Respawn reveal why Apex Legends didn\u2019t get a new gun in Season 5 Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends will not be getting a new weapon in Season 5, Respawn devs have confirmed, after four consecutive seasons saw a new gun added to the battle royale\u2019s huge loot pool since the title first launched in 2019. Respawn has added a new weapon to their battle royale\u2019s mega-arsenal every major update since launch, and players expected Season 5 to be no different. There were even leaks that seemed to confirm it would be Titanfall classic Volt SMG. The devs have confirmed Season 5 will be \u201cthe first season Apex doesn\u2019t get a new weapon,\u201d however. Respawn addressed the new direction in their latest developer update, and revealed if Apex will ever see new weapons added again. \u201cWe stepped back and asked ourselves: does Apex need a new weapon every season? If we continue to add new weapons, the weapon pool will become saturated,\u201d the devs explained in their May 12 post. According to the masterminds behind Apex Legends, there is a \u201csweet spot\u201d for any title that has huge weapon pools. In their eyes, their battle royale is currently hovering right above the \u201cright\u201d amount for players to pick and choose from. Respawn\u2019s latest statement also damns hope some players still had in regards to comments made by Josh Medina in the lead-up to Season 5. The Apex producer revealed there would be \u201cno new weapon to the season\u201d this time. Fans latched onto his phrasing; theories sprung up one would arrive later \u2014 unfortunately, this looks to have been scuppered too. Vaulting guns like Fortnite \u201cnot an option\u201d in Apex Legends There were a few options Apex could have taken, they admitted. Fortnite often removes their guns by \u201cvaulting\u201d them, and re-releases them in future patches. Respawn felt they couldn\u2019t go down that route in their own title, however. \u201cVaulting weapons is not an option, because players have purchased skins,\u201d they said. \u201cWe are forced to be more creative. We had some ideas on how to address it, but we need more time to test them, and make sure they are healthy.\u201d Respawn confirmed new weapons will be added again, in the future. They added: \u201cWe want to make sure the weapons we add have real value to the gameplay. We have some fun stuff in the works. Our weapons team is hard at work.\u201d Season 5 may not have brought with it a brand-new toy, but there\u2019s still plenty of changes in the battle royale\u2019s gun pool. Headlining them is the Peacekeeper, which has rotated into care packages this season. In its place, the Mastiff has been nerfed and sent into Kings Canyon as a regular loot pickup this season. The Longbow, Wingman, and Havoc were all nerfed, while the Alternator and the RE-45 got buffed. Read the full list of changes here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Respawn reveal why Apex Legends didn\u2019t get a new gun in Season 5 Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends will not be getting a new weapon in Season 5, Respawn devs have confirmed, after four consecutive seasons saw a new gun added to the battle royale\u2019s huge loot pool since the title first launched in 2019. Respawn has […]<\/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-18675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18675","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=18675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}