Recently, as criticism of cheaters and the countermeasures in Warzone has grown louder, Call of Duty has finally responded. Concrete ban figures, current measures, and plans for further improvement of the anti-cheat system have been communicated.
This topic has been a constant source of discussion: It seems that the CoD community has been preoccupied with nothing but the cheat issue lately. Reddit and social media are filled with discussions; many streamers and YouTubers repeatedly address the topic, some are even quitting because of it. The general sentiment is that CoD Warzone is full of cheaters and not enough is being done about it, nor is it being communicated.
Cheaters and hackers themselves continuously demonstrate how they cheat without facing any consequences – or hardly any.
Many players have therefore finally wanted a reaction from Call of Duty or Activision. This has now come in the form of a new wave of bans and a statement.
What Call of Duty has already undertaken against cheaters
As the CoD team stated, they have zero tolerance for cheaters in Warzone and in Call of Duty in general. Therefore, they are taking action against the cheaters themselves, but also against cheat and hack providers in order to tackle the problem at its roots.
This is the latest action against cheaters: They have once again swung the ban hammer and banned 60,000 accounts in a new wave that have been proven to have used cheating software in Warzone.
Worldwide, they have now imposed more than 300,000 permanent bans since launch.
What has already been done since launch:
- Weekly security updates in the backend
- Improved in-game reporting mechanism
- 2-factor authentication was added, which disabled 180,000 suspicious accounts
- Numerous providers of cheating software have been “shut down”
- Teams have been expanded and resources increased for various involved teams
Where Call of Duty wants to improve against cheaters
This is how they want to further improve anti-cheat measures: The following areas/aspects are to be strengthened and further developed:
- The in-house anti-cheat software is to be further improved
- Additional detection technology
- More resources for monitoring and enforcement
- Updates on the progress of the fight against cheaters will be communicated regularly, with at least one update per month. There should also be more dialogue.
- Zero tolerance against cheat providers
- Consistent and timely bans
The security and enforcement teams have also planned further countermeasures this year to eradicate both cheaters and providers. They will continue to make resources available 24/7. This will not only concern Warzone, but also CoD Modern Warfare and Black Ops.
What do you think of this announcement? Can you live with it, or is it still too little for you? What specific measures would you like to see in addition to those already communicated? Let us and other readers of MeinMMO know in the comments.
