Bloodhound's ultimate needs to be fixed. While you consider some over performing or under performing, this legend is totally broken. The dramatic FPS drop when using the ult is across all platforms.
Mentioned earlier, but yes - the performance drop of Bloodhound's ult should be getting addressed in a future patch. Can't promise it'll have NO performance impact, as there's a lot of rendering shenanigans going on, but it should be improved.
Thanks for your post! (again)
Apex is a very unique BR game, since it seems the only BR forcing players to play as a team. Does this uniqueness makes the development more challenging because you guys don't have any reliable precedent to follow? Do you guys still want Apex to be developed and played as a teamwork-oriented game? Or do you guys are considering making APEX more like a traditional BR game?
We definitely started out and continue to think of Apex as a team game. This specifically resulted in the development of the Legends, the ping system, and the respawn chambers. If we had taken the standard BR route of solo/duos/squads we wouldn't have forced ourselves to go down those roads. It causes a lot of headaches developing a team game, for sure, but it pays dividends when it comes to our ability to create a deeper gameplay sandbox that still adheres to core fundamental FPS mechanics.
In regards to in game voice chat, are there any future plans on improving the bitrate or codec of it?
It's frustrating to have people tell me they cant understand me when in other games the same setup makes me sound like I'm tickling their eardrum with my tongue. There's a lack of wanting to communicate with my team verbally due to this, and it hinders the experience to a degree.
We play the game a LOT and are very aware of how "awesome" our string and can system has been working. Expect it to get better in the future.
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Bugs / Issues
Hit Reg - Has been not working correctly since season 1 patch
Pathfinder Hitbox - Gets more no regs they any other character since season 1 patch
Slow mode - Game is in slow motion the first few minutes of a match
Lag / Stutters - Have gotten worse since season 1 patch
Netcode - Just watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PfFPW9a90w
Crashes - They don't affect me but I still see people having issues with crashing
Hackers - Aimbots and speedhacks need to be dealt with
Audio - Very inconsistent and choppy
Jumpmaster - Getting stuck in clumps and jumping in general seems to be RNG who gets to launch straight down faster
Return to battle - Getting "return to battle" for 30 seconds then dying even though you are on the ground
Wraith ult reset - Using wraith ult in ...
Thanks for this! I can't speak to everything here but we are aware of many of the bugs you've mentioned and noted on the QoL stuff.
Do you have a plan for competing with games like fortnight or pubg that release a lot more content more often? With the day and age of instant gratification, 3 months for new content, even such things as solo or due que might cause a large drop in player base. Part of the issue may be the lackluster content that was in season 1 (level badge for a season level for example). I do think last week's xp event was a nice step in the right direction! Keep up the good work.
We are continually working to remove content pipeline issues, hire quality devs, and maximize our ability to create features and content - but the reality is we're a relatively small team in the AAA space and we value our people and a good work/life balance. We do not currently have immediate plans to drastically increase our release cadence.
That said, feedback on Season 1 has been very clear, and we agree with a lot of it. We've got a lot of awesome stuff we've been cooking on for a long time and can't wait to start showing some of it off at EA PLAY.
Are one of the reasons you guys can't say much because of new sites like titanfallblog taking you out of context and spreading misinformation?
Not calling any one site out in particular, as it is a common occurrence everywhere - but... kinda? For example, this blog post was started almost two weeks ago as the wording has to be just right and even then we already know there will be clickbait headlines as a result. You just can't avoid it, and its a part of life in games. It is for this reason that we tend to only post things that are as concrete as possible.
Can you provide any commentary on the potential to see more stats? Such as total wins?
We've heard the feedback loud and clear.
Alright nice
If you want my 2 cents, I think something like a rushed ranked mode with improvements over time, would be way better than having to wait for a fleshed out competitive mode.
It seems like many players already hit a wall and some kind of ladder would keep them busy for a while, giving you a somewhat more relaxed time improving it.
I like the way you think.
Do you have a set number of legends to be released?
Also are there other heirlooms to be released?
We have plans to work on Apex for years to come, and internally we have a lot of Legends in various states of development. There is no magical "max roster" number or anything, but being that this is a character based battle royale I don't see us stopping any time soon.
Are there any truths to the comment from some dev that you are going to be nerfing Wraith and Lifeline instead of buffing or making the other legends up to par with the others?
Just nerfing everything seems like a easy solution to a problem instead of making the other options more viable or attractive.
