The Cheating Situation in DMZ is Crazy…

[@M4Cammo]

DMZ GRAPHICS are Much better than BO6

[@arabshaq]

It's just more polished I believe

[@robaroo]

Agree..Tried BO6 today after playing DMZ for over and year and couldn't get into it. It didn't feel polished at all.

[@charliesback]

MW3 was trash BO6 is trash. Just give us more DMZ!

[@djnoizemaker]

My favourite is when I have stealth, no bots around me, absolutely nothing to give away my position, uav popped and they straight push my position.. And when I ask 'how did you know?' then the answer: we had a uav..

[@combojack]

😂

[@rnbspowa7of69]

When a person without a UAV comes directly at you while you’re wearing a stealth vest hiding someplace 100 yards away. They’re using some sort of tracking hack.

[@Kaiber_Phoenix]

That happens way too often or I swear theres some kind of proximity alert that some players get when your trying to be as quiet and sneaky as possible and then suddenly theyll just pull a 180 the instant there in your line of sight whether your trying to engage them or just sneak past.

[@ezpz4646]

Happened to me just now. I was hiding in a house by myself no bots no uav up nothing. They just drove up on me and ran inside right in the corner where I'm at. They then hopped back in the jeep and headed straight for my teammate who was across the map.

[@oe-majestic]

Comms vests ping stealth players so I mean that's how ik when someone's hiding then I just run around and look in spots where ik people hide or are likely too cause I have too many hrs on DMZ 😂😭 9/10 I find them with a 2 minutes of getting the Comms vests ping

[@Kaiber_Phoenix]

@oe-majestic wait the comms vest really pings those sheathed too, gtta say did not know that. I guess that explains how some players can find you.

[@oe-majestic]

@@Kaiber_Phoenix yea so even stealthed a comms vest will ping operators although it used to be U were a solo with stealth it wouldn't but they for some reason reverted it back to just everyone getting pinged no matter what

[@Just_Ray85]

It would be nice if they converted the MW3 Zombies map into a DMZ map. Everything is already there.

[@fabiopauli420]

Without missions to do its still just: warzone

[@BobaTheFett_zak]

The mw3 map sucks. There’s absolutely no vegetation and the layout is just horrible. If they could make Verdansk for DMZ it would be great.

[@Sosa3mg]

The zombies map sucks, it's DOGSHIT

[@trevorwalsh9443]

No

[@djnoizemaker]

​@@fabiopauli420 Word!

[@B_Cornish]

Phix, thanks for 2 years of work and lurk!

[@jimmyvandenbroeck3547]

not gonna lie Phixate, most hackers I've encountered have Chinese characters for their names

[@jaymac11211]

99% are Mexican on PCs. Every game I see has 2 or 3 teams aimbotting / wallhacks and using cloned rgls

[@syl4691]

Same !!! Its almost everytime i play at some point those chinese characters come up in chat and thats a game to exfile quickly.

[@jimmyvandenbroeck3547]

@syl4691 get out before they target you like the predator

[@FirstNameJ0hn]

God I miss when DMZ was popular and was still receiving updates. Specifically season 1 and 2.

[@northgambit]

S1&2 were the most fun. Everyone was still figuring shit out, it was so good!

[@Vlontv]

“I’ve got a gun, that’s all I need” - Phixate, November 2024

[@zacharyupton2790]

I agree . I’ve seen a lot in the last couple weeks too . Had a guy 200 m away from down me with a vel while I was on top of channel 7 . All head shots

[@Inshokuten69]

I don't believe ricochet is working for DMZ anymore. I died in the city parking lot, from someone on top of channel 7. No idea how he did it, the kill cam showed it all, so I obviously block/reported him. Died to him about a week after that. I was under the assumption that blocking stopped you getting into lobbies with someone but if it used to it doesn't anymore.

[@BennyRegazzoni]

blocking players was never intended to not match you up with the blocked players..it only blocks communication from said player...too many players abuse the block player button thinking it wouldn't make them encounter blocked players anymore...which is not the case...

