'Apex Legends' Hitboxes Will Be Adjusted in Season 1

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Some of Apex Legends’ biggest boys are having their hitboxes adjusted in Season 1 to better bring them in line with the rest of the game’s Legends.

Hitboxes have been a point of contention in Apex Legends ever since players realized some characters were more difficult to hit than others. This also means that choosing a character like Wraith made players more difficult to hit, so even though Legends should be picked for their unique abilities, people have been choosing Wraith to take advantage of the hitbox discrepancies. Gibraltar, Pathfinder, and Caustic, conversely, were found to have much larger hitboxes and could therefore be shot easier than others.

After acknowledging players’ feedback about the hitboxes, Respawn Entertainment said it’ll be changing the hitboxes of the those three larger characters at the start of Season 1. There’s still no known release date for that season, but when it begins, Respawn said in a post on Reddit that players can expect to see the following changes:

Hitbox Balance Changes:
Hit box size reductions and optimizations for Caustic, Pathfinder and Gibraltar
We’re better sizing hitboxes to character gear & model
Since these adjustments have a MAJOR impact on the game, we want to make sure there aren't any major bugs, so we didn’t want to rush them out
If these adjustments prove to be insufficient, we’ll consider additional adjustments during Season 1


Providing an explanation for the changes, Respawn first said that it’s noticed the five small and medium rig Legends that are everyone except the three mentioned above “are all in a safe band of relatively equal power.” The size of Gibraltar, Pathfinder, and Caustic appear to be hindering their performance though, so Respawn will adjust their hitboxes.

“Our large rig characters, however, are underpowered and their natural size appears to be a large contributor,” Respawn said. “We’re planning on adjusting the size of the large character hitboxes to better fit the model. If these changes are insufficient to bring these characters in line, we’re also considering a range of other changes such as natural damage reduction as well as individual kit power tweaks.”




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Source: https://comicbook.com/gaming/2019/03/07/apex-legends-hitboxes-season-1/

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HiPosted:

Has this already taken place? Because I haven't noticed anything different.

ZemaPosted:

This didnt really matter to me cause i always played wraith anyways and she got the smallest hit box :D

LoveFairyPosted:

Thank the lord because that was ridiculous haha

XboxPosted:

Seems like a lot of people want this.

Two_FacedPosted:

Zema Fine by me I only play wraith anyways helps the people who play as those legends


Wraith is getting nerfed too.

PATHFINDER is so easy to hit right now so funny when I see him being used so much.

AnimePosted:

Good that they are trying to fix this.

RedactedPosted:

Good, some of them are annoying af

hanniePosted:

there goes me trying to play wraith

ZemaPosted:

Fine by me I only play wraith anyways helps the people who play as those legends

MazePosted:

I don't know if I'm more excited to try out caustic and gib
More or being able to kill wraiths like everyone else lmao