About those legal console cheats...
Can we try to get an official response for that? You know what im talking about, the hardware for controllers with integrated macros which give an unfair advantage against those who don't buy them, ...
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@BigBlackCaustic The culture of online gaming is cheating. It is the new norm. I laugh when console people think there is no cheating on their platform. Macro's is cheating. They eliminate the player needing to counteract recoil physically which a human can't do consistently.
Macro users are the worst because they are posers who pass off automation as skill. I can respect a blatant aimbot /ESP user over a macro user claiming skills any day because at least a aimbot user isn't trying to hide anything.
Macro users are the worst because they are posers who pass off automation as skill. I can respect a blatant aimbot /ESP user over a macro user claiming skills any day because at least a aimbot user isn't trying to hide anything.
@GRiPSViGiL It's more manipulation than outright cheating per say...no game files are altered so it isn't a hack.
To clarify i'm not condoning the use of these controller macro's in any way and would love to see them banned....but let's be honest here, that's not gonna happen.
On a side note,is there any paddle attachments for ps4 controllers that don't come with a built in macro feature? Apex recently killed my left analog and i've just replaced it with another normal controller...don't really want to fork out for another controller just yet. XD
- @MandatoryIDtag Come on, that's like saying steroids don't give you an advantage at sports like baseball, because the roids are not swinging the bat or throwing the ball..
@DarthValtrex I never said it wasn't unfair, i said it was manipulation, which it is. They're not currently bannable as it's integrated into hardware and doesn't "hack" the games files.
The macro's don't aim for you, they don't remove the need to think and position for yourself, you can't see through walls with them nor can you move speeds above the norm. Which is why nothing is being done about them, However they're an advantage gained through monetary purchase which goes against the whole "no pay to win" ethos of Apex legends.
I do think Respawn should be implementing some sort of anti macro detection software, which is easily possible as many mmorpgs have done it in the past to prevent "botting" e.g the autonomous gathering of resources, farming of kills to gain an advantage.
This is done by tracking the same constant movement patterns, if they're exactly the same every time then it flags the action as a macro since humans cannot repeat the exact same precise movements constantly on a regular basis,thus the player receives a ban.
- @DarthValtrex exactly! Automation = cheating. It is as close to aimbot as you can get on console's considering how strong aim assist is already.
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