Despite hopes that the Ricochet anti-cheat system would stop cheating inCall of Duty: Warzone, recent weeks have seen hackers returning with a vengeance. Unfortunately, a new cheat is allowingCall of Duty: Warzonehackers to disguise themselves, which has unsurprisingly led to a lot of concern from the game’s community.
Obliviously, this is a big deal, as players need to be able to report the cheaters that theRicochet anti-cheat systemdoes not automatically catch. If this trick becomes more prevalent, more cheaters could evade bans, which means hacking could become even more prevalent insideCall of Duty: Warzone. With several bugs and glitches impacting the game currently, as well as some balancing issues, the last thing that gamers need to be dealing with is an increase in cheating.
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Evidence of Call of Duty: Warzone’s Name Hiding Hack In Action
A series of images posted byCall of Duty: Warzoneplayer@DoomProdigyTV showed that some cheaters essentially have their own streamer mode now, hiding their names from other players in the match. Whenever these disguised cheaters pick up a kill, the killfeed will say that their victim committed suicide, something that is obviously not true. Unfortunately, though, this completely disguises them, with even the killcam shown by @DoomProdigyTV displaying three enemy players with fully invisible names.
A follow-up Tweet saw @DoomProdigyTV showing that the cheater had a 50.0 Kill/Death ratio, an absurd stat that makes it clear that they are not playing by the same rules as anyone else. While gamers can usually report players like this so that they can be added toCall of Duty: Warzone’s massive ban list, the Twitter user clearly did not have that option due to the hidden name. As such, this particular group of hackers was free to continue their reign of terror, ruining other matches for different lobbies of players.
As for the other hacks currently impacting the battle royale game, players can expect to see the usual aimbots and wallhacks being wielded by cheaters. A particularly popular cheat in recent weeks has beenCall of Duty: Warzone’s flying cars. From small vehicles to Big Bertha trucks, players have been launching these modes of transportation into the sky, teleporting to enemy players, and crashing directly into them for cheap kills. With the roadkills being insta-kills, players have no way to escape from the hackers unless they are inside a building. Going forward, disguised names could be combined with the flying vehicles to make for a truly frustrating pairing.
Hopefully,Raven Softwareis able to stop these cheaters from going incognito, as there is nothing gamers can do to fight back against the hidden hackers. With this tactic likely to become more common over time, it needs to be stopped sooner rather than later.
Call of Duty: Warzoneis available now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
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