SPRITES EVENT DAY STARTS TOMORROW 👀
Sprites will be easier to find, and spawn rates in general will seemingly be buffed too, as Fortnite didn't expect sprites to be as rare as they are right now
Launch day's looking good! 🙌 We just dropped a few quick balance tweaks to fine-tune the fun:
💥 Chaos Exploder Rifle now deals slightly less damage and has a smaller magazine size
💣 Overdrive Grenades now drop more frequently
⬆️ Striker Pump Shotgun now equips faster
🔫 Lancehead Pistol now deals more damage, performs better at range, has improved handling, and drops more frequently
🔄Extending Focus Shotgun (Triple Barrel) now reloads faster
🗝️ Vault Keys are now significantly less common (more of a bug fix than a balance adjustment)
HUGE BUS MECHANIC NEXT SEASON
"Later this Season, matches may end differently. There will be a small percentage chance that in some matches, the Battle Bus will rift back into the map, and you'll have a window to board it. Climb on, grapple up, get at least one teammate to the rift out point, and your team secures the Victory. Multiple teams can win this way per match!"
We're aware players may be having trouble loading into the Shattered live event playlist, and are working to resolve this as soon as possible.
Please stay in your current client and refrain from restarting.
WHAT KILLED ARC RAIDERS:
• The Christmas vacation period
• Lack of bans for top stream snipers and cheaters (the main reason many top streamers quit)
• Movement nerfs (sliding, coasting, stamina, rolling, overall PvP changes)
• Trigger grenades going months without a nerf
• The 3-strike ban system
• Dupers ruining the economy
• Lack of endgame content
• Lack of challenging bosses
• No additional game modes (Battle Royale, Custom Games, etc.)
• The skill tree feeling largely useless
• Slow, delayed, or infrequent updates
• No ultra-rare items to chase
• Free kits being allowed in every mode
• Recycled or lazy seasonal content
• Quests feeling unrewarding
• Questionable nerfs (Wolfpack, for example)
• Shredders being available on every map
• Lack of purchasable cosmetics (weapon skins, finishing moves, etc.)
• Out-of-map glitches taking months to fix
• Expeditions feeling unrewarding
• Poor optimization and performance
• No force wipes
• Lack of communication with the community
• Shadow/silent nerfs
• Key rooms being underwhelming
• Legendary weapons being underwhelming
• Lack of valuable loot
• Trials being repetitive with little reward
• Lack of weapon mods
• Lack of new weapons
• The new matchmaking system
• Speranza failing to function as a true social hub
Twitch will soon offer Sponsorship Certification.
The Certification will take about 15 minutes and give creators 12 hours of early access to Sponsors before non-certified creators.
The Certification must be done every 12 months.
@ZeratoR We’re excited to announce we’re partnering with @GIPHY and soon higher tier subscribers (Tier 2 and Tier 3) will be able to add GIFs in chat.
And yes streamers, you’ll be able to moderate GIFs, choose how often GIFs can appear, and turn them off.
⏫ Ascender ziplines are temporarily disabled while we fix an interaction bug that gave players infinite dash. Once this is fixed next week, we’ll re-enable ascenders.