Apex Legends News

[p]There was a claim that a player was banned for using a specific mouse. This is categorically false and not accurate. A player behavior detection compounded with other heuristics that accumulated over several months caused the user to meet the threshold for a ban. As per our normal process, we reviewed the ban and deemed it a false positive and unbanned the user. We have modified the rule that triggered the ban threshold and are currently looking at historical data for any other false positives now. If this specific mouse was being targeted for bans, you would see this issue across other titles as well that use EAC.[/p]

[p]We just pushed a fix to resolve an issue where some players would lose access to main tabs on their home screen and their currencies would display incorrectly. [/p][p][/p][p]Good luck on your weekend Apex grind![/p]

[p]We have heard your feedback, loud and clear, regarding our recent changes to Wildcard’s respawn system. As a result we will be reverting these changes to more align with the Wildcard experience you know and love. 
[/p][p]We initially made these changes because match data indicated that high-death frequency in Wildcard matches may be contributing to player fatigue resulting in them leaving the mode. We were hoping to see if shaking up playstyles would help alleviate this potential concern. 
[/p][p]It’s also worth noting that some players experienced a bug where they were respawned off the map. This was never the intention. We have identified and squashed this bug, and the fix will go live with the other changes. 
[/p][p]As we roll this back, we’ll continue to monitor feedback and internal data. In the future, we will be sure to give you a heads up and provide more ample context and insight for why we’re making changes. Ultimately, we want to make sure Wildcard is as fun for you as it is for us![/p][p]
This change is live now! Thank you for your patience.[/p]

[p]Thank you for your continued feedback about the recent changes to Ranked. After consolidating community sentiment and match data, we will move forth with implementing a new system that utilizes both Dropships and Drop Zones. We are targeting next week, as we need a bit of time to make changes to the game’s backend and ensure testing.[/p][p]As this will be a net new feature from our team, we will keep an extra-watchful eye on how it impacts player sentiment and match data. We will continue to evolve this system in the coming weeks and months.[/p][p]The initial details are as follows:[/p]

• [p]If your lobby has a minimum % threshold of Diamond+ players you will be playing Drop Zone[/p]
• [p]We will confirm the cut off percentage as the feature goes live[/p]
• [p]Players may experience a mixture of Dropship and Drop Zone matches, particularly for Platinum players or those squadding up with Diamond+ players, as we work out the thresholds [/p]
• [p]If your pending lobby will have Drop Zones you will see “RANKED - DROP ZONES” displayed on the match loading screen[/p]

[p][/p][p]As the team is working to rapidly implement this new system, you can expect further UI/UX updates as we continue to refine the feature for more player clarity.[/p][p]We’ll keep you updated on when this is ready to roll out and any final details. Thank you![/p][p][/p]

[p]We just pushed a patch to address the following:

FIXED:
-7 Year Anniversary Prize Tracker now display correct artist and creator attribution
-View Cinematic button on Nintendo Switch 2 now shows the correct cinematic
-Completing Road to Ranked Challenges now correctly unlock Ranked
-Champion Squad status will now correctly reset after the squad loses or no longer has the highest score from previous matches

Reverted Octane and Horizon nerfs to intended pre-28.0 state
Octane:
-Reduced Swift Mend max healing from 9 to 6
-Reduced Swift Mend min healing from 3 to 2

Horizon:
-Reduced max Newt Scoot time from 5 to 2.5
-Reduced Newt Scoot max speed from 700 to 550[/p]