Apex Legends Devs Reveal Why it's Hard to Catch Cheaters

Respawn developers have revealed why they have a hard time catching and removing cheaters from Apex Legends.

All of the top live-service games have problems with cheaters — it's no secret. No matter how many steps a studio takes to stamp them out, there will always been some cheaters or hackers that find a way through. It's an ongoing battle. Naturally, developers don't want cheaters in their games, either. It ruins not only the competitive spirit, but the overall enjoyment for the player base.

Recently, developers behind Apex Legends have explained just why it's so hard to stop cheaters and hackers in the battle royale, and why certain cheats continue to go undetected.

Apex Legends Devs Reveal Why it's Hard to Catch Cheaters

Security Analyst at Respawn, Conor ‘Hideouts’ Ford, took to Twitter on Feb. 21 to offer players an insight into the struggle. In response to a player asking about Apex Legends' anti-cheat software, Ford said, "[cheaters] readjust their cheats to not be picked up by [software].

Aimbots can adjust to only hit a handful then miss. Or only hit body shots. It’s an always ongoing battle, especially for things used like wallhacks and UAV."

Cheaters will alter their cheats to make it look as though their a normal competitor, missing a few shots every now and then to appear flawed. Naturally, this makes it harder to distinguish between cheaters and skillful players.

"Instances for super blatant cheaters are very much running and banning tens of thousands of bad actors weekly. Those are the easy ones to catch create automation for," Ford continued.

It seems there's never going to be a blanket fix to combat cheaters, with their tricks constantly evolving. It's an ongiong battle between cheaters and developers looking to stay one step ahead. For the blatant cheaters, though, it seems Respawn is doing all they can. But advanced software still proves to be the main challenge to contend with.