What to expect in upcoming final Apex Legends update of Season 3 The announcement of Apex Legends\u2019 next in-game event, the Grand Soir\u00e9e Arcade, means that Respawn Entertainment will be releasing another update for the battle royale title before the conclusion of Season 3 and start of Season 4. Season 3 is winding down in Apex Legends, but Respawn Entertainment have one more update up their sleeves before the player-base turns their attention to Season 4. In addition to launching the content-packed Grand Soir\u00e9e Arcade in-game event, this next update is expected to implement some quality-of-life improvements. It will be going live on Tuesday, January 14, and will more than likely be the final major update before Season 3 ends on February 4. That said, there might be some minor hotfixes and server updates rolled out before then. Below, we\u2019ve outlined what we expect will be included in this update, aside from the Grand Soir\u00e9e Arcade launch. Some of these have been confirmed by Respawn while others aren\u2019t guaranteed to be included but indications are that they will be. Outfit skins showing up on teammates\u2019 Legends The December update that launched the Holo-Day Bash holiday event unintentionally introduced a bug causing players\u2019 outfit skins to show on their teammates\u2019 characters in the Legend selection screen prior to the start of matches. A Reddit user complained about this issue, which caught the attention of Josh Medina, a Game Designer at Respawn, who revealed on January 10 that a fix for this issue \u201cshould be in this upcoming patch.\u201d This was obviously something that players had been waiting to hear for a while because Medina\u2019s reply was instantly met with a lot of gratitude and excitement on Reddit. Caustic Nox Gas blocking bullets in third-person Another major issue currently plaguing the game has to do with the third-person easter egg in Firing Range. Players have noticed that when entering third-person mode as Caustic and placing one of his Nox Gas Traps, the gas that the activated trap releases blocks shots from going through it. One player captured some in-game footage of this bug in full effect and posted it on Reddit. The reason why this is suddenly concerning players is that Respawn revealed that a Third-Person LTM would be coming as part of the Grand Soir\u00e9e Arcade event, so they want to make sure that this issue wouldn\u2019t carry over into the new mode. Fortunately, this caught the attention of \u2018RaymeCV,\u2019 an Engineer at Respawn, who revealed that this was one of \u201ca lot\u201d of fixes and improvements being developers for the upcoming LTM. Comment byu\/asapsinaly from discussion inapexlegends Muzzle flash is too bright and blocks visibility in dark areas If there\u2019s one aspect of gunplay and weapon mechanics that Apex Legends have consistently complained about, it\u2019s muzzle flash. While tolerable in the outdoor areas, the flash can become unbearable in darker areas because, for some reason, it flares up and can block the shooting player\u2019s line of sight. On January 10, Josh Medina revealed that a fix for this is coming \u201csoon\u201d and explained that the reason it\u2019s been taking longer to implement is that it\u2019s a \u201cdeeper issue than expected\u201d and they want to \u201cproperly fix instead of half-a*s it.\u201d This is, by no means, a confirmation that the fix would be coming in this next update, but there is a chance Respawn will have it ready by then. If not, players can probably expect it sometime in Season 4. Some of the modes have simple concepts but they definitely change the way we play the game so that\u2019s exciting to get out the door Muzzle flash has been a deeper issue than expected, we are adjusting it so we want to properly fix instead of half ass it but it takes time #Soon \u2014 Josh Medina (@lowkeydbjosh) January 9, 2020 \u201cDashboarding\u201d in Ranked Play One of the biggest exploits that\u2019s ever existed in Apex Legends is one that allows players to avoid the penalty of dying early in Ranked Play by simply \u201cdashboarding,\u201d or closing the entire game and starting it up again. As a result, a lot of players have managed to reach very high ranks because they\u2019ve never had to lose any points and only counted matches in which they gained score. According to Eric Hewitt, Senior Systems Designer at Respawn, \u201cJudgement Day will be coming\u201d for players who abused this exploit and that \u201cthings will be handled soon.\u201d hey, no need to report it manually, we can see it on our end. Judgment Day will be coming \ud83d\ude42 \u2014 Eric Hewitt \/ Ghost (@GH057ayame) January 7, 2020 there will be more immediate punishment in the future, just have to get everything lined up appropriately. We care deeply about the ranked experience, so things will be handled soon \u2014 Eric Hewitt \/ Ghost (@GH057ayame) January 7, 2020 This will, of course, come in addition to the exploit itself being patched. However, Hewitt stopped short of providing a timetable, so it\u2019s unclear when exactly this will all be implemented, with there still being a chance that it may come in this next update.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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