Everyday I play for a few hours as a casual person and I'm constantly seeing aimbotting in Apex Legends ranked.
I always report these players but feel let down by EA because I am seeing it every day and when reporting the cheating players, there is no confirmation of it was cheating or not.
I can see why the game is dying which is a shame.
Apex’s anti-cheat team is seriously letting the console community down.
How are people who have been cheating for multiple seasons still getting away with using Zens and Titans? You run into the same names every split, using Havocs and Devotions to beam people from 300 meters with virtually no recoil. These aren’t subtle cheats either.
What’s even more frustrating is that some of these players literally stream on TikTok, brag about what they’re doing, and somehow they’re still playing every day. Meanwhile, we’re constantly told the anti-cheat team is “cracking down” on cheaters. Where? Because we’re still seeing the same players in our lobbies.
At this point it feels like almost every Pred lobby on console has people abusing third-party devices. So what’s the point of the report button? Does it even work? Is anyone actually reviewing these reports? How many reports do you need before action is taken?
People are getting tired of wasting their time. They’re leaving Apex for games like Fortnite, Marvel Rivals, and Call of Duty because they’re tired of feeling like they’re fighting cheaters instead of other players.
It’s been years of this. The community has been reporting it for years. We love Apex—that’s why we’re still here asking for something to change. But if nothing is done, the game will keep losing legitimate players while the cheaters keep playing.
At some point, the biggest threat to Apex won’t be a lack of content—it’ll be the players who stop logging in because they no longer believe the game is being protected.
I'll say this yet again. Respawn/AE doesn't hardware/kernel ban because those people would be permanently gone, significantly reducing their online player stats that dictate the game's success or lack thereof. Banning accounts gives the impression they're doing something even though we all know these cheating POS simply create another account and return within 10 minutes - that's why you see so many sub-20 level players cheating.
I feel your pain. I've reported easily over 100 cheaters in-game, and have received notification of around maybe 15 bans. Reporting does nothing.
I've been playing in duos for over a week now, and every few games I see these people on new accounts, like level 5 or 15.
So EAC doesn't catch everything right away. So we're back to the same situation. These people will then enter ranked games and AFTER SOME TIME they'll be banned.
But before that, they will make the game unpleasant for honest players long enough.
I know a few people who still play on PC, cheating on Wildcard for several seasons. And what? And they're still playing. :)
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