APEX PACKS

BEARSssss85​ Honestly, I don't know why its not in the game already. It would give players a reason to play the game, (or to buy packs), if they have an idea of how many packs are left to open.

Do you think EA will make ANYTHING to improve quality/ satisfaction just for us if it doesn't give them income?

If EA decides to add a pack tracker at ANY POINT, it will be paywall locked. I guarantee you. Their greed knows no boundries.

Hi BEARSssss85​ the award of shards upon the opening of 500 packs is automatic and it is often the case that players have not opened enough packs. But yes we desperatly need an ingame pack counter. Ridiculous it hasnt been added up to now given there is an automatic count...

There are 3rd party sites that can give you a rough idea of where you are in the countdown to your heirloom, like the one below, which you could use

https://apexlegendsstatus.com/apex-pack-calculator

The new level cap in Apex Legends is effectively 2000. You can loop through levels 1-500 4 times.

The total number of packs you can now earn, through leveling up to 2000, is 544 packs. That is a guaranteed heirloom.

Fyi for heirloom purposes, Thematic packs are the same as Apex packs, they count towards the 500 pack heirloom guarantee, while Collection event packs are different, as they just count towards the collection event reward and not towards the heirloom gurantee.

Recently published Heirloom Shard drop rates indicate an actual drop rate percentage of 0.045%. 

https://answers.ea.com/t5/News-Game-Updates/Apex-Legends-Minimum-Global-Drop-Rates/m-p/14143089#M192

I collected my packs up and opened them by the 100 and make a note, so I knew exactly where I was in the heirloom count. Coincidentally I just got a set of shards from a pack last week. It was pack number 495.

Im now going to collect the next lot and not open them untill I get to pack 500