[2021] Respawn here. We just shipped Apex Legends: Emergence! Ask. Us. Anything.

Originally posted by ILewdElichika

My question is if anything will be done about seer and the prowler specifically?

Originally posted by SzyjeCzapki

/u/rkrigney - because i dont really know who else to tag

Any chance for the setting "miles_occlusion" to come back ? You used to be able to disable this in profile.cfg in user documents for 10 seasons straight up until this patch.

It disabled sound occlusionb (sound being obstructed through walls) resulting in way cleaner and louder and BETTER audio than what it is without that setting however at the cost of being unable to distinguish whether its coming from behind 1 or 2 walls or above. In other games, this is straight up a simple option in the game settings.

With this update, the setting is gone, and re-adding it to profile.cfg does nothing. Any info?

Originally posted by SoSneakyHaha

Do you have any plans for changing Fragment East and Fragment West. Its on of my biggest complaints about Worlds Edge right now

Originally posted by I-AmRavenous

Sometimes in Arenas i cant charge my Sentinel or Rampage, sometimes it gets fixed by the next round: sometimes not. Are there any fixes in the works?

Originally posted by TheAsianBois

How do y’all feel about how seer has launched and should we be expecting any balancing on him soon?

Originally posted by basedcharger

Any ETA on the next gen update for apex?

Originally posted by prettypeepers

When do you think the lore this season is going to happen? I'm super excited for it, and can't wait to see how you guys do it!

Originally posted by HeilJada

Will probably get lost, But heres to hoping I get an answer

What all Legend data do you guys track? I think I remember seeing someone post that yall can track Legend v Legend fights and some other pretty detailed stats. Just curious as to I know you guys use more than pick rate and win rates to balance legends when needed. If this gets a response I thank you in advance! Cheers and have a good day!

Originally posted by Mashu851

When server contact ends, is there any plans to upgrade to higher tick servers? Or expand into the less well covered areas?

Originally posted by GamingDragon1204

Does Seer give any of you devs a Wakanda/ Black Panther vibe?

Originally posted by azj4t

Are you planning to buff wattson in the future?

Originally posted by Skojebus

What storytelling plans do you guys have now that comics are gone?

Originally posted by digdigking

Are your plans when it comes to storytelling this season and in the future as you've stated you are going to take a break from comics does that mean we will be getting back playables

Originally posted by suhsquad

Any rough timeline on Cross Progression? Or maybe share some light on what the issue is that has prevented it for so long now?

Originally posted by SzyjeCzapki

/u/RV-Eric /u/RSPN-Travis /u/RSPN_Jello

I REALLY dont intend to say this in a rude manner but I am genuinely curious what is the thought process leading to an ability which can:

• give wallhacks for 8 seconds

• reveal health info

• IS NOT 1 person wide as DZK said

• stun

• flash your screen

• slow

• deal damage

• cancel heals

• cancel revives

• and applies all of the above effects through walls, and has 75 meters range

Even on paper, how is this fair, fun, and balanced in any way?

Originally posted by Redfern23

Edit: I might be completely mistaken about Valk’s passive being nerfed, apologies if so, doing a thorough test…

Originally posted by Redfern23

I’m kinda mind blown and feel like an absolute idiot, I’m comparing with old footage now and shocker… it does look the same. It’s strange that a fair few people (even prior to my comment) thought the same thing.

Big apologies.

Originally posted by poofy_69

What was the goal behind the rempage lmg, did you want to change the meta with it or simply wanted extra options when it comes to long range

Originally posted by autobong

u/RoboB0b

u/RSPN-Travis

u/RSPN-Jello

I use a custom controller layout on XSX and i've mapped my Ping button to D-pad up. I am not able to ping the overhead map while using this configuration. While on the overhead map, it says to use RB for pinging however this does not work. I'm not able to ping the overhead map at all. Pinging while playing works fine but it's literally impossible to ping the map. This has been going on for a few seasons and even got acknowledged by Jason McCord on twitter but with no fix yet.

Originally posted by Odin043

u/RV-AmandaD

Thoughts on an end game encyclopedia to keep track of the story? I follow things fairly closely and I just saw yesterday something about Gibby being married that I had no idea about.

Originally posted by Sargent379

Can you charge your Sentinel in Arenas without buying more Shield Cells?

For some reason every time I tried Sentinel without buying more shield cells, I haven't been able to actually charge it.

Gonna be shocked if its just a coincidence that those are the only rounds it doesn't work for me.

Originally posted by Pleasant_Drive

Hey Team! Thanks for checking in.

Bangalore has been hit hard right now with the introduction of Seer. The utility of her smoke screen is canceled out by multiple legend abilities as well as the digi threat sight. Are there any plans to buff our girl Bangalore back into meta or do devs think she’s in a good place this season?

Originally posted by sonhalo

@u/RV-AmandaD I’d love to hear lore-wise how Ash was decided to be brought to Apex. Was her backstory as human already planned before Apex? At what point was Horizon incorporated into this (especially if Horizon was, at least at some point, supposed to be more of an evil character compared to what she is now)? I realize Ash and Horizon’s story is still unfinished but I’d love to know as much about what went into the development of these two characters as possible. Thank you!

