[2020] Introducing “The Broken Ghost” Season Quest

Correct. You'll be able to get the one-a-day Treasure Packs as soon as the update comes out (the 12th), and read the prologue story chapter in the Quest tab. Then on the 19th (one week later) the first Hunt unlocks. You'll need to have picked up your 5th Treasure Pack to go play it.

Finish that first Hunt and you'll get a Weapon Charm, your first piece of the artifact, and Chapter One of the story.

Well, no. This is 100% free. The only way to inject money into it is if you want to pay to catch up on AC packs, which nobody should ever have to do.

Luckily the calculus for Apex making money comes down to "are people playing it and enjoying their time?". So that slides in nicely with the goals you'd want as a designer on the game. So from that angle: yes, sure. We want you to play the game and keep it successful. Oh no, m'secrets. ;)

Well, we'll see what everyone thinks by the time it's all done. Feedback is always important.

The *intention* is that this is all just fun reward for the time people put into the game anyway. Shouldn't feel like a chore. If you read the blog post we talk a bit about the inspiration (January soiree event, Forge lore), and such.

Our own Ryan Lastimosa - designer of many many weapons in the Apex universe... named one of the manufacturers after me a long time ago, as a surprise. It was just a fun easter egg (and very nice of him). Then they became a faction in Titanfall 2 MP, and... listen, it's very strange. =p

A lot closer to those zombie & spider scares, yeah.

We’ll keep an eye on the collection rates too, and adjust as needed. We want everyone to get them.