The Source code was stolen just before BF2042's Release, causing them to abandon and focus on upgrading the engine to support BF2042's (insert opinion) release. This has led to the massive cheating problem that was always a problem but never dealt with until you get the obvious cheaters as they can always plausibly deny. You play any server and there will be multiple guys scoring 60+ kills with 1.5-3x" the next guy's score. Then there are the regular ESP guys flying planes and picking flieg individuals off the map, behind bushes wherever. The obvious cheaters are only the tip of the iceberg compared to the regular problem that has been present for quite a while.
If this is the case they might just cancel the online features because having those blatant cheaters in every server makes it unplayable anyway.
Meanwhile they still sell their product for full price and there blatant lies of their 'our anti-cheat approach in battlefield V.
You don't just leave a community of 16000 players like that.
There seem to be a good reason for EA being voted top 3 worst company in the USA for many years in a row and you can see why.
Even better: Stop releasing online games before you can guarantee players (mostly teens and kids btw) to be able to play in a cheat free environment.
Me personally hate the idea that my 13 yr old son who starts to like online games has to play with those adult cheating creeps who obviously have developed some mental disorder.
