Apex Legends' new level cap draws from classic Call of Duty feature

Apex Legends' Season 14 update is almost upon us and Respawn Entertainment is giving this free-to-play battle royale's veteran players something to look forward to - and it's about time, too. Alongside the new Apex Legends character and Kings Canyon map changes, Respawn Entertainment is introducing a new, increased level cap to Apex Legends on all platforms. Interestingly, this new level cap isn't going to be as simple as Apex Legends players going from level 500 to level 600, 700, and beyond. No, this level cap increase is actually a Call of Duty-like prestige system in disguise.

Speaking to content creators and press during a pre-release Season 14 virtual panel, Apex Legends' experience design director Aaron Rutledge took a moment to explain what players can expect to see from the increased and expanded level progression coming to this battle royale with the Hunted update.

"In Season 14, we're going to expand the max level cap by looping through level one to 500 three additional times," Rutledge revealed. "[This is] essentially raising the level cap to 2,000." As you might imagine, going forward players can expect to see a different badge design for their banner every 500 levels. Respawn Entertainment may not admit it, but it's clearly a levelling system somewhat similar to the prestige levelling system we've seen in Call of Duty titles for years.

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