I had to figure out the reason for the ban on my own. After investigating, I found no recent account theft, and I’ve barely played lately. According to the tracker, my last multiplayer match was seven months ago—and it was just one Gold-ranked game. The last time I played consistently was in May 2025, when I was pushing for Master rank in Diamond lobbies. In the past six months, I’ve only been in the training range—why would I even cheat there?
I’ve reached Master rank on both mouse-and-keyboard and controller, invested over 4,000 hours, and purchased five heirlooms. Since I’m from China, I’ve spent several times more on this game than players in Europe or the U.S. I even downloaded my EA data and checked my match history—there was no record of a ban, and no further details were provided.
The only possible reason I can think of is that my IP changed due to using a VPN. Is that really worth a permanent ban? Meanwhile, DDoSers and DMA cheaters are probably still running rampant in-game. They don’t care about bans—accounts are disposable to them. It feels like the system is punishing loyal, long-term players who actually support the game. This just doesn’t make any sense.
And finally, I just need to vent—this game has been my favorite since day one. Back when I was a newbie, I'd die right after dropping, over and over all night long, with the server running in slow motion like time was stretched by dozens of times. My friends and I still found it fun. Later, I got stomped by smurfs, ran into countless cheaters, survived server attacks, and put up with all kinds of bugs. Through all of that, I stuck with this game. Even since last year, when I barely played anymore, I’d still come back now and then just to spend time in the firing range. And now this happens. It really, bad
What was your launch options if you mind me asking?
I have used these launch options:
-dev +fps_max 219 +cl_showpos 1 +mat_letterbox_aspect_min 1 -w 1440 -h 1080 -no_render_on_input_thread
Just got banned for the same reason , having no clue what it is. Was #550 pred on pc. 40 mythic items deep. Account perma banned. Was banned in Jan for same thing but thought it was a bug & got my account back. As of March 2nd it returned and now my appeals aren’t going through. This game is ran by literal clowns. I urge nobody to buy new event. Never know if your next.
