Call of Duty: Warzone continues to work on its anti-cheat system RICOCHET. The developers are testing new tools and analysis techniques to catch cheaters. Additionally, they allow some cheaters to continue playing, so you can humiliates them hard.
With the introduction of the new map Caldera in Call of Duty: Warzone at the end of 2021, a new anti-cheat system was also introduced: RICOCHET. This was urgently needed – the free battle royale was practically infested.
And even though the new system is not perfect and cannot identify all cheaters by any means: It is already showing effects, and with each passing day, with each new piece of information about cheat programs, the system is working better and better.
Cheaters are not just banned. RICOCHET has some interesting features where the cheaters remain in the game but have no chance of harming you.
Damage Shield and Cloaking – Tools of Humiliation
What are these features? The #TeamRICOCHET of Warzone does not reveal all its cards. Any information about how the anti-cheat system works could help circumvent the measures.
However, the security experts regularly provide progress updates. In these reports, the anti-cheaters have already introduced two interesting “mitigation” tools:
- Damage Shield
- Cloaking
What does the Damage Shield do? If a cheater receives a Damage Shield, the bullets from the cheater will no longer cause damage to rightful players. A wonderful state, which some players know how to take advantage of.
However, these are just two tools, and #TeamRICOCHET uses many more of these “mitigations”. There are also mixed forms, where cheaters see players first, and when they shoot at them, the enemies disappear:
Why does the anti-cheat do this? The security team reports that analyzing the data helps them to better understand cheaters. They want to learn more about the software processes on a cheater’s PC.
Instead of directly banning cheaters and thereby removing a valuable source of information directly from the game, they investigate the software interactions on the PCs of the caught cheaters and gather valuable data.
This, in turn, helps to catch other cheaters and make the Warzone a little safer. You can find more information about Warzone’s anti-cheat and the kernel driver’s work on the PC in our special about RICOCHET.
Cheaters remain a problem in Warzone and whether there will ever be a perfect anti-cheat system that directly detects cheaters based on the installed software remains to be seen.
Your player reports continue to be extremely helpful and valuable for the developers. So report every cheater you encounter.
By the way, Season 3 is coming up in Warzone, and here you can find all the important information: CoD Warzone: All information about the Monster Season 3 / 2022 – Release, Trailer & Content
We will embed a Twitter clip where a team around streamer “TimTheTatman” trolls a punished Damage Shield cheater:
What does Cloaking do? With Cloaking, cheaters are likely just as confused as they are with Damage Shield. Because cheaters affected by Cloaking cannot see or even hear anyone else.
From their perspective, the cheaters are completely alone on the map and have no chance of doing anything bad to anyone.
However, these are just two tools, and #TeamRICOCHET uses many more of these “mitigations”. There are also mixed forms, where cheaters see players first, and when they shoot at them, the enemies disappear:
Why does the anti-cheat do this? The security team reports that analyzing the data helps them to better understand cheaters. They want to learn more about the software processes on a cheater’s PC.
Instead of directly banning cheaters and thereby removing a valuable source of information directly from the game, they investigate the software interactions on the PCs of the caught cheaters and gather valuable data.
This, in turn, helps to catch other cheaters and make the Warzone a little safer. You can find more information about Warzone’s anti-cheat and the kernel driver’s work on the PC in our special about RICOCHET.
Cheaters remain a problem in Warzone and whether there will ever be a perfect anti-cheat system that directly detects cheaters based on the installed software remains to be seen.
Your player reports continue to be extremely helpful and valuable for the developers. So report every cheater you encounter.
By the way, Season 3 is coming up in Warzone, and here you can find all the important information: CoD Warzone: All information about the Monster Season 3 / 2022 – Release, Trailer & Content
