Battlefield 2042 to Use Easy-Anti Cheat; “Positive Play” Initiative Announced

Battlefield 2042 anti cheat

With the open beta tests for Battlefield 2042 kicking off next week, many anticipated players have been wondering what the studios’ plans would be to combat cheaters. Well DICE has finally given us an answer, confirming that Battlefield 2042 will indeed be using easy-anti cheat.

Will Battlefield 2042 Have Anti-Cheat?

As announced in an official blog post, DICE has confirmed that Battlefield 2042 will launch with some anti-cheat measuring tools. They will be using Easy-Anti Cheat (EAC,) which has been featured in past EA titles such as Apex Legends and Star Wars: Squadron. Here’s what the studio has to say:

Ensuring Fair Play for anyone that steps onto the Battlefield is something we take seriously at DICE. In short, that means we don’t tolerate cheating, and we have teams dedicated to preventing, identifying, and sanctioning cheaters.

In Battlefield 2042 our first approach to ensuring Fair Play is that we’ll use Easy-Anti Cheat (EAC) as our anti-cheat tool of choice. EAC already has a proven track record in identifying  cheaters, such as within Apex Legends and STAR WARS™: Squadrons. It is also proven to be effective in ensuring your privacy, and security.

Another change for Battlefield 2042 is that due to cross-play functionality, when a cheater is sanctioned it will cause them to be instantly disconnected mid-match and permanently banned across all platforms. As before, we still have the ability to apply IP and hardware bans if necessary. To keep our community a fair place, we have a no tolerance rule in place. There are no warnings and no suspensions when it comes to cheating. If you don’t play by the rules, you’re out. Any actions made on your account can be appealed via EA Help.

Lastly, ensuring Fair Play and combating modern cheating solutions is an ongoing commitment that doesn’t end at launch. While not always visible to you as a player, this means that post launch we’ll continue to invest in developing internal capabilities and technologies that augment 3rd party anti-cheat solutions, provide multiple layers of defense, and ensure our games are fair and fun for everyone.

Easy Anti-Cheat will be in place for both the Open Beta from October 6th to October 10th, and for the full release of Battlefield 2042 this November.

Furthermore, with consoles now being able to support mouse & keyboards, DICE did also confirm that Battlefield 2042 would not support those input devices on consoles, at least for now. They note that they will be exploring some options, along with how it may affect cross-play though have nothing definite to share whether it will come or not.

While sticking to the subject of keeping it’s community safe, DICE has also revealed a set of guidelines to help promote “positive play.” Breaking some of these may result in account restrictions, and/or permeant removal from their services entirely without warning.

Battlefield Community Charter 

  • Treat Others As They Would Like To Be Treated – Squad up and play the objective, together. We won’t tolerate players who negatively disrupt or engage in harmful behavior towards others.
  • Keep Things Fair – Be on the right side of the fight. If you see players breaking the rules, report them.
  • Share Appropriate Content – Don’t fight dirty. Make sure whatever content you’re sharing is appropriate for Battlefield players.
  • Keep Things Honorable – Protect your squad. Keep it legal in Battlefield, and do not participate or encourage in dangerous or illegal activities.
  • Respect others on the Battlefield –It costs nothing to treat your fellow players with dignity. Cooperate with your squad and show new players the ropes by providing helpful pointers.
  • Fight cleanly – Don’t harass, threaten, bully, spam, or do anything else to another player that is unwanted. Treat everyone with the same level of respect you’d like them to treat you with.
  • Report violations of protocol – See someone harassing or impersonating another player or partaking in hateful conduct? Or do you feel unsafe while playing a match? Use the in-game report function, or let us know via EA Help.
  • Report feedback – Do you have feedback about a particular feature or issue you’ve run into during your time with Battlefield 2042? Let us know through our Battlefield forums.
  • Don’t cheat – Don’t do it. Don’t even think about doing it. Cheating includes using exploits, undocumented features, design errors, bugs or other problems that unfairly give you the leg up on your opponent. Fair play is an essential part to maintaining the enjoyability of the Battlefield experience – don’t be the person who ruins everyone’s day.
  • Don’t be a nuisance – Actively annoying players by spamming chat with distracting messages or blocking other players’ access points to the objective is just as bad as cheating.
  • What’s yours is yours. Protect it. – Do not trade or sell your EA account to any players, and do not buy an EA account from other players.  It’s against our rules and may be actioned. To keep your account safe, we recommend you turn on Login Verification.
  • Learn the rules of engagement – Battlefield has a variety of modes with different objectives and rules. Take the time to learn and understand the requirements of each mode, either by learning from the in-game tutorials, other Battlefield 2042 players, or EA Help.
  • Protect your squad. Keep it legal in Battlefield and do not participate in or encourage dangerous or illegal activities. This includes:
    • Blackmail
    • Doxxing
    • Drug use
    • Extorting
    • Fraud
    • Gambling
    • Making personal or terrorist threats
    • Swatting
    • Soliciting minors for sexual imagery or favors

Outside of the anti-cheat and anti-toxicity stuff, EA has also rolled out quick tutorials on some of the game’s new mechanics! Check out how to use to use the Plus weapon attachment system, and more right here.

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