Originally posted by Electrical_Traffic_4

Will Crypto receive a buff anytime soon?

Originally posted by xDRAGONxSLIPPERSx

u/RoboB0b Is there any update to Loba's ult in Arenas?

Originally posted by Jsnbassett

u/RV-AmandaD

Can you share any interesting and juicy Rampart rare fun facts that we might have missed? Or something you know that we don't without losing your job haha

Originally posted by Bahmpocalypse

I would like to add that this problem is also on Playstation 4 and Playstation 5. I have the ping button mapped to X instead of the default R1, and can not ping the map. Additionally, when in your inventory, the command to ping or request items reverts to R1.

Originally posted by littlestbrother

I'd prefer more actual worldbuilding/Titan introduction than some ambiguous, fluffy gay love-triangle between contestants of a gladiator bloodsport.

It's a shooter video game not a soap opera.

Originally posted by AndHellFollowedAfter

I have a few lore related questions about my two favourite characters for u/RV-AmandaD that I hope can be answered! In no particular order:

• How far past Wattson’s face does her scar extend? Lots of artists draw it down her arm and I’m curious as to what’s accurate.

• In a similar vein to the above question, does Wraith have implants on her body in the locations that correspond with the nodes on her suit? Also does she have a tattoo/mark of some kind that correlates to her test subject number 61137? Again, this is something many artists draw so I’m curious.

• Will poor Wraith catch a break any time soon? :(

• If you can answer this one without obviously spoiling anything, will we ever have any clarification on how the Voices from the Void work? Does Wraith hear a hum of voices at all times or is it only when she is in potentially dangerous situations?

• Can we expect any lore development for Wattson that isn’t just her being a catalyst for change in the lives of Caustic and Crypto? Any lore for just her?

Hopefully you can answer some without spoiling future plots. Thanks in advance! :)

Originally posted by The_HoomanPS

This questions are for u/RSPN_quazz

1. Were Fragment East an West looked at when you guys were thinking what places to change? If so, why did you decided not to? Every change you made is great, but irrelevant because everyone just drops Fragment right now.
2. This was a big map update, was this possible because you had more time to look at WE and solve it's issues due to now having three maps in rotation which makes updates in the same map more spaced between each other? Can we expect more updates like this one instead of the Season 9 one, which was rather small?

Originally posted by Jsnbassett

Will we have to wait until midseason? That might be extremely frustrating in the current state

Originally posted by Odin043

u/RSPN_Jello

u/RoboB0b

u/RSPN-Travis

I'm really liking the Rampage LMG. Any plans to allow to re-thermite a partially revved up Rampage, to top it off?

Originally posted by uwango

This happens very consistently for me when I go into the firing range and pick up only a rampage to charge it, both before picking up a thermite and after. I have to drop the weapon and get a new one to get it to charge.

Originally posted by DynamicSocks

How was this not obvious to yall prior to release? Is there any kind of review process regarding new skills and their interactions before they go out?

“Receive some balance in an upcoming patch” Why not… immediately? Like every other online game when something is so broken the entire community shits itself in frustration? Why do the players have to deal with frustrating gameplay for an extended period of time because the development team failed to catch this before sending it out the door.

This shit is so broken and frustrating it requires a hotfix not a patch “TBA”

Originally posted by ImperialDeath

They posted on their trello board that they are indeed looking into this issue.

https://trello.com/c/QkCTZdw5/244-xbox-one-users-encounters-freezes-inconsistently-during-gameplay

Originally posted by Zer0Gravity1

Seer has launched strong, which was the hope.

This seems odd. From a dev perspective why would you want to release a character you knew wasn't balanced? I know in most cases it's easier to tune down abilities than buff them, but yikes. I'm going to be naïve and pretend the reason isn't to sell cosmetics.

Originally posted by l7arkSpirit

1. Why was Valkyrie nerfed? Her recharge takes much longer and recharges much slower, she was imo a very balanced champion.
2. Are we going to see a level cap increase that goes beyond just another couple 100 levels? Have you guys thought of Regenning like how TF2 does it?
3. Can you share more information on champion win and pick rates and explain why you guys think Wattson is good?
4. Are there any plans to improve the servers? Are you guys sticking to Multiplay even though your contract is running out? This launch has been one of the best, but there's still issues with "moonwalk" servers and latency issues where you get shot behind cover/walls.

Originally posted by Firaxyiam

Bloodhound was nerfed not that long ago because their scan was getting "free assists" in Ranked to players that didn't proide much more than a location. What is the reflexion behind giving Seer damage on his own scan, effectively walking around that issue with BH and giving, in the end, "free assists" to Seer too? Was it an oversight or was there actual purpose behind it?

But other than the obvious Moth in the room, I'd also like to say that so far, the new locations and new weapon feel absolutely amazing to play in and with, so good job on that part! I'm sure Seer will come into line soon enough too.

