Apex Legends devs are planning L-STAR changes in future update Respawn EntertainmentBoth the Spitfire and Devotion LMGs were changed in the Aftermarket Event update, but, missing from the patch notes was the L-Star. However, Respawn have confirmed changes are planned for the unique weapon. The Devotion has been tearing up lobbies in Season 6 of Apex Legends, so although everyone might not be happy about it, a nerf was probably needed. Both it and the Spitfire have had their hipfire spread increased, to keep it consistent across the LMG class. For a full breakdown of the changes to the Devotion and Spitfire, check out the Aftermarket patch notes. However, the L-Star was conspicuously missing from this hipfire adjustment, despite also being classed as an LMG. Although, it doesn\u2019t necessarily fit into the category all that well. Despite this, Respawn do have some adjustments in the works. Aftermarket LMG updates The exact same hipfire spread nerf applied to the Devotion has also been applied to the Spitfire. However, to compensate for this, the Spitfire\u2019s horizontal recoil has been reduced. While you can still reliably hipfire in close-quarters scenarios with these weapons, you\u2019ll need to ADS if you wish to avoid missing your shots in mid-range firefights. Those of you who have used the Devotion and Spitfire will know just how potent the hipfire can be, so it was only a matter of time before they received a nerf to their hipfire accuracy. What does the LMG hipfire nerf mean for the L-STAR? Many fans have been wondering whether the added hipfire spread will be added to the L-STAR as the current patch notes have mysteriously left this out. \u201cWe try to keep hipfire numbers consistent with similar weapons of the same class,\u201d states Respawn. \u201cSo, the hipfire spread increase on the Devotion is also being applied to the Spitfire.\u201d However, when asked whether this hipfire update would be coming to the L-STAR Respawn Designer, David Bocek stated \u201cThe L-Star is sorta a weird gun. It\u2019s in the LMG category but it isn\u2019t really a full LMG in terms of the stats, it\u2019s kinda \u201cLMG-lite\u201d. We have future plans for the LSTAR, just nothing this patch.\u201d The L-STAR performs very differently to the majority of weapons in Apex Legends due to its overheat mechanic, which allows players to continuously fire until the gun overheats. This means you can maintain pressure if you simply fire in short bursts and have the necessary ammo. To compensate for this, the L-STAR has very high recoil and slow projectile speed which can make hitting targets at range fairly difficult. Because of this, Respawn have yet to apply the same hipfire nerf to the L-STAR. \u201cThe issue with the L-STAR\u2019s recoil pattern is that it\u2019s this squiggly S shape. That means it has constant horizontal recoil one way or another. If you are close enough, that doesn\u2019t matter, but if you\u2019re farther away it feels like you can\u2019t hit anything,\u201d says David. \u201cJust tuning the multipliers on the recoil won\u2019t solve this, so it probably needs a new pattern.\u201d When is the L-STAR update? Respawn have yet to make a statement on the upcoming L-STAR changes, but we will likely hear more from the dev team in the coming months. For now, it looks like energy-based LMG is safe from the current hipfire nerfs. Make sure you follow @TitanfallBlog for all the latest Apex Legends news and updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends devs are planning L-STAR changes in future update Respawn EntertainmentBoth the Spitfire and Devotion LMGs were changed in the Aftermarket Event update, but, missing from the patch notes was the L-Star. However, Respawn have confirmed changes are planned for the unique weapon. The Devotion has been tearing up lobbies in Season 6 of […]<\/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-14707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14707","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=14707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}