As spotted by Can I Play That, Apex Legends now has colorblind support for direct hit markers.
Respawn Entertainment's senior experience designer Justin Masse also promised that more accessibility updates for colorblind players are on the way.
"An update went out yesterday for direct hit colors for colorblind players," Masse stated on Twitter, "This part of the UI did not support colorblind players in the past. We have more work to be done in this space in the future to better support the colorblind community."
Apex Legends will also be getting an update that will allow players to change the color of their reticles, something that has been asked about for a while now. One commenter replied with a quote tweet from one year ago: "Make this [changing reticle color] possible - I beg you. I'm a colorblind person and I have a hard time keeping track of DOT crosshair even with the colorblind settings."
Someone also highlighted that the last colorblind update has made it harder to see enemy armor colors. They used to be gold but it now looks "blue or purple when cracked."
"The gold coloring was a bug that we decided to hotfix rather than wait on," Masse stated, "The colors that are now live are colorblind-friendly alternatives for red. Sorry about that confusion."
However, many are calling for the gold coloring to return - someone even replied to Masse, "The change to purple is very confusing. Cracking enemy shields now looks like they've instantly healed back to a blue/purple shield. I switched back to the default colors which now make shields and attachments hard to distinguish. Custom colors would be best."
Perhaps Respawn will take note from Apex Legends' colorblind players to make the game more accessible for them, but for now, there are new options available that add colorblind support for direct hit markers.