Apex Legends Iron Crown update: All weapon and legend balance changes Respawn EntertainmentThe Apex Legends devs have released their highly anticipated Iron Crown event on August 13, which brought along with it various balance changes to the guns and legends in the game. The Iron Crown Event launched on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, giving players entirely new ways of competing in King\u2019s Canyon, namely with the addition of a Solo mode. But before they drop into the Apex Games, players might want to look at the balances Respawn Entertainment made to fan-favorite weapons like the Alternator, RE-45 and more. Alternator getting nerfed for Iron Crown Players might be wondering why their Alternator isn\u2019t destroying shields like it used to, even with the Disruptor Round Hop-Up. \u201cDisruptor rounds on the alternator are shredding shields a bit too quickly and still proving to be stronger than intended,\u201d the devs said in the latest patch. \u201cSo we\u2019re reducing the disruptor rounds multiplier on shield damage.\u201d The devs have reduced the \u201cshielded damage multiplier\u201d for the Disruptor from 1.7 down a bit to 1.55. Devs toning down the R-301 at range The R-301 might have been too reliable at long range, as the devs are making it a bit harder to land shots outside of mid range scenarios. \u201cWe\u2019ve made these changes as we\u2019ve seen that the R301 is a bit stronger than intended at long range,\u201d the Respawn devs noted. \u201cWe\u2019ve adjusted recoil to balance keeping it effective at medium to close range.\u201d Respawn wanted the rifle to be more aligned with its \u201coriginal intent,\u201d as they\u2019re making it harder to \u201cauto fire and still laser enemies at long distances.\u201d The Technological Tracker got an upgrade Bloodhound players are already loving the Iron Crown event as it gave the legend a new Heirloom weapon, along with key upgrades to track foes much more effectively. They will now be able to see traversal clues left by other players at a greater distance, since the devs increased the range of Bloodhound\u2019s Passive Ability to 25 meters. Similarly, the devs adjusted the area of effect for Eye of the Allfather to an eye-opening 110 fov. There\u2019s a lot more to unpack with the various tweaks to weapons and characters, so make sure to read the patch notes for them below. Apex Legends Season 2 \u2013 Weapon and Legends Patch Notes WEAPON BALANCE Disruptor Rounds with Alternator: Reduced Shielded damage multiplier 1.7 -> 1.55. Designer Notes: Disruptor rounds on the alternator are shredding shields a bit too quickly and still proving to be stronger than intended, so we\u2019re reducing the disruptor rounds multiplier on shield damage. – – RE-45: Increased Magazine Size for all tiers to the following: Base: 16 – Common: 19 – Rare: 22 – Epic: 25 – Designer Notes: We\u2019re giving the RE-45 a small boost in power by giving it one more round for every mag size. Downing a non-fortified enemy with the RE-45 with 0, 50, 75, and 100 shields requires 10, 14, 16, and 19 shots respectively, so this extra round gives the gun the ability to one-mag more armored enemies instead of leaving them barely alive. – – R-301: Increased vertical and horizontal recoil. Slightly increased recoil pattern randomness. Designer Notes: We\u2019ve made these changes as we\u2019ve seen that the R301 is a bit stronger than intended at long range. We\u2019ve adjusted recoil to balance keeping it effective at medium to close range\u2013which is the original intent\u2013but it should be more difficult for players to auto fire and still laser enemies at long distances. – – LEGENDS General Made adjustments to Pathfinder\u2019s and Low-Profile Legends hitboxes. Taking shots to the hip now does torso damage instead of leg damage. This should more closely match the behavior of the other Legends. – – Fixed a bug where activating a healing item would cancel the Ultimate for Legends that need to prime it [Bangalore \/ Pathfinder \/ Caustic \/ Gibraltar \/ Bloodhound] – Fixed an exploit where players would sometimes be able to still shoot while downed. – Bloodhound Increased the distance that Bloodhound can see traversal clues left by other players [but not other kinds of clues] to 25 meters. – Adjusted the area of effect for Bloodhound\u2019s Tactical to 110 fov. – Wraith Based on player feedback, we\u2019ve reduced the \u201chum\u201d audio that\u2019s playing while using Wraith\u2019s Kunai. – Fixed issue where actions for Wrath would have a slight delay when her weapon is holstered and crouching or sliding while the kunai is equipped. – Fixed an exploit that allowed players to remove the cooldown for Wraith\u2019s Tactical Ability. – Mirage Fixed a bug where Bloodhound\u2019s Ultimate Ability could be activated with no charge up time while riding a zipline. – Fixed bug where Mirage was able to stay invisible and still be able to shoot and melee when using his Ultimate on a zipline. – Octane Fixed bug where sometimes Octane\u2019s Jump Pad would not launch the player. –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends Iron Crown update: All weapon and legend balance changes Respawn EntertainmentThe Apex Legends devs have released their highly anticipated Iron Crown event on August 13, which brought along with it various balance changes to the guns and legends in the game. The Iron Crown Event launched on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, […]<\/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-15180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15180","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=15180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}