March 19, 2019 Patch

The **March 19, 2019 Patch** is a major patch introducing the first Season of *Apex Legends*. It's also the first major patch of the game.

## Balance changes

Hitboxes
* Adjusted hitboxes for Gibraltar, Caustic, and Pathfinder to better align with their shapes.

 Bangalore
* Double Time: Reduced move speed bonus from 40% to 30%.

 Caustic
* Nox Gas Trap:
	+ Reduced cooldown from 30 to 25 seconds.
	+ Increased radius and proximity radius by about 10%.
	+ Removed a 1-second delay on the smoke dealing damage to players.
* Nox Gas Grenade: Reduced cooldown from 2.5 minutes to 2 minutes.

 Gibraltar
* Defensive Bombardment: Fixed a bug where your teammates wouldn't be affected by Shell Shock. This was meant to be the same as Bangalore's ultimate.
* Patched up the hole we found in Gibraltar’s shield.

 Lifeline
* Combat Medic: Fixed issue where the revive shield wouldn’t stay put while on a moving platform.
* D.O.C. Heal Drone:
	+ Fixed bug where occasionally the drone would stay connected to a player but not heal them.
	+ Limited the number of drones that can connect to a player to 2.
* Care Package: Removed slight chance that level 4 armor and helmets will appear on the Care Package.

 Pathfinder
* Insider Knowledge: Increased the number of beacons in the world 10-> 12.
* Fixed Pathfinder’s  Zipline Gun not deploying when jumping.
* Pathfinder can now grapple ziplines.
* Fixed the exploit where you could do infinite wall-climb using Pathfinder’s  Grappling Hook.

 Wraith
* Into the Void: Cooldown increased from 20 to 25 seconds.
* Turned down volume when Wraith activates her  Dimensional Rift.

 Peacekeeper
* Turned down the end sounds on the Peacekeeper charged shot.

 Thermite Grenade
* Turned down the draw/holster sound slightly for  Thermite Grenades.

## Quality of life

* 1x Digital Threat optics threat highlights are now more visible (slightly brighter; no longer affected by TSAA)
* Added "Swap / & /" / "Swap / & /") toggle in the Controller Button Layout settings.
* Added "Sprint View Shake" setting under the Video tab.
* Added "Trigger Deadzones" setting under the Controller tab.
* Added "Advanced Look Controls" settings submenu under the Controller tab.
* When you relinquish the Jumpmaster position to another player you will now hear your Legend’s VO line in addition to the new Jumpmaster. The third player won’t hear it though.
* Improved mantling from a grapple point.
* We’ve added D-pad navigation as a convenience in most of the menus. Our hope is this will speed up browsing and improve accessibility.
* Knockdown Shield:
	+ UI improvements.
	+ Shield bar drains to indicate the remaining health of the shield.
	+ When you have a Gold knockdown shield and are down, we’ve added an effect to the label that reminds you that you can self revive.
* We saw that the Ring indicator that appears when players are viewing the whole map wasn’t accurately showing the player’s position so we fixed that.
* Character animations while taking damage now accurately reflect the direction the damage is coming from.
* Reduced skybox fog.
* Adjusted the code for Supply Bins so they are less likely to kill players. If you do still get killed by one please let us know!
* Made it so push-to-talk is no longer on when a chat box is active.
* / no longer switches between players in spectator mode while the map is open.
* Updated the minimap to more accurately reflect the geo and points of interest on the main map.
* Added accessibility option to modify the subtitle size.
* Improvements/fixes for color-blind players:
	+ Added better colorblind support for Bloodhound’s Threat Vision.
	+ Colorblind colors per setting are now displayed in the settings menu.
	+ Colorblind settings moved from Video Settings to Gameplay -> Accessibility. They are now applied on the fly.
	+ Enemy pings now use proper enemy color instead of only using red.
* Added Razer Chroma Support.
* General polish to game UI fixing some grammar issues, improved navigation, and composition of elements.
* Updated dashboard images for Season 1 on PC,  Xbox, and  PS4.
* Updated Main Menu with new Season 1 art.
* Updated the Lobby visuals for Season 1.
* Added Report a Player feature for cheating and abuse on PC and consoles.
* Adding sound FX to the UI for the key binding menu.

## Stability, performance, bug fixes

 M600 Spitfire
* Fixed ADS view on Legendaries partially obscured by custom geo. (The Continuum, The Heavy Construct)

 Peacekeeper
* Fixed players being able to shortcut Peacekeeper rechamber sequence.

 Devotion LMG
* Fixed bug where the audio sometimes wouldn’t accurately reflect rate of fire.

Other
* Improved stability for various GPU configurations.
* Introducing better reporting when Apex crashes on PC without error message.
* Capped PC FPS to 300 to balance improving stability but still letting you folks enjoy those sweet frames.
* Addressed issue with  PS4 crashes due to running out of memory.
* Fixed issue where we were seeing server stability issues sometimes caused by purchasing items while matchmaking.
* Fixed players being able to shortcut weapon swap by changing stance.
* Fixed inaccurate auto-ranging fullscreen (sniper) optics when base FOV is not set to default
* Fixed ADS view being blocked when using Caustic legendary skins with certain weapon/ optic combos
* Fixed audio bug where sometimes the zipline sounds FX would keep playing after disembarking.
* Patched up some issues with missing geo on Kings Canyon and fixed a few spots where players were getting stuck.
* Fixed a bug where occluded sounds would sometimes sound unoccluded.
* Fixed script errors that could occur during the skydive.
* Fixed a script error that could happen when removing attachments on holstered weapons.
* Fixed PC users constantly switching weapons while scrolling through items in a Death Box.
* Fixed issue where a player’s name would not show up when they send a message that reached the character limit.
* Fixed bug where sometimes the Champion screen resolution would be stretched in widescreen resolutions.
* Fixed bug where sometimes the client could crash when opening Apex Packs one right after the other.
* Fixed rare issue where a player could get stuck on the dropship and be invulnerable.
* Fixed issue where sometimes players would get stuck in map geometry while skydiving from the dropship or Jump Towers.
* Fixed bug where players could still shoot even after being downed.
* Fixed a bug with the HUD where sometimes the Heal Bar would stay up if the heal was canceled right after it was started.
* Fixed a bug where sometimes the audio would continue to play sound FX for the Knockdown Shield even after it’s been destroyed.
* Fixed issue where sometimes players could get disconnected when unplugging their controller during a game.
* Fixed bug where sometimes you couldn’t fire the Peacekeeper after riding a zip line.
* Fixed issue where sometimes the skybox fog would not appear while spectating after you died.
* Fixed bug where Banner Cards would show through walls occasionally when viewed through a very high FOV.
* Fixed some odd light flickering that was happening on the ballon flags attached to Jump Towers.
* Fixed bug where sometimes a player’s Banner Card would not show up after character selection.