Apex Legends has now addressed its plans for the future. It also highlights the issues that the huge hype brought with it. There is now a look at Season 2.
What is new? Nearly 3 months after launch, Apex Legends is now openly discussing with fans what went wrong and how they plan to improve in the future. The statement (via ea.com) was also posted on Reddit, where they received a lot of support.
The problems Apex Legends is facing
These problems the team acknowledges: The great success of Apex Legends was a surprise for the small team. No one expects 50 million players in the first month for a new free-to-play title.
While they are pleased with the rapid growth, they admit that some things did not go smoothly.
- Missteps in updates
- Players received too little insight into future plans
- No concrete expectations on how Apex Legends will be supported in the future
Not clearly informing players about what is currently being worked on is now being changed with this statement.
Currently working on these problems: No major content updates will be made during an ongoing season. Instead, the team is now working on:
- Improving the slow server performance at the beginning of a match
- Resolving audio issues
- More effectively detecting and banning cheaters (new statistics will be available soon)
- Improving hit detection
Season 2 and the future of Apex Legends
In the statement, Drew McCoy, Executive Producer of Apex Legends, writes that he and the team know exactly that fans are hungry for new content. They discuss in the team beforehand what can be delivered and what cannot. Apex Legends doesn’t want to rush things.
There is a rough insight into what will happen in Season 2 of Apex Legends and future seasons.
The new seasons will bring: At the start of each new season in Apex Legends, there will be a new battle pass. Additionally, every season start will introduce a new legend and something that will impact the meta.
During ongoing seasons, Apex Legends will continue to address issues, exploits, bugs, balancing, and minor features. Major content updates will only occur at the start of new seasons.
This is how Apex Legends wants to improve: In the future, they will more accurately communicate with fans about what the team is working on. The goal is more transparency and fewer surprise changes.
How fans are reacting to the news
On Reddit, the thread with the statement has received nearly 12,000 upvotes within 16 hours. Players are happy that the team is being so transparent.
A player asks if the developers noticed the list of issues that the community posted and published on Reddit.
“Oh yes, I love the post,” writes community manager Jayfresh. “Great to see how you put together such a clear list and use the upvotes to show us where your priorities lie. Thank you to everyone who helped and shared it.”
Additionally, the author of the list writes: “You’re welcome. That you ‘love’ that you’ve seen it and are taking it seriously brings a manly tear to my very manly man eye.”
The thread is used by players to ask questions about new features and known issues. Developers and community managers respond to many of the questions. Players are happy that the Apex Legends team is responding to so many people.