[@pez---]

I had a teammate kicked by ricochet about a month ago - I reported him

[@brandontalley4288]

When the match starts it tells u that ur being put in a match with a player u have blocked and ask if u still want 2 join the match

[@Inshokuten69]

@@brandontalley4288 Doesn't work that way in DMZ for sure. That match was the first time I've ever noticed being in a match with someone I had on block and didn't receive such a notice. I even checked the recent lobby list to be sure it was him.

[@brandontalley4288]

@Inshokuten69 it has happened 2 me many times lately

[@mattv2099]

This morning i saw 4 motorcycles at sniper hide out at the same time. Lmaoooo

[@slickadooie]

I quit dmz in the mw3 era. Way too many glitch abusers to the point where it wasn’t even fun. Really loved dmz

[@megasloth7980]

In EU it does feel like cheats are way more common but it's a lot harder to tell with Kosh glitch allowing people to have bags of advanced UAVs and my kill cams being really glitchy and stop start. I guess as well, the skill pool in the game has now become quite high as casual players have moved on but I think cheats are not being picked up on any more as the Devs want you to move on to newer games ...

[@bwthomas84]

Thanks for continuing to play

[@johnzero7397]

On pc right?

[@megasloth7980]

@@johnzero7397 yep

[@McCrapweasel]

Yeah, cheating is out of control. I'm on NA servers. Wall hacks and under map glitchers, mostly. I report & block every time.

[@Ajhmee]

SEA server here, I normally run into a hacker 1 game in 4-5 games. But some bad days it can be 2-3 games in a row.

[@jamesmills4393]

hacking is out of control on EU multiplayer servers. every game. And Slactivision needs to sort this shit out. this is the worst its ever been.

[@aeroflopper]

low level players calling in dreadnoughts in less than 30 seconds, seems legit 😅

[@jamesmills4393]

@@aeroflopper yep and level 1 rank getting top of leader board time after time. The game is really broken and ricochet isnt working. Hactivision need to get serious about the cheating and make a start by permanently banning the streamers they KNOW are cheating. EG that swagg guy .. He got caught cheating recently.. made a phone call.. reinstated. Thats so wrong. Sends out the wrong message to every cheating rat and demoralises the legitimate players. They need to be banned from EVERY past, present and future releases of COD franchise. Its ruining the game

[@jamesbyron8154]

Too true it’s behond pathetic

[@archie_4843]

as you said, in OCE its been this way for over 2 years, since MW3 launched and it became an "old mode", not enough casuals playing to mitigate the amount of cheaters for it to be worth playing these days, really wish you'd play something else because i cant play DMZ anymore but also love that you do play DMZ because i want the game mode to come back.

[@felipedasilva8722]

Yeah.. time is coming to say goodbye to DMZ, and just keep the great memories with the buddies!

[@jimiverson6171]

what's even CRAZIER, is the fact i had to download a 40gb update the other day to continue playing DMZ. (for BO6). And this stupid update broke the game and i can no longer play dmz because the dev's are trash.

[@starslayer4819]

@jimiverson6171 fr, like I can't login into my main account anymore. I tried almost everything, but I think it's really gone 🥲

[@legendofallpro]

Broke the game in what way

[@JeZZGro]

@@legendofallpro in that way

[@stevenmckinney9924]

My DMZ stopped working a year and a half ago because of a patch. Since then, not a single patch has fixed it.

[@charliesback]

​@@stevenmckinney9924 Have you done a complete uninstall and re install?

[@Achingaos]

¡Gracias!

[@Phixate]

Thanks for the Superchat!

[@alexandermccarthy]

Try playing on Oceania servers! It's become so bad you have to play super early or really late to avoid Chinese hackers or 9 year olds with the latest hack they've purchased. The most common ones recently are under barrel glitches, Koschei glitch so they come back in loaded to the hilt, and lag hacking (of course), plus the truly unskilled loading in to every match with each player kitted up with a 1 shot/RGL/Riot Shield etc. Time for DMZ to become a stand-alone game!

[@rodneycalhounjr4324]

You said that bro.. 👍💯

[@Justaduck-u3o]

You realize that even at its peak player base, DMZ only had just over 6k concurrent players on steam. It's at about 550 right now. Why would they make it a stand-alone game when it brings no money and not many players. I liked DMZ, but it was the least played game mode they have ever released. Even MWZ had is still averaging 8k concurrent players and had a peak of 26k on steam. Bo6 zombies is averaging 25k concurrent and had a peak of 42k.

