Apex has let itself go. Same match every game.

As mentioned in my QOL post, that no one is liking lol, I think having a "party up option" after matches will alleviate some of the team balancing issues. If you come across a like-minded player(s), you can party up instantly for the next match and beyond instead of rolling the dice and starting over with new teammates. 

In regard to cheating, I play on the PS5, and I don't see a lot of cheating when playing or spectating. I'm in Ranked queues mostly, not sure about Pubs. I think complaining about cheating takes too much mental energy. Only thing that will stop cheating is to take the companies that make cheating software and devices to court. 

Or, they could fix matchmaking themselves. This game is INFESTED with cheaters and exploiting, pubs and Ranked. Take them to court? Both Fortnite and COD have banned their use, they can ban them, they refuse not too. I'm all set on that QOL post that no one like. Not a helpful response at all bud.

I agree. I stopped playing Apex a while ago because cheaters already have full control over this game. Playing on pubs (EU server) now, especially in the afternoons/evenings and at night is simply a waste of time and nerves. On Steam there are 200k people online and I'm locked in a lobby with 100-200 people and play with the same nicknames every day? Interesting.

I'm afraid that we are witnessing the decline of FPS games due to the number of cheats, configs and other devices that make the number of cheaters higher day by day, month by month.

And what is EA/Respawn doing? Expanding their in-game store so that we can buy even more.

The balance of legends is a joke. All you have to do is have soft cheats, play on Ash/Sparrow/Ballistic/Alter and demolish the entire lobby.

This game is over for me, but I know your pain.

EAC has never been a good anti-cheat and never will be. I've understood that for many months now.

Either you play with cheaters and stacks of pred and accept it, or you uninstall this game and look for something more interesting and worthy of your time.

I'll say it again - there have always been cheaters and there always will be. It's inevitable, but Respawn killed this game from the inside with the changes they've been gradually making since season 21.

The person responsible for this has destroyed the whole point of the game that we've had for 20 seasons. It's currently an unbalanced COD with a huge number of cheaters.

At least a handful of people on this forum can read this, because on reddit the truth is immediately deleted and the account is blocked.

Good luck.

It wasn't that I didn't like it. I appreciate the thought that went into it. I guess I'm just looking for more of a "why" when you say that solo players should be encouraged to stay out of ranked, or possibly banned from ranked altogether. I had to make an educated guess as to why you felt that way, but I'd rather hear you give your own thought process on that one.

Before this season's matchmaking update I would have agreed with you, even though at my level of play I was exposed to less cheating than you are. But still enough. Any amount honestly is too much.

But since the update I get very tightly matched lobbies which are far to the left on the curve, and cheaters just aren't going to be in that part of the spectrum for long, if at all. What I am still experiencing is an astronomical amount of smurfing, though as I'm something of the sort myself I have to criticize with a grain of salt. But I guess that's what the game has turned into now. The right side of the curve is cheaters and left side is people who don't cheat and are tired of being pitted against the cheaters. So they start a secondary and ride it up until it becomes unplayable. Then they just start over again, forever haunting lobbies they really don't belong in. I'm constantly getting level 4 teammates who solo hot drop, wipe two squads all on their own, and then die and instaquit. If that isn't a hard stuck high platinum player who's just given up then I don't know what is.

At any rate, they've stuck a new name on EAC and I guess we'll just have to wait to see if there's anything else new about it apart from the name. I'm optimistic but that optimism is tempered by experience. Which hasn't been very good up until now. Time will tell.

I apologize for mentioning my post. It won't happen again. Yes, Fortnite has taken legal action against cheat makers since 2019. Google it. I would never type anything on a forum that's not meaningful. Here's a link: 

Fortnite Anti-Cheat Update - February 27, 2025

I actually had a post I was working on to reply to you yesterday. Unfortunately, the page refreshed, and I lost the post. Sometimes the universe stops me from doing certain things. So, I decided to just understand your position and follow that. That's actually how I play the game too, just follow my teammates right or wrong. It's the Apex way. I've deleted Apex and redownloaded Rivals, Fortnite, Fragpunk, etc. I would rather play Apex, but it's just easier to play games I'm less passionate about. It's a win-win for everyone. :-)

Neither game balance nor the division of matches by technology is functioning, and many users use cheats, because a search for related words on social networking sites such as X, 
, will find countless distributor accounts and easy access to cheats.
The anti-cheat measures are not working.

I can no longer enjoy Apex this season.The failure of Star Wars has led to massive layoffs at Rispawn and has dimmed any hope for a future where this game improves

If my friends keep playing “Apex” and tell me that some of the problems have been corrected, I may install this game again.

I apologize for mentioning my post. It won't happen again. Yes, Fortnite has taken legal action against cheat makers since 2019. Google it. I would never type anything on a forum that's not meaningful.

You don't need to endlessly apologize. I'm well-aware of the companies taking cheat device makers to court. I was a kid when Game Genie came out and they fought an insane battle in court but due to technicalities, they still sold it. Game shark went on for a while too. 

These companies are have the ability to ban scripts, exploits and anything else in their game. They have the resources but continue to fire people and increase the store. At no time should any type of cheating be able to continue in gameplay. Other games have banned it or the game will shut down. I have reported over and over and I get an email saying "no action taken at this time." These cheat makers are making $5000 a pop on these cheats, this game is a joke.

I agree. I stopped playing Apex a while ago because cheaters already have full control over this game. Playing on pubs (EU server) now, especially in the afternoons/evenings and at night is simply a waste of time and nerves. On Steam there are 200k people online and I'm locked in a lobby with 100-200 people and play with the same nicknames every day? Interesting.

I'm afraid that we are witnessing the decline of FPS games due to the number of cheats, configs and other devices that make the number of cheaters higher day by day, month by month.

And what is EA/Respawn doing? Expanding their in-game store so that we can buy even more.

The balance of legends is a joke. All you have to do is have soft cheats, play on Ash/Sparrow/Ballistic/Alter and demolish the entire lobby.

This game is over for me, but I know your pain.

EAC has never been a good anti-cheat and never will be. I've understood that for many months now.

Either you play with cheaters and stacks of pred and accept it, or you uninstall this game and look for something more interesting and worthy of your time.

I can't even imagine being lumped in with 200 of those cheating scumbags. I agree with your point about FPS games, I think they are finished. Apex will be my last and Campaign FPS will be it. Another great point is the legends are so badly balanced that it becomes you have to pick a cheap character to stand a chance.