Apex Legends replace (Patch 1.2) – Apex Legends v1.2 patch notes analysed

NEW LIMITED TIME EVENT: THE LEGENDARY HUNT

Apex Elite Queue (June 4 – July 2)

• Make it to the Top 5 in any match, and earn your method right into a choose queue filled with Top 5 winners. Then show you’re the perfect of the perfect by taking all of them down!
• The queue is non-obligatory. You can select to play within the common playlist at any time.
• The Ring closes quicker and injury for out of bounds has been elevated.
• Earn character particular badges that observe Elite game wins.

Two Additional Legendary Skins for all Battle Pass Owners

• Players who’ve the Wild Frontier Battle Pass will mechanically get the Legendary Honored Prey R-301 pores and skin.
• Players who attain Battle Pass degree 15 earlier than the tip of the occasion will get the Wraith Night Terror Legendary pores and skin.

Legendary Hunt Challenge Rewards (June 4 – June 18)

• Complete particular in-game challenges to attain free Legendary Hunt loot! Don’t lose sight of your prey – these rewards are occasion unique, and as soon as it’s over, they’re gone for good.
• Legendary Hunt Badge – Finish within the Top 5 in any match. Tracks your longest Top 5 streak within the Elite Queue.
• Rare Wolfpack G7 Scout weapon pores and skin – Finish within the Top 5 in an Apex Elite match.
• Epic Master of the Hunt Bloodhound Legend pores and skin – Finish within the Top 5 in any queue 5 instances (consecutive or nonconsecutive).
• Legendary Tamed Beast Triple Take weapon pores and skin – Win twice in any queue (consecutive or nonconsecutive).

Battle Pass Bonus XP (June 4 – June 18)

• Earn a whole Battle Pass degree if you end within the Top 5 in any match (as soon as per day).

Double XP Weekend (June 7 – June 10)

• Score double degree XP and Battle Pass XP all weekend lengthy! Does not embody the Battle Pass degree earned from ending within the Top 5 every day.

Legendary Hunt Store Skins (June 4 – June 18)

• New Legendary Hunt objects will rotate into the store each three to 4 days – this stuff are occasion restricted, so they could be again, however nobody can say when.

1.2 PATCH NOTES

Known Issues

• “Teamwork” and “Bonus Round” Badges
  • We are engaged on a server facet patch for these ASAP.

  Playstation check in bug for brand spanking new gamers

  • [affects Playstation only] There is a matter with some model new gamers that don’t have already got an EA account linked to PSN being unable to signal into the game. We’re working a repair for this to get out ASAP.

King’s Canyon Updates

• Thunderdome has had some small adjustments to loot placement, largely round transferring free loot into bins for extra visibility on the place the loot is.
• The Pit has about 2x the loot in it
• Repulsor has loot bins added to the west facet of the realm, on high of the trapezoid buildings.
• Some loot added to the underground pit within the small city in Shattered Forest.
• Added voice over traces that may callout Jump Towers if you ping them. You can now ping the bounce towers.