[@DrunkIceman]

What is the skull with the red circle around it I don't think I've seen that

[@aeroflopper]

ive only played two games of dmz, only becaue a gaming pal of mine will not buy b06. we playd mw3 zombies together all year, so i joined him not really knowing how to play the mode, he said to me its got many very good players in it, after two games i pointed out no its mainly cheaters, hes stopped playing it after watching some videos. but lets face it cheaters in every online game

[@jg3_75]

The first guy,…. I didn’t think that his aim was to”insane.” You were on the next building over. You’re telling me you could t put shots on someone standing on the next roof?

[@KlevisOnThis]

I think he had Ap rounds, dont need many bullets to shred your plates, he probably shot 3-4 bullets on him out of 15

[@indigochyldd]

Didn't take long for the cheaters to move on to multiplayer in Black Ops 6 as well.😢

[@LordFire-li3mh]

Recently the Aussie server has had a lot of cheat move to other servers so I think might be part of it

[@FolkvarthrGrim]

In around 1300hrs I’ve maybe ran into like 6 confirmed cheaters. In the last 100 hours I’ve ran in to between 10-15 cheaters. Played a few weekends ago and me and my buddy ran into probably 5-6 blatant cheaters or exploiters. There is definitely been an increase and it has started making me question a lot but I try to them the benefit of the doubt if I can’t confirm from a kill cam

[@blackconduit_fpv7099]

1 out of 3 games on warzone you will encounter some sort of cheater.

[@7frodo7]

I go in solo and sometimes come out solo in uk met a uk squad in kosch the other night very pleasant and cool reminds me of season 1. As for cheaters yes there is loads aimbot is rife.

[@SangJunLee-h8r]

There is also location hack in DMZ, I was wearing stealth vest and sneaking in building and three Chinese trio driving jeep and stopped in front of the door at the building where I was, and killed me

[@indigochyldd]

That's the wall hacks. They can see the length of the entire map: game tags, the guns you're using, and a full outline of your operator.

[@BobaTheFett_zak]

@@indigochyldddude I’ve had the same thing happen it’s such bullshit.

[@Tribal_Soldier]

I miss DMZ. This mode was really great, especially during the haunting event, which was hell a fun. Damn shame they discontinued support for this mode.

[@WuKuVex]

hey phix whatFOV do you use?

[@aBigHorsey]

I play DMZ on a daily basis almost, and I don`t realy run into many cheaters. I play Eu servers and don`t have much issues with cheaters. There is a way bigger problem with one-pumps, rgl`s and ap rounds.

[@reversed24]

thats how it is in EU DMZ server dude.... i had to call it quits for me because of them. sometimes you can find a full squad of cheaters or sometimes multiple ones working togather.

[@johnzero7397]

On pc right?

[@colbydroscher69]

Never noticed how much you sound like Anthony Bourdain sometimes. That intro had me like wait a second

[@butterz3488]

Online games in OC are virtually pointless. Ive given up, over 20k hours on Pubg/Tarkov etc and I have so much more enjoyment playing SP games now.

[@AfroMocha]

Every new warzone update there is like two weeks of cheaters

[@MsFasty]

I play Building 21 late at night and I get China lobbys a lot and there’s SO many level 20 hackers there 😅

[@SpyderRios]

There are a lot of cheaters that target your location as if they had advanced uav the entire game.

[@rationalguy2941]

Just started noticing this last week. Players with Chinese screen names camping under the map in Vondel and getting one-shotted by players whose guns weren’t even pointed at me.

[@nightshadeii9248]

So sad. DMZ was amazing while it lasted. RIP.

