Apex Season 23 Patch Notes: All changes

Lifeline rework - all new abilities
Karambit Raptors Claw coming to Apex Legends
Rift Relics bring Titanfall to Apex Legends
The Support Class is getting a major buff
Newcastle and Lifeline could take the ALGS by storm
Play OG Apex Legends in Launch Royale
Apex Season 23 Map Rotation

Apex Season 23 Patch Notes - key changes:

Lifeline Revived:

Lifeline keeps her combat revive, and additionally gains the ability to use D.O.C to Glide in air for a short amount of time.

D.O.C no longer hovers in place. It will follow an assigned teammate (or Lifeline) and heal everyone in range. This will allow teams to benefit from this ability without having to shelter in place.

D.O.C can now throw down a Halo, a ring shaped shield that blocks all damage. However, it does not have a top (or bottom) so you could still be vulnerable to ordinance or some Ultimate Abilities. Enemies can pass through the Shield. Additionally, all players inside D.O.C's Halo get fast heals.

Rift Relics:

OG Apex Legends returning:

General Changes
Original Kings Canyon Map and POIs
Original Loot Distribution and loot items
Players drop with no equipment or healing items
Armor Core/Evo has been removed, each piece of armor is pickup only and does not evolve. Original shield swapping mechanics are now in play.
Original Ring timings and damage
Legend Changes
No Class-based Legend Perks, fortified perks removed
Each Legend has had the majority of their stats and abilities reverted to the first season's balance. 
Re-introduced being able to "bunny hop" while healing
Re-introduced "punch boosting" where punching the ground behind you gives a slight speed boost
Players can infinitely jump on ziplines, max 3 interactions before cooldown is removed
Shields are not automatically regenerated on finishers, now exclusive to Gold Armor
Equipment Changes
Equipment items and attachments have their original tunings from the first season
Gold Items have their passives changed to their original state:
Gold Knockdown - Self Revive
Gold Backpack - Fast Heal
Gold Armor - Shield Regeneration on Execution (this is not a trait granted by default anymore)
Original capacities on all Magazines
No Laser Sights, Sniper Magazines, Energy Magazines (they didn’t exist yet!)
Original HopUps: Select Fire, Energy Choke, Turbocharger, Skullpiercer
Helmet protections have been reverted to balance in first season
Ammo stacks in inventory has been changed to match original carrying capacities
Weapon Changes
Original Attachments equipped on every gun
Original tunings on all weapons, Launch Royale variants have been created to authentically recreate the feeling of the original weapon handlings
All hipfire is reverted to its much tighter spread
All original Gold kitted weapons are restored
Global headshot damage is now 2.0x (with some exceptions per weapon)
Original Crate weapons come down in care packages: Mastiff, Kraber, LSTAR

Apex Season 23 Patch Notes - Balance Changes:

Apex Season 23 Legend changes:

Savior’s Speed
Now works on ally Death Boxes and crafters when a banner can be retrieved
Now works on Respawn Beacons and Mobile Respawn Beacons when carrying an ally banner
Now works without min range limit on downed allies, allowing Conduit to race all the way to her fallen teammate
Upgrades - Battpack: in addition to the extra battery per stack, this upgrade now also shows battery counts in Death Boxes

Surveillance Drone: now takes ring damage (10% per ring tick)
Upgrades - Off the Grid
Players within 20m of Crypto will now be able to spot a faint cloaking “flicker” effect every 1.5s to help identify hidden Cryptos nearby
Cloaked audio range and volume have been increased

Dome of Protection
Cooldown reduced to 17s (was 30s)
No longer destroyed by Crypto’s EMP or Maggie’s Wrecking Ball
Upgrades: Level 2
Fresh Start: removed
Shots Shots Shots: removed
NEW Big Bruddah: increase Ult Radius by 20%
NEW Fast Shotties: move faster with shotguns and auto-reload shotguns on knocks
Upgrades - Baby Bubble: now reduces cooldown to 12s (was 25s)

Upgrades
Battery Collection: removed
NEW Battpack: in addition to the extra battery per stack, this upgrade now also shows battery counts in Death Boxes

Life of the Party: health bars no longer show during Ultimate to give away the real Mirage
Upgrades: Level 2
Miracle Worker: removed
NEW Battpack: in addition to the extra battery per stack, this upgrade now also shows battery counts in Death Boxes

Mobile Shield
No longer takes damage
Can now be repositioned even when Newcastle is downed
Retrieve the Wounded: revive Shield HP/Tier increased by +50%
White 300 (was 200), Blue 450 (was 300), Purple/Gold 750 (was 500)
Upgrades: Level 2
Thick Shield: removed
NEW Hero's Hustle: greatly increases move speed when reviving
Upgrades: Level 3
Stronghold: Castle Wall HP improvement increased to 500 (was 250)
NEW Ultimate Savior: Castle Wall grants shield regen to allies in impact radius
Regen effect lasts for 15s and damage will pause regen for 2s
Won't begin regeneration until revived if downed

Forged Shadows: shield will now regen up to 50HP instead of instantly refreshing after a 3s delay

Upgrades: Level 2
Fresh Start: removed
NEW Revive Expert: gives access to Support Class Revive Expert Perk

Apex Season 23 Weapon Changes:

Damage increased to 18 (was 17)
Gold Magazines now reduce the cool off time more than purple mags
Smoothed out cool-off animations

Damage increased to 60 (was 55)

Akimbo Only: base hipfire improved

Revved State
Increased decay rate
Reduced cost per shot
Significantly increased energized capacity
Successfully charging up the Rampage with a Thermite will also trigger a reload

Charging up the sentinel with Boosted Loader equipped (and within activation criteria) will overload the next mag as though it were a Boosted Reload
Increased energized capacity
Increased energize total time
Successfully charging up the Sentinel with a Shield Cell will also trigger a reload

Damage increased to 19 (was 18)

Choke speed increased

Choke speed increased
Fire Rate slightly increased

Apex Season 23 Patch Notes - Other Changes:

All Legends can now craft Banner Cards

If a player is near a bin during the reset phase, that Loot Bin will now eject loot (even if that bin was not opened recently)
Gold Bins now spawn fewer pieces of gold loot

Can now be tracked and pinged through walls more easily
Improved logic to consider if the weapon you have is already a gold weapon and instead grants a different upgrade
Location is now announced before spawning, is marked on the mini & full maps, and a warning is issued in game
Time to Open reduced to 10s (was 11)
Updated Mythic Bin Icons for better clarity and consistency

Boosted Loader
Now activates at 0 ammo 
Now goes on the Sentinel 
Gunshield Generator
Shield recharge cooldown time decreased to 10s (was 12)
Reduced spawn rate
Hammerpoint Rounds
Reduced spawn rate