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Steam Input Configs in Apex — Automation, & Gray Market Nobody Talks About
This is An Open Letter to Respawn & EA: The Commercialization of Steam Input Macros and the Death of Competitive Integrity I want to have a serious conversation about something that's been ignored for too long. This isn't another aim assist debate — this is specifically about Steam Input controller configs and what they enable in Apex Legends right now. What's actually happening Players on controller are using Steam Input — Valve's official remapping tool — to automate mechanics that were designed to require skill. Here's what publicly available and actively sold configs do: Jitter Aim — automatic crosshair micro-oscillation that combined with rotational aim assist produces near-zero recoil. Physically impossible to replicate by hand with the same consistency. Superglide — The config executes it perfectly every single attempt. Neo Strafing — advanced movement that gives a massive advantage in gunfights. One button. 100% execution rate. Mantle Jump, Turbo Jump, Armor Swap, Fast Loot — all reduced to single button presses with millisecond precision no human hand can match. Why EAC doesn't catch it — and never will This is the core problem. Steam Input operates at the driver level, before the signal reaches the game. To EAC, a controller with a macro and a controller without one are completely identical — both send legitimate XInput signals. No code injection. No memory reading. Nothing for EAC to flag. You cannot ban this without banning Steam Input entirely. Which means banning it for every legitimate controller user on your platform. Respawn is trapped — and they know it. The gray market you're ignoring People are selling these configs. Not sharing — selling. Discord servers with paid tiers. Dedicated websites. Premium versions with extended features. Some channels which are selling it confirm that the sellers understand exactly what they're distributing. This is a commercial market for competitive advantage built inside a legal loophole that Respawn/EA created by never defining what is and isn't permitted. If a keyboard player ran software that automated Superglide/Neostrafe etc. — instant ban. A controller player buys a config file from a Discord server — nothing happens. Same outcome. Different rules. Zero explanation from the developer. Spreading the issue Furthermore, there are documented methods to force aim assist activation on mouse and keyboard through controller input spoofing — achieving the same result on PC while bypassing any enforcement. I want to be clear — this isn't a platform war post. Honest controller players are also being cheated here. The majority of controller players have no idea these configs exist. They're losing to people who paid for a config file and they have no way of knowing it. The problem is automation of skill-based mechanics combined with aim assist combined with zero enforcement combined with a commercial market operating openly. That combination is a competitive integrity failure regardless of what input device is involved. Respawn — you've enforced competitive integrity before. You've banned third party software. You've patched exploits when the community pressure was high enough. This deserves the same attention. Or at minimum — an official statement explaining where you stand. Because right now your silence reads as permission. My questions to Respawn/EA — and I'd genuinely like answers: Do you consider Steam Input configs that automate jitter aim, superglide, and neo strafing to be within the spirit of fair play in Apex Legends? If not — what are you doing about it, and why has it been ignored since at least 2021? Do ALGS tournament rules explicitly address Steam Input configs? If a pro player used these configs on stage, would that be a violation? Is it acceptable that people are commercially selling these configs — profiting from a competitive loophole that you have neither closed nor officially permitted? Final Note to the Community I will not be engaging in circular arguments with anyone attempting to defend these scripts as "just settings" or "accessibility features." This post isn't aimed at individual players, and I have no interest in debating those who profit from or rely on these macros. My goal is simple: clarity from Respawn. The community deserves to know if "competitive integrity" is still a core value of Apex Legends, or if the automation of skill is now the accepted standard. The silence has gone on long enough. It’s time for a definitive stance.
South African Servers
Good day I am a teacher, and our school has started developing an e-sports team. I am in charge of our Apex division. I know that there is a lot of interest in the above-mentioned topic, and I would just like to hear what it would take to get a South African server. I have seen and personally signed multiple petitions to get a server, but unfortunately, over the past few years, there hasn't been any luck. Currently, Africa is the only continent without an Apex server, and I think that there is a huge opportunity here. I hope to hear from you soon. Kind regardsPS5 Apex showing PSN name instead of EA ID - Case 250996023
Hi EA team, My PS5 Apex Legends account is not displaying my EA ID despite cross-progression being live since Oct 2023. Details: - PSN: blessmyhedge - EA ID: BeatThaodds_TTV - Platform: PS5 - Issue: In-game name still shows "blessmyhedge" instead of "BeatThaodds_TTV" - I only have one Apex account. No merge needed. EA Help chat case 250996023 confirmed the entitlement isn't active on my account. The agent said they have no option to manually activate it or escalate. Per EA's cross-progression FAQ, the EA ID should display on console once active. Many PS5 players currently have their EA ID showing. Can a Community Manager or specialist please check my account and activate the cross-progression entitlement flag? Thank you.
