The launch ofApex Legends’Season 9 “Legacy” update was tumultuous, with day-one server issues plaguing player connectivity as well as a multitude of smaller bugs that came to the game alongside a new legend, and a new game permanent game mode. It appears that something else is off too, as Respawn developers are now looking into thelack of rare or high-level upgrades in the Battle Royalemode.
Alongside Season 9’s new legend, Valkyrie, and new game mode, Arenas, are a variety of behind-the-scenes changes to the game. Players now spawn with a level 1 shield, helmet, knockdown shield, and two shield batteries and syringes. As a result of this change, low-level loot should be less common, with level 1 helmets and level 1 knockdown shields being completely removed from the item pool. Instead, many players have seen an increase in these low-level items, leaving them struggling in later stages of the Battle Royale game mode.
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While many players have experienced the issue,Apex Legendsstreamer Daltoosh pointed out specific concerns in a Twitter post. Backpacks, rare and epic armor, and other equipment (save for shield cells) appear to spawn much less frequently than in or before Season 8. The producer ofApex LegendsJosh Medina responded to his post, saying thatit’s a problem not onlyApexplayers are having, but also members of the team at Respawn Entertainment.
Apex Legendslaunches are consistently inconsistent. Each new season for the last few seasons has launched to massive server problems and difficult issues with bugs, some of which still haven’t been fully fixed. Loba’s tactical ability was glitched for practically the entire length of Season 8, for example, so it’s likely that the loot diversity issue will be fixed later on in Legacy’s lifetime, if the development team doesn’t see it fit to release a patch sooner than then.
Theday-one issues withApex LegendsSeason 9were many. Battle Royale and Arenas were restricted to the base six champions, rubberbanding was a regular feature of any server one could connect to, the lobby menu was lacking several clickable options, and there were several smaller bugs related to the server instability. A few days on, just about all of the server connectivity issues have been solved, though some players have reported not being able to get past the Easy Anti-Cheat initial check after this round of small fixes.
While the loot drop rate issue is not tied directly to the server connectivity issues that plague the game with every new season, having servers up and running gives the team time to address concerns like these. If there is aback-end problem inApex Legendscausing the disparity, players will be able to expect an update in the coming months – hopefully, sooner than later.
Apex Legendsis available on PC, PlayStation 4, Switch, and Xbox One.
