January 09, 2024 Patch
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| January 09, 2024 Patch |
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| Apex Legends & FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH Event. | |
| Version number | 19.0.2 |
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| Previous patch | November 20, 2023 Patch |
| Next patch | February 13, 2024 Patch |
New Content
- New event: Apex Legends & FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH, running from January 9, 2024 to January 30, 2024
- New Buster Sword R5 universal melee weapon skin and One-Winged Angel Death Box skin.
- New LTM: FINAL FANTASY VII Takeover
Balance Changes
Crafting Rotation
- R-301 Carbine and Volt SMG back on the floor
- Alternator SMG and Hemlok Burst AR added to the crafter
- Tactical reload time reduced to 0.9 (was 1.03)
- Empty reload time reduced to 1.6 (was 1.7)
- Draw Time reduced to 0.45 (was 0.8)
- Damage reduced to 12 (was 13)
- Damage reduced to 11 (was 12)
Catalyst- Tactical:
Piercing Spikes
- Now require line-of-sight of an enemy player to activate
- Spikes that have not been activated will still slow players
- Improved Horizon audio to make “falls” less silent
Spacewalk: Soft Landings now play audio in world (not just for Horizon)
Gravity Lift: Gravity Lift exit audio range increased to make it easier to hear characters who exit
Castle Wall- impact will now destroy Conduit’s
Energy Barricade mines 
Mobile Shield: can now be destroyed by enemy Crypto EMP- Delayed balance adjustments from the Season 19.0 patch are now fully integrated
- impact will now destroy Conduit’s
Amped Walls are no longer destroyed by friendly 
Crypto EMP or Mad Maggie’s 
Wrecking Ball
Maps
Map Rotation
Storm Point
- Added and adjusted cover at ZEUS Station & ECHO HQ
- Added Ring Console to Coastal Camp
- Added Trident to Barometer
- Adjusted the position of the Ring Console, Survey Beacon and Crafting Station at Lightning Rod
- Reduced volume of ambient audio at ZEUS Station & ECHO HQ
- Removed Ring Console, Survey Beacon and Crafting Station from Thunder Watch
- Resolved a number of additional bugs and rat spots
- Restored missing Ring Console at Command Center
- ECHO HQ
- Added four new staircases at ECHO HQ to improve vertical navigation around the perimeter
- Rooftop of ECHO HQ is now out of bounds, Zipline and rooftop hatch has been removed
- Wattson’s Pylon
- Adjusted position of the ziplines at Wattson's Pylon to improve consistency of mantle jumping
- Reduced amount of ultra rare loot at Wattson's Pylon
- ZEUS Station
- Added additional cover and ziplines at ZEUS Station for Mixtape modes only
- Increased the speed of the redeploy balloon zipline at ZEUS Station by 25%
Mixtape
Map Rotation
- Control
- Hammond Labs and Production Yard are out
- Lava Siphon and Caustic Treatment are in
- Gun Run
- TDM
- ZEUS Station, Skulltown, and Phase Runner are out
- Wattson’s Pylon, Party Crasher, and Overflow are in
New
- Added new Legend voice lines that occasionally play on respawn
- Lowered Ratings reward for assists in Control 5 per assist (was 20)
- This is in response to a recent change where we started counting assists in Control and TDM based on the whole team and not just within your individual squad
World Systems
Extended Supply Bins
- Added a cap to the number of
Heat Shields a team can receive from the secret drawer - Added a cap to the number of
Med Kits a team can receive from the secret drawer
Bug Fixes
- Firing Range: players dying with a Nessie in their inventory will no longer find the Nessie deleted. Sorry Nessie Hunters!
- Players no longer get stuck due to spamming holosprays while skydiving
- Players no longer drop out of Wraith’s portal before reaching the other side
- Resolved small chance of getting 5 items in secret drawer of Extended Supply Bins
- Resolved bug preventing audio engine from properly utilizing fast storage drives when reading compressed audio data
- Startup logo video audio volume now respects the master volume slider
- Storm Point: players should now be able to use
Evac Towers through the ceiling hatch in Command Center - Trident collision should no longer occasionally push players through walls and floors
Legends
- Ash:
Ultimate can no longer be used with Tridents to get under map - Bloodhound: Niflheim Hundr skin’s raven now white (was black)
- Catalyst
- Piercing Spikes ability description now shows the correct max number of traps
- Piercing Spikes can now be pinged again
Ultimate no longer shows as ready in inventory without being fully charged
- Conduit
- Fixed Energy Barricade V-Shape deployment when looking directly at the ground
Tactical can no longer be used on respawning team still in dropship
- Fixed
- Crypto: fixed Crypto taking ring damage while standing in a Heat Shield if controlling his drone in the ring
- Loba: restored movement speed while holding
tactical if it was activated while standing still - Mad Maggie
- Fixed damage numbers not showing correctly when hitting Revenant’s
ultimate shroud with Wrecking Ball - Passive no longer works through Catalyst’s walls
- Fixed damage numbers not showing correctly when hitting Revenant’s
- Revenant: no longer occasionally becomes invincible during his ulimate if his shroud is broken while marked by Vantage’s
Sniper - Vantage: corrected Sniper Ult bullets damage to marked targets when breaking Gibraltar’s
arm shield or Revenant’s ultimate shroud - Wattson:
Ultimate correctly recharges shields when placed after Bangalore’s 
smoke
Modes
- Abilities that outline players should no longer stop functioning after killing an enemy
- Silence abilities should no longer cancel auto healing
- Voice chat is no longer heard outside of the squad in TDM and Control
Control
- Caustic Treatment: weapons cannot be used on the supply ship
- Damage not taken while inside the respawn ship
- Players no longer occasionally spawn in a skydive state when respawning on Kings Canyon
- Players no longer lose invulnerability while still on the dropship when spawning on the MRB
Code Optimizations
- Fixed issue with dynamic resolution not reacting fast enough to high graphics load. Improves frame rate stability on consoles
- DX12 (PC) video memory (VRAM) usage is now reduced by 1.5 - 2GB
- DX12 (PC) improved graphics performance with parallelization of rendering workloads
- Upgraded Nvidia Reflex SDK to v1.8 and adds support for latency markers
Quality of Life
- Improved visibility for jammers
- Ultimate SFX can no longer be heard in other Firing Range instances
Mirage's Decoys
