It’s a good point that I haven’t seen explained by the developers besides them casually dismissing it when confronted about Easy Anti Cheat. It’s very well documented that EAC causes performance related issues. For example, see the infamous Elden Ring scenario. Modifying the .exe file of Elden Ring to execute the game without Easy Anti Cheat will substantially boost performance. Besides, what I don’t understand, why have an additional layer of security - which will affect performance - when people already have to authenticate to a central server to gain access. Remember, we’re using dedicated servers now instead of the peer to peer system of Vermintide. Meaning with how authentication works with client to server; you’re either provided or denied service based on the credentials your game sends to that server.