Apex Legends Season 20 New Shield and Leveling System Explained

Apex Legends is celebrating its 5th year anniversary and season 20 is bringing about a complete overhaul to the classic battle royale mode. Not only is Apex Legends getting a new performance 120fps mode for consoles, but also a new shield system, and a new leveling system in matches, and more. Here’s what you need to know about Apex Legends Breakout.

[fellowspacemarine]

Whether you love or hate these new changes, you can't deny this greatly helps the game stand out amongst the other battle royale games that are beginning to feel repetitive. You at the very least gotta respect the devs for taking such a huge risk by changing up the mechanics this much to give it some new variety

[Weightsss]

The shield not being on the ground and working to get your stronger shield is the smartest thing ever. Makes you have to play and not just loot for a better shield.

[fragrf]

Early games are gonna feel a lot more balanced, it seems.

Hopefully, the perk system doesn't produce absolutely broken legends right off the bat.

[xdetwfe]

Fans of this game are impossible to please. I'm pumped, looking forward to seeing how this changes up gameplay!

[WildOnionz]

always admired the fact that respawn is putting in effort to make their game unique and not afraid to change their game up

[tmnixis]

From a developer perspective it definitely feels like a leveling out the competition kind of update. It’s a bad change to feeling fun op vibe when you get that armor off an enemy. But now battles will feel longer as both party’s at the start of the game will have better odds of reacting fast enough. You still can be melted in less than a second as before. One less piece of gear to focus on, putting a push to more aggressive play through a if you want more defense.

[Chet_Philodenge]

Is the legend leveling system in ranked too?

[andrewharriscampbell]

i'm glad they're making the stockpile loot strategy viable, it is kinda weird how a loot heavy game didn't have more ways to increase your power.

[MajesticAuras]

Can someone please tell me if this is permanent. Im a Lifeline main and shes now basically pointless for the team.

The game feels much more slow paced so far

[iamZelus]

No more shield swapping. Sadge but I’m digging the new mechanics for the shield upgrades changes the gameplay.

[cbloodindustries]

Hope they updated the matchmaking and servers too !

[diablo_exp]

Cant wait honestly real tired of landing looting a whole area and theres no armor anywhere meanwhile everyone else already purp lol cant wait to see the perks too for my main man Fuze

[AncientRepublic]

Plz IGN ask to devs , why they dont update 160 $ old prestige skins with sky dives, if they have time to create sky dives for new prestige skins why dont they have timebto create for already sell?

[MoFoTRex]

Wish the backpacks were in the harvestors still. Unless they upgrade when you do.

[youareevil]

Gonna be real, this just might fix apex

[fireandflames]

I'm confused, doing damage doesn't level up your shield??

[vookicookiegaming]

If they did just one more change, they would have to rename Apex or announce a new game...

[samtahmid]

Kudos to respawn for bringing uniqueness to APEX by changing the core mechanics of the game from time to time. Unlike Activision, who essentially release the same idea of battle royale, that is warzone in new names but nothing unique to look forward to. This is what epic and respawn did great. Fortnite and APEX has evolved so much and still players play it, , shows that gamers don't need the same game with different titles every year

[puredruid]

That zone change sounds great, hate players who cheesed the game by looting outside the zone.

[theuniversaltruth]

This took "fun" out of apex. We thought it was sweaty before now all players have to be sweaty instead of running around playing in their own pace. Maybe push maybe not. This update makes you have to push just so you don't lag far behind in level.