Apex Legends Season 6 is in full swing, offering fans of the battle royale new things to see and do. However, players have noticed a lot of issues, such as the return of a game-breaking revive bug and glitches involving Rampart's Amped Cover. Respawn Entertainment has let its users know the development team is aware of these issues, and today it put out a patch to try and address them.
The August 20 update patch notes primarily address issues with Apex Legends' newest character Rampart, including a client error involving her Amped Wall ability in "softened gore locales," and server errors that result in disconnection when players use her Amped Wall. Rampart's turret has also caused problems, such as Bloodhound and Lifeline getting "a stretched neck" when using the device if certain skins are equipped. The team is still working on a fix for Lifeline's Guardian Angel skin in particular.
Respawn Entertainment is also releasing a playlist update that will rebalance Devotion, one of the strongest weapons in Season 6, by lowering damage and increasing recoil, as well as lowering its spawn rate alongside the Turbocharger hop-up attachment. Spawn rates for golden items; including helms, backpacks, and incap shields; are also being reduced, and more tweaks are being looked into for "the next few weeks."
As problematic as Rampart has been, given the near-immediate changes Respawn is implementing, she is not the only new thing added to the game in Season 6. Apex Legends also added a crafting system that allows players to create their own weapons, healing items, and gear using scattered materials across an updated World's Edge map with new buildings, open train tunnels, and more.
There will no doubt be additional changes coming to the game over the course of its current season, and a new map may be one of them. A "Tropic Island" Apex Legends map has been leaked through the game's code, though it's hard to know whether this will be an official part of the experience until the developers make an announcement.
New weapons have also been leaked by dataminers, though the current Battle Pass primarily focuses on new skins, banners, weapon charms, and holo-sprays. Hopefully the effort that Respawn Entertainment is putting into fixing Rampart's issues and rebalancing the game this early will help Season 6 serve Apex Legends' community.
Apex Legends is available now on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, with a Switch version also in development.
Source: Apex Legends