The Anti-Cheat team at Respawn has been busy since early April, confirming that 28,267 accounts were permanently removed from the Outlands for cheating infractions. For those of us grinding through the ranks, this is a massive win for competitive integrity. Perhaps most notably, the hammer fell on nearly 1,000 users utilizing DMA (Direct Memory Access) cards—a sophisticated hardware-based cheating method that has historically been difficult for automated systems to catch.
The impact of these enforcement actions isn't just about the bans; it's about restoring the balance of the Apex Games. Over 6.6 million RP has been stripped from cheaters across both splits of Season 28. While losing a match to a cheater is always a frustration, seeing that RP effectively deleted from the ecosystem helps ensure that the Predator and Master ranks actually reflect skill rather than who has the best external software.
Respawn credits a large portion of this success to community reports. While the automated systems are catching more DMA users than before, the manual tips provided by players are what often bridge the gap in identifying new exploits. As we push toward the end of the current split, the environment feels noticeably cleaner, though the fight against the meta-game of cheating is never truly over. Keep those reports coming—it's clearly making a difference in the lobby quality.
Soren