Apex Legends devs explain why they\u2019re skipping a new Legend in Season 16 Respawn EntertainmentRespawn Entertainment have confirmed that, for the first time in Apex Legends\u2019 history, Season 16 will not bring a new Legend into the fray. Now, they\u2019ve explained exactly why that is. Apex Legends players have grown accustomed to the addition of a new character with the inception of each season. Season 15 brought Catalyst, Season 14 brought Vantage, and so on. Season 16, as had been rumored via leaks, will skip the addition of a new legend. There\u2019ll still be the typical buffs and nerfs to keep the meta evolving, but there won\u2019t be an all-new character for players to get familiar with. The deviation from the established formula may be frustrating for some players who were hoping for new gear or abilities to learn but, ahead of the new season\u2019s launch, Respawn have explained their thinking. Apex Legends devs reveal why Season 16 has no new legend They explained that Apex Legends\u2019 player base has grown and improved with the game, meaning they want to place Season 16\u2019s focus on evolving the meta and making the game playable for all players, rather than on new content. Game Director Steve Ferreira said: \u201cThis year we\u2019re taking a hard look at how we can evolve the core gameplay experience to better match where players are today, as either a new player joining Apex for the first time, or as a seasoned Apex veteran.\u201d On the same note, Design Director Evan Nikoloch said that the pause is aimed at everyone being able to \u2018learn and master\u2019 the new meta. This will come in the form of changes to Legend classification and major balancing adjustments. Throwing a new Legend into the mix, he suggested, might be too much for players to learn and understand. Nikoloch did confirm that Season 17 will return to the formula in terms of introducing a new legend. In short, the focus of Respawn this season is to overhaul what players know about Apex Legends, even if it means keeping the character pool as it is in the short term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends devs explain why they\u2019re skipping a new Legend in Season 16 Respawn EntertainmentRespawn Entertainment have confirmed that, for the first time in Apex Legends\u2019 history, Season 16 will not bring a new Legend into the fray. Now, they\u2019ve explained exactly why that is. Apex Legends players have grown accustomed to the addition 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-14742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14742","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=14742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}