Apex Legends Season 23: All Weapon Changes

• Damage increased to 18 (was 17)
• Gold Magazines now reduce the cool off time more than purple mags
• Smoothed out cool-off animations

Dev Note: The L-Star never really gained a benefit from Gold mags because it doesn’t have a traditional reload. To show it a little love, we’ve improved the Gold mags on the L-Star which should make them a more exciting find over Purple mags. In addition we’ve done some animation work to make firing feel smoother; especially when feathering the trigger, something the L-Star excels at. 

• Damage increased to 18 (was 17)
• Gold Magazines now reduce the cool off time more than purple mags
• Smoothed out cool-off animations

Dev Note: The L-Star never really gained a benefit from Gold mags because it doesn’t have a traditional reload. To show it a little love, we’ve improved the Gold mags on the L-Star which should make them a more exciting find over Purple mags. In addition we’ve done some animation work to make firing feel smoother; especially when feathering the trigger, something the L-Star excels at. 

• Damage increased to 60 (was 55)

Dev Note: The Longbow hasn’t been fulfilling the fantasy of a sniper lately so we’re taking a big swing at its damage to really push its relevance and carve out a place for it within the long range meta. We’ll continue to monitor this change as the season progresses. 

• Akimbo Only: base hipfire improved

Dev Note: Overall we’re really happy with Akimbo and the P2020s are performing well but could use a little improvement to their overall consistency to remain a competitive option.

• Revved State
  • Increased decay rate
  • Reduced cost per shot
  • Significantly increased energized capacity
  • Successfully charging up the Rampage with a Thermite will also trigger a reload

• Charging up the sentinel with Boosted Loader equipped (and within activation criteria) will overload the next mag as though it were a Boosted Reload
• Increased energized capacity
• Increased energize total time
• Successfully charging up the Sentinel with a Shield Cell will also trigger a reload

Dev Note: The Sentinel is a beloved sniper but can be a little intimidating to run with its high risk and reward gameplay flow. We wanted to open this up a little bit and make it easier to engage with and more approachable so we’re making the energized state a little more forgiving and adding Boosted Loader to temporarily increase its magazine size.

• Damage increased to 19 (was 18)

Dev Note: Our LMGs have seen more play since the release of the Gunshield Generators but they still haven’t quite been able to compete with our more versatile ARs. These updates continue the work to push them into being valuable primary weapons. 

• Choke speed increased

• Choke speed increased
• Fire Rate slightly increased

Dev Note: Both the Triple Take and the Peacekeeper are doing well in the meta but are feeling a tad sluggish compared to the competition. These adjustments should make them feel a little more responsive.