Sledgehammer Games, som er udvikleren bag Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, vil begynde at banne spillere der bevidst begår selvmord i spillet, for på den måde at stige i rang hurtigere.
Omvendt boosting er et fænomen hvor spillere enten smider granater for fødderne af sig selv, eller kaster sig ud over klippeskrænter flere gange i løbet af en multiplayer-runde. Det store minus på den endelige pointtavle har nemlig den finurlige effekt, at spilleren efterfølgende vil blive sat sammen med langt svagere spillere i efterfølgende runder, hvor de så kan rydde bord, og tjene langt flere points, end hvis de havde spillet med ligeværdige modstandere.
I et blogindlæg, skrevet af Sledgehammers Michael Condrey, er studiets holdning og begrundelse følgende:
"Playing at home, I've been randomly matched with players doing this and it's incredibly frustrating to lose based largely on my team being down a contributing teammate. We've also had a lot of players bring up their same concern about playing in matches with these players. No one wants to lose an objective based match by effectively being outnumbered while their teammate shoots grenades into their own forehead 100 times in the corner.
"It's not right, and it hurts you and your team's online experience... and we have increased our focus on reverse boost banning to combat the growing issue. No one is trying to restrict the fun factor of playing Advanced Warfare with this policy, nor are we actively banning against particular styles of play, like trick shots. However, we have a low tolerance approach to people who ruin the experience for others through cheating, boosting, reverse boosting or being caught with toxic emblems in game."