Apex Legends Season 17 Gameplay Trailer Teases New POI, Weapons Mastery System, And Firing Range Rework

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The new trailer also revealed an interesting airborne Survival Item.

By Claire Lewis on

Apex Legends Season 17: Arsenal is only two weeks away, and today, developer Respawn Entertainment gave players a taste of the upcoming season's content via a gameplay trailer. Although much of the trailer was naturally focused on new legend Ballistic, what really stole the show was a new POI that appears to have been built on World's Edge.

Over the weekend, the official Apex Legends Twitter account temporarily changed its display name to «Apex Games Museum,» posting a series of cryptic tweets that ended with a two-minute look at the new POI, which seems to have revamped the Fragment East and Fragment West sections of World's Edge. But there were plenty of other surprises included in the Arsenal gameplay trailer, including another look at Ballistic's curious abilities and a redeploy balloon being used in a manner that was previously unheard of.

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The trailer made mention of updates to Ranked Mode, but did not reveal any additional details, so the exact changes being made to the mode are currently unknown. What we do know, however, is that Apex Legends is getting a new Weapons Mastery system. The system appears to have six tiers for each weapon, with a unique reward that can be claimed upon completing each tier. This new feature will likely be well-received by dedicated daily players who tear through battle passes and LTE reward tracks at the speed of light, have already maxed out