[@johnjohnson7012]

My question is is, why does everybody always underplay the number cheaters that are actually in the game

[@legendofallpro]

First guy wasn't cheating, AP rounds and good aim is OP

[@DrunkIceman]

I play it on Vondel a lot and it's like every two or three matches you run into somebody using the other than the map cheat. They get a F-Tac siege and then they will glitch their scuba mask out where it never runs out and then they get under the map somehow and just swim around and every time I say somebody just kill him they can even load them and then when they were the games about over they just get out and leave somehow

[@down2earth459]

if they dont bring back dmz hopefully something similar or different modes Like a Solo only Dmz No teams etc

[@stephenlilly7927]

The worst for me is premades. 5/6/7 man teams who aren’t capable of fighting legitimately

[@charlieblanc0]

Ive been seeing BLATANT cheaters in BO6 EVERY SINGLE DAY, the worst part about it is when they cheat in game modes like boot camp, plunder and of course DMZ

[@Ash2Bash]

I’m not good enough to know if it’s cheats or not but I don’t doubt it. I’m pretty average but can hold my own and I’ve had a few sus moments as a casual player.

[@greglikewhoa2623]

I got picked up by some Chinese hackers last night. It was nuts watching them. Crazy thing was I had already blocked one of them, but it still matchmaked me with them. Way to go Ricochet!!

[@mimc1971]

I've been solo (with a stealth vest and no activated bots) in a building laying low for a minute...not been being chased, just looking at the map and had a team roll straight to my building, come straight to my position, kill me and leave laughing without bothering to loot. Seemed beyond sus.

[@SystemDevil4]

Hi Phixate. Every 2nd game on EU server contain cheaters. Mostly with wallhack cheat, it's very clearly visible on deathcam, how he is aiming through the wall. Also most of them are using chinese nicknames to make it harder to remember when you are going to send report. Yesterday I was such frustrated, I quit playing this game for a week at least till I will calm down. Seems like Rikochet only working when using report system, and even then its efficiency is very questionable. Which is very sad because I like DMZ and those cheaters are killing it.

[@roostershooter76]

I was reading somewhere on Twitter / X , a month or so back .... Ricochet accidentally reinstated all accounts. I don't know the context, but did read that ! How did everyone else miss that?

[@jg3_75]

Believe it or not I’ve only ran into maybe 2 that I knew for sure. Like watched the kill cam and saw a really low ranking etc etc.

[@stevenmckinney9924]

"I'm NoT cHeAtInG, I'm JuSt ReAlLy GoOd" - Common answer from cheaters.

[@samanthalynch4887]

i still love this game, the good moments are fewer but still there

[@nukecommando4061]

Majority of the Cheaters R actually French guys! Now most of those Cheaters R on BO6 using Cloaking, Teleportation, Aim Bot & especially God Mode Hacks! U will find that the Cheaters using the God Mode Hacks R either under the Maps or a great distance out of bounds Sniping at U guys! I try going that far out & die every time when the out of bounds counter hits 0 & they don’t die because they’ve got the God Mode Hack active guys!

[@Justaduck-u3o]

According to pcgamer, Of the 2500+ call of duty cheat providers 1600 hundred are exclusive to Asian players. 600 are American run sites. Cronys zen has sold 40 million units In two years and over half have been purchased by Americans. France only has about 15million people who play games. Asia has about 1.3 billion players, with South Korea, having the highest estimated number of cheaters across all games. Us has the 3rd highest percentage of gamers by population at around 110 million, and it's estimated that almost 40% percent of US players cheat in one way or the other. US has an estimated 42 million cheaters while France only has 15 million players.

[@nukecommando4061]

@ Yeah, but I’m ONLY finding the French Cheaters right now tho bud! However, last night I have constantly attacked by 2 British Cheaters with their illegal Wall Hacks active & they BOTH got PERMANENTLY BANNED after I had reported them for Cheating bud! At least Treyarch is doing correctly unlike Activision as they STILL give gives Monkey’s about Cheaters on MW/MWII/MWIII & DMZ bud!

[@zacharyupton2790]

I think ricochet unbanned a lot of people

[@stevet1799]

The more players means more servers in the datacenter they have to support.and the more they spend on a game that is not bringing in any money for them. Better to just let it fester, take off the voice AI, and ignore every cheat report. The more it gets toxic, the fewer people that play, the less it costs them to keep it alive.

[@VSMCrossHair]

I’m commenting if it was live, that was the dead drop you chose? I’m sure there was a closer one

[@uchwuzhere]

Yeah with all the OSS, toxic glitch abusers, and now cheaters, DMZ is quickly becoming a loser’s paradise. Time for me to move on.

[@anatoolychannel]

How possible install DMZ on PC?

