Apex Legends dev reveals Mirage buffs are finally on the way Respawn EntertainmentMirage mains can finally breathe a sigh of relief \u2014 for the first time since Season 2, Apex Legends\u2019 smooth-talking trickster is finally set to be buffed, according to Respawn game designer Carlos Pineda. The Holographic Trickster has had a rough ride in Respawn\u2019s battle royale since landing in the title\u2019s original launch. Gated by a 12,000 token price tag at launch, Mirage struggled to find his place in the Season 1 meta. Fast-forward to Season 4, and his situation hasn\u2019t improved much. Three bug fixes, as well as a small tweak to his ultimate in the Legendary Hunt update were the best changes he\u2019s seen for his under-powered abilities. All this has left Mirage floating near the bottom of the heap. In fact, he\u2019s dead last with a measly 2.40% win rate, according to Dreamteam.gg. Only Season 4 debutant Revenant \u2014 who just got buffed \u2014 comes close with 2.96%. Luckily, Elliott Witt\u2019s time in Apex\u2019s meta cellar may finally be coming to an end. Demands for buffs or changes have reached fever-pitch across the internet, and it looks like Respawn has taken notice; buffs are now on their way. Funnily enough, the news came after Mirage was slapped with an accidental buff in the last patch. His Psyche Out ability was set to a 25-second cooldown. Pineda confirmed it was a mistake, and they\u2019re actually planning to buff him. \u201cOkay guys, I\u2019m only gonna say this once: I feel you people out there talking about Mirage buffs, and the one thing I\u2019ll say is\u2026 it\u2019s coming,\u201d Pineda said. He also added the devs were preparing a fix for the Psyche Out bug. It was shipped soon after. He also jokingly agreed the best buff was \u201ca swarm of bees with little Mirage faces,\u201d which would \u201csting you and make your hitbox bigger.\u201d While that would be fairly hilarious to see in action on Kings Canyon, that won\u2019t be the buff. Ok guys, I’m only gonna say this once \u2013 I feel you people out there talking about Mirage buffs, and the one thing I’ll say is\u2026 it’s coming\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/Ac1XkiNjMG \u2014 Carlos Pineda \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udded (@pinedsman) April 7, 2020 What buffs could Mirage be getting? While Pineda confirmed the Holographic Trickster is slated for buffs in a future patch, the Respawn designer didn\u2019t share many details on what they may involve. That doesn\u2019t mean we don\u2019t have a good idea, though. One ideal buff would be making Mirage\u2019s ultimate more useful. At the moment, activating it simply fires six stationary copies of himself out, but if Vanishing Act\u2019s clones continued to move they could actually bamboozle players. Another option is a similar change to his tactical Psyche Out ability. A fan concept revealed on February 29 suggested turning it into \u201cSmart Decoy 2.0,\u201d which would be able to use all the terrain on the map, like ziplines, to look more lifelike. The concept could be easily introduced to Apex too. After the Dummie\u2019s Big Day event, and the Firing Range easter egg, Respawn has proven they can implement combat-ready AI. Now it\u2019s just a matter of letting Mirage control them. Mirage isn\u2019t the only legend fans have been begging Respawn to take a look at after the Old Ways patch either. Fan-favorite Lifeline may have finally been given access to the mysterious blue bins, but she got nerfed at the same time. Low Profile heroes, including Lifeline, now take \u201cas much damage as body shots\u201d when hit in the limbs. Needless to say, players aren\u2019t happy, and they\u2019re already demanding the changes be reverted. Maybe they will, once Mirage gets his buff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends dev reveals Mirage buffs are finally on the way Respawn EntertainmentMirage mains can finally breathe a sigh of relief \u2014 for the first time since Season 2, Apex Legends\u2019 smooth-talking trickster is finally set to be buffed, according to Respawn game designer Carlos Pineda. The Holographic Trickster has had a rough ride in […]<\/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-14643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14643","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=14643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}