Blue Bomber skin is bugged and Valkyrie facial animations are broken
Product: Apex Legends
Platform:Steam-PC
Please specify your platform model. PC
AMD or Nvidia Model Number RTX 3070TI
Enter RAM memory size in GB 32GB
What is your gamertag/PSN ID/EA Account name? KillTheMob
Please provide your squad mates' gamertag/PSN ID/EA Account name if possible.
Are you using any software with an overlay? No
Which Legend were you playing (if applicable)? Valkyrie
Which Legends were your squad mates using (if applicable)?
Where did the issue occur? In the lobby (waiting area before the match)
Which part of the map or menu were you in? If you don't remember the exact name, please describe the area or what you were trying to do in the menu. Lobby/home screen.
What were you doing when the issue occurred? E.g. respawning a squad mate at a beacon, using an ability, a squad mate left the game. Nothing, the standard animations are bugged.
Did your squad mates also experience the issue? Yes
How many matches had you played in a row before the issue occurred? It happens every time.
When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) Since the beginning of the End of the Year sale.
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
How severe is your issue? Minor impact to gameplay
What happens when the bug occurs? Valkyrie's skin "Blue Bomber" is bugged in the lobby, it shows the "Birthright" helmet instead. Valkyrie also doesn't have facial animations in the home screen when she wears this skin, and the new skin have leftovers from Birthright.
What should be happening instead? The helmet should be the one from her new skin "Blue Bomber". She also should have facial animations in the home screen when she wears the "Blue Bomber" or "Birthright" skin.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? You just need to use this new skin to see the evident bugs I listed, It happens all the times for everyone.
Since the beginning of the End of the Year Sale the new skin for Valkyrie called "Blue Bomber" is bugged in a very obvious way, the helmet during the animation in the lobby is swapped with the one from the red/yellow counterpart "Birthright", it's very annoying to see in my opinion. On top of that all her facial animations are absent when she wears this skin (or Birthright) in the home screen, now she gives a lifeless stare at that beer and you, which is hilariously bad to see. I also noticed that who worked at this recolor forgot to change/remove the violet collar from the suit of the Birthright skin, located behind her scarf, and for last (but maybe it's an artistical weird choice I dunno) the helmet is rendered with a metallic/reflective color while the rest of the armor is opaque and the mask/respirator is the only green element of the whole skin, weird to see in full blue/yellow armor, the color combination seems off.
This skin is sold in bundles for 20-60 dollars/euro! It's baffling this stuff has not been fixed yet considering the high prices and the marketing behind it, it's been weeks already! (even months regarding the home screen animations), sometimes I think very few people at Respawn/EA actually cares about the quality/QA of the new cosmetics, at least now. I hope things will be solved with the new year, this skin definitely need more work, I don't want to sound dramatic (too late) but it's a broken product sold at full price atm.
