Cheating has been an issue in Call of Duty: Warzone practically since launch. Many fans were hoping that this problem would have been solved when the Ricochet anti-cheat system launched, but, unfortunately, this does not seem to be the case.
Call of Duty: Warzone cheaters have recently become so bold that they have taken to openly mocking the game in their usernames. Activision's Ricochet anti-cheat system has certainly reduced the number of cheaters found in the game, but it seems some cheaters have been able to bypass the system.
Call of Duty: Warzone's Ricochet anti-cheat was off to a good start as 50,000 cheaters were banned on the first day that the system was implemented. The cheaters that were able to overstay their welcome are now doing everything in their power to poke fun at Activision and Raven Software. Players have reported seeing usernames such as "NiceAnticheat," "ActivisionLOL," "@YesImHacking," and "ITz-NoT-LUCK." The Reddit user, JimShirls, who brought attention to the cheaters' usernames stated that he noticed the squad the users belonged to was able to rack up around 70 kills. This would be nearly impossible without the use of cheats.
Back in October Activision found itself in hot water after Ricochet kernel driver code was leaked online. Many fans became worried that this would render the Ricochet anti-cheat system useless but Activision was quick to dispel this. The company stated that the leaked code was a pre-release build and that the final version would be different at launch. The fact that some cheaters have been able to bypass the system may cause fans to speculate whether or not this was the case.
Unfortunately, getting rid of cheaters entirely is nigh impossible, although this is not from a lack of trying on Activision's part. Back in November, Activision went as far as to threaten a cheat-creating company with legal action. This caused the Golden Gun to even shut down its official website and replace it with a notice stating "ongoing legal matters with Activision."
Activision has made great progress thus far in removing cheaters from Call of Duty: Warzone, however, the company does still have quite a way to go before players will be happy with the anti-cheat systems in place. The best thing to do as a Call of Duty: Warzone player right now is to report any players they suspect of cheating to help the company deal with the mammoth task.
Call of Duty: Warzone is available now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Source: Reddit/JimShirls