Forum Discussion

2 years ago

Does apex actually punish cheaters

From the prolific nature of cheating in the game, it honestly appears apex doesn't care if you cheat. There is no compensation for being in games with cheating, and with people spending money on the ...

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Midnight9746

Hero+

2 years ago

@Skuldorulf I feel like they do, at least in some way as I didn't see too many in quads, (or they're just not queing into the mode). However, there's plenty of other times that suggests that they don't do much.

I don't have the data or anything to argue one way or another, only that Hideout bans a ton of cheaters, (most recently was most of the preds and master players), but also that cheaters are still running rampant in ranked.

It feels like visually, they're not doing much about the cheaters, but there have been times when I got on, and no one was cheating for the whole day, then the next day the game was being swarmed again.

Again, I don't know the specifics myself, so it could be either way. I just hope it doesn't end up like Titanfall 1 & 2 where the game was pretty much handed over to cheaters and no one else played.

Zulkiers

Seasoned Ace

2 years ago

@Midnight9746 Titanfall 2 a cheat fest? I get 1000% more kills there than I do in Apex. Literally.

Midnight9746
Hero+
2 years ago
@Zulkiers Keep in mind when I tried the two games, it was back in 2020. Things might be better now, or that the cheaters just moved onto Apex instead.

@HappyHourSumwur I understand wanting to be able to say player's names on the forums, however the main reason why we cannot, (from my own understanding), is that it just causes hate towards that person.

Even if they deserved to be called out, there are also players who get accused despite being innocent. I could sit here for example and go, "@HappyHourSumwur did <XYZ>", such as saying you were cheating, when you are not. Suddenly there's backlash and hate towards you that wasn't called for.

I would rather see player names from a ban wave, then to be called out on a forum. At least from a ban wave, the names are confirmed players who were caught breaking the rules, rather than those who were just accused.
- HappyHourSumwur
  Seasoned Ace
  2 years ago
  @Midnight9746 I did say "verified cheaters". False accusations leading to online bullying are the reason we can't do it. Cheating in a video game is also not a reason for death threats or other threats of violence, and people would do that. I get it and am just frustrated at EA/Respawn's complete inability to do anything about it.