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Valyakov's avatar
Valyakov
Seasoned Newcomer
8 days ago

Unjustified account ban on BF2042

Hi everyone,

I just logged onto BF2024 only to find out in complete disbelief EA has banned my account from launching the game.

As a long time player since the old days of 1942, I never touched a single cheating or botting software in my life. In fact I’ve always been a staunch supporter of fair, transparent and honest competition and sportsmanship. I condemn cheaters to the bone. First I thought it was a mistake and tried relogging, of course with no avail.

Naturally, I appealed their decision and emailed customer support immediately. I was baffled when EA responded to me first thing in the morning, as they normally take their sweet time doing so. When I read their email, it said they’ve actually conducted a thorough investigation of my case and that the ban would not be lifted. After reassessment of my account support section, the ticket made by me was closed by EA with no further option of reappealing.

Asides from the completely absurd and unfair way to treat their valued customers and loyal fans of the Battlefield franchise, I was provided with zero information as to how I allegedly violated their terms of service, warranting a permanent suspension without further explanation nor prior notice.

Frankly, I feel cheated out of a game I purchased four years ago at full price from a company that doesn’t even seem to have the decency to reach out to me and build a real case to find out what’s going on. All I get is a generic message, possibly system generated with an absolute und completely unfounded statement. I’m at a loss of what steps to take next, as obviously this cannot be their final answer.

Please help.

10 Replies

  • moris45's avatar
    moris45
    New Rookie
    3 days ago

    Are you using Logitech Gaming Software or f.lux( removes blue light from your monitors)? I am running a 1080TI as well and I saw someone with the same card getting banned 2 months ago. I am wondering if this is a common factor. 

  • Valyakov's avatar
    Valyakov
    Seasoned Newcomer
    3 days ago

    I was banned on 1250 PM UTC, April 2nd with no further explanation nor notice.

  • OskooI_007's avatar
    OskooI_007
    Seasoned Ace
    5 days ago

    The only thing that jumps out at me because I am not sure what it is.

    accountChangeLog appears to be when an EA employee changed the account to banned. The accountChangeLog timestamp and ban timestamp are exactly the same, 2025-04-07T02:06:57

  • moris45's avatar
    moris45
    New Rookie
    5 days ago

    Kugel_FINI am not buying bf6 either. After getting my account banned. I wish that they could provide me with log files of what the anticheat software caught as malicious because I have never cheated and never wanted to cheat ever! I hate cheaters yet I am here banned shortly after reporting a cheater last month. 

  • Valyakovwhat day was your account banned? Mine was banned on 07/Apr/25 at 2:06 AM UTC I am pacific time. I downloaded my personal data and it looks like all my sign in are from the same IP during that time. I thought I might have left my work VPN on and it might of caused this issue but that was not the case. The ban says  

    mode

    reason

    context

    gameDomain

    startDate

    platform

    status

    BAN

    COMPETITIVE_ADVANTAGE

    ALL

    BATTLEFIELD_2042

    2025-04-07T02:06:57

    ALL

    ACTIVE

    I played games on April 1st, 5th, and 6th and was banned on the 7th. Didn't log in until the 10th. I suspect anti cheat detected a different game I launched at the same time while having bf2042 running or my logitech software.

     

    The only thing that jumps out at me because I am not sure what it is.

    Event_Type

    Account_Change

    Timestamp

    Event_Status

    accountChangeLog

    [endDate=2093-03-21T02:06Z(null)&reasons=null(null)&readOnly=null(false)&comments=null(null)]

    2025-04-07T02:06:57.282Z

    SUCCEEDED

  • The same **bleep** happened to me 3 days ago!!! I still don't have my account and I have had it since BF3.

  • funny part is that if you play daily, you see daily people who single shot kill enemies without even pointing a gun at you. I dont know if EA does anything when they are reported. 

  • Other than what OskooI_007 has mentioned already (definitely worthwhile to take a look at both of those), all we can really suggest here is to try appealing to EA's ToS team again. However, it may be worth trying to get a copy of the data and check the trusted devices or logins first, as the more information you can provide, the better the chances of a positive resolution, in theory. 

    I should mention, though, that while all appeals are handled by real people, they rarely ever provide specific details and use set-text to keep all of their responses consistent. Also, bans are not always cheating-related, things like chargebacks and communications can also trigger them, although the general reason for the ban should be mentioned in the notification. 

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