The Best New Change in Apex Legends Season 19 Finally Fixes a Huge Mixtape Problem

The primary huge non-Battle Royale mode created for Apex Legends was Management, which premiered in Season 12 in February 2022. This mode launched an analogous tackle Name of Obligation’s Domination mode and noticed two nine-player sides, every comprised of three squads.

It was an enormous group LTM (restricted time mode) that used sections of maps in thrilling methods and gave a break to gamers wanting one thing totally different.

Whereas it was one thing enjoyable, it wasn’t precisely viable for finishing a season’s challenges to progress the battle cross. It was then modified in Season 14 when various Non-Battle Royale challenges have been launched. These gave the identical rewards however labored with LTMs. They labored completely in different Battle Royale LTMs, however the true downside didn’t come up till Management made a number of appearances. It was rapidly obvious that assists didn’t utterly work.

If somebody not in your squad killed the opponent you had already broken, you bought nothing for it. I wrote about this issue again in February 2023 when Season 16 launched the Mixtape playlist that added Management completely, in addition to introduced in Staff Deathmatch. These modes have been nice for engaged on challenges, however there was the ever-present annoyance of not progressing sure challenges as a result of the flawed individual in your group helped you.

Whereas it wasn’t a speedy repair, the problem has lastly been corrected for Season 19. The patch notes clearly state, “Assists are actually awarded for Assisted Kills by ALL Teammates in modes the place a number of squads are teamed collectively.” After seasons of getting this problem hanging over each Management and TDM recreation, it’s good that it’s lastly been corrected.

Although this can be a constructive, and I can not deny that, it’s nonetheless indicative of a bigger problem. It appears like too many issues fall by the cracks relating to Apex Legend fixes. Mixtape has been a factor for happening 4 seasons now, and this problem has solely now been corrected. It’s not one thing small that solely affected a handful of gamers, both. This problem actually impacted each participant in Mixtape, and it nonetheless took the higher a part of a yr to appropriate.

This was additional evidenced final season with an issue that plagued the Harbingers event that wasn’t fastened till simply in regards to the final second of the occasion. It’s robust sinking time right into a recreation and coming throughout points you possibly can’t all the time anticipate to be fastened in an affordable period of time. I do know it’s not all the time simple to maintain up to the mark in a recreation like this with many shifting elements, however this downside stayed solely fixed and immediately detracted from the expertise.

I’m positive this season may have some new problem, as that’s simply type of how Apex Legends seasons go, however at the very least I do know one problem that I shall be comforted to have fastened.

In regards to the creator

Cameron Waldrop

Cameron is a contract author for Twinfinite and often covers battle royales like Fortnite and Apex Legends. He began writing for Twinfinite in late 2019 and has reviewed many nice video games. Whereas he loves a superb shooter, his coronary heart will all the time belong to JRPGs.