What’s changing on Tuesday?
The Apex mid-season 22 patch notes are here, and we're finally getting a major nerf to Revenant. This legend has been the scourge of ranked players at all levels, and will now not be quite as annoying after this update goes live on Tuesday.
We're also getting a big overhaul for Valkyrie, the removal of the Turbocharger and more. However, there are NO changes to the Akimbo P2020 or Mozambiques.
Apex Mid-Season 22 Patch Notes: Balance Updates
Gold Weapons Rotation
- Mozambique Akimbo, P2020 Akimbo, EVA-8, VK-47 Flatline, G7 Scout
Gameplay:
Loot Bin Reset
- Added Announcer voice line when Loot Bin Reset has triggered for improved clarity
- Reduced spawn rate for some high value loot (backpacks, hop ups, gold attachments) after reset
- If a Loot Bin is opened just before the reset happens, loot from that bin will be thrown out onto the ground ensuring players can grab desirable items instead of those items being deleted
- Legendary Loot Bins will roll fewer Gold items via Smart Loot when opened
- Mythic Loot Bins will roll large healing items more consistently
- Updates to Legendary (Gold) Loot Bin spawning logic which reduces the number of spawned Gold Bins and more consistently distributes them across the playable space
Loot Ticks
- Greatly improved the contents of loot ticks
- Removed white and blue rarity attachments and equipment from possible loot
- Increased the chances to receive gold weapons
- Removed Phoenix Kit and hop-ups from possible loot
Apex Season 22 mid season Patch Notes: Gun changes
Havoc Rifle
- Removed Turbocharger as a Hop-up
R-99 SMG [Care Package]
- Damage fall-off at 11+ meters increased to 11
- Improved recoil
Ammo
- Ammo that spawns with a weapon will now always be a single brick, but with twice the ammo
Hop-ups
- Reduced spawn rate of Gun Shield Generator
- Removed Turbocharger from loot pool
Ultimate Accelerant
- Rarity increased to Purple (was Blue)
- Reduced spawn rate
- Increased movement speed while using
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Apex mid season patch notes Legend Updates:
Fuse
- Hard capped the max radius of the scan area to be 450 (+50% of default ring/flat surface)
- Disallowed mortar targeting on multiple objects within the players control to prevent perfect setups
Rampart
- Lowered delay before you can re-enter Sheila turret to 0.15s (was 1s)
Revenant
- Forged Shadows
- Reduced shield health to 50 (was 75)
- Activation time doubled
Valkyrie
- Now Recon Legend (was Skirmisher)
- Full Tank upgrade now includes a 50% reduction in refuel delay to 4s (was 8s)
- Gains Threat Vision while jetpacking, stays on until feet hit the ground/zipline
- Jetpack UI now has a 'refuel delay' timer
- More agile jetpack handling that feels similar to Valk’s release
- Various buffs to improve reliability and output from Tac
- Move slow stun duration increased by 50%
- Missile explosion radius increased by 20%
- Min attack range decreased by 25% (can hit enemies that are closer)
- Max missile travel time now 4s (was 4.5s)
- Fire rate for launching all missiles now 25 (was 18)
Upgrades: - Aerial Expert: removed
- Full Coverage: moved to Level 2, added reduced Tac cooldown
- NEW Eyes in the Sky: ignores the LoS check on skydive HUD scan, increases HUD highlighting range by 40m
Apex mid season 22 Patch Notes Bug Fixes:
- DX12 PC: fixed issue that prevented Apex from working on third gen Intel CPUs like 3570 and 3770
- Fixed a long standing bug that could cause servers to crash
- Fixed rare case where you could get crushed when mantling over open Loot Bin
- Legendary Loot Bins will no longer spawn too near each other or in clustered groups
- Low Ammo indicators will no longer spam while you’re unarmed
- Minimap icons for used/empty Perk Loot Bins will no longer display
- R-99 restored to Care Packages in Mixtape TDM and Big TDM
- Restored ADS red dot while using "Celestial Sniper" Longbow skin
- Restored Zipline upwards from the second floor of Wattson’s Pylon on Storm Point
- Teams with all max level players can no longer interact with Evo Harvesters
- Vastly reduced the likelihood of being in a constant state of rubberbanding
Loot Bin Reset
- Fixed rare crash related to opening Mythic Supply Bins after Loot Bin reset
- Loot Bin Reset warnings while spectating now shown at correct times
Legends
- Crypto: EMP will no longer occasionally trigger while recalling Hack
- Mad Maggie’s passive will now trigger when hitting gunshields
- Newcastle’s “Swift Speed” upgrade now works as intended
- Wattson
- Emergency Power upgrade will now affect teammates and ult accels
- Resolved issue with health regen in Mixtape
QOL Updates:
- Added the ability to manage your inventory while healing and ziplining
- Valkyrie: can now cancel the her Tac by melee punching
E-District
- Added assets to aid in climbing up walls in certain areas
- Added two survey beacons to the north side of the map
- Electro Dam's spillway slope can now be traversed upwards
- Ground loot and Loot Bin count has been increased
- 100 Loot Bins have been added to the map
- Buses now have ground loot
- Various buildings have had their ground loot slightly increased
- Reduced the amount of possible high-tier loot spawning at The Lotus
- Relocated Blossom Drives crafter to the far West side
- Resolved a number of additional bugs and rat spots
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