The newest Apex Season is upon gamers bringing along new legends, updates, and features. Included in this new season, will be the Apex Legends Season 17 Classes System rework.
Class System
Assault Class
- Smart loot gains have been adjusted to reduce skipping an upgrade tier
- It will now be less likely to jump from White to Purple or Blue to Gold
- Optics are now given based on the team rather than just Assault Legend who opens them
- Added special drop rate for Gold Optics
Skirmisher Class
- Care packages are now automatically pinged for the team on reveal.
- This includes empty Care Packages that have already been looted by another team
Support Class
- Support Bins will now guarantee at least one Battery in one of the Secret Compartment slots
- Support Bins will now award MRBs if your ally is dead, even if you don’t have their banner card.
- Legend Banners can now be crafted by ANY player who has a Support Class Legend in their Squad
Legend Buffs And Nerfs
On top of these Classes receiving their own personal changes, a few Legends will be receiving additional changes and balancing as well.
Catalyst
- Dark Veil
- Scan Highlights & Diamonds are no longer visible through the Dark Veil
Mirage
- The class changed from Skirmisher to Support
Ash
- Now gets slowed to weapon sprint speed instead of weapon walk speed when targeting with her tac
- Steps are no longer louder if the heirloom is equipped
- Fixed UI loop when crouch inspect is canceled early
- Ultimate will now persist for the entire duration even if Ash dies while it is active and while players are still traveling through it
Bloodhound
- White Ravens already in flight can no longer be scanned for free Tacticals and Ult charge
Caustic
- Fixed traps destroying when placed near closed doors that are then opened
Crypto
- Drone can no longer be accessed after being knocked
- Drone no longer occasionally teleports behind a wall after you throw it
- Fixed drone sometimes spawning in the middle of the world when thrown into a wall
Loba
- Fixed visibility issue with Black Market when Bangalore’s smoke is behind
- Amount head peeks over cover while crouching adjusted to match other Legends
Mad Maggie
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Improved reliability when hitting objects that the ball will damage or destroy
Octane
- Removed the double jump hint from the Launch Pad in cases where it would incorrectly show as an option (e.g. after a Pathfinder grapple)
Rampart
- Multiple cover walls can no longer be placed in the same spot on a Trident
Seer
- Dummies in the firing range will now have the same footstep behavior as other players when moving inside of Seer’s Ultimate instead of behaving like other AI (Prowlers, Spiders)
Valkyrie
- Ultimate cooldown is no longer set to 75% after being canceled while in Death Totem protection
Wraith
- Fixed ultimate being usable while ziplining
- Mythic finisher “Whiplash” no longer pushes players outside of the play area
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