Apex Legends’ upcoming season will finally allow players to tackle the Battle Royale game mode solo. If you’re tired of playing with friends, you’ll no longer be pushed to, as Season 8 allows players to play alone. Season 8 is full of new things, and we’re so excited to dive into it.
How does this precisely work? Well, if you’re not with a teammate and you’re queueing during No-Fill matchmaking ticked, players queue up entirely alone. Below you can find how exactly works:
In the lobby, you’ll now see a checkbox entitled “Fill Matchmaking”. This means the matchmaking system will attempt to fill your squad to Duos or Trios, whichever you queued for. This is how the game has worked up to this point, and will be the default setting after every match you play.
Unchecking this box and clicking Play will send your party into your selected playlist without filling your team with other players. So, if you solo queue into Trios, with “Fill Matchmaking” unchecked, you’ll go in alone. You’ll be on a team of one, against teams of three.
We still strongly believe that, at its best, Apex Legends is a game about teamplay. But we’re launching this No-Fill matchmaking as an option for solo players because we think it gives a lot of creative opportunities for you to play the game your way.
- The Caustic Town Takeover
- The Ring Fury Escalation Takeover
- The new “Heat Shield” item and accompanying Survival Slot in your inventory
- A “No Fill” queue option for brave (or is it cocky?) solo Legends
- The Chaos Theory Collection Event and its associated rewards track, collectible cosmetics, and the new Bangalore heirloom
- And a chaotic blast of balance changes, quality-of-life updates, and bug fixes
The arrival of season 8 also adds a ton of bug fixes.
BUG FIXES
Gibraltar
- Corrected an issue with Gibraltar not getting hit registrations when simultaneously releasing ADS and shooting while his Gun Shield was up
Wraith
- Wraith players can no longer cancel Into the Void by jumping at a wall
- The New Skydive Emote will now work with Legendary Skins
Caustic
- Fixed a bug that was causing Nox Gas to flicker for some players affected by it
Octane
- Repeatedly using the same jump pad no longer disables double-jumps
- Players are no longer allowed to “glide” along a wall after using the jump pad
Crypto
- Crypto’s animation to bring out his Drone is no longer skippable by throwing a holospray
- Crypto can no longer teleport to a replicator
- Reloading the Mastiff and 30-30 will no longer be faster while in Crypto’s drone
Loba
- Fixed a few areas Loba could teleport into that would get her stuck
Rampart
- Players can no longer use Sheila to get under the world when placed too close to the Phase Runner in Olympus
Horizon
- Fixed the Gravity Lift falling through the floor when used on the train tracks in World’s Edge’s Sorting Factory
- Using a zipline after a Gravity Lift will no longer increase accuracy
Fuse
- Motherload will now damage and destroy jump pads
- When under a small enclosure, players will no longer be pushed out after using Motherload
- Players can no longer double their grenades after looting a dead Fuse’s deathbox
Mastiff
- Dropping and picking up the Mastiff will no longer cause it to be reloaded
3030 Repeater
- Dropping and picking up the 30-30 will no longer cause it to be reloaded
- 30-30 will now have spread deviation when ADS firing and jumping
MISC
- Fixed a bug preventing Steam users from sending friend requests to each other
- Usernames now update when a user swaps between the Origin Client to the Steam Client
- Fixed a bug preventing players from creating or joining clubs due to their EA Account already being associated with another platform
That’s all for now. See you in the Arena, Legends.
