The question and answer session Respawn Entertainment finalized with Apex Legends‘ anti-cheat and matchmaking systems was met with a negative reception by the community. Some burning questions were answered by the Devs, but the plaintiffs felt they had been very far too vague, dismissive, or outright frustrating.
So, what did they really say? According to the English translations of the Q&A into Portuguese (huge shoutout to Grok for the same), Respawn acknowledged the flaws in solo queue and cheating on consoles, and just plain messy ranked matchmaking. But most of the answers were along the lines of “We’re working on it” or “No concrete timeline.” Not very calming to hopeful players.
Something that never really went away in complaints? The cheats, crimes, use of Cronus Zen, and XIM for consoles. “Exploring detection methods” was about as much as Respawn had to say, giving no information whatsoever. Left players like @AntoTheProtoUwU seething: “I love when I report people for blatantly cheating with Cronus but get an email saying no action was taken.” Ouch.
Then we got ranked. Solo players were thrown together with pred premades while their teammates were…shall we say not quite at the pred level? Clear-cut words from @iTzKap77: “Solo queuing Diamond and fighting Pred stacks with Plat teammates is unacceptable.” Respawn answered with “matchmaking is based on mixed RP and hidden MMR,” and well, it still hurt.
Would you even want to get players started on false bans? @ItsJustLeolul claims they got banned for absolutely no reason, whereas @coleslawster got his account permanently banned after not playing for 20 days. Looks like the anti-cheat from Respawn is a far cry from what is real and imagined.
Some of the positives were hinted at from the AMA: wall hack reporting and bot lobbies are in testing for new players. But with salt-thick comments like that from @truthteller_90 (“Most incompetent devs of any BR”) flooding the replies, it’s pretty clear that patience is running thin.
To that, what happens next? Respawn will stay annoyingly the same, just saying: “We’re listening.” The players want actions. Not words. This might very well be Apex slipping if they allow Warzone and Fortnite to push anti-cheat beyond.
For now, the grind goes on. So do the complaints. For Apex’s next AMA, maybe Respawn will put on the table more than “we’re looking into it,” and maybe they won’t. Meanwhile, the Apex community certainly won’t be remaining quiet on this.
