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Apex Legends Update 1.78 Patch Details: What’s New In August 23 Update

GIStaffBy GIStaffAugust 24, 2021No Comments2 Mins Read

Apex Legends was updated to version 1.78 today by Respawn Entertainment. You can find out the complete patch notes for this update below.

This update makes a number of changes from the new Legend Seer to other misc bug fixes. You can get a complete overview of the new update below. The patch notes for this update were shared by Respawn Entertainment on Reddit.

Apex Legends Update 1.78 Patch Notes

Seer Changes

Passive

  • Increased wait time between sensor spikes for full HP targets (1.25s to 1.75s)
  • Removed center circle ellipses
  • Reduced range beyond 75m (blue spikes)
  • Reduced field of view

Tactical

  • Increased detonation delay from 1.4s to 1.6s
  • Players hit are no longer damaged or flashed. Screen shake from being hit is also reduced
  • Move slow added while holding tactical
  • Lowered volume on audio
  • Fixed tactical FX being visible in firing range when it’s not supposed to be

Ultimate

  • Increase cooldown from 90s to 120s
  • Lowered volume on audio

Miscellaneous

  • Fixed several errors related with Seer
  • Adjusted volume of voice lines that play when Seer is chosen

Other Fixes

  • Fixed a problem caused by Climatizer FX (“No existing effect for handle” error)
  • Fixed an issue with challenges (“Array index -1 is out of range”)
  • Fixed most instances of Legends “holding a grenade” when they have none in their inventroy (Wattson still suffers from this in some rare cases)
  • Fixed an error with using multiple grenades on explosive holds (a following update later today will cause explosive holds to spawn closed again)
  • Switch: Fixed Holospray display

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