Quality of Life / Bug Fixes

• Decreased the delay with objects displaying up within the menu when looting a Death Box.
• Mini Map path will now show appropriately whereas within the ship or skydiving.
• Improved server efficiency for some circumstances of rubberbanding when utilizing objects.
• Removed an exploit that allowed a squad to have greater than one of many identical Legend.
• Removed an exploit that allowed to “bunny hop” whereas therapeutic.
• Fixed concern the place gamers may “bounce” off your squad when breaking off throughout a skydive.
• Improved skydiving so it ought to really feel extra responsive and clean.
• Thermite grenades now trigger injury to doorways.
• Squad Summary Page Improvements
  • cursor assist added.
  • gamers can now mute / report gamers from this web page.
  • gamers can now report teammates which have disconnected.
• Caustic barrels can now be triggered or disabled by pleasant teammates.
• Added cooldown [.5 seconds] earlier than you may reuse the final zipline you had been on.
• Pathfinder’s Grapple now has a blue crosshair indicator that may seem when the Grapple is in vary of objects it could possibly hook up with.
• When grappling a zipline, the trajectory will now pull gamers to some extent under the zipline reasonably than above. This makes it so gamers usually tend to join with the zipline as a substitute of flying over it.
• Made enhancements to how weapon reticles and optics are displayed when taking part in with colorblind settings.
• Added colorblind assist for menace imaginative and prescient scope and Bloodhound’s Ultimate.
• Removed the power for gamers to alter game settings not meant to be modified on a consumer degree. Our intent is to stop exploits like eradicating muzzle flash, disabling lighting, and different adjustments that give gamers an unfair aggressive benefit.
• We’ve reverted the conduct of “Holster Weapons” so urgent that button whereas your melee weapon is out will not carry out your final main weapon.
• Added capacity to completely customise button structure for controllers.
• Added localized voice overs for all Legends that now helps:
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Italian
  • Russian
  • Polish
  • Japanese
  • Mandarin
• Fixed a problem the place a participant is unable to alter their Party Privacy possibility.
• Fixed the additional sway from the G7 crosshair whereas transferring.
• Fixed bug the place cloaked Mirage was too noticeable.
• Fixed a uncommon concern with utilizing consumables whereas having a Caustic fuel canister out.
• Fixed a problem the place defend cells and defend batteries would generally look like completely caught to the participant.
• Improved framerate when Sun shadow protection is about High in Video choices.
• Fixed concern with the Long Distance Kill Badge not displaying the right max distance.
• Fixed concern with unhealthy framerate when utilizing Bloodhound’s Ultimate.
• Fixed gamers being crushed by opening or closing doorways when climbing onto a roof simply above the door.
• Fixed a crash associated to mannequin code.
• Fixed concern the place participant would crawl very quick in place.
• Fixed some uncommon circumstances of gamers getting caught in geometry.
• Fixed concern the place Octane’s Stim path would nonetheless linger after loss of life.
• Fixed circumstances the place melee lunges may cease too removed from their meant goal.
• Fixed concern with gamers not receiving any XP for something after a match and the Champion Bonus displaying as -1XP.
• Fixed a problem the place generally the audio and visible results wouldn’t play when a weapon fires.
• Lots of minor fixes and polish to game stability and efficiency.

Legend Balancing:

• CAUSTIC:
  • Fortified Passive Perk added: reduces injury taken by 10%
  • Gas Damage per tick elevated: 1 -> 4
  • Ultimate Throw distance elevated: 28 metres -> 33 metres
• GIBRALTAR:
  • Fortified Passive Perk added: reduces injury taken by 10%
  • Gun Shield well being elevated: 50 -> 75

Weapon Balancing:

• G7 SCOUT / TRIPLE TAKE / LONGBOW DMR
  • Lowered leg shot injury discount: 25% -> 10%
  • Reduced base weapon sway by about 33%
  • Reduced base sway pace by about 25%
• LONGBOW DMR:
  • Increased fireplace charge 1.2 -> 1.6
  • Increased journal measurement
    • Base magazine elevated: 5 -> 6 rounds
    • Common magazine extender elevated: 6 -> Eight rounds
    • Rare magazine extender elevated: 8 -> 10 rounds
    • Epic magazine extender elevated: 10 -> 12 rounds
• HAVOC:
  • Increased base journal measurement: 25 -> 32 rounds
  • Charge Beam
    • Reduced value per shot: 5 -> 4
    • Increased shut vary injury: 55 -> 60
    • Increased injury at vary: 45 -> 50
    • Close vary injury falloff elevated: 35m -> 75m
    • Ranged injury falloff elevated: 75m -> 125m
• WINGMAN:
  • Reduced journal measurement
    • Base magazine diminished: 6 -> Four rounds
    • Common magazine extender diminished: 8 -> 6 rounds
    • Rare magazine extender diminished: 9 -> Eight rounds
    • Epic magazine extender diminished: 12 -> 10 rounds
• SPITFIRE:
  • Reduced base injury: 20 -> 18
  • Magazine extender attachments diminished
    • Common magazine extender diminished: 45 -> 40 rounds
    • Rare magazine extender diminished: 55 -> 45 rounds
    • Epic magazine extender diminished: 60 -> 55 rounds

Adjustments to Gold weapon attachments:

• Gold Havoc
  • Now has Turbocharger
  • Now has 1x-2x variable holo sight
• Gold R301
  • Now has 1x-2x variable holo sight
• Gold Wingman
  • Now has Digital Threat

Battle Pass XP Bonus Event:

In honor of Thicc-boi buffs, we’re going to be working a bonus Battle Pass XP occasion. From roughly 10AM PST 4/16 by way of roughly 10AM PST 4/18, your first Top 5 of the day (your squad locations fifth or higher in a match) will grant you 1 full bonus Battle Pass Level (29,500 BPP), as much as a max of degree 110. You can earn this as soon as per day.

