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Respawn Entertainment has pushed out Apex Legends update 2.02, and this is for the game’s new season titled “Hunted.” This brings the new legend, Vantage, into the game, as well as a host of gameplay-related adjustments. Read on for the full Apex Legends August 9 patch notes, which includes a change that Respawn forgot to include in yesterday’s patch notes reveal.
Xiomara “Mara” Contreras is a survivalist who can see a threat coming from down her sniper scope from thousands of meters away. Born to a wrongfully-convicted criminal who gave birth to her alone on the barren ice planet Págos, Vantage has grown into the ultimate survivalist. Forced to live off a hostile land, she became unfathomably good with a scoped weapon.
Aim down sights to scout with your eyepiece (unarmed or with mid- to long-range scopes) and use a bullet drop indicator to see where your shots will land.
Position your winged companion Echo and then Launch towards him. Must have line of sight to Echo for Launch.
Use your custom sniper rifle to mark enemy targets which applies a damage bonus for you and your team.
In Season 5, Skull Town and Thunderdome were sunk by a massive explosion caused by Loba. Now that the Salvage operation is complete, the Syndicate has rebuilt the area for the Apex Games. Dredging machines have refilled the space with sand from the ocean floor, and a new battleground has been rebuilt with the iconic skull as its centerpiece. Read the full breakdown of the map update for Kings Canyon here.
Players can now level past account level 500 through 3 additional tiers of 500 levels bringing the effective level maximum to Level 500 Tier 3. This increase adds 345 additional Apex Packs earnable via account leveling, and ensures that everyone can earn an heirloom just by playing the game. The total number of Apex Packs earnable via account leveling is now 544.
Certain Battle Pass challenges can now be completed in either Battle Royale or non-Battle Royale modes, giving you the flexibility to complete the Battle Pass your way.
For Split 1 of Season 13, we have the following max tier distribution among players who played more than 10 hours of Ranked (versus Season 12’s Split 1):
As of August 2nd 2022, we have the following max tier distribution among players in Split 2 who played more than 10 hours of Ranked (versus Season 12’s Split 2):
The maps rotating for public matches during Hunted are; Kings Canyon, World’s Edge, and Storm Point.
Respawn also tweeted the following as a change they forgot to include in the official patch notes:
One more change that didn't quite make it into the patch notes:
🌀Horizon's Black Hole is now susceptible to friendly fire/damage.
Hunted launches tomorrow, Aug 9, at 10am PT. See you legends there! 🎯 https://t.co/J0AstvO9zq
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