Legends：Designer’s Notes
I have reviewed the recently published Designer’s Notes ( https://www.ea.com/en-us/games/apex-legends/apex-legends/news/29-0-designers-notes ).
Regarding the scatter plot showing the relationship between win rate and pick rate for each character (with the average set at 0,0), I have several concerns.
Why are the axes not symmetrical? The current scaling makes it difficult to visually identify the distribution of outliers, such as Octane or Horizon. Furthermore, this visualization clusters most legends near the center, making it hard to discern the lack of characters with significantly low pick rates.
Is this truly the right priority?In the notes, you focus heavily on Vantage, Conduit, and Alter. However, all of these characters fall within a ±5% range of the average. (Personally, I found the data for Alter surprising, as I perceived her to be significantly stronger).
- Does this not suggest that the issue is more structural rather than just individual character balance? The legends with abnormally high pick and win rates are almost exclusively limited to the Skirmisher and Assault classes.
To be honest, it is difficult to welcome new legends while the current roster remains so unbalanced. I strongly believe that the priority should be achieving proper balance with the existing legends first, rather than further increasing the number of characters requiring adjustment.
