Respawn has revealed the Apex Legends update 1.45 patch notes. At the start of Season 6 of Apex Legends, Respawn made some major changes to the game allowing players to land with armour, whilst simultaneously reducing the amount of health each level of armour was worth.
This decision impacted the gameplay by reducing the time-to-kill, and this was met with criticism from fans and content creators alike. Following that feedback, those changes were reverted.
Here is what Jason McCord, Design Director of Apex Legends said in a blog post:
“In Season 6, we made a few big changes to the way our armor works.
First, all armor became Evo Armor.
Second, all armor values were reduced by 25 HP.After letting the change simmer for a few weeks, we’ve analyzed some data and collected player feedback enough to make a decision. We are going to revert the armor values to pre-Season 6 values. This change is happening today across all platforms.
We are keeping the all Evo Armor change.”
Besides the armour changes, Respawn addressed other some of the other issues, that you can read below.
Apex Legends Update 1.45 Patch Notes
General
- Fixed several server crashes.
- Made adjustments to the appearance of several holosprays.
- Removed an inappropriate Caustic voice line.
Audio
- Fixed an issue with audio not playing when shooting the Devotion and Volt.
- Fixed an issue where Crypto’s drone in Caustic gas would play to the whole server
- Fixed marking crafting replicators from the ship playing a “Let’s go here” VO ping.
Replicators
- Fixed an issue with Evo Shields that require exactly 100 damage not evolving when crafting the 100 points.
- Fixed an issue with Ninja controller configuration not being able to use Replicators.
- Fixed an issue with not being able to revive a teammate when they are downed while using a replicator.
Gibraltar
- Fixed an issue with Dome Shield on a Sheila allowing a player to shoot through the Dome Shield.
Rampart
- Fixed an issue with the “No Mercy” finisher spamming “Boom” to the entire server.
- Fixed an issue with amped cover walls requiring more hits from heirlooms than from normal melee to be destroyed.
- Fixed a server crash when Sheila is destroyed while someone is using it.
Crypto
- Fixed an issue with Hack not detecting players on Sheila.
Wraith
- Fixed an issue with the portal disappearing upon Wraith’s death.
- Fixed a crash with Wraith’s portal interacting with World’s Edge geysers.
- Fixed an error when Wraith’s portal is too close to a replicator and the player interacts with the replicator.
Loba
- Fixed an issue that caused Loba’s teleport to fail in certain areas.