Apex Legends devs considering different buff ideas for Loba Respawn EntertainmentDaniel Klein, lead game designer at Respawn Entertainment, has suggested that a Loba buff could come soon to Apex Legends, but that the High Society Thief is currently in a \u201cpretty good\u201d spot. Added back in Season 5, Loba has perhaps had less of an impact on the Apex Legends meta than some of her counterparts. She\u2019s not necessarily underpowered, but it\u2019s hard to really class her as a game-changing legend in Apex\u2019s Season 7 meta. The buff to Black Market Boutique enabled her to become a significant contributor to her teams, pulling her out of the dwindling period she found herself in during Season 6. However, her relative mediocrity when compared to some of the game\u2019s stronger characters \u2013 Wraith, Gibraltar, and Bloodhound \u2013 has naturally led to her fans asking for a buff. One Redditor, \u2018ApexFan12\u2032, suggested a small Loba buff to Daniel Klein, Respawn\u2019s Lead Game Designer. Klein can be found frequently active on Reddit, interacting and replying with fans of the battle royale. \u201cYou know how Pathfinder\u2019s cooldown is based on how far he goes,\u201d the Redditor said, \u201cI was wondering if there\u2019s any way you can do the same thing with Loba, where her tactical cooldown is based on how far her bracelet goes\u2026 There\u2019s been many times where I\u2019ve accidentally thrown it right in front of me and then have to wait 30 seconds for it to recharge.\u201d The suggestion seemed to appeal to Klein, who replied: \u201cDefinitely could do that! Could also just shave off time in general. I think the animations pre and post use could also do with some tightening. Thing is, she\u2019s pretty good right now. Will let her rest for a patch or two.\u201d Responding to another user about simply making the bracelet travel faster in the air, Klein described that buff as a \u201clast resort\u201d. \u201cIt would require some work on the visual effect to make it look good and it has the highest risk of negatively impacting combat legibility,\u201d he said. \u201cPoint taken on the beautiful arrival animation; maybe most of our shortening needs to be in the taking off animation. Like I said though, this is experimental stuff we\u2019re still play-testing and there\u2019s a good chance we won\u2019t ship it if it\u2019s not healthy for the game.\u201d Klein\u2019s comment that they are going to \u201clet her rest\u201d suggests that the change, if it comes at all, will likely drop after Season 8\u2019s inception. It\u2019s fair to wait and see how Loba is affected by the introduction of Fuse and the balancing adjustments that will come with the launch of a new season. Barring any delays, Season 8 is set to drop in Apex Legends on February 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends devs considering different buff ideas for Loba Respawn EntertainmentDaniel Klein, lead game designer at Respawn Entertainment, has suggested that a Loba buff could come soon to Apex Legends, but that the High Society Thief is currently in a \u201cpretty good\u201d spot. Added back in Season 5, Loba has perhaps had less of an […]<\/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-14725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14725","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=14725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14725\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}