/u/Jayfresh_Respawn There is a bug that is allowing people to change files on their systems in order to disable smoke. Thousands of people are getting unfair advantages and they deserve to be banned.
Are you guys doing anything about it?
Edit: Yes they are
Yes we are aware of that. Appreciate players sending it to us. We will be addressing it.
I cant tell from the wording. Did they remove it completely from her care package or reduced the chance of it dropping level 4?
Removed. Level 4 items are supposed to come from high risk / reward scenarios (e.g. neutral care packages or supply ships) or super lucky world pick ups.
Couple FYI's
- The weapon balance changes should be LIVE right now (no download needed)
- The character rig and ability adjustments are coming in Season 1 #Soontm
- We'll touch on other subjects not pertaining to balance in this week's state of dev (please dont yell at me)
Also hear me out - Mozambique Smart Pistol (lets take the bique to the next level am i rite?)
Can we please talk about the bullet dropoff arc on long range rifles? I don't understand why the G7 and Longbow specifically feel like they take a physics and math degree to operate accurately, but I can shoot an AR/LMG/pistol from across the map with minimal adjustments. I feel like there's no incentive to pick up these guns, and I switch to my Wingman anyways to land those long range shots in the heat of battle. It just feels really backwards that the long range weapons are the worst to use at long range.
thanks for the feedback!
we are eval'ing all of our live game data to make sure weapons are appropriately powerful in their intended ranges.
as a hypothetical example... if our data shows us that the snipers are underpowered at long range, we might look at projectile dynamics as one factor to adjust.
And all these changes are currently live on the servers?
The weapon changes are. Legend balance comes in Season 1.
So, is this patch live right now? I'm confused by the title. I didn't have my game update yet.
No Update required ;)
Hello u/Jayfresh_Respawn,
I hope this finds you well, in the last update you gave us some more information about the PC crashes. I have a question for you if you do not mind answering.
I quote from https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/av86d6/respawn_check_in_2262019/
" This week we’ve been working directly with nVidia to investigate PC crashing as well as parsing through reports from our customer service folks"
I see that you specifically mention working with Nvidia and as an AMD user and experiencing error-less crashes. I would like to know if you have identified that these crashes are unrelated to AMD specific hardware and if you have not why are you not also not working with AMD?
I am sorry for my ignorance and thank you for your time
Your fan,
Nox404
Yeah called out Nvidia because they were in house that week. There are definitely issues with crashes out there that are not specifically related to Nvidia that we're continuing to investigate. We still have work to do and will provide an update on progress in the next week.
thats promising. I'm just afraid the fixes will help the win rates a bit but do absolutely nothing to their pick rates without ability buffs. will be interesting to see. Serious question: would you say your goal is for the legends to have closer win rates or closer pick rates?
In general, closer win rates than pick rates. There are are lots of other factors outside of game balance that impact pick rates such as aesthetic appeal.
It's possible to remove from the game P2020 and Mozambique ?
Never!
so is this patch live on ps4 right now? because there is nothing to download. ps: good job guys! nice balance patch
Yep it's live! It's a server patch so you don't need to download anything.
Major balance changes:
Hit box size reductions and optimizations for Caustic, Pathfinder and Gibraltar
- We’re better sizing hitboxes to character gear & model
- Since these adjustments have a MAJOR impact on the game, we want to make sure there aren't any major bugs, so we didn’t want to rush them out
- If these adjustments prove to be insufficient, we’ll consider additional adjustments during Season 1
Are this live? or until next patch?
Not live yet. These will be with Season 1.
How exactly are you guys going to make it balanced to pick someone like Caustic with a huge hitbox over someone who has a tiny hitbox with high mobility (Wraith)
By turning all of King's Canyon into Bunker ;)
Is there a reason for Gibraltar's shield dome to be so tall? Is there a way to lower it that way it's not a complete deadgiveaway as to where he or his team is? He's already big enough ;)
You can toggle it on and off
Is this update live??
It sure is!
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Totally fair. We have some catching up to do to manage 50 million players showing up in a month and working towards more regular updates. You'll see the cadence improve over time. Updates around Apex will always be the priority but I also want to share more about the people and show behind the scenes and making of stuff as well.
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The hit box changes aren't live yet. They are coming when we launch season 1. The model size won't change.
I still don't think the changes to Gibraltar, caustic, and pathfinder will be enough.
We're testing some additional tweaks to have in our back pocket, but so far the hit box adjustments in our playtests have helped a lot.
You said you won't be confirming future features, but can you confirm there will be a report button and also make a statement on the influx of cheaters?
A more detailed post about cheating is coming, so I don't want to steal Jay's thunder, but a reporting feature is definitely on the way.
Hey everyone!
First off, we know you folks are fired up for info on Season 1 and Battle Pass. We still have work to do to get everything ready for prime time and won’t be talking about it yet. There are a lot of moving parts and coordination that go into big announcements and launches like this. I know the wait sucks but it’s coming and ask that you all please be patient with us.
Over the course of this week we’ll be talking about a few hot topics and we’re kicking things off today with a patch that is live on all platforms with some fixes, our first tweaks to the meta, and we'll give a preview of how we’ll be addressing Legend balance and hitboxes for Season 1. To talk about how we’re thinking about game balance and some changes we’ve made, I’d like introduce designers, Lee, Sean, and Brent who will give their POV and we’ll all stick around for a bit to answer questions.
I want to set the expectation that there will be lots of things we can’t talk...
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