We’ll even be discovering different moments through the season so as to add Battle Pass XP bonuses, so keep tuned!

Additional Changes:

• JUMP SHIP SPEED:
  • Increased the pace of the ship by about 50%
  • We felt that the ship was transferring a bit too gradual after watching participant conduct so we’re dashing it up so gamers that wish to drop later within the flight path don’t have to attend so lengthy.
• BUG FIXES:
  • Fixed UI bug the place the mistaken proportion could be displayed for all increase badges.

Quality of Life

• Added the power to occasion up with the final squad you performed with. After the match you will notice buttons within the foyer that show the final two individuals you performed with and may invite them to your squad.
  • When you head again to the foyer after a match you will notice two new buttons that present you the gamers in your final squad with the choice to ask them for one more match!
  • You can select to permit invitations or decide out within the Friends menu.
• Additional behind-the-scenes enhancements for squashing cheaters.
• Added Mute button through the intro and Legend choice.
• When utilizing the Report Player button for PC, you now have the choice of choosing Cheat or Other.
• Made small enhancements to the UI for customizing Legends.
• Added possibility to show off lighting on appropriate {hardware} [for example, Razer Chroma devices] within the Mouse/Keyboard settings.
• Added informative messages that seem on PC for crashes as a consequence of:
  • Running out of reminiscence.
  • CPU errors finest defined by overclocking/overheating.
• Added higher collision to the turrets on Supply Ships.
• Stability fixes to all platforms.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed concern the place the Battle Pass rewards web page wouldn’t have a default merchandise chosen, leading to a largely clean web page.
• Fixed bug for PS4 and X1 the place generally trying to make use of a keyboard to speak may trigger a deadly script error.
• Fixed bug with Banner Cards not displaying up throughout and on the finish of a match.

Jump Pad Phase Walk Interactions

• Octane’s Jump Pad not impacts gamers when utilizing Into the Void capacity.

Introducing Battle Pass Season 1

• Added Battle Pass tab to Lobby.
• Cost: 950 Apex Coins
• Earn over 100 distinctive objects all through the season – all the pieces you snag earlier than the season is over is yours to maintain.
  • Updated dashboard pictures for Season 1 on PC and Xbox [PS4 is on the way!]
  • Updated Main Menu with new Season 1 artwork.
  • Updated the Lobby visuals for Season 1.
  • Updated Apex Legends web site FAQ with data on Battle Pass.

Introducing the Battle Pass Bundle

• Get the Battle Pass, plus unlock your subsequent 25 ranges for Season 1 immediately.
• Cost: 2,800 Apex Coins.

Free Rewards

• Everyone that performs Apex Legends throughout Season 1 can earn the next rewards:
  • 1 Wild Frontier Legend Skin
  • 5 Apex Packs
  • 18 Wild Frontier themed Stat Trackers

New Legend: Octane (High-Speed Daredevil)

If it doesn’t contain diving, leaping, plummeting, or racing, then Octane needs nothing to do with it. Always the lifetime of the occasion, Octane actually believes profitable the Championship isn’t sufficient… not in the event you didn’t cheat loss of life at the least twice to get there.

• Passive: Swift Mend
  • While not taking injury, Octane restores 1 well being each 2 seconds.

  Tactical: Stim

  • Move 30% quicker for six seconds. Costs well being to make use of. While lively, Octane is affected much less by assaults that trigger slowdown. 2 second recharge.

  Ultimate: Launch Pad

  • Deployable bounce pad that catapults gamers by way of the air. Takes 90 seconds to recharge.

  Cost:

  • 12,000 Legend Tokens
  • 750 Apex Coins

Stability & Performance

We’ve received some fixes on this patch that may enhance stability on PC however we all know there are nonetheless points on the market we have to deal with. We additionally added crash reporting so we are able to higher perceive how one can deal with the problems we haven’t solved but and deal with future ones.

