To get better at Call of Duty: Warzone, you need to play a lot, experiment with new tactics and weapons, and never give up. But cheaters are evolving as well and are becoming bolder. Now hackers are emerging who even use equipment that doesn’t exist in certain modes.
What’s going on? Cheaters/hackers are one of the major problems in the battle royale Call of Duty: Warzone. Many players have encountered unfair opponents who are just a click away from a 500-meter headshot with their inhuman abilities. The most popular hacks include:
- Aim-Bot – Takes over aiming for players
- Wall-Hack – Shows enemies even through walls
But apparently, the cheating programs can do even more. One cheater surprised everyone by using a night vision device in normal battle royale and an auto-ping feature that immediately marked enemies in the line of sight for teammates. After the round, players even talked to the cheater. MeinMMO shows you the details.
The Evolution of Cheaters in Warzone
What does it look like? The streamer “Yungstaz” was playing a round of Warzone with his squad and streamed it on Twitch. After he and his teammates were wiped from the battlefield, he stayed in the lobby and watched his killer for a bit. Because his superior enemy was actually a cheater – even one with special abilities:
With over 10 lobby viewers, the cheater probably wanted to show what he could do. Because the cheating player not only had the usual aim-bot and wall-hacks in play.
Suddenly, he pulled a night vision device out of his pocket and had fully functional equipment that actually doesn’t exist in the regular battle royale of Warzone. Additionally, his cheat program featured an auto-ping function. All enemies in the cheater’s line of sight were automatically marked for his teammates.
The example with the night vision device shows how deep some hacks interfere with the functions of Warzone. The developers have already banned almost 500,000 cheat accounts and are implementing hardware bans. But the hackers continue to evolve, looking for new loopholes they can use for their cheats and giving regular players very little chance.
What happened next? After the game, “Yungstaz” and his squad spoke with the cheater:
after game pic.twitter.com/OBphkNrcZ8
— Stephen (@Yungstaz6) April 13, 2021
They asked the cheater how long he had been using his hack account and how much it costs. The cheater said he had been playing with the account for 5 months and didn’t have to pay for anything. During the conversation, he constantly changed his gamertag and played with the colors. Both features that a regular player doesn’t just have available. A memorable scene.
Developers Strive for Damage Control
The developers are now providing more updates on their anti-cheat measures and regularly assure that they are gradually putting in more effort to get the problem under control.
But for many players, the question still arises whether that will be enough. Because a lot of trust has already been lost, and it will be difficult for the CoD makers to regain that. Some believe that only a real anti-cheat system, such as Valorant with its Vanguard tool, can sustainably combat the cheater plague in the long term. But so far, there are no indications that the developers want to take that step.
If you encounter a cheater in the lobby, you can often only hope that he trips himself up: Cheater dominates a round in CoD Warzone, dies ridiculously and gets laughed at.
