Vanguard — Valorant anti-cheat system — is more than expected. If it were to fail to work properly, the in-game experience could quickly become disastrous for all players and ruin several years of development for Riot Games. From what we've already seen, it seems that lots of resources were largely put in Vanguard — making it almost too punitive as Mixwell has found out.
Over the last few days, a number of players have been complaining about conflicts generated by the software, bugs in other games, or a tendency for Vanguard to be a bit too intrusive. Whether those comments are true or not, Riot Games once again spoke to clarify the situation and propose solutions that we hope will be sustainable.
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Original content by Benoît "Tyler" Pinot.