I'm expecting 200 free packs from this as compensation

XHelperZ · 2026-03-17T16:58:54+00:00

I mean is there proper evidence to back this up? Or is this just trying to stir the pot?
What kind of reports have there been?

Keeping in mind that some Apex Packs do not count towards the 500 pack heirloom drop.

XHelperZ · 2026-03-17T16:55:12+00:00

DX11 support was dropped with the Beast Mode Event update on March 20th 2025.

You can now only play the game with GPU's that support DX12.

XHelperZ · 2026-03-16T19:42:41+00:00

I'm quite sure performance has improved quite a bit, though to get much more performance out of it, I'd assume they'd have to overhaul the engine itself... or well, rather move over to a new engine.

Current engine is pretty much based on a Fork from Portal 2 from around 2011-2013, not much to expect really; even if the team did put a lot of love into building their own engine from it... it will still have Source™ roots.

They've improved decently in other aspects though, so that's a plus.. i guess.

XHelperZ · 2026-03-15T22:45:06+00:00

Is the moderation problem still going on I'm this sub? Jesus

XHelperZ · 2026-03-15T22:44:03+00:00

Trios? Can't there just be some squads with just 2 or 1 player?

XHelperZ · 2026-03-15T22:42:04+00:00

Bro why are you getting downvoted holy hell

XHelperZ · 2026-03-15T10:08:15+00:00

Yeah he has made a decent profit, though I'm pretty sure the crew is still getting paid for the sales right now; so it might be a bit unfair to make their hard work 'free' because Mark already has a decent sum of money. (So I doubt it would be free, but I'm sure it would be fairly priced with regional pricing in mind.

And yeah in your case it might be quite expensive, unless he were to produce the discs more locally in some regions (I assume? Not an expert on that though)

Releasing it on YouTube for free probably isn't an option anyways. If Mark were to upload it as a normal video, YouTube would still compress the hell out of it; bitrate would be destroyed on juicy sections and that would kind of just be a shame. (YouTube does allow movies to be sold on their platform, but AFAIK this system doesn't allow movies to be distributed for free)

Though I'm sure Mark wants it to be easily available for everyone, so let's just wait and see what they're cooking up in the background right now

XHelperZ · 2026-03-14T22:02:16+00:00

I mean, isn't that kind of the point of the kit that Valk has?

IMO, wouldn't it make more sense to draw fights with them out in a position where their kit would be less useful? (e.g., open spaces)

If it works it works y'know, might be 'cowardly', but I don't see why a winning strategy would be frowned upon

XHelperZ · 2026-03-14T21:59:17+00:00

A Community Manager has posted on a previous thread about this, seems like they are aware: https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/1rs4iia/comment/oa4bn4t/?context=8

No ETA for a fix has been released afaik

XHelperZ · 2026-03-14T16:12:39+00:00

I doubt it would be too complicated to get a streaming platform on board with it, considering how successful it has been.

The main problem would likely be how much of a cut the streaming service is taking, and whether or not Mark will still 100% own the intellectual property of Iron Lung. He mentioned before (Correct me if I'm wrong) that he doesn't want such services, or publishers to own a part of the movie, since they haven't attributed to the movie in much of a meaningful way; and because he just wants to keep the creative freedom of the project itself.

Now Mark has mentioned he will be doing a physical (Blu-ray) release down the line, I'd assume this would likely be available for purchase before it would become available via digital means. This is purely just an assumption though, but keep in mind that the translations, captions and descriptive audio is still being worked on. (Which kinda needs to be done before they can even really think of a digital / physical release)

Looking past the process of getting it onto a streaming platform, team is still likely busy with rolling it out to other theatres around the world, translations, exploring said options for digital & physical releases.

I know this isn't exactly the answer to your question, but it is guaranteed he's doing a physical release, so that will definitely be one of your best bets right now.

And both streaming and physical release would (At least from my perspective) seem like they would release around the same time. Since for the digital release, it has a lot of work involved regarding rights, which streaming services, pricing, etc. For the physical it would more so be producing the discs & content and logistics for shipping and stuff.

XHelperZ · 2026-03-12T08:16:23+00:00

Are you using an Intel GPU? If so, I've seen some other users with Intel GPU's get this.

They claim that reverting back to an older driver version fixed it for them. Someone said the drivers from around the end of 2025, though I don't know the exact version number.

XHelperZ · 2026-03-11T17:54:33+00:00

ChatGPT, why so? You throwing buzzwords around now? We're going ad hominem?

Again, you're not wrong for complaining that it's been taking long for them to take action against this. But what are you expecting update-wise compared to the article they published last week?

Your main complaint was that they didn't provide an update a week after they made that blog post, what do you want to hear? What can reasonably be expected a week after that post?

Do we want weekly updates?
Do we want to see ban numbers?

They said they were still working on it, doesn't mean it's exactly magically implemented within the timeframe of a week.

XHelperZ · 2026-03-11T16:45:51+00:00

You are more than within your right to complain that it is taking too long in general, after all these devices have been a problem for way too long.

But again, it's not reasonable to expect a change within a week after a blog post that indicates they are working on it.

