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Re: I was just banned in BF6

Hello, I was perm banned yesterday for "competitive advantage" with only like 30 hours logged on Steam and actually less than that since I frequently sit at the menu or have to do work-related things. I first off want to say I have never once in my life cheated in any game ever, never abused exploits or loopholes or anything. Never did the glitches going around in Battlefield 6 currently and my husband and I despise those that do. Our friend group has a zero tolerance policy of engaging with or anything whatsoever to do with cheating, macros, anything of the sort. I have a 0.2 KD and only play just to have fun with my husband. I run around and knife people and play like a complete goofball most of the time because that's how we have fun. Jeep stuff is my life.
I've played every single Battlefield game with my husband for over a decade on PC and he just set up a new PC for me with his hand-me-downs and a fresh install of Windows leading up to the BF6 beta and we finished the build maybe 2 or 3 months ago. I've never installed any software or macros or anything and I have just a few games and the utility-type software for GPU and whatever else is necessary and that's it. He's still able to play fine with our other friends and now they are all terrified of getting false banned for doing nothing.
He looked over my PC and checked every possible reason I could have been banned but I didn't do anything wrong and we came up empty-handed. We were playing mid-match on Cairo and just got booted with a ban email and notice shortly after. In the days before that happened my game would crash when loading to a new map from a completed game and then that cycle repeated all the time. My husband tried deleting and reinstalling the Nvidia drivers, clearing the shader cache and reinstalling the game completely and we thought it worked until it happened once yesterday and then the next game mid-match I was banned.
I am so upset that we can't play together and I feel like I'm missing out on the new season and content. I put in a ban appeal but it's been over 24 hours and I'm losing hope. I've seen horror story upon horror story of ban appeals being denied or ignored. I didn't deserve this and I don't understand why this is happening to me. Idk if it's a different person that should have been banned and they banned my account on accident or what but I'm left in the wind. I have zero bans in anything ever for almost 15 years and I truly am terrified that I'll not get to play and they took my money and I'll never get any sort of justice for what's happening.
I read that no one can really do anything here but I wanted to vent and let others know that false bans are indeed a thing and I'm currently living through it right now. If someone can at all escalate my issue I'll let EA look at my PC or take whatever logs or anything they need to make sure this doesn't happen to anyone going forward.
Thanks for reading and hopefully they get me back in soon. Also, if I knifed you and then dip-dip potato chipped you I'm sorry.

20 Replies

  • RedComet8988's avatar
    RedComet8988
    New Rookie
    4 months ago

    Did you use third party mouse macro to remove recoils? That can be detected when you’re reported because the patterns are static. Even those AI anti-recoil programs that change patterns can be detected.

  • DrPepperSlurpee's avatar
    DrPepperSlurpee
    Seasoned Novice
    4 months ago

    I wish I could believe you but, if you were banned, it was probably because you were cheating using some form of software hack or hardware hack like Cronus Zen. Right now, the cheating is pretty out of control. Here is a screenshot I took today from a video posted 2 days ago AFTER the 10/28 patch. 

    [Image removed - CM]

  • 0_Katsui's avatar
    0_Katsui
    Seasoned Ace
    4 months ago

    You guys are overly skeptical;
    I have run the OCE BF1 servers for 6 years now and I can confirm there are HUNDREDS of bans by EA to non-cheaters, currently perhaps monthly. Also, no evidence ever provided, and they reject all your appeals.

    This is based on Battlefield 1 obviously, and the community I run there (over 3,000 people in our discord currently). However I have heard numerous events of this happening in BF6, and would strongly suggest that EA has false detection going on.

    Even my seeders have been banned by EA at various different points, as accounts that don't even play or spawn in, with 0 kills, on a fresh windows install and with nothing functioning/installed on the laptop except BF. Perhaps it's their anticheat, but they're DEFINITELY stuffing up something. And the people, like above, posting this stuff are far too common; cheaters tend to know they cheated and rarely actually appeal like this - speaking from experience again as an admin of multiple BF6 servers for 6 years.

    EA is stuffing up.

  • Hudson1531's avatar
    Hudson1531
    Seasoned Ace
    4 months ago

    Sorry my friend thats bad luck-i think ive seen ONE ban in bf6 appealed, anything your using may have tripped it for other games but it is what it is. 

