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Fridge Brilliance
- It seems egregious Apex Legends has no Pilots or Titans to use, though the latter is Justified since having access to a Humongous Mecha in a Battle Royale gives its user an exceptional advantage to those without one. From a lore standpoint, however, it's reasonable Pilots and Titans are absent: according to the official site, this game takes place after the Frontier War is over - neither the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation and Militia are present in the Frontier anymore, with both factions taking "everything of value and left the Frontier worlds". Of course Pilots and Titans aren't in Apex Legends; they've disappeared with their respective organizations. In fact, any leftover, independent Titans would certainly be indescribably valuable - Too Awesome to Use in a destructive Blood Sport such as the "Apex Games," and people know it - Valkyrie even makes note of the fact that she's being vastly underpaid when she hauls her father's damaged Northstar over to Blisk's men.
- Coming off of the same point, why can't any of the Legends in the game use Le Parkour like Double Jump and Wall Running like Pilots can? It's because Legends aren't Pilots, they're not trained to know of the same combat capabilities as the latter - a necessity for Pilots in the Titanfall setting. Furthermore, the Jet Packs the Legends are wearing aren't like the ones the Pilots have: these devices merely slow down their descent onto the arena at the start of a match, whereas the kind that Pilots use have thrusters that enable Double Jump and Wall Running; simultaneously, this also justifies why Legends don't suffer from Falling Damage like Pilots - no matter what height they fall from, their Jet Packs will automatically activate to decrease their velocity, a subtle Gameplay and Story Integration.
- Adding onto that, it is mentioned that Jump Kits were, and likely still are, meant for ship salvage, with Pilots informally adopting their use for combat. In addition, actually using one for combat is highly dangerous, as mentioned by some Grunts in the Titanfall games. It is highly likely that most of the Legends are unaware that Jump Kits can be used in such a way, and for those that do, such as Valkyrie (Viper's daughter) and Mirage (Droz's nephew), they would rather not take on the risk of using one.
- While there likely are Pilots still operating in the Frontier (after all, the Pilots in the Titanfall 2 multiplayer are explicitly stated to be mercenaries), it still makes sense that they don't compete in the Apex Games. Even compared to the Legends, Pilots are on an entirely different level in terms of equipment and combat skill, making them just as valuable as the Titans they pilot. Any contract a freelance Pilot would receive is probably worth much more than anything the Apex Games could offer them.
- Coming off of the same point, why can't any of the Legends in the game use Le Parkour like Double Jump and Wall Running like Pilots can? It's because Legends aren't Pilots, they're not trained to know of the same combat capabilities as the latter - a necessity for Pilots in the Titanfall setting. Furthermore, the Jet Packs the Legends are wearing aren't like the ones the Pilots have: these devices merely slow down their descent onto the arena at the start of a match, whereas the kind that Pilots use have thrusters that enable Double Jump and Wall Running; simultaneously, this also justifies why Legends don't suffer from Falling Damage like Pilots - no matter what height they fall from, their Jet Packs will automatically activate to decrease their velocity, a subtle Gameplay and Story Integration.
- During the Season 7 Reveal Trailer, Horizon floats to the ground after deploying Newt. While this initially seems like a cool effect, her Passive ability allows players to control her in midair. So in addition to revealing her tactical and ultimate, the trailer also showed off Horizon's passive without anyone noticing!
- After the Season 8 trailer dropped, some fans began wondering why Gibraltar wasn't shown deploying his shield to shelter himself or nearby civilians from the ship's barrage. However, Gibraltar's shield likely wouldn't hold up against an attack of that magnitude, and would only serve to create a bigger target for Maggie to aim at.
- Fuse is often portrayed holding weapons using only his artifical arm, and nothing else. At least in third person. This includes decidedly heavier weapons like the light machineguns and sniper rifles. It could just be an aesthetic choice to fit in with his theme of being a Cool Old Guy Demolitions Expert... or perhaps Fuse has more than just the arm that's artificial. He probably has a skeleton that's reinforced and strengthened to the point that he can wield heavy weapons one-handed without, at best, suffering severe accuracy drops. Outside of that, it'd also fit well with his position, as being an explosives enthusiast means he's likely to get blown up himself. If his bones are effectively armored like his arm, that means he'd possibly have much less of a risk of them breaking from taking hard impacts or similar.
- Pathfinder exclaiming that he loves the person who made the new game mode in the Legacy trailer. It seems like a throwaway line, but we know that Ash, whom Pathfinder has a one-sided crush on, is the master of the event.
- Why did Valkyrie turn her dad's Titan into a jetpack? Simple - the parts that make it up are likely all that were salveagable after the fight with Jack and BT, the subsequent crash of the IMS Draconis, as well as the destruction of the planet Typhon.
- In a time where a typical example of a projected shield in FPS/shooter games blocks only enemy fire, it would seem strange that Gibraltar's dome shield blocks fire from both sides. In universe, however, it makes pefect sense if you consider that Gibby's dome shield was never designed for warfare. It's most likely a holdover from his job as a rescuer, where it was a situational tool used to protect people from avalanches or falling debris, that lasted as long as the battery was charged or until it was turned off. Given the nature of the games, though, Blisk likely had the deployment time for the dome shield vastly reduced - from "possibly hours" to "a few seconds" - in the interest of fairness for other competitors.
Fridge Horror
- Why is Revenant allowed in the Apex games after murdering Forge? The show was never said to be broadcasted on live, so it is possible that Revenant murdered everyone involved with filming the interview. The interviewer, the photographers, the security teams, everyone. Or maybe, the ones in charge of the games want to encourage people to assassinate the legends in order to improve the Apex game's quality? It doesn't sound like anything Blisk wouldn't allow.
- Another point for Revenant. Until the Andrade assassination in the Season 4 launch trailer, Revenant had no idea he was a simulacrum, as his memories were erased after every mission. However, during the trailer, he is still shown using his shadow mode. Does this mean that he had these powers while he was still human? There hasn't been much explanation for where these abilities come from. Or why there is another version of him running the arena in a shadow of King's Canyon, for that matter. It raises further questions about who Revenant was before he became Hammond Robotics' personal hitman. Knowing him, none of the answers are pleasant.
- On that note, Pathfinder's Quest Book confirms that his current personality is not a symptom of being made into a simulacrum. Caleb Cross was a monster long before Revenant existed.
- Vantage being 18 years old. While she is by no means a helpless child, and could likely give a few Legends a run for their money in terms of survival and combat experience due to her background, that still doesn't change the fact that with the games being broadcast live, it is very likely that millions - if not, billions - of viewers have watched a teenage girl get killed in a myriad of brutal and merciless ways for the sake of entertainment.
