Shortly after Apex Legends launched out of left field, developer Respawn Entertainment banned 16,000 cheaters. At the time, there were 25 million players checking out the latest battle royale to hit the market and that number has continued to trend upward ever since, but so has the number of cheaters.

It now seems that the Apex Legends developer has dropped the ban hammer once again, as many of those banned as part of this new ban wave have voiced their complaints online. This came as part of the April 3rd update and has been rather thorough, as players who even changed their IP addresses were banned after a few hours, with most complaints coming from those who paid for some type of Apex Legends cheating software.

For example, the Apex Legends Chams cheating software costs players approximately $27 dollars, but now those who have even used it once are reporting a total ban, which even prevents them from creating another account to download the free game again. It seems many of these hackers think that this is unfair and unjust punishment and are surprised by how tough Apex is being, with one player saying they were banned despite not using the software for 3-4 days.

On the other hand, many of those who enjoy the competitiveness of the game without cheating or hacking have shown no pity for the cheaters, and rightfully so. Cheaters can easily ruin an otherwise fair and fun experience for many-a-player, so those who have spent hours on the game and leveling up their Apex Legends Battle Pass are in no way responsible for those who were banned.

Moving forward, it seems unlikely that Apex Legends will soften its stance on cheaters, which should hopefully reduce those numbers in the future. That means players can focus on what is going on in the game, with weapons skins of the L-Star recently appearing in-game, hopefully meaning that the weapon is set to launch sooner rather than later.

Apex Legends is out now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

Source: Reddit