EA Has Seemingly Redeemed Apex Legends With Season 22

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Shaheer Zahid

Currently serving as a News Reporter at Tech4Gamers, I have the privilege of combining my love for gaming with the art of storytelling. My role involves crafting engaging narratives that keep our audience abreast of the latest developments in the gaming world.

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While we are way past the peak of battle royale games, a few titles still dominate, such as Fortnite, Warzone, and Apex Legends. Apex Legends is the most different of these titles and is set in the Titanfall universe.

Released in 2019, this battle royale still has a strong player base. However, knowing EA, many controversial changes have been introduced since launch, leading to a massive outburst in the community that made even dedicated players leave for good.

For context, the game introduced two battle passes that could only be bought with real money, multiple currencies, and event collections equivalent to gambling. It was also full of cheaters and balancing problems that EA failed to address.

However, with the release of Season 22, EA has finally addressed many of these issues following the community’s negative reception. They even made changes that improved the experience for new players.

Why it matters: Apex Legends has built quite a big and strong community, with players having invested many hours into the title. This is why each update risks upsetting these dedicated fans, making it challenging for the studio to strike an intricate balance.

New Map And Battle Pass Restoration

Season 22 strays from the biggest tradition by not adding a new Legend for the first time in a season. Instead, the content focused on improving the balance and player experience.

It’s been a while since we got a new map for Apex Legends. This happened last in Season 15, and Broken Moon wasn’t exactly a good map since it came with cramped spaces and poor visibility.

However, Season 22 introduced players to E-District, a neon-themed map that is smaller but one of the best in the game. The map is well-designed, and its aesthetics are pleasing to the sore eyes that suffered through Broken Moon these past few seasons.

Season 22 also fixes the controversial battle pass, which could only be bought with real money instead of Apex coins. Now, battle passes can once again be bought with Apex coins. However, they are still split into two passes with 60 levels instead of 110 throughout the season.

Some more good news for fans is that players can now get the premium battle pass for free by completing a few challenges. However, it is to be noted that Apex coins can’t unlock premium battle passes until Split II.

Great Balance Changes

With this update, Legends have undergone significant changes, especially Controller Legends, who now have extra HP in the zone and can use their tactical abilities from anywhere. Recon classes now gain a threat vision while in ADS, with few adjustments to survey beacons.

Other changes include a PC-exclusive nerf to controller aim assist, weapon buffs and nerfs, and a new LMG attachment that spawns a shield. The R99 SMG moves to the care package, with EVA-8 returning to ground loot.

Additional quality-of-life changes include mid-game loot bin resets, and the removal of aim flinch. Regarding changes made for newer audiences, Apex Legends is now finally available to download on the Epic Games Store.

This is big since Fortnite players could potentially try out this battle royale. Bot Royale is also a new training mode designed to make the game feel more familiar for newer players.

Wrapping up the best changes, the new LTM mode, Revival, has free respawns as long as your teammates are alive, making it reminiscent of Rebirth from Warzone. To check out the full list of changes, head to the official patch notes.

Future Of Apex Legends

Season 22 is just the first step in the right direction; hopefully, more changes will follow. The developers have already stated earlier that Seasons 22 and 23, which are yet to be released, will bring big changes.

Various problems still persist, such as server issues, which haven’t been stable for once in my thousand hours of gameplay. The loot issues are also here, and the audio is somehow even worse.

Despite promises, the SBMM isn’t any better either. Predator-level players are dropping behind silver and gold ranks, making the experience quite frustrating. However, no battle royale is truly perfect. 

Apex Legends still has a long way to go before it gains a positive reception again from the audience, but Season 22 shows what can happen when developers listen to the community and work with the fans.

Shaheer Zahid

[News Reporter]

Shaheer is currently pursuing a Business degree while also working as a part-time Content Writer. With his deep passion for both writing and video games, he has seamlessly transitioned into a role as a Journalist. Over the past two years, Shaheer has contributed as a freelancer to various websites and landed positions on acclaimed platforms like Gamerant. Currently, his role at Tech4gamers is as a Features Writer, but he also covers News occasionally. Shaheer’s favorite gaming franchises are Assassin’s Creed and the God of War series.

Get In Touch: shaheer@old.tech4gamers.com