Arenas is shaping up be a pretty standard part of Apex Legends, and with that, changes are steadily rolling out to the secondary game mode that same way they are to Battle Royale with each update. The Genesis Collection Event is the first major update since Arenas released, it has brought a bunch of Arenas changes. Some of the updates have been specifically to Legend ability availability, and Arenas Shop prices, but this article will focus on the general things that are making Arenas a more enjoyable experience.
All Quality-of-Life changes
In-game scoreboard now on the right side of the map screenIt will show ally and enemy kills and damageIn-game way to report playersYou can access it via the map screen
In rounds 3-9, players will now spawn with a Shield BatteryThis is in addition to the initial 2 shield cells and 2 syringes, not instead ofThis is most likely to make up for the price shifts in the Arenas Shop
All Arenas Care Packages now fall 5 seconds earlier in the roundThis will make Care Package weapons, on average, a more viable option in round-to-round combat6x scope removed from base sniper weaponsIt will now instead be a part of the Level 1 upgrade for Sniper RiflesThis will make it pricier to play sniper in Round 1
