Apex Legends Season 17: Arsenal launches Tuesday, and ahead of that, developer Respawn Entertainment gave players the nitty gritty details on the upcoming season’s content via the release of the Season 17: Arsenal patch notes, which were posted on EA’s official Apex Legends site. The patch notes give players a much better idea of what Season 17 will look like in terms of specific gameplay updates and other game changes that will ultimately affect the game’s meta. From the remodeled ping wheel to Season 17’s gold weapon rotation, keep reading for a breakdown of all the new gameplay content scheduled to hit the game when Arsenal goes live.
Much of the content included in Respawn’s patch notes blog post includes previously announced details about the upcoming season, like the new Weapon Mastery system, a revamped Firing Range, and new Ranked Mode changes–which include the implementation of some serious new anti-smurf efforts. You can learn more in-depth details about these new features by checking out everything we know about Apex Legends Season 17.
New ping wheel options
As for new information, one new feature included in the patch notes post was about the game’s ping wheel, a tool players use to communicate and cooperate without using voice or text chat. Currently, the ping wheel has the following dialogue options: