Last October, Activision proudly announced its strategy to combat a major concern within its latest productions: cheaters. Call of Duty: Warzone et Call of Duty: Vanguard then welcomed Ricochet, a software which attacks directly the root of the problem and which marks a turning point in the fight of the American editor.
After several months of use, the system seems to have proven itself given the number of players banned at the end of the year, but Activision wants to go even further in its approach, as evidenced by a recent blog post.
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It's not just Call of Duty: Warzone and Vanguard that are getting updates, as Activision's new miracle cure for cheaters is getting new features. Among the new functions that Ricochet will acquire, we find “Damage Shield”, a kind of protection applied to players to prevent cheaters from winning the game.
This recent feature can detect cheaters in real time. Once spotted, they lose the ability to inflict critical damage on other players, making them invulnerable while the cheater is at the mercy of a response from his competitors.
As with each deployment of this type, the American publisher declares to be vigilant to avoid any incident and announces that other methods of this kind are under development. For now, the company does not want to reveal more for fear of giving too many clues to cheaters.
Once again, Activision proves its severity in this area by recalling that any repeated violation will be sanctioned with a permanent suspension applicable to the next games of the franchise recently formalized.
