CoD devs roll out massive RICOCHET upgrades to target rampant cheaters

Call of Duty has rolled out a massive RICOCHET upgrade that's designed to target the rampant cheating problem and address community frustrations.

07th Mar 2024 17:15

Images via Activision

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If you've been playing MW3 or Warzone over the last few months, you're probably aware of the rampant cheating problem going on in Call of Duty.

Flying vehicles, bad actors sitting under the map, and the classic aimbotters have been having a field day in CoD recently, with the anti-cheat seemingly unable to detect the third-party software.

As a result, the community backlash has been huge, with posts everywhere calling for upgrades to the system or, at the very least, some communication.

Well, the developers have finally responded and rolled out massive upgrades for RICOCHET with Season 2 Reloaded, but will it be enough?

CoD reveals massive RICOCHET upgrades in Season 2 Reloaded

Taking to Twitter on March 7, Call of Duty's anti-cheat team revealed that they have deployed "several aggressive upgrades" in an attempt to target the hackers.

For starters, a new mitigation system has been rolled out called BOOM, which will cause vehicles that shouldn't be airborne to explode if they're in the air for too long. On top of this, "enhanced protection and increased response times" have been implemented for the kernel-level driver on PC.

Ranked fans will also be happy to know that speed optimisations for detection have been added for the competitive mode.

Finally, 26,000 accounts were banned on March 7, and the developers clearly wanted to show that they were taking an aggressive stand against hackers.

MW3 & Warzone fans divided over anti-cheat improvements

Hackers in MW3

There's no denying that anti-cheat upgrades will always be a positive for the Call of Duty community, but the feedback for this news has been mixed at best. On one side, some competitors are over the moon, praising the adjustments as a "huge W" and specifically the BOOM mitigation as "beautiful."

However, others are convinced this will do nothing in the long run, claiming 26,000 accounts will just be "created again" and the cycle continues.

"Please fix your anti-cheat, the first game on and play Top 250 rage hackers on a 3-game streak," said one user, with another claiming, "I just watched a video by a cheater explaining all about how you are doing almost nothing."

While this is a step in the right direction, it doesn't feel like a big enough leap to stop the backlash. Let's hope the anti-cheat team has big plans for the future, as it's obvious players want RICOCHET completely overhauled.

Alex Garton

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Alex Garton

Alex is a Senior Writer at GGRecon. With a BA (Hons) in English, he has previously written for Dexerto & Gfinity. Specialising in Call of Duty & Apex Legends, he loves (attempting) to improve his aim in competitive shooters and will always make time for a single-player RPG.

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