NICKMERCS Weighs In On Activision's Private Stats Decision For Call of Duty: Warzone

Call of Duty: Warzone steamer NICKMERCS is an active member of the Warzone community, and often voices his opinion on developer decisions. In a recent video, he approaches the controversial choice that Activision made regarding player information. Call of Duty: Warzone fans have loudly stated their opinion, and now the streaming pro is joining in.

Since its launch, Call of Duty: Warzone has undergone some major changes to how stats and leaderboards work. Activision made the decision to change all player stats to private after a third-party app starting causing problems among the community. Now, Call of Duty: Warzone pro NICKMERCS said he believes the decision will cause more problems than it will fix.

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In his video, NICKMERCS explains why he believes Activision's change to Call of Duty: Warzone is not a good thing. He suggests that sites tracking K/D ratios and player stats were also being used to check for cheaters, and now those sites are not usable. Sites like CoDTracker are now blatantly ineffective as they cannot accurately measure stats in Warzone. Going through a list, NICKMERCS points out that players will not be able to check out if their enemy is cheating and have no way to spot reverse-boosting, which removes accountability from the players.

There are a lot of Call of Duty: Warzone streamers, fans, and community members who believe the decision should be reversed. NICKMERCS is among those who liked being able to hold other players accountable, and now without the player data there is no way to do that.

Activision has not commented on whether this is a temporary change, but many fans believe it could be a permanent adjustment. Call of Duty: Warzone continues to battle cheating and hacking players, and Activision's decision may have inadvertently disarmed the community. Now, players will queue into games without any way to detect if the enemy was, in fact, cheating during their last interaction.

The Call of Duty: Warzone community is watching Activision for any explanation or comment. NICKMERCS and several other content creators have taken an interest in the issue, which may push the problem past community speculation and into a much larger view. As players find other ways to detect cheating enemies, Activision is slowly being pressured to either explain the decision or reverse it for its players' benefit.

Call of Duty: Warzone is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

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