Apex Legends dev hints at Gold Knockdown nerf after Ranked concerns Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends Game Designer John \u2018JayBiebs\u2019 Larson has hinted that Gold Knockdown shields could be getting some sort of nerf in Ranked, following community feedback. The Apex Legends community has been split on the inclusion of Gold Knockdown shields in Ranked since Season 13 began. Even pro players like TSM\u2019s Mac \u2018Albralelie\u2019 Beckwith have called for the removal of Gold Knockdowns in Ranked after much discussion around the issue. Now it seems that the developers have listened to the feedback as Game Designer John \u201cJayBiebs\u201d Larson has tweeted out hinting that Gold Knockdowns may be getting an adjustment sometime soon. Apex Legends dev responds to Gold Knockdown shield concerns Larson first tweeted that he had been \u201cgrinding ranked this week\u201d to gather experience about the current state of Ranked Reloaded in Season 13. After confirming he\u2019d been watching streams and browsing social media to assure fans the team is listening, Larson tweeted \u201cSelf-rez feedback heard loud and clear.\u201d While Larson simply acknowledged that the team had heard the feedback, the wording \u201cloud and clear\u201d makes it sound as if the team is going to make some major adjustments coinciding with the community\u2019s discontent with Gold Knockdown shields. Whether this means an overhaul, some kind of nerf for Ranked, or outright removal from the game is yet to be confirmed. Still, some players seem unsure of how best to deal with Gold Knockdowns with the current state of Apex Legends. TSM\u2019s Phillip \u201cImperialHal\u201d Dosen responded to the tweet saying that some only think it\u2019s become an issue due to \u201cthe influx of gold items from armories\u201d suggesting the development team may simply want to adjust that instead. Others, however, are more on the fence about a potential change with Twitter user @mjbnow saying that it\u2019s simply \u201cthe loud minority complaining about it.\u201d Regardless, it appears the Apex Legends\u2019 development team is fully aware of the unrest surrounding Golden Knockdown shields and will likely address it sometime around the next Ranked split.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends dev hints at Gold Knockdown nerf after Ranked concerns Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends Game Designer John \u2018JayBiebs\u2019 Larson has hinted that Gold Knockdown shields could be getting some sort of nerf in Ranked, following community feedback. The Apex Legends community has been split on the inclusion of Gold Knockdown shields in Ranked since Season […]<\/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-14563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14563","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=14563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}