Respawn responds as Apex Legends players criticize new \u201cgreedy\u201d bundle rule Respawn EntertainmentSome Apex Legends players have been locked out of buying new bundles in the in-game shop due to a new rule due to already owning a \u201ccore item\u201d in it. Now, Respawn has responded to criticism \u2014 and already made one change \u2014 after players called the practice \u201cgreedy\u201d. Across all the latest Apex Legends events, including the current Bloodhound \u201cOld Ways, New Dawn\u201d story, players get access to special bundles in the in-game shop. Not only do they feature previously-released Legend and weapon skins, but sometimes there\u2019s charms and packs thrown on top, making for a great deal. However, as part of the new shop rotation, players were blocked from buying some bundles for purely owning the Legend. On September 29, the White Lightning bundle in the Apex Legends shop was locked for most players purely for the fact they owned Octane. A notice when trying to buy the item said \u201ccore item already owned\u201d. Respawn acknowledged it was a mistake, and quickly fixed the bundle to allow players to buy it even if they owned Octane. However, technical game designer \u2018RobotHavGunz\u2019 told players that future bundles might not be available to players if they own certain parts of it. \u201cThere will still be some of these types of bundles where a \u2018core\u2019 item may be something you already own and which will disqualify you from a bundle you\u2019d like,\u201d they said on Reddit. This is the case with Loba\u2019s current Torrent bundle. The 2,000 Apex Coins bundle features the Torrent Loba skin and the Bronze Age R-301 skin from the Fight Night event. If players own either one, they cannot take advantage of the current bundle in the shop which also has two packs and a bonus charm. \u201cIn the case of the Octane bundle, we did not mean for owning Octane (the character) to prevent purchasing the bundle. In the case of the Loba bundle, the exclusivity was intentional,\u201d RobotHavGunz said. Apex Legends players have called the policy \u2018greedy\u2019, stating Respawn should just offer a discount for the bundle rather than gate players from purchasing it. RobotHavGunz stressed they are \u201conly one of several people who can \u2014 from a technical capability standpoint \u2014 make certain changes,\u201d but will pass on player feedback to developers responsible for the locked bundles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Respawn responds as Apex Legends players criticize new \u201cgreedy\u201d bundle rule Respawn EntertainmentSome Apex Legends players have been locked out of buying new bundles in the in-game shop due to a new rule due to already owning a \u201ccore item\u201d in it. Now, Respawn has responded to criticism \u2014 and already made one change \u2014 […]<\/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-18657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18657","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=18657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}