BALANCE UPDATES

Battle Sense

Better health state awareness & feedback

  • Added voice lines for when players are low on health
  • Added voice lines for when players are low on shields
  • Added prompt to heal when players are low on health
  • The healing HUD icon will now flash when players are low on health

Better ammo awareness & feedback

  • Added voice lines for when players are running low on ammo
  • Ammo clip counter will pulse red when in a critical ammo state
  • Lowered position of the Low Ammo prompt on the HUD

Both voice lines and on screen prompts can be toggled on/limited/off in Settings. The limited option provides a less frequent cadence for both voice lines and on screen prompts respectively.

Dev Note: We are continuing our work that was started last season around providing better awareness to the state of the game, and this time we’re tackling the health state. These additional mechanisms of feedback are incredibly helpful for some, but can be overwhelming for others. The addition of a settings menu allows for as much player customization as possible to best suit their needs when playing Apex.

Care Package

  • Devotion returns to the floor
    • Spin up time decreased
    • Reverse Hipfire tightens slower and is less accurate
    • Removed Turbocharger slot
  • Havoc enters the Care Package
    • Improved hipfire
    • Magazine size increased to 36
    • Damage increased to 19 (was 18)
    • Select Fire: Beam Shot
      • High ammo consumption 
      • Deadly accurate
      • Devastating damage

Gold Weapon Rotation

  • C.A.R., Hemlock, L-STAR, Longbow, Mastiff


GAMEPLAY UPDATES

Crafting Stations

  • All Legends can now craft Banner Cards

Loot Bin Reset

  • If a player is near a bin during the reset phase, that Loot Bin will now eject loot (even if that bin was not opened recently)
  • Gold Bins now spawn fewer pieces of gold loot

Dev Note: Even after adding the ‘recently opened Bins eject loot’ logic last release, we’re still seeing issues where players are racing to get that attachment or backpack they saw from afar in an open bin, and the loot bin slams shut denying the pick up. By adding a proximity check, now just being near a Loot Bin during Reset will ensure you can get what you want. 

Mythic Bin Updates

  • Can now be tracked and pinged through walls more easily
  • Improved logic to consider if the weapon you have is already a gold weapon and instead grants a different upgrade
  • Location is now announced before spawning, is marked on the mini & full maps, and a warning is issued in game
  • Time to Open reduced to 10s (was 11)
  • Updated Mythic Bin Icons for better clarity and consistency

Dev Note: Mythic Bins are a big spike in power for the opening team, but it can sometimes feel like a lottery when it appears, leaving little room for counter play. We’re now messaging to the whole game when they appear to hopefully give players the chance to make an active choice to pursue the bin should they wish. This informed choice should feel more fair than it has in the past.

AMMO & ATTACHMENTS

Hop-Ups

  • Boosted Loader
    • Now activates at 0 ammo 
    • Now goes on the Sentinel 
  • Gunshield Generator
    • Shield recharge cooldown time decreased to 10s (was 12)
    • Reduced spawn rate
  • Hammerpoint Rounds
    • Reduced spawn rate

Dev Note: We’ve rebalanced some of the Hop-Up spawn rates to compensate for the amount of power they bring to the table *cough* Hammerpoints *cough*. We like the big power swing and how they set up their respective weapons for the end game, but the consistency at which they were available felt a little too high.