Unlinked steam from original EA account, have i lost my progression
I recently unlinked my steam account and linked it to a new EA account to use as an alt account to play with friends in ranked. only just discovering now i cannot unlink my steam account from the new EA account and re-link it back. Just wondering if i have now lost all of my progress from my original account. i played a couple games on the new EA account on steam, some people are saying all of my progression is linked to EA, some are saying its linked to Steam. EA support wasn't much help, not clarifying if i have lost everything or not.
Gryo Aiming on Steam
I have a ps5 controller that uses gyro via the steam controller settings. Is using GYRO through steam against EULA? Or does the anti-cheat probably see steam as a 3rd party software? I've been worried for my account ever since they made this post about aim manipulation on steam... https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1172470/view/688635449342696561?l=englishNew Wildcard Mode
I like the wildcard mode, and the two "cyber upgrades" are intersting. This super punch ability when you overdo the cyber skills though has to go. This is just the stupid buster sword all over again. It's an auto kill attack especially late game. I have had so many end games spoiled by this... we play well, get good position and they roll in with this and kill everyone in 4 or 5 punches. It's just so stupid. It's just the buster sword all over again. I literally just quit end game as it was so frustrating and it has spoiled so many final rings. It's so dumb.
Can't use "jump"button to activate double jump with Octane jumpad any more
So before when I jumped with the Octane jumpad I could press the "jump" button and perform the double jump (or tripple jump with the perk). Now I have to use the "movement ability" button in order to do the double jump which really annoys me. Is there any way to use the double jump with the regular "jump" button as it was before?
Player Reports are useless, and so is the review team
I am sorry to say but: "Our well-trained, dedicated team reviewed your report using automation tools and established guidelines and processes, and decided not to take any action this time." I've gotten this mail 3 times, once for a guy that was called "**bleep** skins" and kept saying how much he hates **bleep** (that word is tolerated then i assume?), once for a guy that kept harassing me in the chat in-game and post-game, and once for a guy that literally ran it down because we said something wrong. If your team is unable to deal with people like that, what is stopping us from doing the same? Why would I not run it down too and harass other people just to feel better if there are no consequences? For good karma? Fix your tools, PUNISH people like that and stop messing around, it's frustrating enough to play with randoms as it is, if they can get away with being toxic for free too then everything's going to crap.
I wanted to give this game one more shot but its not worth it
I actually uninstalled this week but came back today thinking I overreacted. But every wildcard and ranked match I've played today I've gone up against the usual BS: walling, recoil scripting, cronus, zen, xim, whatever. Every match is like this, I'm getting beamed across the map the minute I drop in, no matter where I am. The amount of people in your game using some kind of exploit is staggering. You are never winning against the cheaters when you make it so easy for them to buy another boosted account and get back in within 5 minutes. Free to play gaming is a cesspool, people actually want to spend money on your game but you don't do it. I know this is because you want the cheaters in your game to boost numbers for shareholders. This is so patheticAxle Needs to be Stopped
I have 6500 hours in this game. why do developers constantly think that we want an unkillable stun drone to fight. I want fair gunfights. Who cares about the lore. Who cares about ALGS. WE WANT FAIR GUNFIGHTS. I don't even care if you keep her kit. but that drone DOES NOT need 100 health. On top of that, it shouldn't launch you in the air. I know you developers want every penny off your BS but c'mon, Do you guys even play your own game? Its not a game of skill or aim anymore. Its whoever uses the devs latest poster childApex's cheater problem
This game is a cheater fiesta in diamond lobbies+ right now and the worst part is that it's relatively easy to get to diamond 4 this season. You're guaranteed to be thrown into the cheater fiesta eventually and from my personal experience there's at least one player cheating. The cheating is so bad once you start reaching masters solo queueing you eventually just hope your two randoms are cheaters that can kill the other cheaters for you. I think the hardest cheat to detect is wall hacking because there are so many recon characters that give it for free such as vantage, valkyrie, and seer. The only way for me to tell if someone is wall hacking is when they're on my team or if I waste my time spectating someone. Nobody wants to waste their time watching and reporting when there's no feedback on bans or any rewards or compensation for that game.
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