Apex Legends dev explains why they\u2019re not adding Quads RespawnApex started with trios, and has since added duos. Respawn are hesitant on adding solos permanently, and players have been asking for a quads queue as well. However, the four-man squads won\u2019t be making an appearance, with the devs shutting down the idea. [jwplayer OXyCJ7sp] Apex Legends has evolved from being trios-only on release to adding variable squad sizes. Now, duos is a permanent queue, while solos make an appearance in various limited-time variants. Respawn are yet to touch quads though. With 60 players dropping in, there\u2019s potential to have 15 squads of four. For players coming from other battle royales like Warzone or Fortnite, having the extra person could mean keeping the squad together between games. However, the Apex Legends developers have shut the idea down for now. According to design director \u2018Monsterclip\u2019, it\u2019s just not feasible as the game becomes \u201cchaotic in a negative way.\u201d \u201cWhen you play Quads, which we tested early on, the combat becomes nearly untrackable. It\u2019s chaotic in a negative way,\u201d they told players on Reddit. Monsterclip explained that for Respawn, \u201ctrios is the magic number.\u201d It\u2019s how the game was meant to be balanced, and where \u201cthe legend composition really shines and the X-Men vs Avengers fantasy starts to shine though.\u201d With that being said, Respawn have vowed they\u2019d never add a permanent solos queue in the past. That hasn\u2019t stopped them from incorporating it into a LTM though. However, it\u2019d be much harder to go up from trios than go down. \u201cThis wouldn\u2019t be a total deterrent for a limited time mode if the rest of the game wasn\u2019t designed around Trios. Our lobby, for example, is designed for three people. Our loot distribution is designed for three people per squad. Even something like the banners placed around the map don\u2019t have room for a fourth. \u201cThese are all technically solvable problems with enough effort, but because we feel that Trios is the sweet spot we aren\u2019t pursuing Quads currently.\u201d There\u2019s still hope that potentially in the future quads could make its appearance in an LTM, and maybe get enough traction for Respawn to take notice and add it permanently. However, don\u2019t get your hopes up on either of those fronts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends dev explains why they\u2019re not adding Quads RespawnApex started with trios, and has since added duos. Respawn are hesitant on adding solos permanently, and players have been asking for a quads queue as well. However, the four-man squads won\u2019t be making an appearance, with the devs shutting down the idea. [jwplayer OXyCJ7sp] Apex […]<\/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-14550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14550","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=14550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}