MW3 players frustrated as cheaters become completely invisible
ActivisionEven though the RICOCHET anti-cheat, in general, has been robust for Modern Warfare 3, there have always been several reported cases of cheaters, and now they seem to be turning completely invisible.
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 made many positive changes to its multiplayer from Modern Warfare 2, and Season 1 has kept things fresh with new maps, guns, and tons of other changes. One thing, however, that the series has always failed to purge completely is the cheating problem.
Over the years, developers have made several improvements to RICOCHET anti-cheat to combat cheaters, even trolling them. Despite all that, there have been multiple outbursts of hackers, and now players are reporting seeing invisible cheaters in their lobby.
This time it appears the invisible exploit isn’t as rampant as in previous cases, but a player has shared running into an invisible opponent. The video comes from a Reddit user, justthatguyLoo, who was knifed by someone invisible.
They appeared confused at first whether it was cheating, but another user chimed in and agreed that someone was using an exploit and there were no other underlying issues: “Yeah for once I won’t chalk that up to ‘oh its desync’ or ‘it’s lagging’ that’s just straight up invisible.” Others agreed, saying, “That’s some bulls**t right there.”
The cheater, though, isn’t very subtle and many pointed out that their calling card is just a blatant giveaway: “His ‘see ya!’ banner tho.. whole thing looks fu**ed to me.” Another user pointed out that this could be one of the other known exploits that turn players invisible when they use deployable cover, “It could be this glitch. You do it by hanging off a deployable cover.”
While you can find multiple posts about cheating on Reddit, it seems this one is an isolated case, and it is not unusual for cheaters to slide under the anti-cheat radar, especially when they’re literally invisible.
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