[@BushWookie603]

Everyone out here been cheated on too many times, insecurity levels are low, sometimes that trust can never be earned😢😭...... 😂😂

[@saber7even371]

Heyy phix. Playing from trinidad. It's mind blowing that the cheaters are delusional about there skill then want to put you down.

[@mehDOGIESRATS2222]

I was playing yesterday on Oceania , my squads came super close to winning . Sure we lost to a gang of cheaters . It was in the bootcamp mode also , something was very fishy . It's very easy to get into the new Warzone I find . The movement is awesome . Killing people is super easy also . I reported a few I had squaded with lol . Some chinese guy was so blatant . The goolag is so easy , every one just runs at me . I just sit still and as they come around the corner I just hip fire them lol . Nice snipering with the boat , bring back the Cycle :(

[@joeylee642]

the cheaters are crayz in everything call of duty has

[@DeadSockPuppet]

I’ve probably run into hackers and cheats, but I’m a filthy casual that’s usually at best 50/50 in a fight. I play the game for fun and since there isn’t gear fear, I don’t mind if some try hard or cheater takes me down, it’s pretty much the same thing to me. That said, I do appreciate some quality movement and coms from good teams when they get me.

[@DeadSockPuppet]

While I probably can’t tell a good player from a cheater all the time, I’m pretty sure that there’s good players that run into better players that cry cheater because they can’t see a way they’d get wiped.

[@blake2846]

Bro the cheating situation in call of duty is crazy. It’s so bad, anytime I hear Spanish in Prox chat, I already know I’m about to get rolled by some wall hacking, aimbot try-hard.

[@tgallegos5729]

The DMZ universe is full of hacking incels, who can't leave their mom's basement and will never have a real life.

[@its-just-John]

even when they were giving support to the game they never banned cheaters. I saw them regularly I started the day before season 2 and quit when they stopped updating the game, from season 4-6 they stopped banning cheaters all together, and me and my squad would run into them regularly in that window of seasons, it was legit every 1/3rd game, a dragons breath kv broadside with aimbot was the funniest one I saw, which I don't know why you would cheat with the easiest weapon in the game to use at the time, but it did happen and it was hilarious.

[@_atello_]

In EU region I've met a real hacker who used double barrel shotgun with a trigger so he can one shot you. I checked the killcam and instantly reported him because he wasn't checking zip line until I used it. He was too far to hear but with wallhacks he could easily see me on his screen. Also then he obliterated my friend but just while fighting. He couldn't know from where he will peak but already pre aimed and one shot. Luckily, l8r he got kicked by Ricochet but they were 4 man squad so our last teammate was left against 3 players and couldn't make it, so this guy ruined our game anyway...

[@recon1986]

DMZ was amazing in season 1 and 2 but all the hackers and warzone rejects destroyed the mode... remember we used to be able to have a 6man team and teams that actually worked together to get missions done instead of it just being a glorified pvp hunting garbage mode

[@Bonkler_cod]

I'm on Australian (Oceania) and I saw some one get banned right in front of me

[@Hawtload]

you can definitely say whatever tf you want on prox chat now. back in the day I'd get voice banned 24/7

[@mr.firstshot5652]

Can confirm legit hackers I counted 3 in the last two Weeks. Very frustrating.

[@nicholasberry2418]

i think a lot of players are sick of dying to the 1-shot or rgls, cheating is the new norm. very common in Aus servers.

[@nosubtv4242]

I came across a player the other day who killed me. Picked me up and gave me 2 fully loaded guns, money and 3 plate vest. I asked if he had a large bag and he said hold on. 30 seconds later he gave me a large bag. Then dropped more money and 3 self revives. I asked him how hes got all this just like that. He didnt give me an answer

[@Reece-z3k]

I was on nice clean exfil streak i was on 9 and jumped into ashika island and got the buy station near the apartments and there was legit a whole 3 man under the map 😂 bro ive never been so pissed off before on my life

[@robertaBooey69]

Play other modes and it’s just as bad. Warzone it’s probably10-30% of each lobby. The new update is the worst I’ve experienced

[@joelsonsabado9206]

whenever i see a hostile soldier player its safe to assume theyre cheating and exploiting

[@QuannetSingLeaf]

cod should make dmz PVE only

[@jameshenderson3497]

The vondel map cheaters are literally hiding in the map shooting up in addition while stealthed up our team was snipped somewhere over by castle ground floor while we were in the museum building looting

[@Mike13Wayne]

I have never ran into anyone with aim bots but I can say without a doubt I have been tracked down across the whole map by teams.

