Rather than use third-party apps like Discord to find groups to play with, Clubs allows you to create in-game groups. No matter what team-based shooter you’re on, you’ve probably got a story about a miserable time teaming up with random players. According to David, you can attach certain abilities to the vehicle, such as Gibraltar’s shield.Ĭlubs are one of the most innovative features to be introduced in Apex Legends Season 7.
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If you’re not driving the Trident, that doesn’t mean you have nothing to do. “Because Trident was designed specifically for Olympus, we’re not gonna be on other maps at this time”. “We wanted the Trident to be part of the gameplay loop in Olympus, so we wanted people to steal them, fight over them, use them as cover in these open fields”, he says.
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However, you can still focus down specific passengers and shoot them to have them take the full damage. Similarly, damage to the Trident is distributed among the team, so no one’s walking away unscathed. This tactic wouldn’t work even on the most traitorous of squadmates, as the Trident will launch you into the air before it dives into the void.Īdditionally, David stresses that the Trident is very much a vehicle, and so you won’t be getting any splatters with it. The vehicle is squad-locked, so people from opposite teams can’t hijack the vehicle and drive it off a cliff. “We wanted players to feel safe landing on the edge of the map, and also know that they’d have a chance to even get to the other side of the map safely and fast” The vehicle has three seats, perfect for you and your squad. The Trident is an all-new vehicle made for traversing Olympus. But unlike Wraith’s portal, you will take ring damage from within this” he says.
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“This always-on static portal will phase players to and from specific locations. It’s a large portal that connects three of the map’s areas together. So what is a Phase Runner? According to David, it’s another of the map’s unique features. According to him, their curiosity will be rewarded as they get rotated along the spine of the Phase Runner and sent to the center of the map. It’s connected to two other zones, and David says players are welcome to actually approach the rift. “So this leaves debris everywhere and a large unstable rift in the center” “This used to be a large bustling research campus before the Phase Runner exploded,” he explains. As one of the most eye-catching points of the new map, he was sure to go into it in great detail. In the center of Olympus is a giant vortex, known as the Rift. Of course, David didn’t try to ignore the elephant in the room. The Phase Runner is a large experimental portal, and plays a vital role in the history of Olympus “Defensive Legends are likely to be very, very strong here”. “ houses close-quarters combat, and the ship is segregated into four distinct areas,” he says. This huge ship was previously seen docked on the map World’s Edge, and has plenty of tricks to give players a reason to check it out. Returning to Olympus is the Arcadia Supercarrier. “There’s also a fun story connection up here, where Loba’s parents were killed by Revenant” David says. These include the Reverie lounge, a high-end restaurant that also serves as a place for high-tier loot and vicious head-to-head. The Reverie Lounge can be accessed via ziplines or dropshipĪs a result, there’s a great contrast with high-action spots all over the map. According to David, the idea was to design spaces with absolutely no points of interest, to better draw focus to actual points of interest. One of the big features they played with was “Negative Space”. According to David Osei, Senior Level Designer on Apex Legends, the map had its roots in an unused concept from Titanfall. Olympus is the new map, which is a colony in the clouds. Unlike shooters with respawning, they couldn’t make Horizon’s black hole be instantly lethal.
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This is great for getting people out of cover, or alternatively, buying yourself some time to make a quick escape.Īccording to the team the black hole was tricky to balance, as they wanted something that both felt rewarding to use but also wasn’t too broken. By deploying her companion N.E.W.T, it opens up a miniature black hole, pulling enemies towards it. This is great for getting the jump on players whose souls are still weighed down by gravity, and not expecting the aerial drop. Her tactical ability is a gravity lift, which can be used to launch her as well as other players into the air.
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She can even do soft landings, which tie into her tactical abilities. Thanks to her spacesuit, her passive gives her improved aerial mobility. Gameplay-wise, she’s another of the more mobility-based characters in the game.