Apex Legends Season 23 has introduced a new category of Apex Packs called “Retro Packs” These packs consist of Event & Battle Pass skins from previous seasons (link for more details), Event Retro packs could contain any item from the Collection or Shop Events released up until season 21 ‘upheaval’
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Retro Pack Details
Battle Pass Retro packs contain skins from Season 11 ‘Escape’ up until Season 19 ‘Ignite’ these skins are randomly picked from a loot pool containing a selected skin from the certain battle pass of which the retro pack is themed currently the Battle Pass Retro Pack cost 500 Apex Coins and featuring items like Legendary Characters & Weapons Skins Epic Characters & Weapons Skins, Skydive Emotes, Ground Emotes, note Reactive skins & Music Packs are not included in the Battle Pass Retro Packs
With the latest shop update for November 12, 2024, Apex Legends added Retro Packs for Season 12 “Defiance” Battle Pass featuring skins such as “Breaking the Law” Loba “Aces High” Seer, “Rolling Thunder” Eva 8, and many more
Battle Pass Retro Packs cost 500 Apex Coins each, but the retro pack prices vary depending on how many items there are in the said retro pack for example the event grand soirée retro packs cost 900 Apex Coins each, while the Legendary Hunt Retro Pack costs 500 Apex Coins
It’s so crazy that respawn managed to turn bringing back bp items into a bad thing by shoving the items into expensive loot boxes 💀 https://t.co/Ho0xI92KZl
— NorthStars™ (@im_pyro_north) November 13, 2024
Community Reaction
Players in the Apex community seem to have a mixed reaction over these Retro packs some seem to love them and some seem to dislike the way they are done, as the user @illegalpizza77 commented on X (formerly Twitter) “Enjoy spending $45 on something that many of us got, and way more, for $10”
and another comment by user @im_pyro_north“It’s so crazy that respawn managed to turn to bring back bp items into a bad thing by shoving the items into expensive loot boxes”
some players seem to be supporting this implementation, which takes away the FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) factor that many publishers use to maximize their profits as mentioned by the user @FleetingMinded “The FOMO around missing battle passes has now completely vanished. Thanks, EA, you’ve freed me once and for all”
and another user by the name @sakanameron1 also shared their thoughts saying “Oh, this is the one from Battle Team Season 12 that includes both Seer and Loba that everyone wanted. mentioning their acquaintance @achikopixi”
Conclusion
And by looking at community responses it is clear that there is not a definitive answer to the question of “Does the community enjoy it?” because there are players that have joined after Apex Legends Season 11 hence they didn’t get a chance to obtain these skins and there is also a demographic of players that were playing since the beginning which in result led to them owning all the cosmetics. but one thing is clear Retro Packs are here to stay since it give players a chance to get these cosmetics even though they weren’t present during that season which overall is better for any new players that might join in the future
Next Shop Details
On a similar note, the Next Apex Legends shop will feature the Vivid Nights store which you canlearn more about here, and if we follow the release schedule of Defiance and Escape BP Retro Packs then we might see Season 13 “Saviors” Retro Pack arrive to the shop next Tuesday on November 19, 2024 alongside ‘Unshackled Store’ which will be available for purchase for Apex Coins, if you desire a certain cosmetics from Unshackled event you can craft them directly from your inventory for Crafting Materials (1,200 Crafting Metals for Legendary Items, 800 Crafting Metals for Epics & 400 Crafting Metals for Rare Items)
