Apex Legends Battle Pass Progress Speeds Up After Player Complaints

Respawn Entertainment increased the rate at which Apex Legends players can progress through the battle pass Thursday following player feedback.

The Apex Legends developer reduced the experience required per star from 10,000 to 5,000, making progression significantly faster. It also announced plans to make Weekly Challenges take much less time to complete.

We've seen a lot of feedback about Battle Pass progression being too slow. So today we'll ship the following change:

?XP required per Star: 10,000 > 5,000

Also, starting next week, your Weekly Challenges will take much less time to complete.
— Apex Legends (@PlayApex) November 6, 2020

Respawn Entertainment said the increase in experience required was originally made in its attempts to hit two goals for the Season 7 battle pass. Respawn described those goals in a tweet:

"1) Make it engaging for the entire length of the season [and] 2) Encourage you to try out new Legends and playstyles.

"We think we missed the mark with the first iteration," the developer continued, "so hopefully these changes help out!"

Apex Legends Season 7 and its battle pass launched Nov. 4