Author: Trafficblast

Respawn Entertainment has detailed the Apex Legends Season 2 Battle Pass challenge system. On the game’s website lead product manager Lee Horn said the implementation “should allow for significantly greater Battle Pass progress with less grind over less time for players who return on a regular basis and maximize their challenge resets.”

Challenges for Apex Legends will be split into two types: daily and weekly, and completing them will contribute towards leveling up your Battle Pass. To minimize the grind, Respawn has said over half of the challenges will grant a Battle Pass level. The rest of the challenges will grant the player Stars which, when combined with match experience points, will work towards fulfilling a repeatable weekly challenge that also gives the player a full Battle Pass level with each completion. Importantly, Horn notes that Stars are XP specific to the Battle Pass and don’t impact account level progression.

Daily challenges come in the form of three tasks chosen randomly from a pool of 200. Examples include “deal 200 Damage in Bunker” and play one game as Lifeline.” They are designed to be achievable in short sessions and award 3,000 Stars each.

There will be seven weekly challenges and these are intended to be completed over several play sessions. They range from “get 20 Kills as Gibraltar, Bangalore, or Mirage” to “loot 100 Epic items.” Four of these weekly challenges award 6,000 Stars each and three grant an entire Battle Pass level upon completion. If you get a Battle Pass part-way through the season, challenges from previous weeks will also be accessible to latecomers.

On top of those, there will be three additional challenges that reset every week. This special set is the same every week and will refresh whether they are completed or not, as they relate to overall challenge progress. Take a look at a list of them below:

• Complete five Daily Challenges: Rewards one Battle Pass level
• Complete 10 Daily Challenges: Rewards one Battle Pass level Earn 9,000 Stars and/or match XP: Rewards one Battle Pass level
  • This quest may be repeated an unlimited number of times each week.
  • Each completion increases the Stars and/or match XP required for the next by 9,000, up to a maximum of 54,000. You need 9,000 for the first level, 18,000 for the second level, etc. This challenge resets to 9,000 each week.

Apex Legends Season 2 is set to begin on July 2 and, along with the new challenge system, there will be a new character: Wattson, the daughter of the man who built the Kings Canyon arena.

King’s Canyon will have several of its landmarks destroyed, as strange creatures instigate a change in the map. Titanfall 2’s L-Star is also being added as a Legendary Gold energy-based weapon, randomly dropping in Supply Drops like the Kraber and Mastiff. There are plenty of other Apex Legends Season 2 changes on the way, so fans of the battle royale game have lots to look forward to.

Winner: Riho pins Rose at 13:02

Chris: Yuka Sakazaki is winning me over for the same reason Kylie Rae did. I love happiness. No, seriously. They’re so joyful. I’m still convinced Nyla is going to break her, though. Riho too, for that matter.

I’ve realized AEW loves the zooming in from the back of the arena camera shot in its production. While I don’t blame them, because it looks great, it’s used so often and so randomly that it is starting to lose some of that cool. While that’s not a critique of this match, it was used here while nothing was happening in the ring, so there was nothing to zoom into, a move I found odd.

As for the story here, it’s similar to Nyla’s match as Double or Nothing where the smaller women worked to keep Rose and Awesome Kong on the outside while they westled their match. I understand why, as Nyla is a believable monster of a talent that should just bulldoze these two. But I was so happy when they finally worked her back into the match and she did some bumping for the two smaller women before throwing her brute force around. Simply sidelining Nyla isn’t a good enough use of her talent and after Double or Nothing, I felt like we were missing out on what she was truly capable of.

As with Daniel vs. Cima, I also have to commend the blend of styles in this match. Nyla, against all odds, mixed in with the Japanese style of wrestling well and even had her own top rope highspot. But let’s talk about that ending. I don’t agree with it. That’s the second show in a row where Nyla has come up short and he even ate the pin in this one.

The finish was well-orchestrated, but building up Nyla is a beast should be a priority right now. At least, that’s how I view it.

6.5/10

Mat: I think I picked Riho to win, but Yuka is my favorite out of this group. When those two shook hands before the match, it made me the happiest, like when the Best Friends hug. Also, AEW hates putting any filler between matches, so I’m scrambling to write this and get the next match ready on-site.

I like the blend of the smaller Japanese style, with lots of quickness and unbelievable moves, alongside Nyla Rose, who is a beast. I do feel there were a few times where these styles clashed and Nyla couldn’t keep up with Riho and Yuka though. Nyla needs to be in the ring with Awesome Kong. I’m dying for that match. Anyway, with a match like this, I’m looking for a specific moment, and that’s when the two smaller wrestlers take on the behemoth. We got that, it was satisfying, and it’s almost the backbone of the match. Riho and Yuka team up against Nyla, then fight each other. That’s great in-ring storytelling.

I love, love, love the finish here. It took me completely by surprise, as I didn’t see Riho getting Nyla with the roll-up. Yes, that’s two losses in a row for Nyla, and I’m not exceptionally keen on that, but I do love that AEW is really highlighting the Japanese women here.

6.5/10

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