Fortnite continues to be a huge success for Epic Games. I know a number of you thoroughly enjoy it while others are indifferent to it. Those that do enjoy it should be made aware that there’s a new update today which continues to bring changes to the constantly evolving free-to-play title. Fortnite is available on the Nintendo Switch eShop.
Battle Royale
What’s New?
Tactical Assault Rifle
Tactics take the day! This robust and precise assault rifle is the ideal option for tight quarters.
Weapons + Items
- Tactical Assault Rifle
- Available in Rare, Epic, and Legendary variants.
- Available from Floor Loot, Chests, Supply Drops, and Vending Machines
- Fully Automatic
- 30 Round Magazine
- Deals 22/23/24 damage
- Headshot Multiplier of 1.75x
- This weapon has a tight spread in close quarters but is less effective at long range when compared to other Assault Rifles.
- Reduced Baller health from 200 to 150
- The primary goal of the Baller is to provide fun and exciting mobility. We feel that it still has a little too much defensive agency – this change should reduce the effectiveness there while not impacting its strengths.
- Drum Gun adjustments
- Reduced base damage from 26/27 to 22/23
- Since its unvaulting, the Drum Gun effectiveness has been slightly higher than we wanted. This change should reduce its combat effectiveness while still retaining its flavor.
- Reduced base damage from 26/27 to 22/23
- Vaulted Compact SMG
- Due to the recent addition of the Drum Gun and the brand new Tactical Assault Rifle, we wanted to reduce the availability of high rate-of-fire weapons.
Gameplay
- Slipstream adjustments
- Slipstreams no longer block building.
- Trying to build up to get into a Slipstream should be an easy & intuitive experience. We noticed some cases where players would build up to the Slipstream, but due to build restrictions would take a ‘leap of faith’ and not make the jump. This should make getting into a Slipstream easier.
- Players flying in a Slipstream will destroy player built objects when they collide.
- Slipstreams are now disabled after storm phase 5.
- We’ve seen a number of cases where Slipstreams caused issues during late game circles – primarily around getting pulled into the storm unexpectedly. Since the value of Slipstream mobility is limited in those scenarios, we felt it’s better to simply disable them.
- Slipstreams no longer block building.
Performance
- Improvements made to level streaming performance on all platforms.
- This will reduce cases of buildings not loading in.
- Physics optimizations to improve performance in conduits
Creative
What’s New?
Ruined Tilted
Create apocalyptic worlds using the new Ruined Tilted Themes!
Weapons + Items
- Tactical Assault Rifle
- Available in Rare, Epic, and Legendary variants.
- Fully Automatic
- 30 Round Magazine
- Deals 22/23/24 damage
- Headshot Multiplier of 1.75x
- This weapon has a tight spread in close quarters but is less effective at long range when compared to other Assault Rifles.
- Available in Rare, Epic, and Legendary variants.
Prefabs
- 7 New Themes
- Ruined Shops
- Ruined Twin Apartments
- Ruined L Apartments
- Ruined Red Apartments
- Ruined Fish Apartments
- Ruined Basketball Court
- Ruined Clock Tower
- 3 New Galleries
- Ruined Floor Gallery
- Ruined Wall Gallery
- Scorched Gallery
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