I just finished the season BP. I tried the Platinum rank push (PC player) for 6 hours yesterday with the idea that Diamond is something to strive for. My conclusion is it's not worth the effort due to cheaters. At the beginning of the season, we got about one week of "real" Apex play after the ban wave or software change that required them to update the hacks. Now it's a hot mess of "soft" cheaters. They have gotten very good at attempting to hide the cheats. I have watched some die on purpose in an attempt to hide their activity. The biggest cheater indicator use to be how they moved during fights. Players that have mastered their aim also have mastered movement in Apex. A PK is used differently than an EVA8 when considering movement in the fight. Cheaters had one move, run straight in, they don't slide much, climb much, bob up and down, use cover, or strafe. They simply rely on the aimbot to perform the magic for them. As I said, the cheaters are catching on and now incorporate movement so it's becoming harder to notice. The obvious observation is when my whole team gets dropped by one guy crazy quickly, at a speed that requires mostly headshots, then when he thinks he's being watched his combat time goes WAY up and he struggles to down one guy let alone a team. Let's not even talk about ESP hacks, those are even worse and I have watched cheaters track right through the wall until the guy shows up around the corner, perfect timing. I play at high volume and you can't track that good...direction yes, track exact movement through walls...no. The most obvious one yesterday was when my teammate was hiding. Nobody around when he took his position and no way to see him take the position from afar. A fight took place near him and he listened but did not look. After the fight was over the winning squad ran over to his position, flanked the rocks/hill he was behind together and killed him. Impossible to know he was there. Ridiculous. That's my answer to the questions. BP over so I'm taking a break to allow time for the cheaters to get cleared out again. I will check in once every few weeks and see if there is any progress but if it's the same as before then I simply won't play. Respawn missed a big one by underestimating the number of cheaters and how it will affect all the regular players. It ruins the game and makes it no fun to play. Why are they not saying anything about it anymore? I believe it's because they don't have any good news, they are aware it's out of control. Even the streamers I watch are running across cheaters daily. Apex is by far my favorite shooter, it's sad that I can't play it on a level playing field.
