Anyone who has performed Apex Legends for a season — and typically even lower than that — will undoubtedly know that the sport has issues. Certain points like hits not registering are claimed to be fastened, however creep again up as time passes. Again, that is simply form of what you settle for as an Apex Legends participant. And but, a current drawback stemming from an occasion remains to be slightly bit humorous and irritating.
The current Harbingers Collection Event began on Sept. 19 and introduced out a brand new Revenant-themed grenade known as the Rev Shell. When thrown, it should journey in a straight line till it senses an enemy after which shortly change course to monitor them. They are hilariously persistent and supply a enjoyable twist for the sport’s Halloween occasion. The Rev Shell additionally elements into one of many occasion’s problem badges that required gamers to deal 1,000 harm with them.
But an issue shortly arose in which gamers observed that their harm wasn’t monitoring. The day after the occasion began on Sept. 20, Respawn Entertainment introduced on Twitter that they had been trying into the difficulty and would even be reducing the required harm to 500 as a substitute. While the untracked harm couldn’t be utilized retroactively, this no less than made up for it slightly.
They introduced that the monitoring challenge had been corrected on Sept. 22, however the repair reducing the harm to 500 was nonetheless on the best way. While this fastened the core of the issue, it didn’t assist gamers who had already dumped loads of time into the problem and acquired nothing for their effort.
With the occasion set to finish at 1:00 PM ET on Oct. 3, Respawn Entertainment tweeted out at 1:00 PM ET on Oct. 2 that they pushed out a patch to repair it. While PCs may get these patches moderately shortly, consoles don’t fairly have the identical luxurious.
As of midnight on Oct. 3, I nonetheless hadn’t gotten this patch. It was solely after I turned my PS5 on this morning that it began downloading. Funnily sufficient, that left roughly 4 hours in which I might accumulate the five hundred harm for a problem that Respawn acknowledged two weeks in the past.
I do know, it’s only a badge in an occasion that may get misplaced amongst all my different Apex Legends occasion accolades. But it’s greater than that as a result of this isn’t the one challenge that there was in a recreation the place it seems like issues and bugs aren’t being resolved shortly sufficient. Yes, it acquired fastened, but it surely took till simply in regards to the expiration of the occasion and sure dropped at a time when most gamers couldn’t sit down and dedicate time to it.
It’s unclear precisely what Respawn’s precedence is with the sport, as fundamental recreation points like hit registration and server breakage are nonetheless considerably frequent. Just earlier this 12 months in March, the prize tracker for the Imperial Guard Collection Event broke for many gamers. Respawn introduced that, whereas they had been trying into it, a repair wouldn’t come earlier than the occasion ended.
It could be good if this led to some form of total change the place it didn’t take two weeks to repair a widespread drawback, however it’s unclear if that may ever occur. Considering this occurred in a set occasion that brings in tons of cash, it ought to have been corrected sooner.
More than something although, it’s regarding for the long-term sustainability of Apex Legends that bugs aren’t all the time prioritized correctly, whether or not it’s points inside the UI or the sport itself. I’m unlikely to cease enjoying Apex Legends anytime in the close to future, but it surely’s tough when it seems like fixes and adjustments aren’t the highest precedence, even after being publicly acknowledged.
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