Some players report the latest update for Apex Legends has wiped their progress, and developer Respawn Entertainment is working to fix the issue. The official Respawn Twitter account posted about the issue, saying "We are aware and looking into the issue with accounts losing their progress after the update today. Will provide update ASAP." We are aware and looking into the issue with accounts losing their progress after the update today. Will provide update ASAP. — Apex Legends (@PlayApex) April 3, 2019 A Respawn community manager also posted about the problem on Apex Legends’ Reddit page , saying the developer will start turning off servers to do maintenance and is recommending players not buy or craft anything until the issue is resolved. According to the official patch notes post, Patch 1.1 rolled out at 10 a.m. PT, and offered various quality of life changes and bug fixes. This issue appears to be impacting PS4 and Xbox One players. It’s common for developers to backup a huge amount of player data before releasing an update, so these resets will hopefully only be temporary. Reddit user UrsineVulpine wrote "This is great, only the update wiped my stats, level, battle pass levels, unlocked legends, skins, crafting metals, legend tokens and refunded my coins for buying the battle pass and reset everything back to 0. Any danger of a fix for that?!" Another user wrote "My account reset is deeply concerning. 221 Hours played and a ton of packs purchased. I’m stumped, well and truly!" For more on Apex Legends, check out our ranking of every Season 1 Legend, how another new Legend will be added during Season 1, and how the developer removed a favorite camping spot from Bunker. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Colin Stevens is a news writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.<doc-sep>Respawn Entertainment have released another update for Apex Legends that fixes a few bugs and adds some quality of life improvements. However, some players are reporting that their accounts have been reset after they updated the game. Apex Legends latest update went live earlier today on all platforms. It's a minor patch that introduced a couple of quality of life additions and few bug fixes. However, the update is also causing headaches to some players who report that their accounts have been reset after they updated their game. According to some Reddit and Twitter users, all items they have earned and the progress they have made until now have been completely wiped. The good news is that Respawn confirmed they are aware of the issues and that they are looking into it right now. The developer also said that until the issue has been resolved, you shouldn't craft or buy anything. More information and updates are expected as the devs work on the fix. As for the actual improvements and bug fixes that are included in the patch, the biggest addition is the last squad feature that allows you to party up with the last squad you played with. After the match, you will see buttons in the lobby that display the last two people you played with. You can then use the feature to invite them to your squad and drop into the battle royale arena together. Furthermore, Respawn added a mute button during the intro and Legend selection screens and worked on additional behind-the-scenes improvements for squashing cheaters. Also, when using the Report Player option on PC, you will now have the option to select Cheat or Other as reasons for the report. For those of you that still experience crashes to the desktop without error report, Respawn added informative messages that appear for crashes due to running out of memory and overclocked or overheated CPU errors. EA Apex Legends Respawn also added better collision to the turrets on Supply Ships and applied stability fixes on all platforms. The patch notes also list a few bug fixes and you can read more on that .<doc-sep>Apex Legends got an update this morning. The patch notes for 1.1 have already dropped, and Respawn has detailed everything that’s changed in the game and that players will notice the next time they play. The update is small, with no changes to characters or the Apex map. Surprisingly, the highlight of the 1.1 patch is the huge bug it’s caused that has wiped the account progression of several players, deleting everything they had, from cosmetics to currency, and making their account reset to level one as if it was brand-new. Respawn is already working on this issue. Apart from this major bug, what Respawn added to the game is a new feature that allows players to group up with the last squad they played with. The username of the players in your latest squad will appear on the left side of the lobby, and you’ll be able to invite them from there even if they’re not in your friends list. Players can disable this feature if they want to ignore invites from other players. Respawn has also implemented new “behind-the-scenes” improvements “for squashing cheaters,” but it didn’t provide further details about it. Other improvements regarding general game stability and crash reports have been implemented, and they should allow games to crash less often or give Respawn more information when they do. Some other minor interactions were fixed, such as players being unable to use an Octane trap if they’re using the ability Into the Void. For a full list of changes for the 1.1 Apex Legends patch, check out the patch notes on Reddit.<doc-sep>
A new Apex Legends update released today, and with it came a new bug that has wiped players’ accounts clean of any level progression, cosmetics, and currency. Since the patch’s release this afternoon, players have reported their accounts were reset as if was a newly created account. Any level progress, skins, or currency have all been reset and removed from the accounts, and battle passes have also been refunded for affected users. We are aware and looking into the issue with accounts losing their progress after the update today. Will provide update ASAP. — Apex Legends (@PlayApex) April 3, 2019 Respawn Entertainment acknowledged the bug and advised players to avoid buying or crafting cosmetics until the issue has been fixed. “Until the issue has been resolved we recommend players do not buy or craft anything. We'll continue to provide updates, along with an ETA, as information comes in,” the Apex Legends developer wrote. Related – The Apex Legends 1.1 update and patch notes are now live Today’s update introduced a new mechanic to the game that allows players to regroup with members of their previous squad. The patch also included a few quality-of-life improvements on the Legend customization UI and mute buttons on the Legend selection screen. Likewise, Apex fans will be happy to know Respawn Entertainment has taken additional steps to combat hackers, releasing new “behind-the-scenes improvements for squashing cheaters.” Players can now also choose between options when reporting a player from the spectate screen to indicate if they believe the user to be cheating.