The latest update 1.47 for Apex Legends adds a plethora of new features including a cross-play beta coming to the game. The much request cross-play support comes right in time for the Aftermarket collection event.
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NEW EVENT
According to EA’s official website, the event will feature an exciting new limited-time mode called flashpoint, tons of rewards, a new Caustic Heirloom, and a few other things. These flashpoints are scattered all across the map and will regenerate players health and shield, thereby providing a tactical advantage.
LIMITED TIME COSMETICS
The event also provides players with a few limited-time cosmetic items. The set of these 24 themed cosmetics items will be available for purchase as long as the event lasts. Each Event Pack will also come with one event item and two non-event items.
CROSS-PLAY BETA
The new crossplay support will work across all platforms that are PC, PS4, Xbox One. While PS4 players may play with an Xbox player, PC players will continue to play with PC players, because of the advantages they have of playing via a mouse and a keyboard. While this feature is still in beta mode, there will be no cross-play progression at this point. More details will be revealed regarding this during the game’s steam launch later this year. Keep in mind that the crossplay is completely optional and players can turn that off at any time.
NEW HEIRLOOM – CAUSTIC’S DEATH HAMMER
Caustic’s Death Hammer is the latest heirloom to be added to the heirloom pool. This nox filled hammer will smash anyone who comes in contact with it.
LEGEND META
Rampart
- Increased the rate at which Sheila’s bullet spread tightens
Bloodhound
- Updated Bloodhound’s tactical cooldown while ultimate is active from 6 seconds to 8 seconds.
- Pathfinder
- Grapple cooldown is now based on the distance Pathfinder traveled. The shortest possible pull has a 10s cooldown; the maximum cooldown is still 35s, but you’re going to have to swing a very long distance to get there. Have fun out there, friends!
- Wraith
- Updated Wraith’s sprint animation.
- Crypto
- Crypto’s Drone can now open loot vaults if Crypto has a key in his inventory. It consumes the key as usual.
Loba
- Increased range of ultimate & passive from 3100 units to 4500 units.
- Loba now starts the match with her ultimate half charged.
WEAPON META
Devotion
- Increasing hipfire spread at a base level and also increasing the spread added while firing.
Spitfire
- We try to keep hipfire numbers consistent with similar weapons of the same class. So, the hipfire spread increase on the Devotion is also being applied to the Spitfire. To compensate, we are reducing horizontal recoil on the Spitfire.
Triple Take
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- Reduced fire rate from 1.4 to 1.3.
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QUALITY OF LIFE
- Loot Prompts now show how much damage an evo shield has accumulated, so you can make a better decision when switching.
- You are now able to switch to same-level armor that has less health if it is closer to evolving.
- Loot Prompts will now have a small indicator that lets you know if your teammate needs this item, so you can ping it!
- Performance Display is a new option that activates a panel that appears in the top right corner of your screen during a match.
The data displayed is as follows:- FPS – Frames Per Second, or how quickly your game is rendering frames
- Latency – The time (in milliseconds) it takes for your game client to communicate to the server and back
- Loss – Indicates the percentage of packet data lost per second on its way to or from the server
- Choke – Indicates the percentage of packet data congestion on its way from the server
- In/Out – The amount of data being sent from/to the server
- Anonymous Mode has been added to the options. Anonymize your name in the champion presentation, obituary, and other locations of living opponents.
- Level 0 Evo Armor will now appear as empty in the inventory, so you can ping to request for Armor
- There are more banners placed around World’s Edge to better support Cryptos ability to see nearby squads in his drone.
- Out of Bounds – The out of bounds timer no longer refreshes each time you enter a new out of bounds area. The timer is now a fixed amount of time: 30 seconds. If you enter new out of bounds areas, the timer will steadily decrease. However, if you only have 5 seconds left, the timer will keep refreshing up to that 5-second mark.
- This should work against people exploiting the timer, while still allowing time for people to get down if they land up there.
- Random Favorite selection added for Music and Loadscreen categories
- Holo Sprays will now remember which players liked them, and will display a count to the owner. This also prevents other players from spamming “like” on the holo spray.
- Legend Tokens have been minimized to a tool tip in the lobby. Hover over your currency to see your amount.
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BUG FIXES
General
- Added the ability to ping the satellite dish at Crypto’s Map Room from the dropship.
Gibraltar
- Fixed an issue with the bubble shield looking white in certain conditions.
Lifeline
- Fixed an issue with the “Guardian Angel” Skin having a stretched neck when using Sheila.
- Fixed an issue where care packages would not be allowed to be placed on certain parts of Capacitor, Rig, or Salvage in Kings Canyon.
Caustic
- Fixed Caustic barrels from being placed at an angle on shipping crates.
Mirage
- Fixed an issue that prevented Mirage decoys from being pinged.
- Fixed an issue that did not allow Crypto’s drone to highlight decoys.
Octane
- Fixed a visual issue that removed Revenant’s shadow form from a player after jumping off an Octane Jump Pad.
- Fixed an issue with the Jump Pad clipping into the ground in certain areas
Crypto
- Fixed an issue with his drone not detecting Wattson’s Security Fences.
- Fixed an audio issue with the survey beacon sometimes making a very little sound when using it as Crypto’s drone.
- Fixed an issue with his drone not taking damage from directly below.
Revenant
- Fixed an issue with the HUD of the Replicator staying on screen when the totem effect wears off.
Loba
- Fixed inconsistencies with teleporting onto a supply ship.
- Fixed an issue allowing teleporting into drills around Lava Fissure.
- Fixed an issue preventing teleporting on certain terrain in Staging.
Rampart
- Fixed an issue with doors closing when dismounting a placed Sheila in a doorway.
- Fixed Amped Cover from floating in the air when placed on a supply ship.
- Fixed an issue with being able to place Sheila on loot bins.
- Fixed an issue with Longbow DMR, Triple Take, Mastiff, and Sentinel not always receiving the Amped Cover buff.
- Fixed an issue with Amped Cover being able to be placed at bad angles around the map.
- Fixed an issue with the Amped Cover not being destroyed by the initial blast of Charge Rifle.
- Fixed an issue with bullets getting amped before they cross the amped wall from certain angles.
L-Star
- Fixed an issue with overheating occurring when firing a single shot from the weapon multiple times.
