In Apex Legends the big, fat hero Gibraltar has never had it easy. But due to a new nasty bug, even his previously useful ability is partly useless!
Why is Gibraltar a problem case? Gibraltar is a big, cheerful guy who has always been one of the more problematic heroes in the game. Because of his size, he has a wider hitbox and is thus much easier to hit.
For that, he received a buff that was supposed to make him tougher, but due to a bug, he took more damage instead of less. Now another bug has ruined one of his otherwise useful skills.
Gibraltar’s shield is bugged
What is the problem with the shield? Gibraltar is a tank who actually has good defensive skills. One of them is a shield dome that stops all incoming fire for 15 seconds.
However, you also cannot shoot out of the dome. It’s a great skill to protect yourself from long-range fire, revive allies, or defend important locations.
But as described in a Reddit thread with over 5,000 upvotes, the shield seems to be useless under certain conditions. A Gibraltar player used the shield to protect his team inside a building. However, it appeared the opponent was unaware of this.
The enemy continued to cheerfully shoot through the shield with his Havoc gun and hit the defenseless team multiple times.
What could be behind the shield failure? The fire came from a Havoc, which is an energy weapon. Different ammunition types in Apex have different properties, so the Gibraltar player wondered: “Can the Havoc shoot through shields now?”.
That shouldn’t actually be the case, so another player speculated that it might be because the shield was deployed inside a building and the shooter was firing in from outside. This may have registered the shield as non-existent and thus ignored it. However, no further details could be determined.
Still, the insight remains that the already beleaguered Gibraltar cannot even reliably use his shield due to a bizarre bug. Gibraltar is likely to be even less popular than he already is.
The Gibraltar bug is not the only problem of Apex Legends.