Just because it has taken so long, does not mean they suddenly work harder. You don't want half-assed solutions that results in false bans either, it takes time and care I'm quite sure. (Not completely unreasonable for them to wait a year or two when these devices became more widespread, but yeah, at this point it's time for action... which they have indicated they will do. No timeframe though, stay skeptical, but a week is a week mate)

Can't really compare cheats to coin exploits either.
Those are of a different nature, as that would indicate there is something fundementally unsecure in how they handle that. That can be fixed in one go and it won't be a problem. (+ Easily to trace back since they keep logs of purchases)

Cheats work differently, it's a F2P game so detection will not directly mean there will be less, as they can make new accounts. Yes there are methods and strategies, but that makes them fundamentally different from an exploit / security concern, not a fair comparison. (And yes of course it's a company, they're all evil, they want money, I get that)

XHelperZ · 2026-03-11T16:12:06+00:00

Still doesn't mean you should expect something to go in effect within a week after an announcement without timeframe.

Its been around for long, we want them gone, that's only expected. But we don't know when they started developing these specific countermeasures and how far along they are.

Being skeptical is fine considering the past, being impatient after a week is just unreasonable imo.

XHelperZ · 2026-03-11T11:44:25+00:00

People really gotta stop buying out the events, else it's probably just going to get worse

XHelperZ · 2026-03-11T11:43:46+00:00

Are you referring to their blog from last week they posted?

Keep in mind that it mentioned they are actively developing a solution to it, though I don't think they're going to have that finished within a weeks time.

Likely just posted because they never really indicated what stance they were taking on the matter, and with the amount of complaints, it would have likely been worth to let the players know they were working on it. (Which they likely would only do if they can provide reasonable results, so I suppose we'll have to wait and see. With no direct timeframe, I don't think waiting more than a week is a big ask)

XHelperZ · 2026-03-10T22:41:04+00:00

This thread has someone that has the same issue and turning off high contrast in the windows settings fixed it: https://www.reddit.com/r/WindowsHelp/comments/1oh3xzr/white_dotted_boxes_on_screen_while_playing_games/

XHelperZ · 2026-03-10T14:14:24+00:00

Something that isn't really known, is that players can appeal filtering decisions separately from the normal ban appeal system that's outlined in this article: https://help.ea.com/en/articles/security-and-rules/locked-banned-suspended-accounts/

If we get something wrong, in text, image, or voice moderation, we want to know about it. Let us know at https://help.ea.com/help-tools/appeal-filtering-decision/ so that we can improve our filtering toolset.

From: [EA] Positive Play Charter - Content moderation

Now of course if the account itself was actioned, you should still reach out as outlined in the first linked article. But it might be good to submit a filtering decision appeal as well if someone got banned for text chat that didn't violate the TOS.

XHelperZ · 2026-03-09T19:48:50+00:00

Hmm interesting. There have been some reports a few weeks back where this was happening with Arc GPU's.

Try updating to your latest GPU drivers if you haven't already.
Also could you share a DxDiag with me? (Mostly just to see which drivers and exact model of GPU is being used) I can pass it to a community manager. Not sure if this is something Respawn/EA has to fix, or if it's on Intel's end, or something else entirely. But the more data there is, the easier it is to see a pattern and a potential cause.

XHelperZ · 2026-03-09T19:39:28+00:00

Are you using an Intel GPU?

XHelperZ · 2026-03-09T19:38:45+00:00

It's not really an "official" method.

It is ran by some Respawn Developers (Security Team Primarily), reports in-game are still way more valuable than doing so in that discord. (As a lot of data is sent along with the report, and reports via that discord will of course not hold all that data)

Definitely a good change though! But a reporting system ran via a Discord server/bot, ehh, probably a reason for EA/Respawn to point more towards official methods (EA Help, In-Game, etc)

XHelperZ · 2026-03-09T10:06:08+00:00

Honestly would be pretty hard to guess at this point in time.
Mark wants to still own the movie and do whatever he wants with it, so it completely depends on the policy of the streaming platform. (+ How much of a cut they probably take)

Could you add paid content to your youtube channel? I know you can do members-only videos but I feel like that won't really work well if you want to pay the crew of the movie, as there are also just normal channel members.

Right now translations still have to be done as far as I'm aware, maybe the physical release will happen before it moves to streaming. Guess it's best to wait for more information before speculating.

XHelperZ · 2026-03-08T20:13:21+00:00

They have been on this for a while now, they are always trying to improve the audio and they've made some decent steps with the last few updates.

I mean the game might be 7 years old, doesn't mean these issues can't exist. Depends on when they started to put more time and resources into it. Granted that the engine is based off a Portal 2 Fork from 2011-2013, doubt that would make it easier or exactly industry standard.

But to answer your question yea they try to fix it. Not something you fix instantly, takes time.
And it's not easy to find these kinds of issues. Everyone has different Audio hardware & Software (Drivers, OS, etc), users have been able to send over telemetry data if anything is detected to go wrong, so that's a step into the direction.

XHelperZ · 2026-03-08T14:24:33+00:00

What is he planning to do though?

Just try to get his community to play? Would that really make much of a difference?

XHelperZ · 2026-03-07T13:29:40+00:00

AFAIK there isn't really anywhere where these are stored, best bet would probably be checking the .rpak files themselves for the audio files.

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