The reason is simple - THE GAME IS DYING. Based on the terrible decisions from Respawn (lower shields, introduce turbocharged energy weapons all over the map, lower TTK, recycling early season rare skins...etc), the ridiculous number of incredibly toxic cheaters and a boring old gambling-based shop loot system......it is clear long time players are leaving in droves. This is evidenced by waiting several minutes for a pub match, which in all seasons past, I have never had to do. When the match finally begins, I am almost always paired with level <5 cheaters, or someone with 20K kills who drops hot, gets their kills, then leaves when they get downed.
Clearly the 1000's of posts from players who actually once enjoyed the game is a big waste of time. In the unlikely event Respawn even reads any of these posts, they clearly would rather spend their dev money making fancy cuts scenes and comic strips (no one reads) instead of addressing bugs and have a focused efforts of banning the abundance of cheaters in the game. Bad business model. There is a tried and true reason for the saying "the customer is always right". Respawn seems to take pride in alienating their true player base, and I for one will no longer be an ATM for Respawn as I have been for the past 2 years. Not one more penny until there is a serious re-balance of the game and I start to see a cheater every 100 matches instead of every single match.
You absolutely do not see a cheater every match. I've played about a thousand games, and have only seen 3-4. You might be confusing players cheating, with the SBMM being so awful in this game.
I'm a day 1 player who has played 13,000 games. Pretty sure I can spot a cheater.
if you have 13,000 games, played the game for multiple years, and still struggle against preds, I'm sorry but that's a "you problem." There isn't as many cheaters in this game as people think, it is greatly exaggerated.
You might be confusing controller aim assist, with an actual aim cheat.
I am not talking about predators. I am talking about account level 3 with 100 kills, a 20 kill badge who hits consecutive head shots to knock me and my entire squad in less time than any of us have to shoot 1 shot. No signs of any purchased content. I often spectate after they roll over my squad. They take forever to loot. They pause with no cover and magically ping a player no one can see. They don't move like a pred would move. No sliding, no jumping, no side to side. I have literally been in multiple squads where a random I am paired with has asked if he should turn on his cheats.
Some cheaters are good at hiding it. They set their aim bot to hit the body maybe 2 out of 4 times. That is still better than an average player. A very small percentage of the FPS population has an average hit accuracy north of 60%. Maybe 5% of all players. Yet, mysteriously, season 6 has a massive influx of new accounts that base on my actual observations, they hit everything they aim at and magically pop off with a 7 kill game. Is it possible that they are a seasoned FPS player with a new account, of course. However, if you look at the sheer number of players that fall into a situation I describe......no way. Mathematically and logically impossible.
My buddy has been playing fps since he was like 10, is valaorant in valorant, pred in apex etc. He wipes squads with a wingman at 200 meters every game. Heck, even I manage to get a few wingman knocks at 200+ meters every few games, and I've only been playing fps games for 3 months. I downloaded aim lab, practice recoil patterns, hot drop, and 1v1 my friends in the shooting range. Sorry to say it, but some people just try harder than you.
My friend also makes smurfs when he runs out of things to do in the current week (no more challenges to do)
Do I agree with smurfing? Absolutely not, but that's not a problem for me to fix.
@StanglyDanglyieYou seriously telling me anybody can pull it off with a single magazine? A single magazine with just 6 bullet? You literally need to land a headshot 6 times in a row without missing in a span of 3-4 seconds to pull that off. That's exactly how long it takes him to wipe off my entire squad, and that's what exactly he continue to do against the next 3-4 squad.
Why don't you show me a video of anyone pulling that off if you think it was legitimate? With all knockdown done with exactly 2 bullets all the times without a single miss.
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