Cross-Play and Cross-Platform Saves

Consoles should get crossplay, PC hell no. I wouldn't want to see a bunch of mineless bots in all my games, i hate matchmaking already lol.

Thanks @EA_Kent for the information. I know that Respawn are aware about the desire for Cross-Play and Cross Platform Progress but just wanted to know if they had any news on them coming to Apex Legends. It was rumoured that we can expect these two features in Season 5 of Apex Legends, but obviously not. I'm hoping Respawn can release them by Season 6 or Season 7. Definitely will follow Apex on Twitter for any news!

@Popa2caps If the development team for Apex Legends ever release Cross-Play to the game, I doubt it will only be for console. Many console players are worried about facing PC players due to exploiters and the advantage they have over console players, but most likely you will only be put into Cross Platform servers if you have a player on another platform in your lobby/party. 

@CompleatBeet 
"Many console players are worried about facing PC players due to exploiters and the advantage they have over console players"

I'm more worried the other way around. See to me most hardcore console players now are using those XIM / Cronusmax devices. With some that use these devices, they also use no recoil scripts, or auto aim lock (think of it like a macro that keeps pulling your aim button).

To me, consoles have more open cheaters that don't know their directly cheating. I don't want that at all for PC. I also understand that console players don't want to be cheated, as they pay to play online, i also wish for this on PC, but adding crossplay doesn't help the support of fair gameplay when both systems already have issues.

If Respawn first allowed mouse & keyboard support on consoles while finding a way to block scripts for XIM / Cronusmax, while also dealing with the ever growing issue of cheaters on PC, i would enjoy crossplay, a little.

See, i play with a controller when i want to relax on PC, but i think it's kind of cheating to be honest, that is if i'm shooting somoone with a mouse (because of aim assist). So to me, a lot of changes would need to be in place for crossplay to work in my eyes, because i tried Warzone and hated everything about it, i thought it was a nightmare to play with consoles, but that's my opinion, i could just hate the TTK in that game (i'm not a huge COD fan).

If they forced crossplay i know i would stop playing Apex, but if they didn't i know i want try it out. In my opinion i would like mouse & keyboard users to be split from controllers first, than crossplay.

@Popa2caps Cross-Play will most likely not be forced. I imagine the way it will work is that you can only join Cross Platform servers if not everyone in a lobby is on the same platform.

On a Gaming PC that is higher than the recommended PC specifications for Apex, there is little to no input delay whereas on a console it is slightly slower which gives PC players a little advantage. Also it is a lot easier to exploit on PC because the game is stored in a file on your computer. 

The simplest suggestion I have to counter exploits is add an in-game reporting system on a player's EA Account, similar to the one on PC and Fortnite's reporting system.

Other than that I agree with most of your statements. Controller on PC is already supported but to make it fair they should support keyboard and mouse on console too.

Is there going to be cross-progression from origin to steam? 

I'm not too worried about cheating in this case, surely they'll add an option to either enable or disable cross-play. Whichever suits you...

@OmaeWaMuShindru 

You should keep your progress if you start playing on Steam. 

You can link up your Steam account with your EA Account, so as long as it's connected to the same account you were using already your progress will still be there. You can find more details on how to link the accounts over at the EA Help website. 

/Kent