Apex players want heat shield removed from ranked as players exploit them for points Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends pro player HisWattson pleaded with the devs to remove heat shields after players abused the item for easy wins. The heat shield is a deployable dome that temporarily blocks damage caused by the ring. The item doesn\u2019t stop bullets from entering but does provide other advantages. If the heat shield is in the ring, all healing items have a 50% faster use time, and picking up downed teammates is 25% faster. Heat shields can be regularly available on the ground, in care packages, or in chests. Players called the item a \u201clate-game lifesaver\u201d after untapping its usefulness. If teams are stuck on the lower part of a cave or the interior of a building, heat shields make it possible to rotate above safely. However, what started as a useful survival item has devolved into players racking up Ranked points without ever even firing a bullet. HisWattson slams heat shields in Apex Legends Ranked Apex Legends pro HisWattson called out a player for using heat shields to earn easy Ranked points. \u201cThis player is #12 Apex Predator and crafts medkits in the zone every game until the ring kills him. He does not use a weapon.\u201d In Season 17, Respawn overhauled Ranked with a new point system. Players earn placement points based on placement, eliminations, and skill rating. As long as a team gets at least 10th place, you can earn back your 35 LP entry cost and get a positive 20 LP for your match. So, in this example, the player uses heat shields and medkits to place well in every match. HisWattson jokingly offered a trade with the devs to purchase 10 Apex Packs in exchange for a heat shield ban. Community members agreed and offered solutions. One player suggested: \u201cHeat shields are fine. Just make it where the player can only use one per game.\u201d A second user responded: \u201cMake each \u201cprevious zone\u201d do increasingly more damage. For example, if it\u2019s round 3 and the zone does x dmg, anyone still outside round 2\u2019s zone does 2x dmg & anyone still outside round 1\u2019s zone does 3x, etc.\u201d Other competitive fans pondered how it\u2019s even enjoyable to play that way. \u201cI don\u2019t know how people enjoy this game by sitting there and not playing it 15+ hours daily.\u201d It remains to be seen if the devs plan to change heat shields in Apex Legends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex players want heat shield removed from ranked as players exploit them for points Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends pro player HisWattson pleaded with the devs to remove heat shields after players abused the item for easy wins. The heat shield is a deployable dome that temporarily blocks damage caused by the ring. The item doesn\u2019t stop […]<\/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-16888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16888","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=16888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}