In what no doubt came as a shock to many, one Redditor, DeclanH23, has admitted to hacking in numerous video games. Despite his less than favorable practices, however, he also went on to explain a few possible ways that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare creator Infinity Ward could catch cheaters like him in its game.
Though cheating in games like this is nothing new, the problem seems particularly bad in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Between people using aimbots, wall hacking, and simply making themselves invincible, many players are beginning to feel the multiplayer options are simply unplayable at times.
Though Infinity Ward has been making efforts to catch and punish cheaters in the game, manually searching through games or relying on reporting systems just isn't enough to make a real difference. Because of this, DeclanH23 suggests a way in which the studio could automate the process of detecting and even banning cheaters.
In order to demonstrate his point, DeclanH23 shares his own stats in numerous games that he's cheated in previously. He points out that certain parameters, such as his kills per minutes, headshots per kill, and even which weapons he uses are all clear indicators that he was hacking, and that had these games paid attention to that he likely would have been banned far earlier. DeclanH23 believes that Infinity Ward could develop a program to scan players stats and look for certain red flags that might indicate cheating and then either ban those players outright or bring them to the attention of the developers.
For the most part, DeclanH23 claims that this should be limited to certain weapons which he refers to as "prime aimbotter weapons" and stats that are several times higher than the average, especially when compared to low amount of game time played. That said, this seems mostly targeted at aimbotters, and as most Call of Duty: Modern Warfare players know, there are a lot of other kinds of hackers beyond aimbotters. Still, something like this would certainly help developers catch more cheaters in their games and bring games one step closer to a fair environment.
Regardless of one's thoughts on DeclanH23, having a perspective from someone who still cheats even now on the best way to stop that kind of behavior could prove invaluable to a developer like Infinity Ward in improving Call of Duty: Modern Warfare should it choose to listen, and hopefully this will spur it into further action to root out cheaters and hackers alike.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is available now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Source: Dexerto