EA has stopped prohibiting cheaters in Battlefield.
EA has stopped prohibiting cheaters in Battlefield.
For the last few months I have seen the same cheaters in Battlefield 1. Same names over and over and over again. Looking at Steam reviews it also is a massive problem with Battlefield V. I have reported them every time I come across them, which now is basically every time I play. Yet they do not get banned. I have seen cheaters running full aimbot, with 99%+ headshot rate, go from rank 1 to rank 150, logging well over 100 hours of full on aimbotting, and I am guessing at least 500 reports by players, yet nothing has been done. They are not banned. It is my belief EA has defunded the enforcement division that handled this. I suspect this happened when they stopped production on new patches for BFV. I strongly recommend not buying Battlefield or any DICE shooter. There is no anticheat anymore, there is no enforcement anymore, it is a garbage experience.
Cheating existed, but early on they often got banned instantly if they were heavily aimbotting—quickly racking up 100+ kills with over 99% headshots. I’d see players removed from games and chat messages announcing it. It usually took around four to five maps before the ban occurred, and I’d constantly grumble about DICE’s slow response times. Now it doesn’t happen at all. I don’t recall seeing that kind of server-wide ban message anymore.
When they mentioned a final content update for Battlefield V around June 2020, I quit playing. Later I returned to Rainbow Six Siege in ranked mode, where cheating also exists... so I stopped as well, finding it frustrating in a competitive shooter. Eventually, I went back to Battlefield 4, which I believe offers more engaging features like dynamic weather and Frostbite 3 with its demolition scenarios (such as Siege of Shanghai, the dam on Operation Locker). I thought EA/DICE had ended support for the series by not offering DLC after the initial purchase. They initially promised five future expansions at launch, but this seems outdated in today’s market. Their decision to stop third-party servers and disable cross-moderator play also limited player interaction. EDIT: I should note they’ve shown signs of internal changes with a recent shareholder announcement. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/in-a-r...0-6480789/ Since then, I switched back to World of Tanks, which I’ve played for years and rarely encounter cheaters, though the matchmaking can be a bit tricky.
They ignore it. They earned their profit, so why bother maintaining a cheat-free game? The next conflict will arrive soon, and they prefer you purchase the latest version to enjoy a cheat-free session before needing to spend money keeping the old one running.
EA isn't famous for banning individuals; they focus on building systems that discourage reporting. For online FPS games, you should anticipate some level of cheating. There are community servers in certain titles, which seem to offer the best experience if you're looking for a less cheating-friendly setting.
You're either missing out on seeing more hackers or everyone is just beginners in this space. Those who seem to be doing well are actually quite rare, not as common as you think.
In BFV the developers eliminate servers. Opposing players leave, counts shrink, teams become uneven. The server spirals into collapse. Users grow tired and simply log off. When a server vanishes they rush to another. Breaking into accounts and adjusting team balance are key reasons I stopped playing.
They started as a strong false positive aggressive presence and then became much less noticeable.