Battlefield 2042 Must Have an Anti-Cheat at Launch to Avoid Suffering a Fate Like Call of Duty: Warzone

Call of Duty Warzone finds itself in a rather unwanted position as more and more hackers dive into the game to exercise their will and ruin everyone’s fun on a daily basis. Battlefield 2042 will come out later this year, and it is expected, as well as hoped, that DICE/Ripple Effect will put measures, Anti-Cheat, in place to prevent hackers from invading the game in the first place. Maybe doing that will ensure Battlefield 2042 never has to experience what Warzone has been experiencing recently.

Now, there’s some uncertainty about whether Call of Duty Warzone even had anti-cheat at launch. To put matters to rest, Activision has made no public announcements regarding whether they had an Anti-Cheat from the get-go. Whatever the case may be, that still doesn’t the fact that the game is figuratively drowning in a pool of hackers. But this wasn’t always the case as the game had a good first few days, and players enjoyed the game. Little did they know that hackers would soon take over their beloved game.

How Call of Duty Warzone has failed its players

Call of Duty Warzone is a good game in itself, but the mingling hackers have propelled the game into a sorry state. And it’s not like Activision hasn’t attempted to remove them, it’s just that their efforts have been futile. Activision banned players en masse, in continual waves, but the temporary bans would never make for a permanent solution. Many members of the community suggested pertinent solutions, but the devs haven’t been very responsive.

Players want an Anti-Cheat or the devs to take effective preventive measures that actually remove hackers from the game as a permanent solution. Top players have also come forward expressing discontent with the state of the game. Some of these players are so good, they get accused of cheating often, and since Warzone doesn’t have an Anti-Cheat, it’s often a hassle for these people to prove to viewers that they don’t cheat.

If the devs of Call of Duty Warzone don’t start listening to what the community has to say, the game might find itself losing the majority of its players.

How can Battlefield 2042 jump over the very hurdle Warzone couldn’t?

Fans of the Battlefield franchise can’t wait for the release of the game, especially since yesterday’s (July 22) live event from EA revealed the Portal mode, a platform that will allow people to make use of developer tools to create unique, customized matches.

Battlefield has had issues with hackers in the past, but things never got as bad as what’s happening in Warzone right now. EA would generally investigate once a player had been reported, and if the results indicated foul play, the player would be removed.

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Battlefield 1 had a hacker problem following its release. The community spread the word; the word reached DICE, and DICE swiftly took care of the issue. But that doesn’t mean there haven’t been any instances where EA/DICE hasn’t exactly been on the side of the players. Battlefield V saw an increase in hackers, and even though a lot of them were removed, players still claimed that some of the same hackers hadn’t been removed. But that doesn’t mean it’ll be the same this time.

The good thing about history is that you can look back on things and learn from your mistakes. And if DICE/Ripple Effect does that, players won’t have much to worry about. And additionally, there’s a high chance that devs will implement an Anti-Cheat, so as not to fall into the same pit as Warzone.

Gamers want Battlefield 2042 to be all that’s EA has promised it’ll be, and hacker activity could impede the flow of the game. This is why the devs must ensure hackers are kept at bay, and using an Anti-Cheat is one way to do just that.

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