How Reddit inspired Apex Legends to finally rework Pathfinder Respawn EntertainmentRespawn has finally shipped a new Pathfinder rework in the Aftermarket collection event update, after a fan-made Apex Legends balance change shared on Reddit inspired the battle royale devs to take a second look at the loveable robot scout\u2019s core ability.[jwplayer KEHOOBWR] Pathfinder will now have a variable grapple cooldown moving forward, \u201cbased on distance traveled\u201d. This means the Forward Scout can now enjoy cooldowns as low as 10 seconds per use. The maximum 35-second cooldown remains for long-ranged hooks. This decision was a \u201ccompromise\u201d from simply reverting the change, Respawn explained in their Aftermarket patch notes. Interestingly enough, they added, the idea was actually first posted on Reddit, well before the planned Oct. 6 update. \u201cInstead of dropping grapple cooldown back to 15 seconds where it was before, or move it to 25 seconds as a compromise, we considered a player suggestion \u2014 thanks Reddit! \u2014 to have the grapple drain energy as it goes,\u201d the devs explained. Funnily enough, the original Reddit post, shared by \/u\/Luckyshoe50 on Sep. 22, only got two upvotes and nine comments. Respawn\u2019s developers also didn\u2019t reply to the \/r\/ApexLegends thread at the time, though they clearly took notice. Pathfinder\u2019s new grapple rework now works similarly to the Titanfall 2 hookshot ability, which would be set to a cooldown depending on use. \u201cThe difference is,\u201d the devs continued, \u201cwe\u2019re looking at your full distance traveled [for the timer].\u201d The new Pathfinder rework should help both skilled players, and those Pathfinder mains who \u201cfaceplant the grapple\u201d a few times more than they\u2019d like every Apex Legends match. \u201cBad Pathfinder players no longer need to fear the faceplant\u2026 if you\u2019re not going anywhere, you\u2019re not incurring much of a cooldown,\u201d the devs explained. \u201cIf you\u2019re a really, really good Pathfinder, and looking for the absolute max distance grapple, you\u2019ll still have a 35-second cooldown\u2026 assuming you land it. \u201cThis both buffs Path a little less for the scariest robot players out there, and also opens up room for extra skill expression; can you find useful short grapples that give you a shorter CD but still do something good [in the middle of a fight]?\u201d Pathfinder copped his first huge grappling hook nerf in the Season 5 update on May 12. The Forward Scout\u2019s core ability was slapped with a monster 20 second nerf, up to 35, to balance his ever-growing power in Apex Legends ranked play. The Apex Legends release hero had a small buff added in the Aug. 17 patch three months later; he could drop the cooldown on his Zipline Gun by using survey beacons. This change did little to bring Pathfinder back into the top-tier meta, however. Before the Pathfinder changes in 2020, the robot scout boasted a 10.3% pick rate. This didn\u2019t change much in Season 6; he is played in 11% of Apex Legends games. The new Pathfinder rework isn\u2019t the only Legend change coming in the Aftermarket event update either; Wraith is in line for a sprint rework, and Bloodhound has had their cooldown numbers tweaked slightly. Rampart got a turret buff too. Read the full Apex Legends Aftermarket collection update patch notes here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
How Reddit inspired Apex Legends to finally rework Pathfinder Respawn EntertainmentRespawn has finally shipped a new Pathfinder rework in the Aftermarket collection event update, after a fan-made Apex Legends balance change shared on Reddit inspired the battle royale devs to take a second look at the loveable robot scout\u2019s core ability.[jwplayer KEHOOBWR] Pathfinder will now […]<\/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-17534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17534","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=17534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}