Cheaters and hackers are currently a major problem in Call of Duty: Warzone and CoD: Modern Warfare. Aimbots are especially popular and widespread. Now, a long-time cheater has given the developers tips on how to recognize Aimbot users.
So here’s the situation in Warzone: Cheaters are probably the biggest problem for many players in Call of Duty: Warzone and CoD: Modern Warfare right now – especially on PC. There’s a lot of criticism from players and streamers. This even leads to numerous PS4 players disabling crossplay to avoid the annoying PC cheaters.
The developers at Infinity Ward have banned over 70,000 accounts in Warzone alone, but the problem is far from solved. Many players feel this isn’t enough – it’s just a drop in the bucket. Many are demanding that Infinity Ward does more and takes a tougher stance against the cheaters who are ruining the fun for many fair players.
Aimbots are particularly annoying – software that takes over targeting and shooting. As a fair player, you have little chance in direct confrontation or might even get caught when you don’t realize an enemy is lurking somewhere.
What’s behind these tips? Recently, a user named DeclanH23 reached out to the developers at Infinity Ward on Reddit. According to his own statements, he is an intensive cheater, having previously used numerous (illegal) mods in Battlefield 4 and still actively causing chaos in GTA Online.
Now he has shared a few tips with the developers that could help in better recognizing Aimbot users.
What to watch for when spotting Aimbots: DeclanH23 shares his experiences as a cheater in Battlefield 4.
When he was cheating there, there were always certain weapons that he and other hackers would heavily rely on. These firearms are referred to as “Prime Aimbotter Weapons” and are ideally suited for use with Aimbots due to specific characteristics.
Additionally, there are certain stats that are significantly above average when using Aimbots. These include headshots per death, kills per minute, points per minute, or longest kill streaks, as he evidences with his attached “cheat statistics” from Battlefield 4:
According to him, these two aspects should also be closely examined by Infinity Ward. Which weapons are perfectly suited for Aimbots in Modern Warfare and Warzone? And what do the critical stats of suspicious accounts look like for these weapons?
By the way, if stats are important to you: The Warzone Tracker for CoD provides perfect information about all your stats.
If a new player jumps straight into Warzone and their number of headshots per kill is 5x higher than the average, alarm bells should ring. The anti-Aimbot system should generally be based on a formula that takes into account factors like precision, points, kills, headshots, and playtime with each critical weapon. Players who are far outside the norm should then be filtered out or at least checked.
It doesn’t matter if a hacker gets banned and then comes back. It’s still annoying work to set up an Aimbot correctly and create a new account. If you have a good system and a cheater gets banned after 10 games, they won’t enjoy their hacks as much anymore.
In conclusion, he adds that even a simple function like a vote-kick can sometimes work wonders.
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