Battle Pass, Start Time, Patch Notes, and More

We’re hours away from Apex Legends’ next title update and Respawn Entertainment is bringing quite a bit to the desk this time round. The solely query is… Can the servers sustain? Here’s what they’ve needed to say…

SERVER ISSUES? – Respawn Entertainment is making an attempt

As we head into the launch of Season 11, let’s check out what Respawn Entertainment needed to say – courtesy of AlphaIntel – on the continuing server points Apex Legends has been going through…

” We’ve been doubling down on our efforts to resolve the connection points and intermittent lag that some gamers might expertise at totally different instances and areas world wide.

” We’ve been increasing our devoted server groups at Respawn, creating new methods for us to see, predict, and reply to potential bandwidth points, and implementing new ways in which we are able to make the again finish of a technically huge reside recreation like Apex require much less bandwidth.

” We hear you, and the neighborhood, and we’re working tirelessly to resolve these server points.”

BATTLE PASS – Quick take a look at the brand new skins

There is a lot to stay up for in Apex Legends Season 11 – the Battle Pass is not even actually up there when you think about Ash and the CAR SMG. However, that does not imply it should not be.

For 950 Apex Coins you may get your fingers on the Season 11 Battle Pass and 110 Tiers of content material, together with…

• Desert Mirage – Legendary Mirage Skin
  • Cover Fire – Spitfire Skin
• Glorious Combatant – Legendary Gibraltar Skin
  • Bucking Bronco – 30-30 Skin
• Visionwalker – Epic Wraith Skin
  • Ante Up – Volt Skin
  • Compound Fracture – Bocek Skin
• Pipe Dream – Reactive Prowler Skin

If you do not need to pay 950 Apex Coins, you may get the next free rewards this season…

• 7 Apex Packs
• 6 Weapon Skins
• 6 Loading Screens
• Season 11 “Win” Banner Trackers for all Legends
• 1 Music Pack
• 300 Apex Coins
• Season 11 Banner Badge

RELEASE DATE – When does Season 11 begin?

Apex Legends’ next season of content is due to start as soon as the current season ends – this implies, we all know precisely when to count on the subsequent season of content material to begin.

Season 10 is because of end on November 2nd – so that is when Season 11 will begin. Specifically, trying on the earlier seasons, we expect Season 11 will begin on the following instances:

• 10:00 November 2nd PST
• 13:00 November 2nd EST
• 17:00 November 2nd GMT

These instances are unconfirmed, so take them with a pinch of salt.

There’s going to be a new Battle Pass to take a look at, the beginning of a brand new Ranked season in each Battle Royale and Arenas, and much more…

MAP ROTATION – Two of the 4 maps are in play

We’re unsure why simply but, nevertheless it appears like Kings Canyon and Olympus are – as soon as once more – being benched in Apex Legends. The Season 11 Patch Notes affirm that solely Storm Point and World’s Edge are going to be accessible to play on in the battle royale map rotation.

With this in thoughts, the primary half of Ranked BR goes to be performed on Storm Point and the second half goes to be performed on World’s Edge – if nothing modifications.

In addition to this, there’s not going to be any battle royale locations included in the Arenas map rotation – solely custom-made Arenas maps will probably be accessible.

We do not know why Apex Legends are limiting the variety of battle royale maps, however the choice to solely embrace custom-made Arenas maps is smart. It’ll be fascinating to see how individuals react to this all through the season because the early response is kind of cut up on-line. Some individuals need all of the maps, some individuals do not actually care. It’s a troublesome one, nevertheless it might be as a result of space for storing points.

NEW LEGEND – Ash is becoming a member of the Apex Games

Season 11 is bolstering Apex Legends’ roster with a new playable Legend: Ash. She’s going to be a hard-hitter with an offensive means set which you’ll be able to take a look at under:

• Passive Ability
  • Marked For Death
    • Ash’s map exhibits the situation of latest “deathboxes”. Press on a “deathbox” to mark remaining attackers (as soon as per field);
• Tactical Ability
  • Arc Snare
    • Throw a spinning snare that broken and tethers the primary enemy that will get too shut;
• Ultimate Ability
  • Phase Breach
    • Tear open a one-way portal to a focused location;

NEW WEAPON – Titanfall’s CAR SMG is right here

Apex Legends’ newest weapon is a novel SMG that makes use of each Light Ammo and Heavy Ammo to maintain you firing even while you’re working low.

