Most of the 2000+ accounts recently banned from playing Apex Legends for "dashboarding" or exploiting matchmaking in Ranked mode had been playing on PS4.

They confirmed that of the 2086 players banned on 29th July 2021, 1965 had been playing on PS4, 62 on Xbox, 44 on PC, and 15 on Nintendo Switch.

The ban hammer primarily targeted players caught "dashboarding", players who forcefully shut down the game at the end of a losing match to avoid losing RP.

By abusing it, players can erroneously maintain their high-rank status but thankfully, Respawn noticed the trend.

Ford didn't specify the second exploit - presumably to keep it quiet - but said the bans also targeted those who were abusing a "matchmaking exploit" that enabled high-ranked players to enter low-level Bronze lobbies and take on less-experienced players to farm points.

These are matchmaking bans that have varied lengths depending on extent of abuse.

Sucks to miss the opening of a new season, come back next time around and enjoy the game how its meant to be played.

"Banned 2,086 players early this morning for abuse of an RP loss forgiveness exploit (dashboarding) and abuse of a matchmaking exploit allowing high-rank players into Bronze lobby to farm," explained Ford (thanks, PSU).

"These are matchmaking bans that have varied lengths depending on extent of abuse.

Sucks to miss the opening of a new season, come back next time around and enjoy the game how its meant to be played.".

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