Not only in the game itself do cheaters Call of Duty: Warzone cause serious trouble. Now, the developers of the Battle Royale were even mockingly trolled on Twitter by one of the biggest cheat providers for CoD.
This is the biggest problem for many in Warzone: Anyone who has even a slight interest in CoD Warzone probably knows: Cheaters and hackers are a huge problem in Call of Duty’s own Battle Royale – even now, just before the start of Season 5 and especially on PC.
While the publisher Activision is fighting hard against the spread of cheat and hacking software and regularly bans numerous proven cheating accounts, it feels like all the measures and successes – for example against cheat shops – are just a drop in the bucket. The problem apparently cannot be properly controlled – it feels like the opposite is the case. Many players are annoyed by this and are turning their backs on the Battle Royale, including some prominent streamers and community members.
At the same time, the cheats are becoming more sophisticated and extensive, and the cheating sites become bolder. For example, there have already been free trial weekends for cheating software, which were overrun by servers of nasty fraudsters. How far this has already gone is shown by the latest troll action of one of the largest and most popular cheat providers for CoD – EngineOwning.to.
Cheat provider publicly mocks developers
This was the trigger: Recently, Warzone had a problem with the newly released new weapon CX-9. The unlocking of the gun and leveling up the weapon did not work properly. In response, Raven Software, the lead developer of Warzone, tweeted that they were addressing the issue.
This is how the developers were shown up: In response to this tweet, there was a really nasty reply from EngineOwning, who were simultaneously advertising the latest features of their cheating software. The cheat provider said: “Sorry to hear that! If you still want to use it [the new weapon] – our ‘Unlock All’ feature unlocks all weapons, including the CX-9.”.
It continued in a nasty manner: However, this was not all. A day later, Raven Software released an update for Warzone that fixed the problem with the CX-9. They also announced this on Twitter. But again, there was a nasty, sarcastic jab at the developers.
EngineOwning wrote: “Phew, what a relief! Finally, a company we can trust that delivers the urgently needed fixes! Who, if not you, can guarantee that everything can be unlocked? We wouldn’t know who else could do that.”.
And at the end of the tweet, the cheat provider sprinkled some serious salt in the wound: “Next, how about fixing the anti-cheat?”.
Here you can see particularly well how confident leading cheat producers and providers now feel. To make the humiliation even more painful, EngineOwning granted every customer a 15% discount when using the coupon code ‘RAVENANTICHEAT’ at checkout.
This caused all sorts of laughter on social media. Even numerous passionate cheat advocates were amused by this troll action. The sad thing is: Currently, one really has the impression that the developers are losing the battle against cheaters and hackers even in the game.
What do you think of the action? Well trolled or actually anything but funny? How do you currently see the cheating problem in the Battle Royale of Call of Duty? Let us know in the comments, along with other readers of MeinMMO.
