A PREDICTION FOR THE FUTURE, [Author’s OP version]
WHY DOES MY TERMINATOR SUCK?
[In my Arnold Schwarzenegger voice]
“It was the year 2026 when Ricochet finally came online and aware. Cheating was getting out of hand, and they all liked to wear the Terminator paid for skin. Ricochet was only an in-house joke, but something had to be done. Then came the AI anti-cheat, and Kernel level checks on the PC. It banned every cheater within minutes of being detected, and all the cheaters lost their Terminator paid for skin. Since it was no longer available in the store, the only Terminators that were left were the non-cheating Terminators. THAT’S WHY YOUR TERMINATOR TEAMMATE SUCKS.”
ChatGPT version:
[In full Arnie voice, slowly, like a machine with sass]
**“Listen to me now and believe me later…**
It *used* to be that when you saw a Terminator skin on your team, you knew greatness was coming. Precision. Relentlessness.
But now?
**Now you get Jerry from Ohio who downloaded Wallhax Pro 3.7 and thought he was the future.**
But Ricochet—*it became self-aware*. It scanned through every process, every keystroke, every suspicious flick shot at 600 DPI.
**And then… it struck.**
One by one, the *fake Terminators fell.*
The cheaters. The scripters. The wall-hackers.
Gone. *Terminated.*
Now all that’s left are the OGs.
The ones who earned the skin.
The ones who never dropped 20 kills because they were too busy figuring out the recoil pattern.
**The honest soldiers… but also, the ones who suck.**
So when your T-800 teammate misses every shot and tries to punch a UAV… just remember:
**It’s not his fault.**
He’s the last of his kind.
**He survived the Ricochet purge.**
But he also couldn’t survive Bronze III.”
💥🦾💀
So… tell me, soldier: *Are you ready to carry the Terminator? Or are you the next one to be TERMINATED?*
TrainSignificant8692
I am intrigued. I will enjoy this if it gets a lot of love and it looks like it is going to get all the love.
jb1vicious
Needs different squad sizes (mainly solos) to be of interest
Tiny_Chain_4522
PVE only, music to my ears
southshoredrive
The reason DMZ sucks is because there is no ‘reason’ to play and it does nothing better than other extraction shooters on the market.
There is no winning, so playing to win is pointless. It’s just load in, loot for good guns, then exfil with your good loot so next time you play you can do what exactly? Just loot? It’s a loot simulator. Weapon cases were the only interesting part.
There is also nothing to grind for, MWZ was better than DMZ in every way because there were schematics that made exfilling meaningful.
PuntoPorPastor
PVE only would be Music to my ears. I never understood the fun in DMZ with PVP – I can play Warzone.
fastcooljosh
So IW will be doing even more for 2026 than for MWII.
Besides Engine changes, they will do MP, Campaign, Warzone, DMZ ( with individual maps etc) + post launch content
Only difference is they have 4 years instead of 3.
That is a tight schedule to pull off.
AutisticAnarchy
If this is legit then PvE only will be a fucking Godsend. I greatly enjoyed elements of DMZ, including the PvP elements at times, but nothing felt worse than trying to complete a specific mission, wandering around a whole-ass area for ten minutes trying to find a randomly spawning item, and then getting abruptly killed by a team of sweats.
Due-Two-6592
If they are going to these lengths they need to make it 4 player, my quad really enjoyed DMZ but only when we were down a man, how many will avoid it if they cant play in their established quad?
Nintendo_Pro_03
Can they just not do DMZ, again? Instead of NPCs, Warzone could definitely use some bot only lobby toggles.
Manioq
F2P ?
Westii199
Hopefully it is truly separate, the realism changes for dmz ruined warzone in wz2
Wild_Safety4701
DMZ is dead at this point. The playerbase for DMZ have moved on. We needed an update 2 years ago. This will not bring us back
F1R3Starter83
I was a huge fan of DMZ. Gameplay was pretty unique and I had some great interactions with other players thanks to the prox chat
Content_Response_534
DMZ should have never been left behind.
Longbow92
Comfy, I still wish there would be a faction vs faction mode though, maybe as a limited time event.
Like, everyone is still in squads of 3, but if you run into other squads within the same faction, they are friendly, etc.