• Improved stability for numerous GPU configurations.
• Capped PC FPS to 300 to stability bettering stability however nonetheless letting you people get pleasure from these candy frames.
• Addressed concern with PS4 crashes as a consequence of working out of reminiscence.
• Introducing higher reporting when Apex crashes on PC with out error message.
  • We actually need to repair any crashes individuals occur to get on PC. We additionally respect our participant’s privateness. So, if the PC game crashes, it is going to write “apex_crash.txt” to your “Documents” folder. This tiny file is obvious textual content, so you may simply see for your self that it has no private info. If you select to share this file with us, it is going to inform us whether or not the crash was in Apex or in third occasion software program. If the crash was in Apex, our programmers can use the data to search out and repair it. If you expertise a crash, please embody this file if you report.
    • We defend your private info.
    • You can simply see all the pieces within the file your self; now we have no secrets and techniques.
    • You’re in charge of whether or not we ever see the file.
    • Please submit the file if you create a bug report on our boards right here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/bd-p/apex-legends-bug-reports-en
• Added Report a Player function for dishonest and abuse on PC.
  • Players can now report cheaters they encounter in-game and it’ll be despatched on to Easy Anti-Cheat. You can do that from both the spectate view after dying or when your staff’s Banner Cards within the Squad tab.
  • We have plenty of different work occurring behind the scenes and this stays excessive precedence for us. We received’t be capable of share many specifics of what we’re doing however we’ll try to supply updates on progress for the issues we are able to speak about.
  • As I’m ending the notes this morning, 499,937 accounts and counting have been banned for dishonest.
  • Speed hacking: We do presently have anti-speed hacking in Apex Legends, however it’s not being as efficient as meant as a consequence of a bug that we imagine we’ve recognized and shall be addressing in our subsequent server replace. Will present ETA for it when I’ve it. Working to get it out ASAP.
• Added Report a Player for abuse on Consoles
  • You can report gamers from the spectate view after dying or when your staff’s Banner Cards within the Squad tab.
• Optimized skydiving to enhance general server efficiency.
• Fixed bug the place generally the consumer may crash when opening Apex Packs one proper after the opposite.

Quality Of Life

• Added “Swap LT/RT & LB/RB” / “Swap L1/R1 & L2/R2”) toggle within the Controller Button Layout settings.
  • Lets you rapidly swap what your bumpers & triggers are set to, with any controller preset.
• Added “Sprint View Shake” setting beneath the Video tab.
  • Setting this to “Minimal” may be particularly useful for gamers vulnerable to movement illness.
• Added “Trigger Deadzones” setting beneath the Controller tab.
  • Customize how far you need to pull the triggers earlier than they register.
• Added “Advanced Look Controls” settings submenu beneath the Controller tab.
  • Fine-tune particular features of the look controls for a customized really feel; similar to Deadzone, Response Curve, Target Compensation (goal help), and extra.
• When you relinquish the Jumpmaster place to a different participant you’ll now hear your Legend’s VO line along with the brand new Jumpmaster. The third participant received’t hear it although.
• Improved mantling from a grapple level.
• Pathfinder can now grapple ziplines.
• We’ve added D-pad navigation as a comfort in many of the menus. Our hope is this can pace up searching and enhance accessibility.
• UI enhancements to the KO Shield
  • Shield bar drains to point the remaining well being of the defend.
  • When you will have a Gold KO Shield and are down, we’ve added an impact to the label that reminds you which you can self revive.
• We noticed that the Ring indicator that seems when gamers are viewing the entire map wasn’t precisely displaying the participant’s place so we mounted that.
• Character animations whereas taking injury now precisely mirror the path the injury is coming from.
• Fixed a bug the place occluded sounds would generally sound unoccluded.
• Patched up some points with lacking geo on Kings Canyon and stuck a couple of spots the place gamers had been getting caught.
• Fixed a script error that would occur when eradicating attachments on holstered weapons.
• General polish to game UI fixing some grammar points, improved navigation, and composition of components.
• Fixed PC customers continually switching weapons whereas scrolling by way of objects in a Death Box.
• Fixed concern the place we had been seeing server stability points generally brought on by buying objects whereas matchmaking.
• Fixed script errors that would happen through the skydive.
• Reduced skybox fog.
• Adjusted the code for Supply Bins so they’re much less more likely to kill gamers. If you do nonetheless get killed by one please tell us!
• Made it so push-to-talk is not on when a chat field is lively.
• LT/RT not switches between gamers in spectator mode whereas the map is open.
• Updated the minimap to extra precisely mirror the geo and factors of curiosity on the principle map.
• Adding sound FX to the UI for the important thing binding menu.
• Fixed concern the place a participant’s title wouldn’t present up once they ship a message that reached the character restrict.
• Fixed bug the place generally the Champion display screen decision could be stretched in widescreen resolutions.
• Fixed audio bug the place generally the zipline sounds FX would maintain taking part in after disembarking.
• Added accessibility possibility to switch the subtitle measurement.
• Improvements / fixes for shade blind gamers:
  • Added higher shade blind assist for Blood Hound’s Threat Vision.
  • Colorblind colours per setting are actually displayed within the settings menu.
  • Colorblind settings moved from Video Settings to Gameplay->Accessibility. They are actually utilized on the fly.
  • Enemy pings now use correct enemy shade as a substitute of solely utilizing pink.
• Audio:
  • Turned down quantity when Wraith prompts a portal.
  • Turned down the tip sounds on the Peacekeeper charged shot.
  • Turned down the draw/holster sound barely for thermite grenades.

