Apex Legends hacker banned mid-match amid Respawn anti-cheat upgrades Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends players have been reporting a higher number of live bans in the game than usual and it has the community hopeful that Respawn\u2019s commitment to an improved anti-cheat system is paying off. Respawn Entertainment\u2019s anti-cheat efforts in Apex have long been a topic of contention in the community. The major tipping point was back in Season 9 when the dev team promised some serious upgrades to the game\u2019s security measures to prevent cheating from happening, and it seemed to culminate back in August with the addition of two new hires to the game\u2019s security team. While the difference may have been negligible at first, a new clip has players sharing their recent experience with live bans and how the tides seem to be turning against the hackers more and more often in Season 11. Apex Legends cheater\u2019s live ban shows anti-cheat improvements The cheater in question takes on a few fights towards the end of the game, hitting some unbelievably tough shots as they decimate a good portion of the lobby. After clearing their 16th kill, wixy is disconnected from the lobby without a moment\u2019s notice. The difference between a regular disconnect and a ban is easy to spot, as a ban registers instantaneously on the server whereas a player whose connection has been interrupted will either stand stock-still or repeat the same input that was happening when the problem arose. One commenter confirmed Cobbo\u2019s suspicion about this being a punishment for the hacker: \u201cI think so cos I had a teammate that was clearly cheating and I reported him and it happened just like that.\u201d Another user shared a story about how Apex\u2019s Security Lead Conor \u201cHideouts\u201d Ford is actively working to keep the game safe: \u201cI was watching Bullet play ranked a few nights ago, he died to a 2 stack of cheaters and one getting boosted. He clipped it and send it to hideouts, within 5 minutes they were banned mid-game. Funny s**t to see.\u201d While hacking certainly won\u2019t go away overnight, the steady efforts of Respawn could net them a big victory in the long run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends hacker banned mid-match amid Respawn anti-cheat upgrades Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends players have been reporting a higher number of live bans in the game than usual and it has the community hopeful that Respawn\u2019s commitment to an improved anti-cheat system is paying off. Respawn Entertainment\u2019s anti-cheat efforts in Apex have long been a topic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}