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6 years ago

Can we have a pay to play version to stop the Phoenix cheats?

I love this game, it is the only shooter that I play. My games are Fifa and Total War. I get it, I am not the best player in the World at this. I play socially with lots of Lvl500 people and I can see how to play the game, I am just not quick enough but they put up with me. What kills me and them to be fair, is that all too regularly you can get, for example, shot 9 times in the head from 80 meters by a Lvl 15 player with the 20 kill badge, 4k damage badge, 2 wins. I don't for a moment suggest that this is not possible it is, however it is doubtful that it is possible quite so regularly, especially when he/she does it to the next 5 people in the row, and the rock that they are hiding behind, all of which are videoed and then posted. The account I assume gets deleted and they create another new one, as they have paid for a cheat to abuse and they simply do so.

I am not sure of the solution to this, however I am certain that Respawn or EA are not making money from them in the form of APEX packs or battle passes. So perhaps there needed to be a financial penalty to this, or a pay to play version of the game so that there is a financial impact if you are caught cheating.

If this is supported, can you produce a pay to play say $9.99 or $19.99 version please so that people who love the game, hate the cheating feel that you are at least doing something to combat the rampent cheating please?

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KelRiever
5 years ago
Freemium saves you none in cheaters.
It costs you to buy Overwatch and cheating has always been at least as rampant there, certainly no less.
It is the popularity of the game, and the ease of the cheating versus the anti-cheat practices of the company. Fortnite is freemium and has far less cheating than Overwatch or Apex because Epic is both making far more money and also they are far more vigilant.
Apex has a problem in that their anti-cheat isn't up to snuff. They make plenty of cash too from their game, far as I can tell, more than they would selling it for $40 because people don't really know how to control their purses. It's a matter of their anti-cheat practices not being as high a priority, or they aren't as good at it.