How to solve Cheater problem
Platinum ranked has 1 or more hackers per game.
The game is full of cheaters right now.
With this in mind, Reddit user 'Pjeh' has offered up a series of suggestions for how the developers at Respawn could try and address what has become a critical issue.
- Phone Authentication - Adding a way to authenticate players in ranked play, at least for the higher leagues, would limit those who use alternate accounts to hack their way up the rankings.
- Max level to play ranked - The minimum level to play ranked is currently set at 10, but increasing that to 100 (max) would make sure that everyone who's eligible for ranked had to play a lot to earn it. Those who use cheats would face a higher risk of getting caught if they had to play all the way to the max level first. This could at least be put in place for playing Gold rank or higher.
- Partner up with FaceIt - FaceIt is one of the more prominent tournament and league organizers in online gaming, having partnered up with the likes of CS:GO, Battalion 1944, and others. Using FaceIt to run ranked play in Apex would certainly lead to many of the cheaters getting caught.
- Hire dedicated team to look for cheaters - While anti-cheat programs are great, having a group of five to 10 people actively looking for cheaters would be a great supplement. This team could go on livestream platforms, like Twitch, and check the streams of high ranked players to see if any illegal activity is going on.
