Apex Legends dev explains reason behind removing Hammerpoint in Season 9 Respawn EntertainmentAn Apex Legends developer has explained why Respawn made the decision to vault the Hammerpoint hop up in Season 9. The Apex Legends Season 9 patch is on the cusp of releasing and players are gearing up for what looks like the game\u2019s biggest update yet. From the brand new Legend Valkyrie to a fresh permanent mode in the form of Arenas, it\u2019s fair to say the upcoming Legacy Season has got the whole community incredibly excited. With the Bocek bow also being added on May 4, two new hop-ups in the form of Shatter Caps and Deadeye\u2019s Tempo are being added to the loot pool. In order to make room for these brand new attachments, the Hammerpoint and Skullpeircer hop-ups are being vaulted. This has spurred a lot of questions from the Apex community, who are particularly fond of the Hammerpoint for the Mozambique. In response, an Apex dev has come out and gave some clarity over why they decided to vault the hop-up. Why is Hammerpoint being removed in Apex Legends Season 9? Usable with the Mozambique and P2020, the Hammerpoint Rounds hop-up greatly increases damage to unshielded enemies. While certainly not the most popular attachment, it has made the Mozambique a viable secondary option to finish off low targets in close-range gunfights. However, the Hammerpoint hop-up is being removed in Season 9 and an Apex developer has shed some light on why it\u2019s being vaulted. According to the dev, it all comes down to the fact that they\u2019re buffing both the Mozambique and the P2020 at the launch of Season 9. Read More: How to get higher FPS on Apex Legends – Therefore, keeping the Hammerpoint in-game as it is with these additional buffs would most likely make these weapons overpowered. On top of this, they were attempting to make room for the new Bocek Bow hop-ups. \u201cLong story short, because of buffing the base weapons, we would have to nerf the hop-up\u2019s power so it wasn\u2019t OP\u2026 the hop-up only really works as a high-risk high reward item, so it just didn\u2019t work well anymore,\u201d they said. It\u2019s obvious Respawn has a solid reason for removing the Hammerpoint in the Season 9 update. Although it\u2019ll certainly be difficult to two-tap low health targets with the Mozambique in the new season, hopefully, the buffs make the gun more effective overall. Either way, the devs have also revealed they\u2019re exploring what they can do with the Hammerpoint in the future, so there\u2019s always a chance it\u2019ll make a return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends dev explains reason behind removing Hammerpoint in Season 9 Respawn EntertainmentAn Apex Legends developer has explained why Respawn made the decision to vault the Hammerpoint hop up in Season 9. The Apex Legends Season 9 patch is on the cusp of releasing and players are gearing up for what looks like the game\u2019s […]<\/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-14518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14518","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=14518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}