Legend Balance & Hitbox Adjustments

• Adjusted hitboxes for Gibraltar, Caustic, and Pathfinder to raised align with their shapes.
• Caustic:
  • Reduced cooldown of Traps 30 -> 25 seconds.
  • Increased radius and proximity radius by about 10%.
  • Removed a 1 second delay on the smoke dealing injury to gamers.
  • Reduced cooldown of Gas Grenade 2:30 -> 2:00 seconds.
• Pathfinder:
  • Insider Knowledge
    • Increased the variety of beacons on the planet 10-> 12.
• Bangalore:
  • Double Time
    • Reduced transfer pace bonus to 40% -> 30%.
• Gibraltar:
  • Defensive Bombardment
    • Fixed a bug the place your teammates wouldn’t be affected by Shell Shock. This was meant to be the identical as Bangalore’s final.

Weapons

• Fixed gamers having the ability to shortcut weapon swap by altering stance
• Fixed gamers having the ability to shortcut Peacekeeper rechamber sequence
• Fixed inaccurate auto ranging fullscreen (sniper) optics when base FOV shouldn’t be set to default
• Spitfire: mounted ADS view on Legendaries partially obscured by customized geo. (The Continuum, The Heavy Construct)
• Fixed ADS view being blocked when utilizing Caustic legendary skins with sure weapon/ optic combos
• Digital menace optics: menace highlights are actually extra seen (barely brighter; not affected by TSAA)
• Fixed bug the place Devotion audio generally wouldn’t precisely mirror charge of fireplace.

Additional Bug Fixes

• Fixed uncommon concern the place a participant may get caught on the drop ship and be invulnerable.
• Patched up the opening we present in Gibraltar’s defend.
• Fixed concern the place Lifeline’s revive defend wouldn’t keep put whereas on a transferring platform.
• Fixed concern the place generally gamers would get caught in map geometry whereas skydiving from the dropship or Jump Towers.
• Fixed bug the place gamers may nonetheless shoot even after being downed.
• Fixed bug the place often Lifeline’s D.O.C. drone would keep linked to a participant however not heal them.
• Limited the quantity of Lifeline’s D.O.C. drones that may hook up with a participant to 2.
• Fixed Pathfinder’s zipline not deploying when leaping.
• Fixed a bug with the HUD the place generally the Heal Bar would keep up if the heal was cancelled proper after it was began.
• Fixed a bug the place generally the audio would proceed to play sound FX for the Knockdown Shield even after it’s been destroyed.
• Fixed concern the place generally gamers may get disconnected when unplugging their controller throughout a game.
• Fixed the exploit the place you possibly can do infinite wallclimb utilizing Pathfinder’s Grapple.
• Fixed bug the place generally you couldn’t fireplace the Peacekeeper after using a zipper line.
• Fixed concern the place generally the skybox fog wouldn’t seem whereas spectating after you died.
• Fixed bug the place Banner Cards would present by way of partitions often when considered by way of a really excessive FOV.
• Fixed some odd mild flickering that was taking place on the ballon flags connected to Jump Towers.
• Fixed bug the place generally a participant’s Banner Card wouldn’t present up after character choose.

Razer Chroma Support

Apex Legends will now detect Razer Chroma peripherals and supported units will now play animated colours that react to stuff you do within the game! Some examples:

• Red lights throughout banner transitions.
• While skydiving colours will tune to the colour of your smoke path.
• Picking up loot.
• Opening Apex Packs
• Firing and taking injury.
• Colors that flash when your Ultimate is prepared.
• And extra!