Respawn want Gibraltar to become \u201csexier pick\u201d through Apex Legends bubble changes Respawn EntertainmentGibraltar may not be the most glamorous character to play in Apex Legends, but there\u2019s no denying his power. Respawn wants to change that though by making Gibby a \u201csexier pick\u201d \u2014 with a bit more \u201cselfish power\u201d \u2014 in changing his bubble. Gibraltar has been a formidable force in the Apex Legends meta for a while now. His pick rate in competitive matches is somewhere between 80% and 100%, even if he suffers from a low pick rate of under 4% in casual play. For that reason, Respawn are hesitant to nerf Gibby \u2014 even if pros and high-level players are pleading the dev for changes. If they do nerf him, his already low pick rate will plummet in casual play. However, there is a way to get around it, and Respawn are considering it. They want to make Gibraltar \u201csexy\u201d to play, giving him some \u201cselfish power\u201d that\u2019ll make even the sweatiest Wraith and Octane players pick him up. Developer John \u2018JayBiebs\u2019 Larson told players in a July 12 podcast that Gibby\u2019s design hits the mark, with his \u2018Dome of Protection\u2019 bubble being \u201ca really cool ability in how it can shape fights and influence engagements in a relatively agnostic way.\u201d However, when it comes to making changes, he explained that it\u2019s a \u201clittle scary because we don\u2019t want to tank that pick rate anymore for the majority of the player base.\u201d \u201cWe all want pick rates to be healthy, so the sort of question is how can we make him a sexier pick without incorporating too much power.\u201d Fortunately, he did have some ideas, such as adding a health bar to his bubble \u2014 as suggested by Cloud9 pro Zach Mazer. \u201cIt\u2019s an idea we talked about not too long ago, and I don\u2019t think the door is closed on that idea whatsoever,\u201d JayBiebs said. \u201cIt\u2019s relatively safe as a change that wouldn\u2019t affect casuals as much.\u201d Ultimately, the developers just want to make changes that will give Gibraltar more \u201cselfish power\u201d and make him \u201ca little sexier\u201d so people will pick him outside of competitive play. With Season 10 on the horizon, the first set of changes could drop as soon as August. We will update you once Respawn locks anything in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Respawn want Gibraltar to become \u201csexier pick\u201d through Apex Legends bubble changes Respawn EntertainmentGibraltar may not be the most glamorous character to play in Apex Legends, but there\u2019s no denying his power. Respawn wants to change that though by making Gibby a \u201csexier pick\u201d \u2014 with a bit more \u201cselfish power\u201d \u2014 in changing his […]<\/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-18606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18606","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=18606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18606\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}