

For example, the salvaged B.R.U.T.E mechs were considered to be absurdly strong back in Chapter 1, Season X, but some fans started to miss them once they were gone. Keeping the community happy with things like this is always a delicate balancing act, as there is never a consensus on whether certain mechanics truly need to be rebalanced. The community response to this was mixed, with some fans claiming that the update was overdue (and that Stinger SMG in particular has been overpowered for far too long), while others voiced concerns that this could make the pump-action shotgun the only viable weapon for pros in Fortnite. Specifically, they mentioned that the Stinger SMG, the MK-Seven Assault Rifle and the Auto Shotgun would all be affected by this patch.Īt the time, they didn't indicate how these firearms were going to be changed with the hotfix, but many assumed they were getting nerfed. On Wednesday, January 12, the official Fortnite status Twitter account (which normally posts about things like server downtime and platform-specific bugs) announced that balancing tweaks were imminent and that they were going to be applied to a handful of weapons.
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However, the changes made to the weapon loadout here will have a significant impact on matches going forward and the loot that people crave. By comparison, this latest patch doesn't bring much else to the table, other than some minor adjustments for pre-existing content. The battle royale already had a major update earlier this week, which saw the long-awaited debut of tornadoes and the return of flare guns. Writte n by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.A new hotfix has been rolled out to Fortnite to implement some balancing tweaks. It’s a shame because who wouldn’t want to floss while holding that big handheld. So yeah, there’ll probably be no official Fortnite port on the Steam Deck anytime soon. The last thing Epic probably wants Fortnite garnering cheaters on Call of Duty: Warzone’s scale. Since the open-source nature of that operating system makes it a hacker’s paradise. However, he explains that the Steam Deck using Linux is the primary issue. Sweeny’s comments aren’t all that surprising, considering The Epic Games Store and Steam are rival platforms. He goes on to state that the open nature of the Steam Deck would make combating cheating in Fortnite very difficult due to its popularity. “ Fortnite no, but there’s a big effort underway to maximize Easy Anti-Cheat compatibility with Steam Deck,” Sweeny said on Twitter. On Sunday, one Fortnite fan asked Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney if the battle royale phenomenon would come to Valve’s device. Not in the way of official support, that is.įortnite might not be available on Steam, but since the Steam Deck is an open platform, developers are free to support it however they wish. The Steam Deck will release pretty soon, but it’s probably not getting Fortnite.
