Apex Legends Season 1 drew widespread criticism for a number of reasons. Uninspired cosmetics, filler rewards in the form of stat trackers and nonexistent metagame changes are three of the worst offenders, no doubt, but that’s far from an exhaustive list. Somewhat glossed over perhaps due to the obvious faults of the aforementioned were the battle royale’s course and bland progression systems.
Without daily or weekly challenges promoting varied play and completing specific objectives à la Fortnite, rising up the ranks of Apex‘s first Battle Pass more often than not felt like a slog with little to no reward at its end. Thankfully, having heeded the advice of players in their thousands, last week’s arrival of Season 2: Battle Charge brought with it some sorely needed changes. The most obvious of which, of course, has been the introduction of said rotating quests to complete, admittedly making the XP grind feel more satisfying but is it really any easier?
According to one observer, the answer is an unequivocal no.
Reddit user K_U’s post claims that Season 2’s Battle Pass is actually designed to “throttle you to 10 levels per week,” via the introduction of so-called “easy” levels. Referring to the bonus XP awarded to the first 10 challenges a player completes each week, K_U continues to explain how, once that threshold has been met, progression slows down to a crawl, requiring several hours of continued play just to achieve one level.
Furthermore, over half of the challenges that award “easy” levels reset each week, regardless of their completion status, making it incredibly easy for players to fall behind, should they wish to take a break or have other commitments to uphold. The post suggests that, at the bare minimum, these weekly tasks should be completed before they’re gone for good, but it’s hardly an ideal situation for less frequent players.
Respawn has yet to comment on the matter, though I wouldn’t be surprised to see it offset the problem with a series of double XP weekends for Apex Legends in the near future. Until then, see below for the full Reddit post.
PSA: The Battle Pass is designed to throttle you to 10 levels per week. Don’t fall behind because the grind will be brutal. from apexlegends
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