Apex Legends Dev Tracker

Originally posted by T0funa

Hi. Loba main here just slightly concerned why fixing the worst tactical in the game warrants a nerf to her only decent ability.

Originally posted by paradoxally

Did a reputable leaker say this? It sounds strange they'd nerf Bangalore like this.

Edit: nvm just saw Shiv comment on this. rip.

Originally posted by HighTreazon

Currently it still does damage. I just saw on Twitter that with Season 9 they will be nerfing Bangalore’s smoke so that it won’t damage enemies at all. This is a huge bummer because I frequently use it to test enemy shields and force them to hit cells, not to mention the occasional knockdown. There is even a tracker for hitting enemies with the smoke that I paid for… if this rumor is true then I’m actually pretty gutted. (And yes I know that it currently barely does any damage but it’s mostly about the intel gathering rather than agg)

Originally posted by HighTreazon

Can you comment on the Bangalore smoke canister no longer doing damage? What was the rationale there.

EDIT: This has been officially debunked by the Dev! Apologies if I contributed to a panic.

Originally posted by CallMeTheZagNut

Is there a reason the team decided against allowing Valk to fire her weapons in the air when using her VTOL jets? She already moves slowly enough in air from what I’ve heard for her to not be a huge nuisance. I feel like this decision doesn’t do justice to such an integral part of Valk’s kit by not allowing her to counter fire in the air unless she’s free-falling.

Originally posted by Torjakers

Broke: punching someone at the hot drop because they took the gun

Woke: carpet bombing someone at the hot drop

Originally posted by TeamAquaGrunt

her strafe speed will be the most important thing imo. if she can strafe super fast and fly around in the air, she's going to have the same problems that Horizon has. but if she can't strafe fast, she's going to be food in the air.

it's also worth noting that her flight doesnt seem to cause a lot of visual clutter like Horizon's tactical, nor does it have the immediate height, so hopefully they've learned a few lessons going into Valk.

Originally posted by BloodMossHunter

i cant imagine how you guys are probably on season 13 now going "oh yeah, valk. anyway, back to this vampire stake mechanics we're working on."

Originally posted by Forexz

"Bogeys" would be weird to use as you already know what you're up against, it's meant for unidentified aircraft which could be friend or foe, they're all "Bandits"

Originally posted by daffyduckferraro

Looking forward to valk, hoping she is strong on launch

Originally posted by Savings-Breath-1280

People need to chill out on all the Gameplay Deviations. Just because something doesn't work ingame as shown here in the trailer, doesn't mean it will be in the game. It's not a gameplay trailer, just a cinematic for fun. If you want to spot actual gameplay changes, keep your eyes open in the gameplay trailer.

Originally posted by MrBabadaba

I want valk to just say random almost useless Air Force quips like that throughout the entire match lol.

Originally posted by NC_Pitts

Is rev still your fave legend??

Originally posted by xfearthehiddenx

What if the L-star had a sudo "magazine"?

What I'm referring to is a 20 round count of ammo that gets "held" in the gun. Not as an actual mag. When you pick it up it has 20 rounds, and when those rounds run out it pulls from the inventory. If you drop it, it pulls up to 20 rounds out of your inventory. This way the gun would still have ammo (Unless of course you ran out) in it like any other gun. But you wouldn't be able to "steal" the ammo from it.

Originally posted by Yahga2

if you love solving problems so much, then what's 2+2? hmm? good luck, been tryna figure that one out since kindergarten.

Originally posted by AmusedApricot

We are trying to find a good solution for this! It's tougher than it seems. As noted by others, the LSTAR uses ammo in a different way. Most guns have ammo on pickup because the ammo in the magazine doesn't count towards ammo in your inventory, so they can spawn with a full mag and not have it affect your inventory at all. The LSTAR's ammo count is just the amount of ammo you have in your inventory, so if you pick it up with no ammo in inventory, then it's 0 which stinks. Hopefully it's not a problem every time much because guns have their ammo spawn next to them, but it definitely is too common that you get one with 0 ammo and can't use it, which sucks.

There are a few solutions that seem possible but have some pretty big problems that make them untenable. The most obvious one is "what if you got free ammo in your inventory when you picked up an LSTAR?", but then people could get infinite ammo! This leads into "what if the LSTAR only gave the ammo when it was pi...

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Originally posted by CMDProGamer

This probably already crossed the conversation, but what if you just put a little counter next to the infinity “selection type”. Add a default of like 20 permanent ammo in the LSTAR, so picking it up will not add any ammo to the inventory. If the player has no energy ammo, have the gun use the “default ammo” it has. If the game player does have energy ammo, have the gun target the stacked ammo. I realize it could be finicky trying to make the gun switch between the 2 ammo types mid fire, but I think it’s possible. I have no clue how hard it would be to code or play test, as I have no experience with it. Just an idea I had. And like I said it was probably passed around before.

Edit: selection type meaning like the r301 single fire or rapid fire