Thinking of cheating in the new Call of Duty? Those precious brains may just end up on the pavement.
In a new blog update about RICOCHET, Call of Duty’s anti-cheat solution, Activision revealed that it “may randomly, and for fun,” disable the parachutes of any identified cheaters in Modern Warfare III, sending them to what is apparently a hilarious death from thousands of feet in the air.
The feature, which Activision has cleverly dubbed “Splat,” will even work against cheaters who have already deployed, although the company has clarified that legit players shouldn’t be affected by it:
Splat can also adjust player velocity, which transforms a bunny hop into a 10,000-foot drop taking them out instantly. This is one of many new tricks we’ve developed – and we’ll talk about more in the future.
Like all mitigations, Splat won’t randomly turn on for a player that isn’t verified to be cheating. Player reporting won’t turn it on, and the game can’t accidentally activate it.
Activision has also confirmed that players can report people that they don’t like as much as they want, as its anti-cheat system will only acknowledge the first report:
A common misconception we see is that spam reporting will result in actions being taken against accounts. For clarity, whether one player reports another once or multiple times, our system only considers the first report (throttling any additional reports from that player).
Machine Learning processes are also being activated to increase the efficiency and strength of some of its existing anti-cheat tools, Activision said:
For the Replay Investigation Tool, a Machine Learning model is trained to identify suspicious behavior like wall hacks or raging (plus many others), and immediately prioritizes and alerts the team to review the issue for account action. A single PC running the model can review up to 1,000 clips per day – a number that grows exponentially when multiple computers are tasked with operating this specific Replay Machine Learning Investigation model.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is officially out on November 10, and according to a new trailer that Activision released, it’s time to get hyped.