With Call of Duty: Warzone Pacific, basic things should change in Warzone. New weapons, new map – and also a new anti-cheat system called RICOCHET. However, this will only be available in the Asia-Pacific region on launch day. The rest of the world has to wait – which is not well received by fans. MeinMMO tells you more.
What is RICOCHET? Activision announced its long-awaited anti-cheat system for Call of Duty on October 14. It is called “RICOCHET” and represents an upgrade of the security infrastructure of the popular shooter franchise. With RICOCHET, cheaters are supposed to be detected better and permanently banned in all CoD games.
When is RICOCHET coming? The improved anti-cheat system was meant to launch with Season 1 of CoD Vanguard and the new Warzone map Caldera.
However, official channels have now announced that RICOCHET will only be available in one region on schedule for the launch of Warzone Pacific and Vanguard Season 1.
Only players from the Asia-Pacific region will be able to experience RICOCHET at the announced time. The rest of the world has to be patient – no new date has been given (via Call of Duty).
Delayed launch of anti-cheat RICOCHET angers fans
The major problem with modern CoD games is cheaters. Especially since the launch of Warzone, they have annoyed the community. The immense popularity of the free battle royale and crossplay contributes to the size of the problem.
Accordingly, fans had high expectations for the new anti-cheat system RICOCHET. It has been available since the launch of CoD Vanguard in the game – but only on the server side.
The version of RICOCHET that works as a more profound and thus more effective kernel driver was supposed to appear in Warzone today. However, it has been announced last-minute: players in this region will have to wait longer than expected.
How are fans reacting to the last-minute RICOCHET delay? Due to the high expectations for RICOCHET and the equally abrupt regional delay, fans online are very upset. Especially on Twitter and Reddit, players say they feel betrayed and lied to by Activision.
They fear that this could even ruin the launch of the new map:
- dknisle1 says on reddit: “What an absolute joke. They’ve been using this anti-cheat for months as a literal marketing tool to bring old players back and then they drop this one day before the launch. (via reddit)
- Twitter user @Chris413Morley writes: “This is not good enough, the Vanguard servers worldwide are full of hackers.” (via Twitter)
- Also on Twitter, @pgriz82 writes: “One of the biggest updates for Warzone therefore won’t come at launch… fantastic” (via Twitter)
- Reddit user Kanye-is-alt-right says: “That settles it. I’m no longer a Call-of-Duty fan.” (via reddit)
- @GreasyGlizzy on Twitter accuses Activision: “They want to ruin the launch.” (via Twitter)
Activision has not announced when the kernel driver of RICOCHET will also be active here. That’s why players feel that the biggest problems in Warzone will continue to persist in the game.
Apart from the new map there are generally fewer innovations in Warzone than the community anticipated and hoped for.
What do you think about this news? Were you hoping for improvements thanks to RICOCHET? Or are cheaters in Warzone not such a big problem in your matches? Feel free to share your opinion in the comments below.
