{"id":14777,"date":"2025-01-28T14:18:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/apex-legends-devs-respond-after-accidentally-nerfing-bangalore-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T14:18:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:18:32","slug":"apex-legends-devs-respond-after-accidentally-nerfing-bangalore-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/apex-legends-devs-respond-after-accidentally-nerfing-bangalore-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"Apex Legends devs respond after accidentally nerfing Bangalore &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apex Legends devs respond after accidentally nerfing Bangalore Respawn\/EAApex Legends devs have responded to an issue with Bangalore\u2019s smoke, as it\u2019s been given a significant nerf after the Chaos Theory update, making it much less effective. As Apex Legends has a roster of unique characters, Respawn Entertainment have had to walk a fine line when it comes to buffs and nerfs. They\u2019ve said previously that they can\u2019t give a legend too much power, even if they are behind on being buffed, and they can\u2019t completely nerf someone who is strong \u2013 it takes multiple changes to strike a balance. On this occasion, however, the change to Bangalore doesn\u2019t seem to have been deliberate, but rather an unintended change caused as a side-effect of another tweak. In the Chaos Theory update, a change was made to FX particles, which has affected Caustic\u2019s gas, Bangalore\u2019s smoke, and Gibraltar\u2019s Ultimate. Essentially, the reduction in particles has made it much more see-through \u2013 rendering Bangalore\u2019s tactical pretty useless. They don\u2019t have that visual block of the smoke to help them create a hiding space or flush out scared enemies. Read More: Apex Legends Arena mode: Leaks and teasers &#8211; As a result, players have been reporting the issue and asking Respawn to revert the change so that Bangalore\u2019s ability can be useful again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apex Legends devs respond after accidentally nerfing Bangalore Respawn\/EAApex Legends devs have responded to an issue with Bangalore\u2019s smoke, as it\u2019s been given a significant nerf after the Chaos Theory update, making it much less effective. As Apex Legends has a roster of unique characters, Respawn Entertainment have had to walk a fine line when [&hellip;]<\/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-14777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14777","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=14777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14777\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}