That little ban wave changed absolutely nothing. Ranked somehow feels even worse now.
I’m seeing more Preds than Diamonds in Diamond lobbies, and the “solo queue” experiment is a joke. Preds are still finding ways to queue together, so the people actually solo queuing are the ones getting punished.
The ranked system is still broken. If you’re going to ban cheaters, great—but fix the matchmaking too. Right now it just feels like the same problems with a different headline.
Sorry, we all know that account banning does absolutely nothing but stall the cheaters for the 10 minutes it takes to create a new account. Zeus claimed you are hardware banning some ranked players - do this for all cheaters and this problem will finally be solved. And yeah, you'll lose 10K players permanently, but when word gets out that Apex is fair again, people will come back.
Community ManagerHi Papi956,
I understand why it feels that way. If Ranked still feels this rough after the recent ban wave, I can see why that would be frustrating.
There was a recent update from the Anti-Cheat Team mentioning that a new detection system had already removed over 1,000 accounts in its first week, including Xim and Titan users, and that this work is ongoing rather than a one-time action. So the anti-cheat side is still actively being worked on.
That said, I also understand your point that banning cheaters alone doesn’t automatically fix the overall Ranked experience if matchmaking and solo queue still feel off.
Thanks for spelling it out so clearly. I’ll make sure this feedback is noted along with the wider concerns being raised around Ranked matchmaking, Pred-level players in Diamond lobbies, and solo queue balance.
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