Apex Legends Offering Players Double XP For Limited Time
Over the previous week, players have been participating in the seventh period of Respawn Entertainment’s mainstream fight royale: Apex Legends. The most recent season haOver the past week, players have been partaking in the seventh season of Respawn Entertainment’s popular battle royale: Apex Legends. The latest season has brought several changes to the game such as a new map called Olympus, the Trident Hovercar, and the latest legend, Horizon. This new season also brought about changes to Apex Legends’ battle pass, which has proven to be a very controversial move within the community.
The controversy comes from how the Apex Legends battle pass now handles levels. Over the course of a week, players gain stars by completing various challenges. By accumulating 10 stars, players progress 1 level on the battle pass. However, apparently due to a bug, if players have only acquired 9 stars over the course of the week, their battle pass progress is reset, causing these 9 stars to become null and void. Naturally, this angered many players, causing some to voice their displeasure directly with Respawn.
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Respawn has been quick to act in response to these issues, however. The developer has pushed out a new patch to Apex Legends fixing the issue. In addition, players will all be receiving double experience in-game until the next weekly patch.
While Apex Legends players are likely happy to be receiving this double experience, this bug is just one of many that have appeared in the game since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Season 6 saw a wealth of bugs to the point that Respawn Entertainment began banning players that were utilizing these glitches to win.
These issues are likely due to the Respawn team working from home. The development team has continued to work diligently throughout the pandemic, however Respawn seems to have made taking care of its staff a major priority. Apex Legends director Chad Grenier went on record recently saying that Respawn would not force its team to crunch to put out additional content; a topic that has been the source of major conversation for titles like Cyberpunk 2077.
