Cheaters in the pillory

This kind of exposure is actually a psychologically effective way to dissuade such people from their behavior, as the team notes – the feeling of superiority that often fills cheaters turns into the smooth opposite. However, this approach also has a technical background: the Ricochet team paradoxically wants to keep cheaters in the game as long as possible in order to analyze their methods and strategies in more detail. However, since this would worsen the gaming experience of the other users, the cheaters are disarmed or neutralized in some other way. Thus, victims of cheaters sometimes receive shields that avert damage or become invisible when a hacker attacks them.

As the team explains, however, the fight against cheaters is perpetual – such individuals unfortunately keep finding ways to exploit loopholes in the system. However, the hope is that the rate at which Ricochet identifies and convicts the culprits will steadily increase.