Edit: Comment in question - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D45B54DW4AELnXH.jpg:large
I can't comment on any specific changes to Legend balance changes - but in general the reality is buffs and nerfs are both useful tools when it comes to ensuring balance.
Is there any work being done on the 00000000002F2DCA crashes, potentially related to overclocked CPU's. I've heard reducing overclock can help but I don't particularly want to impact the other games I play or mess around in BIOS every time I want to play.
I love the game but I'm crashing pretty frequently and I don't like to queue when I'm crashing this much as it isn't really fair on my teamates
I just checked the JIRA bug on that one and it is indeed on an engineers plate to be working on. No promises or ETA, but we're aware.
- Any QOL upgrades planned?
- Any changes to season rewards? -There is nothing worth unlocking besides the rank 100+ items. Everything else is like... "leaves" skin for the mozambique. Feels like I paid $10 to grind so I don't need to pay $10 next season. Seems to be my only motivation right now.
- Love the changes to Caustic/Gibraltar, they are 100% more playable now.
I get consistent FPS drops on Xbox One whenever I get in hectic fights or situations where it may seem the console can’t keep up at 100% with the game. I have changed my HDMI cable so it’s not that. Is this just an issue with my console or is Apex not optimized perfectly from your guys’ end? This hasn’t ever really happened to me with other games.
Do you play Bloodhound a lot? There is an issue where framerate can drop when you pop their ult - which will be fixed in the next patch AFAIK.
Ranked/Competitive mode, is this something you want to do further along the road or something that is in the pipeline or are you content with having this one single game mode and focusing your resources on that?
Thanks for the update, best of luck to the studio.
We have definitely spent a lot of time thinking about for the future of Apex. As mentioned earlier we did envision Apex as a game that is competitive at its core during development and we have great interest in helping elevate that aspect of the game in the future.
Hey! Thanks for the effort put towards Apex so far it has been great... the new changes to Caustic/Gibraltar would be great if they worked as intended.
Is there any news on a fix for that coming soon? Looking forward to what else you guys bring to Apex!
Pretty sure we have identified and fix the bug and it will be fixed in the next patch. No ETA as of yet when that patch goes out.
Have you seen this post from the front page?
I know you won’t comment on specifics, but there are a lot of great QOL ideas as well as needed bug fixes here that we hope you are aware of 👍🏻
Very aware of that list.
You should see our internal list ;)
Hopefully you guys find a solution for the sound breaking down whenever I am in a fight with 2 or more people. I've almost had to go to the hospital because of the awful screeching sounds that are produced. Verging on game-breaking, if not already. I play on Xbox BTW.
That issue is incredibly high on our priority list, and apologies for it in the first place!
Are you planning on making any changes to the existing colorblind modes, both in terms of the existing colors, and how they apply to in-game elements?
We've made some improvements (sorry, no details) that you can expect to see by Season 2.
Has the issue with the Big Bois been fixed or coming up?
Neither shows shields when they get hit even if they have them, until you break their shields and then it pops when it breaks.
Also they both take direct health damage instead of taking reduced damage? It's really messed up.
Yes we've been working on that. I'm sorry I can't provide an ETA but fixes are coming.
"as our community grows issues have come up that need to be addressed"
I highly doubt the community is growing...but whatever you say chief...
By the way, tapping into the recent hate for overworked studios as an attempt to excuse your tiny excuse for a roadmap, is a poor look on you. You aren't overworked.
You've kind of just demonstrated that you know exactly what all of the issue are, but the studio is only committed to tackling a subset of those, and at their own pace, even if it means the death of the game. Sad.
EDIT: Not a single person had a meaningful way to disagree with this post. Downvoting and calling names doesn't really do a whole lot. The only person with the balls to provide a meaningful response was the actual Executive from Respawn. If you think the OP is everything you needed, I'm happy for you. But some of us, aren't convinced.
Nope, not overworked and that is the goal.
No conspiracy theory here. As EP I care deeply about the work/life balance of our team and have always tried to keep workloads to a sane amount. For complete transparency, there are people on the team that have had to put in extra time to get the game out the door but as a practice we do everything we can do minimize or eliminate crunch. No amount of extra content or features is worth the cost that a crunch-happy culture brings.
And before someone chimes in with "Just hire more people lul" realize that it has taken us 9 years to go from 30 devs to 115. Hiring quality people is a HUGE effort, and one we are constantly undertaking. You can't just throw people at problems.
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