[@SiwusekSzef]

Like really few days ago i meet 1 guy with aimbot on ashika tho, and nothing else last times. Today i had lucky day on al mazrah, Played solo with 2 Random teammates, and we cleared whole teams on all mazrah. After killing every team i heard today CHEATER CHEATER. Later even my teammates asked me if im cheating xD. so well.

[@Kaiber_Phoenix]

DMZ on the EU servers is a hackers paradise 2 out of 3 games has atleast one hacker in the match, and im coming across more and more players from out of the EU and then theres the ping which is so inconsistant.

[@scoper7897]

I play on EU nordic and east region. I get cheaters pretty often even in DMZ. in normal warzone matches like rebirth its almost every game that i spot beamers who preaim me thru walls. In DMZ i get one in every 3-5 games so DMZ has way less but its still a MASSIVE issue in EU servers. It got so bad that i quited all other modes than DMZ completely and getting bored of DMZ alone because Activision doesnt put effort to make it more lik extraction shooter... I regret paying for this game to begin with

[@chriskalapodcast]

Ohh yes, we killed a platoon yesterday in Vondel and in one of the operators bags was supply UAV. I have never seen this in DMZ; isn't this supposed to be warzone killstreak?

[@nukecommando4061]

Hi Phixate, why do U think I had given up on DMZ since Season 2 for bud? Too many Cheaters had put me off DMZ altogether bud!

[@edwardmcpaul]

BS, i'm only having problem with hackers those last few weeks

[@nukecommando4061]

@ Hi m8, I am being 100% serious bud! Ever since MWII’s DMZ Season 2 I was being CONSTANTLY pushed in every single game by illegal Players with multiple of Hacks activated m8! They were using Teleportation, Cloaking, Aim Bot, God Mode & Wall Hacks (some had ALL of those illegal Hacks on at once) bud! So since then, I had given up completely on DMZ because Activision wasn’t bothered about it as they had getting their Money & wasn’t interested that it was the illegal Players that were getting the illegal Benefit out of it, whereas I had paid a LOT of Money on that game & was constantly bullied by Criminals in the process & Activision had just allowed it to happen & continuously ongoing to happen bud!

[@El33G33kGoat]

Sadly DMZ is near enough unplayable now as a solo doing missions.

[@e.s.castro7143]

I just left the game and god knows how I love it but Delta force is calling me...

[@Revenge_of_Ming]

is might just be my imagination but recently there seems to be some sort of RGL glitch/hack, lots of teams running about with RGL's that seem to have unlimited spare ammo, like literally spamming hundreds of grenades (though 6 at a time between reloads)

[@ukreefer4907]

Eu servers have been bad for a long time. Back when there were 6 man squads we'd get chinese pre made 6 man squads rolling the map all the time. Noticed over the last month though we're running into cheaters nearly every game, they dont try and hide or deny it anymore. Had a guy last week stood in a building tracking us through the wall laughing about it

[@oe-majestic]

So u know cause i still play dmz for hrs everyday and i know names first squad isnt hacking at the hospital the 'pew' squad only has one cheater and he got rocked a while ago. (I watched it happen in my game) He did have anti armours however whih is why the shots were so quiet at first but when he climbed ladder he shot a few bullets and ran out of antis

[@MrMason.33]

no lie, yesterday a cracked player straight up melted my team from 2nd floor b21. shots through the wall an just raging for kills with a EBR...

[@peeve3216]

DMA hardware cheats are taking over.

[@rodneycalhounjr4324]

Ok.... I thought it was just me?? I was on vondel getting shot going up some stairs with no1 around.. I thought I was tripping.

[@b0wl3r300]

After watching this video still not sure if anyone's cheating.click😊

[@slik286]

anticheat is barely working on bo6 lol

[@Zed0086]

Shine a light on Swag getting caught cheating.

[@peterorndorff1172]

where is it in the menu????

[@ElijahLaRoche]

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