Respawn will soon be nerfing the newly introduced Charge Rifle in Apex Legends. This comes just a week after the release of the third season of Apex Legends, which also saw the inclusion of a new Legend, Crypto.
There is no denying that the new Charge Rifle is a powerful weapon. So much that the developer Respawn Entertainment has already decided to nerf it to bring the gameplay back in balance again. The Charge Rifle came from the Titanfall universe where it was a powerful weapon to take on Titans. It seems that it wasn’t shy in bringing all its power to Apex Legends.
The announcement was made by the community manager of Respawn, Jay Frechette at the Apex Devstream.
We want to be thoughtful in the way we make changes for it. So with the Charge Rifle, this won’t be a [straight-forward] damage nerf. We’ll be increasing the amount of ammo that is used per shot, changing the mag size for it, and also bringing in a bit of the falloff damage.
Falloff damage here means that the farther the bullet travels, the more it loses its power in terms of damage. This means that shooting from long distances will deal less damage to opponents in the match. How much of a change the developers will bring is yet to be seen, but we hope that it does not purely transform into a close to mid-ranged weapon.
If you are wondering when the changes are going live, they are expected to come out sometime next week. A date has not been confirmed but the lead designer of the game Brent McLeod has said that they are hopeful to bring the changes nest week. Next week is also the Fight or Fright event that is going live in the game, which is going to be celebrating the month of Halloween. The changes might be coming out on October 15 when the event is live.
What do you think of the new Charge Rifle weapon in Apex Legends? Do you agree with the nerfing decision made by Respawn? Post your comments below.
