Apex Legends has formally obtained its first steadiness patch.
Available now on all platforms, Apex Legends’ first steadiness cross comes within the type of two nerfs to the 2 hottest weapons within the game proper now.
First, Respawn has diminished the spawn price of each the Wingman hand cannon, and the Peacekeeper shotgun throughout all zones. Conversely, power weapon, and power ammo availability has been elevated.
As for steadiness, the developer felt that the Wingman with a Skullpiercer is at present too robust. Today’s replace diminished the headshot multiplier from 2.5 to 2.25 when Skullpiercer is provided. The Wingman’s price of fireside total has additionally dropped to 2.6 from 3.1.
The Wingman’s hip fireplace accuracy has been decreased, too, due to a wider hip fireplace unfold, and a lower to the speed at which the unfold begins to settle.
The Peacekeeper with a Shotgun Bolt has seen nerfs throughout all ranges of the attachment. Level one rechamber price has dropped to 7.5% from 10%, with 13% as a substitute of 20% for degree two, and 16% from 25% at degree three. This, in follow, ought to improve the delay between photographs when utilizing a Peacekeeper with Shotgun Bolt.
The developer additionally defined its philosophy in terms of game steadiness in Apex Legends. Respawn likes to completely check out steadiness modifications internally earlier than they’re rolled out for everybody. Except when issues are actually damaged, the developer doesn’t desire to launch steadiness modifications as often as different games do.
The cause being that it desires to present gamers time to be taught, and grasp the varied elements of the meta with out having to fret about sudden modifications each time they log in.
As for different under-powered weapons just like the Mozambique, and P2020 pistols, Respawn defined that some weapons are meant to be weak to induce gamers improve their arsenal. This additionally goes for another weapons, these designed to solely be efficient when absolutely upgraded.
None of that’s to say something is ready in stone, in fact, because the developer stresses it’s all the time monitoring suggestions and participant knowledge.
Read on under for the complete change log:
Weapon steadiness
- Wingman and Peacekeeper availability has been diminished in all zone tiers.
- Increased availability of power weapons & ammo in all zone tiers.
Wingman
- Rate of fireside diminished from 3.1 -> 2.6 photographs per second.
- Skullpiercer headshot injury multiplier diminished from 2.5 -> 2.25
- Increased base hip fireplace unfold and decreased the speed at which hip fireplace unfold decays (shrinks again down)
Peacekeeper
- Shotgun Bolt rechamber price has been diminished for the Peacekeeper solely. Level 1 mitigation 10% -> 7.5%. Level 2 mitigation 20% -> 13%. Level Three mitigation 25% -> 16%.
Crash fixes
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