A lobby cheat is currently circulating within the community of Call of Duty: Warzone. With this, you should easily get into lobbies for easy victories. CoD expert Drift0r has now confirmed that such a trick exists. However, he does not disclose how it works to protect his favorite game.
What kind of cheating is this? In the Battle Royale Call of Duty: Warzone, one unfortunately encounters cheaters or hackers every now and then. Such players often use programs that the game cannot detect to gain an unfair advantage during matches.
The latest “cheat trend” is going in a different direction. The cheaters do not acquire superhuman skills through machines, but have found a way to organize match lobbies that they can easily defeat with their normal abilities.
With this trick, they bypass skill-based matchmaking (SBMM) and cheat their way into lobbies that are well below their skill level – so-called bot lobbies. Here, “bots” refers to players who have a low K/D ratio in Warzone. A victory or top placement becomes much more likely.
Bypassing the SBMM and only easy matches for lobby cheaters
The YouTuber and CoD expert “Drift0r” has now figured out how this works and is shocked by his findings. In an English video, he explains the background and states that he does not want to contribute to the dissemination of this technique. You can watch his video here:
How is this supposed to work? This is not yet generally known. According to Drift0r’s statements, it is possible that the cheat has been known within small circles for quite some time.
However, the necessary knowledge is currently spreading. He states: “It is bubbling under the surface, the knowledge lies at the bottom of the lake and is slowly coming to the surface.” He believes that it might take another week or two before a large part of the community is aware of the trick.
During his research, he received instructions and videos from some viewers showing him that several players are already aware of it. So far, however, the cheaters are avoiding large social media channels to keep the trick secret.
Drift0r does not want to contribute to breaking Warzone
Why doesn’t he reveal it? For him, it is clear – if the cheat becomes known to a large number of players, it will ruin Warzone. He would contribute to ruining his current favorite game by spreading it.
In his video, Drift0r goes further into the consequences. Weak players or beginners would increasingly find themselves in lobbies with strong cheaters and stand little chance of winning or achieving motivating placements.
Moreover, such manipulations of matchmaking create problems for the professional scene. Tournaments in Warzone are currently not played against each other on private servers but over several matches with a points system. Here, it often involves several tens of thousands of US dollars, and such tricks can significantly improve one’s chances. Some analysis tools can lead to unfair conditions here.
Instead of revealing the cheat, Drift0r has sent all his information to a contact at Activision and now sees the developers as obligated to do something about this gap in the system. However, there has been no statement from the responsible developers yet.
One problem of Warzone was recently addressed by the CoD makers. The OP weapons from Cold War, like the DMR 14, are set to be nerfed soon.
