DICE is holding a Battlefield 5 survey now, & some members of the community have spoken out about it and just wants them to make a good game, and not base their game on "system analysis" and microtransactions.
That's all folks. EA anticheat has now been added into Battlefield V, so it's the end of being able to play it on Steam Deck and other Linux systems.
This joins the likes of Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition, EA SPORTS FC 24, EA SPORTS FIFA 23, Battlefield 2042 and Madden NFL 24 that all have EA's own homegrown anti-cheat that make them simply unplayable on systems running Linux.
Now if you try to run it, you'll be greeted with an error. A shame to see a game that's multiple years old get broken like this and no doubt EA will continue to use their own EA anticheat in future online games. Battlefield 1 is still okay, and Apex Legends is also still running but perhaps it's only a matter of time before EA force it onto those too?
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47 comments in hours bf5 won't launch anymore ea is saying meh not my prob bitch tosses a faq
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Yes counter cheating that is good but when the ea app on pc is still totally broken and these cheaters are on 2042 same anti cheat this is just putting scotch tape on trumps file cabinet to prevent leaks its nothing more than a stop gap.
I mention ea app as for 4years it was in beta then tossed out with 3 year old issues and i still cant not get the products that i purchased on origin yeah i purchased digital but guess what there is no dvd games on pc anymore.
The rough part of all of this is that for those of us on PC mostly be it Windows or Linux based, the anti-cheat sucks up a lot of resources. It kind of reminds me of the conversation between, security and freedom. Too much of ether is both good if managed well or very bad. We just as gamers keep seeing this pop up over and over again. Wish I had some magic wand to stop cheaters... but I don't... hell we just seen what happened with Apex at a high level event.. getting that kind of access and such is not good... but at the same time. Can anyone, one person provide me an example where Anti Cheat has even like a hit rate above 50? I know I'm pulling numbers out of my ass, but it seems the cheaters beat the systems in place time and time again. Where there is a lock, and a smith to make it. We always will have a thief that breaks it.
Battlefield V, getting easy anticheat
We're pleased to share that EA Anticheat will be extended to #BattlefieldV this Wednesday, April 3rd at 08:00 UTC.
You will need to restart your game to benefit from the changes of this Client Update.
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So steamdeck might have issues and those out there that are anti kernal drm will get a surprise. Depending on your setup you also might get new issues as i know rgb software likes to fight with easy anti cheat.
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EA no longer care about making great games like they use to. Games from the mega drive era like desert strike and all the way up towards the end of last game was when they cared about gaming. But since then we have seen them become more and more interested in shareholders and investors money pouring in than they are with customer satisfaction in their products. I'm actually glad to have seen their share prices have fallen in the past 12 months by almost half, as this could possibly force investors to ask for a better product out of EA in order to win back players. But this is EA we talking about so I don't have high hopes they will change soon.
My God I'm so tired of hearing about them blaming a lack of Battle Royale for their failed game.
It just shows how out of touch they are. It's like they think everyone liked everything else in the game, but no Battle Royale was the deciding factor for crap sales. I mean come on. They can't really be that blind....
Don’t use games as a vehicle to push your political agenda might be a good idea as well. They tried to appeal to a larger audience but crapped on their core fans in the process.
I hope they continued to get called out and their sales drop. The more this happens, the more EA take notice. When they take notice they will eventually have no choice but to listen. It's the only way to get EA's attention now.
Look att Bad company 2, copy!