Respawn to Revert Some of the Planned Apex Legends Battle Pass Changes in Season 22 Amid Community Outcry

Earlier this month, Respawn announced that major changes were coming to the Apex Legends Battle Pass in Season 22, with the biggest takeaway here being that players won’t be able to purchase the Battle Pass with their earned Apex Coins, and will instead have to purchase it using real-world currency. As one might expect, that hasn’t been met with the warmest of welcomes by the player base.

Today, Respawn has announced that they are reverting that very change, though there’s still going to be two Battle Pass for each season. Read on for the announcement:

To Our Apex Community:

You’ve spoken, and we’ve listened. With the release of Season 22 we will restore the ability to get the Premium Battle Pass for 950 Apex Coins. We recognize that we could have handled the Battle Pass changes better—that’s on us.

It’s our intention to improve the overall value and experience across our Battle Pass offerings. For a summary of the updated Battle Pass offerings starting with Season 22 Split 2 on September 17th, please check out the infographic. Here’s what we’d like you to know:

• With the launch of Season 22 on August 6th through Split 1, we want to give you an opportunity to get the Premium Battle Pass. You can unlock it by completing a series of simple in-game challenges.
· Starting with Split 2 on September 17th, you can get the Premium Battle Passes the same way as before: by using 950 Apex Coins. You’ll be able to earn enough Apex Coins via the Battle Pass to get future passes.
• The Battle Pass options now include better rewards—and with the re-tuned Battle Pass challenges, it’ll be faster to complete at only 60 levels.

Moving forward, we recognize that we need to be more timely, transparent, and consistent in our communications with you. Your priorities are our priorities: cheaters, game stability, and quality of life updates are top of mind. We need to get better and it’s why we’re acknowledging them here. As a next step, there are a number of improvements and game stability bug fixes coming in Season 22 that will be outlined in the Patch Notes dropping on August 5th.

Thank you again for all of your passion and time in Apex Legends, because we couldn’t do this without you.

The Apex Legends Team

This is, of course, good news, though one can say that a decision as anti-consumer as the one they wanted to do shouldn’t have even be greenlit in the first place. Still, a win is a win, right?

Let’s hope this is the last time Respawn tries something like this, lest they want to see the community abandon the game entirely/

In other Apex Legends news, the Void Reckoning event launched yesterday, which you can read about here.

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