Apex Legends devs want to remove Low Profile from every legend after Pathfinder buff RespawnApex Legends developers have revealed their intentions to remove Low Profile from every legend that is affected by the perk, after Pathfinder had the Passive removed in the Chaos Theory Patch Notes. Apex Legends developers Respawn have, in the past, spoken of their hesitancy regarding Low Profile and Fortified \u2013 Passive Perks introduced to try and balance the effects of different sized hitboxes. Back in November, they even described them as a \u201ccurse\u201d on the battle royale. Caustic and Gibraltar, as larger legends and therefore easier to hit, were given Fortified, meaning they see incoming damage reduced by 15%. Smaller legends who are harder to hit \u2013 Lifeline, Pathfinder, Wattson and Wraith \u2013 were given Low Profile, meaning incoming damage is increased by 5%. However, in the Chaos Theory Collection Event, Pathfinder had Low Profile removed. The buff for the robotic scout caught many by surprise, who quickly floated other legends they want to see without Low Profile. Respawn essentially justified the changes by explaining that Pathfinder\u2019s hitbox is too large to have the negative effects of Low Profile. \u201cAlthough Path is still mobile, his hitbox is large,\u201d they said. \u201cWhile his overall win rate and encounter win rate is by no means low, it\u2019s hard to justify keeping Low Profile on a hitbox of his size.\u201d In response to the patch notes, one player called for Wattson to receive the same treatment, claiming she\u2019s in a poor spot in the game\u2019s Season 8 meta and the removal of Low Profile would be a valid buff. Replying, Respawn\u2019s Lead Game Designer Daniel Klein said: \u201cMy goal is to remove it from every character in the game eventually, but we gotta figure out how to nerf Lifeline before we can do that.\u201d Whether Apex actually reaches a spot where all Low Profile perks are removed from the game remains to be seen, but it brings an interesting dynamic into potential buffs and nerfs legends could receive. Could we see some medium-sized legends given Fortified as a buff, for example? Whatever is coming in terms of legend buffs and nerfs, Respawn are clearly cautious to keep the game as balanced as possible. We expect the next major update will be at the start of Season 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends devs want to remove Low Profile from every legend after Pathfinder buff RespawnApex Legends developers have revealed their intentions to remove Low Profile from every legend that is affected by the perk, after Pathfinder had the Passive removed in the Chaos Theory Patch Notes. Apex Legends developers Respawn have, in the past, spoken […]<\/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-14831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14831","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=14831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}