  • Gripen888's avatar
    Gripen888
    Rising Adventurer
    4 months ago

    Don't worry, you're not alone. There are a lot of people here and on the forum who have the same problem and the moderators have sorted them all out here in this post:
    https://forums.ea.com/discussions/battlefield-6-general-discussion-en/i-was-just-banned-in-bf6/12735886
    After about 19 days of fighting, I got to the current state where I still have an "active" ban in the system, which was canceled and deleted on 10/23/2025, but I still won't join the game - even though I was officially unbanned.
    Unfortunately, I can't contact support in any way anymore. They probably blocked my IP address.

  • hubertmartinez's avatar
    hubertmartinez
    Rising Rookie
    4 months ago

    EA is frustrating I bought 3 copies for me and my boys now i got banned 

  • PeoriaEvolved's avatar
    PeoriaEvolved
    New Rookie
    4 months ago

    Nothing of the sort. I don't have anything software or hardware wise that is in anyway related to cheating. Like I said, I have 0.2 kd and am. Usually bottom of the scoreboard. 

  • s0ewhat15's avatar
    s0ewhat15
    Seasoned Novice
    4 months ago

    EA has a faulty anti cheat. I was unbanned this morning. I was also banned for the same reason.

  • SlapZtickz's avatar
    SlapZtickz
    New Traveler
    4 months ago

    If you really have 0.2 kd you need a cheat to operate your cheat better 😁. But seriously this would at least make your cheating doubtful

  • Commander-Mogwai's avatar
    Commander-Mogwai
    New Adventurer
    4 months ago

     

    Players have been banned due to background applications or system configurations that the game’s anti-cheat system (Javelin) flags as suspicious. This can include old communication programs, FPS lockers, or even system utilities that interfere with secure boot or TPM settings, Even using OBS or Logitech overlays, RGB software etc

    Some players receive bans for “enhanced gameplay” without clear explanations. These bans can occur immediately after logging in, not necessarily during active gameplay, and may be triggered by overlays (like OBS), fresh game installs, or level-ups

    The anti-cheat system may mistakenly flag legitimate hardware or software as cheating tools, especially if they interact with game processes in unexpected ways.

  • Amshn0ck's avatar
    Amshn0ck
    Seasoned Scout
    4 months ago

    I doubt it's a false ban. I have seen a post on here from the same guy I have ran into a few times in different games. He was using the cronus zen. Dude says he was falsely banned and has never cheated lol. Yah OK. But good luck 

  • devvbot's avatar
    devvbot
    Rising Novice
    4 months ago

    Also received a ban on Oct. 30, 2025 which im thinking is due to face it AC. Flagged as Game play enhancement. Shame I only got to play for Appeal is sitting at Waiting on Studio. So fingers crossed.

  • PeoriaEvolved's avatar
    PeoriaEvolved
    New Rookie
    4 months ago

    Im playing on PC, I dont even really know what a cronus is...... I have never used anything ever. It is in fact a false ban. 

  • supgod9000's avatar
    supgod9000
    Rising Novice
    4 months ago

    hey idk if you found anything out, but from what i've seen been tossed around is if you have an AMD processor with "core parking" on then you WILL get false perm banned for that. i sent a request out the day the new season dropped and they only just denied my request but i'm sending out another hoping for the best. Good luck to you  

  • CaptMcShotgun's avatar
    CaptMcShotgun
    Seasoned Hotshot
    4 months ago

    Another low IQ accusation from someone who just throws around words he's seen online LOL

  • hubertmartinez's avatar
    hubertmartinez
    Rising Rookie
    4 months ago

    Seriously? that makes so much sense this is my current processor 

    AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor            (4.20 GHz)

    my appeal was rejection and it's getting more frustrating,

  • VanKelmen's avatar
    VanKelmen
    Rising Rookie
    4 months ago

    Yes, I was banned for the same reason, most likely because I used an autoclicker to host a lobby with bots. I was banned on October 24th and I already filed the first appeal, which was rejected (by robot or automatically) because the response took 5 days, including weekends, on October 29th I filed a second application and now I'm waiting for a response. As I read in other topics, the answer can go up to 17 days.

  • supgod9000's avatar
    supgod9000
    Rising Novice
    4 months ago

    yep, it said that only the newer procesors had the core parking (ryzen 9s), but i have a  AMD Ryzen 5 5600G  3901 Mhz, 6 Core(s), and still got flagged for it. today's my  birthday tho im hoping they'll unban me for a nice present lol 

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