On a different note, Ricochet recently decided to discontinue one of its hacker mitigation tactics called Quicksand. This peculiar method used to impede Call of Duty cheaters by slowing them down or temporarily immobilizing them. It even tampered with their control schemes. While an updated version of Quicksand might resurface in the future, it has been put on hold due to some unintended side effects.
“A fun mitigation to deploy against bad actors, Quicksand could also be visually jarring to anyone in the lobby,” explained a Call of Duty blog post. “Imagine encountering an enemy moving at a snail’s pace in the midst of your rotation out of a hot zone. It could certainly trip you up.”
Meanwhile, Ricochet offered an encouraging update on its efforts to curb the use of XIM-style controller passthrough devices favored by cheaters. “Within the first two weeks of launching this detection, we witnessed a staggering 59 percent decline in the utilization of these devices across Modern Warfare II and Warzone,” stated Team Ricochet. “Furthermore, of those users, 57 percent refrained from using the device again.” The anti-cheat team emphasized that persistent users of such devices face penalties for their actions.
