{"id":1590686,"date":"2026-05-28T10:05:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T10:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jKPcudV6u3xTpZY7r3BWxa"},"modified":"2026-05-28T10:05:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T10:05:55","slug":"victims-of-cheaters-in-marvel-rivals-will-be-refunded-all-the-ranked-points-they-lost-if-they-report-them-thanks-to-neteases-new-anti-cheat-rank-compensation-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/victims-of-cheaters-in-marvel-rivals-will-be-refunded-all-the-ranked-points-they-lost-if-they-report-them-thanks-to-neteases-new-anti-cheat-rank-compensation-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Victims of cheaters in Marvel Rivals will be refunded all the ranked points they lost if they report them thanks to NetEase’s new Anti-Cheat Rank Compensation System"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Being surprised at seeing cheating in online competitive multiplayer games is like being surprised at seeing a fish in the ocean, you’re going to encounter some every now and then, that’s just how it goes. But Marvel Rivals<\/a> has had a particularly rough time with cheaters as of late. To stretch out the above analogy as far as it’ll go, it feels like the salmon rush right now. <\/p>\n

It got so bad even, with cheaters boasting about exploits, streaming and posting their crimes, alongside bad mouthing high elo players for their lack of skill that NetEase stepped in with a ban wave<\/a> and confirmation that its anti-cheat system will be getting a hefty update. But some didn’t think that was enough, and to be fair, it didn’t massively address the issue many players are having in-game right now. <\/p>\n

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So to help ease things just a bit, NetEase announced<\/a> a new anti-cheat rank compensation system that will rollout later this week: “We’re sending the TVA to prune the cheaters! Our new Anti-Cheat Rank Compensation System will begin its trial run this week. If you encounter a cheater in your match, successfully report them, and the system verifies the cheat, you will be fully refunded ALL Ranked Points lost during that match. (Note: Placement Matches do not award points and are therefore excluded from this compensation).” <\/p>\n

We’ve seen something similar just a few months ago with the “Victim Compenstation Protocol”<\/a> system which NetEase greenlighted after a ‘throwing’ epidemic<\/a> meant that players were becoming collateral for those purposely throwing comp games. Systems like this are also commonplace in other online multiplayer games such as Overwatch<\/a> or Valorant<\/a>. <\/p>\n

It’s certainly a good temporary measure, but it doesn’t address the root of the problem: how to dissuade cheaters. There just aren’t enough meaningful punishments to deter the vast majority of cheaters. Unfortunately, with Marvel Rivals being a free-to-play game account bans aren’t enough as new ones are so easy to make; instead, harsher restrictions are needed like hardware or IP bans. NetEase is dishing a few of these out as we speak, but it’s such a small proportion<\/a> of the ban waves that I doubt it’s making that much of a difference. <\/p>\n

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