Apex Legends Season 16 Breaks Steam Records

 Apex Legends Season 16: Revelry is finally live. Launched on V-day, Apex has already broken its record for the highest number of Steam users playing the game concurrently, according to Steam’s most-played list. As of today’s writing, Apex Legends’ peak player count record on Steam has expanded to 610,433, beating its previous record of roughly 510,000 players (earned during Season 14’s launch), Gamespot added. We give you the battle pass, legends, and weapons updates this season:

Battle Pass

Developer Respawn Entertainment revealed season 16 battle pass highlighting bold colors and striking designs of 110 levels of festive, eye-catching cosmetics that are sure to make you stand out from the crowd (watch out for snipers!).

Players can obtain it by reaching level 25 of the season’s Premium battle pass, which costs $9.50 USD. At level 50, Valkyrie’s Legendary Heartbeat Harmonizer skin is also unlocked. Epic skins for Bloodhound, Loba, and Mirage are included in the Revelry battle pass as well.

 

Legend Updates

Source: Videogames.si

  1. Wraith
  • Can now increase speed over time when creating longer portals
  • Ultimate – Dimensional Rift
    • Max Portal Distance has been doubled (~76m to 152m)
    • Portal Duration reduced from 60s to 45s
  1. Mirage
  • Passive – Now you see me…
    • Mirage and his ally now remain cloaked after a revive for 3s
    • Weapons remain stowed while cloaked
    • Drawing your weapon will remove the cloaking effect early
  • Mirage Clones
    • Bamboozles are now only triggered by bullet fire and melee
    • Enemies who are bamboozled now receive notification on their screen
    • Bamboozle icon marker now tracks the Bamboozled player’s movement
    • Bamboozle icon marker duration increased from 2.5s to 3.5s
  1. Pathfinder
    • Passive – Insider Knowledge
    • Pathfinder’s passive benefits are no longer gained by scanning Survey Beacons
    • Pathfinder’s passive benefits (Ultimate charge and 10s Ultimate Cooldown reduction) are now gained by revealing Care Packages with the Skirmisher ability
    • Ultimate – Zipline Gun
    • Max Range increased by ~60%.
    • Max Speed increased by 66%.
    • Acceleration and exit speed adjustments.
    • Targeting improvements, including updated visual and audio cues.
    • Can no longer place the end station on OOB zones.
  2. Horizon
    • Tactical – Gravity Lift
    • Increased weapon spread in Gravity Lift
    • Increased vertical speed of Gravity Lift by 10%
  3. Lifeline
    • Passive – Combat Revive
    • Reduced the slow penalty on Lifeline when initiating a revive
    • Ultimate – Care Package
    • Decreased the drop animation speed of Care Package from 14s to 8s
    • Increased the deployment range of Care Package
  4. Bloodhound
    • Passive – Tracker
    • White Ravens
    • Ethereal White Ravens will now occasionally spawn near Bloodhound when no enemies are around.
    • White Ravens can be interacted with or scanned to trigger them to fly towards the nearest enemy player
    • The White Raven will leave a misty trail behind for Bloodhound to follow, and will share this direction with their team on the map.
    • Using a White Raven will recover 25% Tactical / Ultimate charge
    • Scanning a White Raven will fully refund the Tactical Charge
    • Tactical – Eye of the Allfather
    • Reduced full body scan time from 3s to 1s
    • Diamond target on scanned enemy is unchanged
    • Ultimate – Beast of the Hunt
    • No longer recharges or speeds up the cooldown rate of Bloodhound’s Tactical
    • Will launch a White Raven that flies towards the nearest enemy
    • Killing an enemy while in Beast of the Hunt will also trigger a White Raven

 

Weapon Updates

 

  1. Legendary Shotgun Bolt
  • New shotgun bolt rarity tier added to floor loot and crafters
  • Gold Perk: Automatically reloads rounds while sliding. Activates while equipped or stowed.
  1. Care Package Rotation
  • Hemlok Burst AR enters the Care Package
  • Rampage LMG returns to the floor
  1. Weapon Crafting Rotation
  • Longbow DMR enters the crafter
  • Volt SMG enters the crafter
  • G7 Scout returns to the floor
  • A.R. SMG returns to the floor
  1. Gold Weapon Rotation
  • Nemesis, Rampage, PK, Wingman, R99
  1. Anvil Receiver Hop-Up [R-301, Flatline]
  • Removed from floor loot and crafting
  1. Hammerpoint Rounds Hop-Up [Mozambique, P2020]
  • Added to floor loot and crafting
  • Rarity tier increased to Legendary
  1. A.R. SMG
  • Reduced base ammo capacity to 19 (was 20)
  1. R-99
  • Increased damage to 12 (was 11)
  1. Assault Rifles
  • Significantly reduced hipfire accuracy
  1. R-301
  • Reduced damage to 13 (was 14)
  1. Hemlock Burst AR [Care Package]
  • Damage increased to 23 (was 20)
  • Headshot Multiplier increased to 1.8 (was 1.75)
  • Improved recoil
  • Integrated Boosted Loader Hop-Up
  • Boosted Loader: Faster reloads at low ammo that overload the magazine with 9 extra rounds
  1. Mastiff
  • Spread pattern adjusted to be tighter
    • Added Tactical Stocks attachment to improve reload speed and handling
    • Increased projectile size at close range
  1. Peacekeeper
  • Added Tactical Stocks attachment to improve reload speed and handling
  • Increased projectile size at close range
  1. EVA-8
  • Increased projectile size at close range
  1. Rampage LMG [Floor]
  • Reverted to non-Care Package version
    • Damage reduced to 26 (was 28 in Care Package)
    • No longer auto-energizes when picking up
  • Energy decays slower when not firing#

 

 

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