EngChann
> PvE only mode
FINALLY
NORMAL PEOPLE CAN PLAY DMZ
ABSOLUTELY HUGE IF TRUE
ise86
IW continuing to bash their heads against the wall and not listening to the community will never fail to amuse me
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A PREDICTION FOR THE FUTURE, [Author’s OP version]
WHY DOES MY TERMINATOR SUCK?
[In my Arnold Schwarzenegger voice]
“It was the year 2026 when Ricochet finally came online and aware. Cheating was getting out of hand, and they all liked to wear the Terminator paid for skin. Ricochet was only an in-house joke, but something had to be done. Then came the AI anti-cheat, and Kernel level checks on the PC. It banned every cheater within minutes of being detected, and all the cheaters lost their Terminator paid for skin. Since it was no longer available in the store, the only Terminators that were left were the non-cheating Terminators. THAT’S WHY YOUR TERMINATOR TEAMMATE SUCKS.”
ChatGPT version:
[In full Arnie voice, slowly, like a machine with sass]
**“Listen to me now and believe me later…**
It *used* to be that when you saw a Terminator skin on your team, you knew greatness was coming. Precision. Relentlessness.
But now?
**Now you get Jerry from Ohio who downloaded Wallhax Pro 3.7 and thought he was the future.**
But Ricochet—*it became self-aware*. It scanned through every process, every keystroke, every suspicious flick shot at 600 DPI.
**And then… it struck.**
One by one, the *fake Terminators fell.*
The cheaters. The scripters. The wall-hackers.
Gone. *Terminated.*
Now all that’s left are the OGs.
The ones who earned the skin.
The ones who never dropped 20 kills because they were too busy figuring out the recoil pattern.
**The honest soldiers… but also, the ones who suck.**
So when your T-800 teammate misses every shot and tries to punch a UAV… just remember:
**It’s not his fault.**
He’s the last of his kind.
**He survived the Ricochet purge.**
But he also couldn’t survive Bronze III.”
💥🦾💀
So… tell me, soldier: *Are you ready to carry the Terminator? Or are you the next one to be TERMINATED?*
I am intrigued. I will enjoy this if it gets a lot of love and it looks like it is going to get all the love.
Needs different squad sizes (mainly solos) to be of interest
PVE only, music to my ears
The reason DMZ sucks is because there is no ‘reason’ to play and it does nothing better than other extraction shooters on the market.
There is no winning, so playing to win is pointless. It’s just load in, loot for good guns, then exfil with your good loot so next time you play you can do what exactly? Just loot? It’s a loot simulator. Weapon cases were the only interesting part.
There is also nothing to grind for, MWZ was better than DMZ in every way because there were schematics that made exfilling meaningful.
PVE only would be Music to my ears. I never understood the fun in DMZ with PVP – I can play Warzone.
So IW will be doing even more for 2026 than for MWII.
Besides Engine changes, they will do MP, Campaign, Warzone, DMZ ( with individual maps etc) + post launch content
Only difference is they have 4 years instead of 3.
That is a tight schedule to pull off.
If this is legit then PvE only will be a fucking Godsend. I greatly enjoyed elements of DMZ, including the PvP elements at times, but nothing felt worse than trying to complete a specific mission, wandering around a whole-ass area for ten minutes trying to find a randomly spawning item, and then getting abruptly killed by a team of sweats.
If they are going to these lengths they need to make it 4 player, my quad really enjoyed DMZ but only when we were down a man, how many will avoid it if they cant play in their established quad?
Can they just not do DMZ, again? Instead of NPCs, Warzone could definitely use some bot only lobby toggles.
F2P ?
Hopefully it is truly separate, the realism changes for dmz ruined warzone in wz2
DMZ is dead at this point. The playerbase for DMZ have moved on. We needed an update 2 years ago. This will not bring us back
I was a huge fan of DMZ. Gameplay was pretty unique and I had some great interactions with other players thanks to the prox chat
DMZ should have never been left behind.
Comfy, I still wish there would be a faction vs faction mode though, maybe as a limited time event.
Like, everyone is still in squads of 3, but if you run into other squads within the same faction, they are friendly, etc.
> PvE only mode
FINALLY
NORMAL PEOPLE CAN PLAY DMZ
ABSOLUTELY HUGE IF TRUE
IW continuing to bash their heads against the wall and not listening to the community will never fail to amuse me