Originally posted by JustAnAverageGuy20

u/RSPN_Jello and u/RSPN_quazz(idk who to ping) despite the backlash that you guys have been receiving I'd like to congratulate you guys for such a smooth launch for the first time ever! No server crashes, lag, nothing. S10 is just plain fun. Love Seer, Love Rampage and WE looks excellent this time around. Not to mention climatiser... That's one of, if not, THE BEST poi I ever had the chance to experience in Apex. Keep it up.

Originally posted by BURN447

They do voice lines in batches. The QuickDraw/hammer points/anvil were all in the same boat at one point or another

Originally posted by Stephancevallos905

For u/RV-AmandaD

What legend/story draws from you and your life?

Also, thanks for making such memorable characters that push the boundaries in the video game industry.

Originally posted by Lightning_Laxus

u/RSPN_quazz I've noticed that, so far, every time there is a new Town Takeover, it gets placed on the map that just got added or updated that season.

Is this how you guys do Town Takeovers? (e.g. Hypothetically, if you guys were to add a TT this season, it would go on World's Edge, the map that just got updated. Am I correct to assume this?)

Originally posted by Lightning_Laxus

u/RV-AmandaD Is Horizon ADHD? I know her voice actress said she is but I kinda want a writer to confirm it.

Originally posted by SzyjeCzapki

Okay, thanks! Now that we know that at least it was super unintended, id reckon reducing the amount of sound occlusion, even by little bit would VERY help the game's audio (i've played 1700 hours over these 10 seasons with occlusion disabled and if removing occlusion was a game setting id do it in a hearbeat, it really was that much better) without impacting the core design as much as disabling it entirely did

As for more feedback, do you happen to have an answer to this ? -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bmUYROQNv4&t=4s

Basically in game you can hear sounds of healing, revives, at very low volumes and those aren't actually random sounds, they play when other players complete those actions - despite being hundreds of meters away.

This is especially audible with crafting replicators, the click click clack of interacting with the replicator can be heard from like 200 meters somehow, instantly pointing you to where the enemies are.

Originally posted by KindheartednessOk970

u/RSPN_Jello What weapon concepts you wanted to explore in Apex? Imo, we need a pistol that uses energy ammo, or an smg that uses arrows.

Originally posted by Big_Liability

What are you going to do about many legends that need buffs/reworks to keep up with the recon legend rush meta? Wattson taking 60 full seconds to be able to have ONE fence is extremely underpowered compared to Seer being able to use his tactical every 30 seconds to get: - 8 Second full visual on enemy WITH health bars - Stun - Flashbang - Heal/Revive Cancel through walls - Damage

Can we also get the enemy team’s Seer tac and ult colored differently fully? It’s so hard to tell who’s ult is who’s when there are multiple seers

Other than that the Season launch was very clean and the best in a while.

Originally posted by auchenai

Would it be possible to reverse the change on Crypto's drone in Arenas?

Recalling it and deploying it again is crucial to play him effectively.

Why should recalling it before it gets destroyed eat up ability charge? Isn't it the same as caustic picking up his barrels?

Originally posted by Jsnbassett

Thank you so much for saying his power will be adjusted. I am sure you hear all of the complaints and you are right... it is IMPOSSIBLE to predict the impact in playtesting compared to large scale. Because not only do you balance for the casual, but you balance for the higher-tier players and competitive. That is a hard thing to do.

I am going to ask a question that I am sure you can't answer, but I'll go for it! Are there things in his kit that will actually be removed? Or just toned down. I am curious because I am scared of just seeing value changes (like ult cooldown) and not some of the other glaring issues Seer seems to have.

Lastly, is this something we have to wait til mid-season to see?

Originally posted by Lightning_Laxus

u/RV-AmandaD Two Fuse questions:

• What year was Fuse born in? His intro quip says 2681 but the website says he's 54 in 2734.

• Fuse's nickname is Wally and that's also the name of his mortar. Did he name his weapon after himself, and does it ever get confusing when Maggie says Wally with Wally around?

Originally posted by Noktaj

Hey guys, thanks for the AMA. Level design question here so probably for u/RSPN_quazz ?

I've noticed a kind of philosophy for the new POI is about "splitting" them, introducing elements like lava and verticality to sort of fragment the zones into chunks instead of one big area.

I'm conflicted about it. While I like the new POIs artistically, I prefered how "simpler" POIs (like old Sorting Factory for instance) allowed players to focus more on the engagement and the shooting rather than navigation. Especially on low-mobility legends, these new POIs are quite nasty to navigate.

I'm curious to know if there's any reasoning behind these changes and if this is a pattern we can expect in future map updates.

Originally posted by Lightning_Laxus

u/RV-AmandaD Could you help clear up some confusion on Pathfinder's Quest?

I know branthium is naturally found near black holes. And I know that even after its discovery, the Project Iris Group was struggling to refine it so they created Pathfinder to operate the refinery.

However, was the branthium the Group had obtained from black holes or did they synthetically obtained it?

Originally posted by Suicdsolo

u/RSPN_quazz. Love the maps, they r super beautiful. Game is so nice. Have a nice day. Just wanna send some appreciation for you r hard work.

Originally posted by Stephancevallos905

Any ETA on when Mirage buys a new boat?