” The C.A.R. hits exhausting however handles gentle, this hybrid weapon’s the very best of each worlds for while you’re able to take a stand and change into probably the most harmful factor on the island.”

A totally-kitted CAR can also be being added to the rotation of loot from the beginning of Season 11.

NEW MAP – Storm Point and its’ wildlife arrive

Storm Point is here and it is the most important Battle Royale map thus far. Grav Cannons are a brand new characteristic that ought to assist your rotation in-game and three types of wildlife might be discovered scattered all through Storm Point as a possibility to get extra loot as you play.

” It appears so attractive, however the pristine seashores and crystal waters are simply the attention of the hurricane. All round, risks swirl: wild prowlers, venomous spiders, and the gathering storms solely add to the strain within the air. Now the Legends are right here to make this place their very own.”

Storm Point and World’s Edge are going to be the 2 maps in Battle Royale rotation in the beginning of Season 11.

WATTSON BUFF – About rattling time, proper?

The solely different main characteristic within the Season 11 replace is the long-awaited Wattson buff that is being launched in subsequent week’s replace – when Season 11 lastly does launch. Here are the Patch Notes relating to these modifications particularly…

• Improved the reliability and responsiveness of putting Wattson’s Tactical and Ultimate in-world objects.
• Wattson can place her Tactical and Ultimate objects on legitimate surfaces above Wattson’s eye stage (to an inexpensive extent).
• General hitbox dimension enhance, to compensate for the elimination of low profile within the Legacy replace.

• Tactical: Perimeter Defense
  • Increased harm on crossing a Fence by 33%. (15 to twenty)
  • Increased debuff period on crossing a Fence by 100%. (1.5 to three seconds)
  • Increased the time allowance to be hit once more by a subsequent Fence impact by 100%. (0.5 to 1 second).
  • Decreased recharge time by 50% (30 to fifteen seconds).
  • Increased placement vary by 50%.
  • Decreased the delay between Fences shutting off and reactivating after an ally passes by them by 60%. (1.0 -> 0.4 seconds)
  • Wattson now strikes at Unarmed-speed whereas readying/putting Fence nodes.
  • Fence nodes can now be positioned as quickly because the weapon is readied, as a substitute of ready for the animation to complete.
• Ultimate – Interception Pylon
  • The Pylon output has been considerably reworked.
  • Reduced the variety of energetic Pylons Wattson can place from 3 to 1.
  • The Pylon now lasts without end (as a substitute of timing out after 90 seconds).
  • The Pylon now has a pool of 250 Shields that may be distributed to close by gamers, as a substitute of successfully infinite Shields.
  • Increased the Pylon defend recharge fee by 150%, and smoothed regen fee. (2/second -> 5/second, or extra precisely: 1/0.5 seconds -> 1/0.2 seconds)
  • When a Pylon is out of Shields, it not recharges gamers’ Shields, however can nonetheless zap incoming ordnance.
  • Taking harm whereas regenerating Shields by way of the Pylon delays continued regeneration by 1 second.
• The UI on the bottom and HUD parts now shows the quantity of Shields that stay within the Pylon.
• Pinging a pleasant Pylon will now show the share of Shields remaining within the Pylon.
• Pylon ordnance-zapping has been reasonably reworked.
  • Ordnance is now zapped when the Pylon detects that it might hit any floor inside vary and line of sight of the Pylon, as a substitute of being zapped as quickly because it comes inside vary.
• As part of the modifications, present points the place the Pylon does not reliably zap ordnance (notably regarding airstrike skills, and ordnance that bounced off surfaces close to the Pylon) ought to now be addressed.