Respawn devs have \u201cgot things cooking\u201d for a new Apex Legends support character Respawn EntertainmentThe Apex Legends developers have confirmed they\u2019re working on a new support character for the battle royale\u2019s roster following Mad Maggie\u2019s release, with plans to bolster the \u201cunderserved playstyle\u201d in a future update. Right now, Apex Legends has two support characters \u2014 Loba and Lifeline \u2014 and only a single option for players who want to fulfill their \u201chealer\u201d fantasies in the Outlands. It\u2019s been a point of contention for battle royale\u2019s fans for years, with support players in particular have felt aggrieved watching Respawn pump out assault characters. Since Loba\u2019s release, Fuse, Horizon, Ash, and now Maggie have all been added to the attacking class. Respawn hears those complaints loud and clear. Basically, the wait is nearly over \u2014 gameplay engineer Chris Winder has confirmed the Apex Legends devs have \u201cgot things cooking\u201d for the game\u2019s third support. The devs are \u201calways looking towards what types of experiences that we\u2019re not servicing,\u201d Winder said in a media press conference this week. \u201cWe\u2019ve released a number of aggressive characters so [we\u2019re] thinking about servicing those other play styles less served by recent characters.\u201d That mainly includes support characters, the dev said. \u201cSupport is definitely one [of those underserved classes],\u201d Winder explained. \u201cObviously there\u2019s not too many support characters in the game. So yeah, we may have some things cooking along those lines.\u201d The Apex Legends development plan also includes \u201cother kinds of character classes,\u201d Respawn\u2019s engineer added, that have been left by the wayside recently. It\u2019s worth mentioning Winder\u2019s latest tease doesn\u2019t necessarily mean the very next Apex Legends character will slot into the support class. Respawn work on a development cycle 18 months out from the game\u2019s live version, meaning we could still be waiting a while to see \u201cSupport 3\u201d hit the roster. The character is certainly on their way though, and Respawn has pledged to continue \u201clooking for those open spaces\u201d in their legend design to avoid lengthy waits like this again. Read More: Who is Mad Maggie in Apex Legends? – Maggie will be the next Apex Legends character to hit live servers, and will make her Outlands debut February 8. Catch up on all her abilities and lore here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Respawn devs have \u201cgot things cooking\u201d for a new Apex Legends support character Respawn EntertainmentThe Apex Legends developers have confirmed they\u2019re working on a new support character for the battle royale\u2019s roster following Mad Maggie\u2019s release, with plans to bolster the \u201cunderserved playstyle\u201d in a future update. Right now, Apex Legends has two support characters […]<\/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-18577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18577","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=18577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}