It appears that the Bochek Bow might be more powerful than Apex Legends developers originally intended.
Despite a rocky start, Apex Legends Season 9: Legacy is running smoothly with the debut of not only a new legend, but an entirely new type of weapon. Players seem to have taken the recent content in stride-perhaps to a fault.
That's what post-launch updates are for, right?
Apex Legends Update 1.68 Nerfs Bochek Bow
The update launched on Tuesday, May 11. The two biggest changes to Season 9 are the nerfs to the Bochek Bow and Spitfire.
The Bochek Bow is rapidly becoming a favorite on the battlefield with high damage output and the ability to keep a large stock of ammo on hand. While the ammo, itself, tends to be hard to find, players have clearly taken to its mechanics-picking up misfired shots to redraw the bow and continue the volley against their opponents.
Fortunately, the developers were hot on the case, and have already implemented a few adjustments:
- Fully-drawn bow now deals 60 (down from 70) damage.
- Charge time increased to 0.56 seconds.
- Stack size decreased to 14
- Capacity decreased to 28 (from 48).
Additionally, the Deadeye's Tempo hop-up will need 0.38 seconds to charge instead of the previous 0.36 seconds.
In the case of the Spitfire, the changes were significantly less impactful:
- Damage reduced from 19 to 18 points per shot.
- Purple and Gold ammo capacity reduced to 50 (from 55).
Other notable changes and fixes include:
- Valkyrie no longer highlights dead or spectating players.
- Bloodhound cannot track Valkyrie while she's using her jetpack.
- Purchasing Valkyrie's bundle now redirects correctly.
- Arena matches end appropriately after a team wipe.
- Arena matches tack survival time more accurately.
- Arena transition screen textures have been fixed.
- "Array index 1" log-in error has been resolved.
More information about Update 1.68 can be found on EA's Apex Legends news blog.