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IRINIMABEE
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8 hours ago

Sudden Ban After Few Rounds of Bot Mode

I am so frustrated. I play this game since first week of the release. A total of more than 3500 hours for all my accoutns combine. This season the bot mode was evoluted and can make gun mastering progression so my main account, which has 6 heirlooms, 1 prestige skin, numerous discontinued and never came back skins, 6000 AC unspent, 150 heirloom shards unspent, 60 green coins unspent, more than 1500 dollars charged, had been playing bot mode for this season all the time. The season stats are all 0 0 0. 

Yesterday after played 4 rounds of bot mode for gun master progession, I got banned. Not during the game, but 20 minutes after I closed the game (I checked EA data). If I used third party cheating tools, charged money using other's credit card, used DMA and some other hardware, I had nothing to complain. There is zero reason and logic to use any "Gameplay Enhencement" to risk my main account if I betrayed myself in the end and become a goddamn hacker. 

The funnies thing is, because of the Gundam event, I really love Char Aznable skin for sparrow, so I decided every single one of my other accounts must have it. So for the first time, all my other accounts had all been played for at least one day (many of them were played 3 - 4 days) in the last 10 days, and none of them was also banned for using "Gameplay Enhencement", and guess how many are my other accounts? ELEVEN. The only difference by the style of playing is that my main account only plays Bot mode, and others play wildcard and rank. All were played on the same PC, same devices, same person, same skill level, same span of time.

I appealed within minutes of finding my account was banned and no reply from the ToS team so far and I am feeling constant anxiety for the past 2 days. If my main account was banned for Gameplay Enhencement, how come all other 11 are safe and sound, there is no chance my PC ever installed any malicious apps to make EAC flags it, otherwise all my accounts would all be banned. The only reason I could possibly think of is I farmed too many bots. Those bots can seckill you and that day was the only day for the past 30 days that each round of the game I won and killed around 20 bots per game without getting killed by bots and exit the game the second I got downed. Is farming too many bots considered cheating nowadays?

Any thoughts? I am so desperate and helpless

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  • You’re not alone. Something very similar just happened to me and I’m honestly really stressed about it.

    I have around 2294 hours in Apex Legends, and it’s my main game. I’ve also spent a fair amount of money on it — in fact, just before going into bot mode, I put 10 euros into the game. I have 2 heirlooms, and I literally got one of them just last week. That’s exactly why this makes zero sense to me... why would I risk an account like that by using anything that could be considered “gameplay enhancement”?

    Just like you, I was playing several matches in the bot mode (Bot Royale or whatever it’s called), and after finishing and closing the game, I suddenly got the message that my account was banned.

    Same situation as you:

    • No cheats, no unfair tools
    • Same PC, same setup
    • Only my main account banned, while my other accounts are completely fine

    If this was really about software or cheating, it just doesn’t make sense that only one account gets banned. And adding money to the game right before getting banned makes it even more absurd. why would I spend money if I was supposedly cheating?

    I’m honestly feeling very anxious right now because this is my main game, and I don’t invest time and money into something just to get banned for no reason.

    What you described matches my situation almost exactly. So yeah… you’re definitely not alone in this.

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