System Override, Apex Legends‘ new two-week-long Collection Event started last night, bringing a flurry of new skins and weapon charms, and treating us to a new game mode with some fancy-sounding shields. Respawn have also decided to give Octane a knife – it’s part of his shiny new Heirloom set, and there’s some adjustments to the best way these heirlooms work, too.
New fairly occasion issues aren’t the one fascinating updates to the game, nevertheless. The builders have additionally fastened the terrible muzzle flash downside, so now you possibly can really see who you’re taking pictures at whenever you intention down sights.
That new game mode, Deja Loot, takes away the random loot spawns and as a substitute makes it so all the things all the time spawns in the identical place, each match. I, for one, can’t wait to observe hordes of gamers drop on the one place they know the gold resurrection defend is. Though, it does sound like it might get boring quickly.
Deja Loot will happen on the World’s Edge map this week, then on Kings Canyon from Tuesday 10th. This game mode will even characteristic the flowery new EVO shields, which improve to present you extra safety the extra injury you do, ultimately permitting them to take extra injury than prime tier purple ones.
There’s plenty of good cyberpunk-esque skins you possibly can earn as a part of the gathering occasion which you can see within the trailer above, however the coolest new beauty addition is Octane’s butterfly knife. This is a part of Octane’s Heirloom set which you will get free of charge for those who purchase all of the occasion cosmetics, or will go into the overall Heirloom pool after System Override ends.
The manner you get Heirlooms is altering, too. Now, as a substitute of getting a selected one whenever you open an Apex Pack, you’ll get given Heirloom Shards so you possibly can resolve who’s Heirloom set you need. You don’t have to decide on instantly both, so in case your favorite Legend is but to get their particular set, you possibly can hold maintain of your shards till they do.
Now, for those who’ve seen you’re hitting extra pictures in Apex right this moment, it’s in all probability as a result of you possibly can see previous the muzzle flash in your weapons now. Muzzle flash has been an issue because the game launched, primarily making it fairly rattling laborious to see something whilst you have been firing. Here’s a comparability to what the flash was like earlier than and after the adjustments because of a pleasant neighbourhood redditor:
Muzzleflash-comparison. R-99, Havoc, L-Star, Flatline, R301, Spitfire. Firing Range+Ingame. from r/apexlegends
All of this comes by way of a fairly chonky replace, so prepare for a 16 gigabyte obtain for those who’ve but to put in it. While this occasion definitely isn’t 16gb price of content material, Respawn said that this large patch means all the longer term ones can be lots smaller. It’s price noting that some gamers (myself included) have had points with the replace too, so for those who haven’t put in it simply but, I like to recommend keeping track of the obtain whenever you do.
The System Override occasion runs from March third till March 17, and you will discover out extra on the event page, and take a look at extra particulars in the patch notes.
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