Apex Legends Leveling Bug Has Finally Been Resolved

gamespot.com:

Apex Legends Season 14: Hunted introduced a new legend, a new battle pass, and many surprising new features to Respawn's wildly popular battle royale. Unfortunately, the seasonal update also introduced a few bugs, including one that prevented players from receiving rewards for leveling up. The good news is, after asking players for a bit of patience, it seems the game's developers have identified and fixed the leveling bug.

Heads up, legends: we just started rolling out a fix for the missing level-up rewards in <a href=«https://twitter.com/PlayApex?ref_src=» https:>@PlayApex

and they should show up in your inventory next time you launch the game. Thanks again for sticking with us through this one.

Although the leveling issue was nothing compared to last season's bugs (especially one that left Loba in an unplayable state for nearly three months), fans began losing patience, as the bug affects one of Season 14's most exciting new features: a massive increase to the game's level cap.

Previously, players could only reach level 500, after which they continued to receive Legend Tokens (used to purchase recolored skins and re-roll daily challenges), but no longer periodically received Apex Packs while leveling up. But as of Season 14, the level cap has effectively been raised from 500 to 2,000, as players can now «prestige» their account level, climbing up to level 500 three additional times before reaching the cap. This means that players who climb their way through all 2,000 levels will accumulate a total of 544 free Apex Packs (not counting any they may purchase themselves or earn from in-game events).

This is huge for players who haven't yet attained an Heirloom Weapon. Heirlooms are cosmetic melee weapons that replace a