Marvel Rivals players are risking account bans by continuing to use mods, even after a Season 1 crackdown. Since the game's successful December launch, players have customized their experience with mods, creating skins like Vegeta Iron Man and goth Mantis—even transforming Jeff the Land Shark into Pochita.
Last week's Season 1 update, featuring the Fantastic Four, introduced asset hash checking to restrict mods. Developer NetEase reiterated their terms of service prohibiting mods, cheats, bots, and unauthorized third-party software, warning players of potential bans. Despite this, a workaround is circulating, requiring more steps but enabling modding on PC.
Modder Prafit, who shared a workaround on Nexus Mods, cautions users, emphasizing the risk of bans, though noting a lack of reported permanent bans so far. New mods, such as Ercuallo's Luffy Mister Fantastic (downloaded over 5,000 times in two days), are already leveraging the Fantastic Four additions.
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The question remains: will NetEase follow through on its ban threats? While no confirmed ban for modding exists yet, the workaround's spread might trigger further action. NetEase's motivation likely stems from potential revenue loss from in-game skin sales, intellectual property concerns, and the impact mods could have on game balance and performance. Prafit even notes their workaround requires a powerful PC.
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