A new cheat causes frustration in the community and raises serious doubts about Ricochet and the skills of the developers.
Actually, cheaters in Warzone 2 were supposed to get it in the neck and make it almost impossible to play unfairly through an improved anti-cheat software Ricochet.
However, there seems to be little left of the big promises that Activision proudly announced at the end of October. A new cheat now even manages to crash entire lobbies.
Lobby Crash – Where’s Ricochet?
A new cheat is currently causing frustration among Warzone 2 players and has the community seriously doubting Ricochet and the developers’ programming skills. After the anti-cheat programme Ricochet recently caused honest players to be banned for too many kills, it is not cracking down hard enough on the latest cheat.
The latest version of the cheating software causes entire Warzone 2 lobbies to simply crash at the touch of a button, ending the match for everyone.
Within the community, especially among the streamers, there had long been suspicions that matches could be deliberately aborted by a trick.
Our cheat now lets you crash servers, kicking everyone in your lobby.
Get it while our 30% discount is still active.https://t.co/ZJkuW84bnE pic.twitter.com/AXSTojhPvs
– EngineOwning.to (@engineowningto) January 31, 2023
Cheat manufacturer EngineOwning unabashedly shows its self-developed cheats on Twitter and even advertises them with a 30 percent discount. The public advertising of the hacks is a slap in the face for those responsible at Activision and Warzone 2.
How it is even technically possible to crash an entire server is still unclear. However, the whole thing does not cast a good light on the developers of Warzone 2, who apparently have a juicy security hole in their code.
For several months now, publisher Activision has been trying unsuccessfully to bring a court case against EngineOwning in order to stop the professional production of cheats.
Activision continues to pursue its lawsuit against EngineOwning, with latest filings identifying names of the owners of the company and asking the court to require EngineOwning to seize operations and give all money earned on cheat sales to Activision. https://t.co/0PgVZMP7Vs pic.twitter.com/skzXj4wsTG
– CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL) September 28, 2022
Nonsensical cheat
Normally, cheats and hacks should ensure that the dishonest player takes advantage. While aimbots do the aiming for you, the wallhack makes walls transparent or shows players behind them. The new cheat, however, ensures that the connection to the host is severed, thus ending the match for all players.
Unlike regular cheats, there is no real benefit for the hacker. After all, the game is also ended for him and makes it impossible for him to win.
I really don’t know what to do anymore…
3rd time in a row going for a solo nuke and someone crashes my sever. pic.twitter.com/8mhcCrbbNO
– Lucky Chamu (@LuckyChamu) February 2, 2023
It seems that the aim is not to win the match or to eliminate opponents as easily as possible, but merely to spoil the fun for his fellow players.
A particularly vicious and destructive type of cheat that particularly targets streamers who, like Lucky Chamu, are on their way to a Solo Nuke.
