Apex Legends dev defends Caustic changes after \u201cdevastating\u201d nerfs Respawn EntertainmentRespawn\u2019s nerfs for Caustic in the Chaos Theory update patch set the community off. While some think the balance changes are great for the game, Caustic mains are concerned for the state of the Legend \u2013 but Respawn are cautiously optimistic. We already know that regardless of community sentiment, the Apex Legends devs are constantly monitoring how Caustic is performing in the wake of his latest round of updates. But to give a bit more context on the move, Associate Live Balance Designer John \u2018JayBiebs\u2019 Larson explained why Respawn \u201cspecifically targeted a damage reduction\u201d instead of the Toxic Trapper\u2019s other strengths. Calculations of Caustic\u2019s gas damage by Redditor \u2018DarthSatoris\u2019 showed the nerfed version of Nox Gas leaves a lot to be desired: \u201cJust to hammer home how ridiculous the Nox Gas nerf is, I\u2019ve run the numbers and they are devastating.\u201d But JayBiebs sees it a different way. While the nerfs could be seen as significant, the extended damage output from the barrels isn\u2019t \u201cvery applicable\u201d since Caustic or his team have been punishing anyone that stays in them for that long, according to the dev. \u201cThe goal of the change is to give the enemy team some power to close out fights against Caustics once they have a numbers advantage,\u201d JayBiebs said. \u201cAll in all, gas still does direct health damage and there are plenty of reasons to not fight in gas unless you\u2019re a Caustic\u2026 In our balancing conversations, this seemed like the fairest way to remove some power and frustration without being pattern breaking from a Caustic play style perspective.\u201d In Respawn\u2019s playtests, JayBiebs said that the nerfs didn\u2019t really \u201caffect how I approached gas fights (both as and against Caustic) in most scenarios,\u201d so the goal was to give non-Caustic players more agency inside of the Nox fumes. Caustic\u2019s gas won\u2019t be hitting as hard as before, but Respawn are hoping that the utility it provides in classic gas traps will still be valuable for teams given its vision obstruction and slowing effects. From JayBiebs comments, Respawn aren\u2019t looking to gut the Toxic Trapper\u2019s power but they\u2019re still trying to find the perfect balance to him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends dev defends Caustic changes after \u201cdevastating\u201d nerfs Respawn EntertainmentRespawn\u2019s nerfs for Caustic in the Chaos Theory update patch set the community off. While some think the balance changes are great for the game, Caustic mains are concerned for the state of the Legend \u2013 but Respawn are cautiously optimistic. We already know that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}