Rocket League is best enjoyed when you know every goal was earned. However, bots and cheaters have disrupted competitive play in recent months. With that, Epic Games has now made Easy Anti-Cheat mandatory for all online PC Rocket League matches.

Easy Anti-Cheat runs quietly in the background, using smart behavioral analysis. It actively detects cheating software and stops botting. The system is designed to flag repeat offenders and those attempting to evade bans.

If the system catches someone cheating mid-match, it cancels the entire game immediately. The best part? Your hard-earned Matchmaking Rating won't take a hit at all.

Plus, the anti-cheat tech learns from player reports and actively learns to block out new cheating methods.

Community mods like BakkesMod will not work while EAC is active. But Psyonix has integrated the modding features into the base game with a native MMR display, randomized custom training, and even team colors in free play.

If a player chooses to turn the EAC off, they can run third-party mods while training and playing offline and LAN matches. Community maps run despite EAC status, but is recommended to keep it off if any mods are being applied.

Epic isn't stopping at just adding the anti-cheat system either. They are stepping up their efforts with far more frequent bot ban waves.

Also, if people get caught selling accounts or intentionally smurfing, they’ll have their Competitive Rewards stripped away. It’s a solid step to clean up ranked lobbies.

Vatira Demands Rocket League Bot Fixes After Epic Games Layoffs

This update comes right after an incident related to the professional scene.

Karmine Corp's Vatira recently took the situation online, pleading immediate bot fixes, calling the current game state a complete disaster for everyone trying to play competitively.

Concerns about the game's future grew as Epic Games laid off around 1,000 employees, which also included some key Psyonix developers.

Vatira feared the main game might suffer the same fate as the now cancelled spin-off Rocket Racing, if the developers didn't act quickly.

Professional players were forced to create private Discord servers avoid ranked matches ruined by bots and DDoS attacks.

Psyonix then responded to Vatira's concerns, promising that the Easy Anti-Cheat rollout and new detection methods were top priorities to protect the competitive scene.

However, the real question remains: will Easy Anti-Cheat actually be able to save Rocket League, or will cheaters find another way around it?

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Written by

Nisarga Aseem Barkule

Edited by

Pulkit Prabhav