Iedere week kunnen we van Epic Games een update verwachten voor Fortnite, zo ook deze week weer. Fortnite versie 6.02 – of versie 1.84 op de PS4 – is inmiddels te downloaden. Het gaat hier niet om een hele grote update, want deze voegt eigenlijk alleen een nieuw wapen toe aan Battle Royale.

Het betreft hier de Quad Launcher en dit wapen heeft een magazijn van vier raketten, die je snel achter elkaar af kan vuren, zoals je in de trailer kan zien. Dit wapen is weliswaar niet zo krachtig als de normale RPG, maar kan wel zeer snel allerlei gebouwen omverblazen.

Daarnaast introduceert Epic Games een nieuwe Limited Time Modus, namelijk ‘Disco Domination’. Je speelt in twee grote teams van 50 spelers en door de map heen zijn allerlei danslocaties te vinden. Om deze punten te veroveren, moet je daarop dansen. Hoe meer teamgenoten erop dansen, des te sneller de meter wordt gevuld. Het team dat als eerste de meter vol heeft, die wint de match.

Save the World krijgt bezoek van een oude vriend, want dit wapen was al eerder verkrijgbaar. De Noble Launcher keert terug en blaast Husks weg met een krachtige energieaanval.

BATTLE ROYALE

LIMITED TIME MODE: DISCO DOMINATION

Summary
It’s time for the ultimate dance-off. Dance Floors have spawned around the Battle Royale island. Take them over by clearing out any enemies and then dancing to raise a disco ball up from the floor. The team that fills their meter the fastest by capturing and defending the dance floors will win the match!

Mode Details

  • Two teams battle it out!
  • Respawning will be turned on until the third (last) storm circle.
  • Five dance floors will appear on the map whenever the storm is not moving.
  • Emoting on a dance floor when no enemies are present will raise a disco ball in the center of the floor, and capture it for your team.
    • The more friendly players dancing on a floor, the faster it will be captured.
  • Once a floor is captured, it will begin filling the team’s “dance bar” on the HUD, until either an enemy stands on it or the current storm timer ends and the storm begins to move. The first team to fill their dance bar to 100% will win the match.
  • The dance floors in the later stages of the match fill the bar more quickly, so don’t give up if your team is behind!
  • It is not possible to build on or over the dance floors, but they can be protected by surrounding them with a fort.
  • Glider redeploy is activated in this mode, press jump while falling to use your glider.
  • This mode uses 50v50 levels of loot and resources.

WEAPONS + ITEMS

  • Quad Launcher
    • Fire up to four lobbed rockets in quick succession.
    • Available in Epic and Legendary variants.
      • 80/84 base damage per rocket.
      • 300 unit explosion radius.
    • Can be found in chests, Supply Drops, and Vending Machines.
  • The Port-a-Fortress has returned and can be looted in-game.
    • Port-a-Fortress availability lowered from 2.43% to 1.83%.
  • Loot drop rate adjustments
    • Decreased common Pistol drop chance from 5.8% to 5.47%
    • Increased Epic Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle drop chance from 0.33% to 0.42%
    • Decreased Rare Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle drop chance from 0.92% to 0.71%
    • Increased Epic Heavy Sniper Rifle drop chance from 0.33% to 0.4%
    • Increased Legendary Heavy Sniper Rifle drop chance from 0.07% to 0.13%
    • Decreased Rare Grenade Launcher drop chance from 1.45% to 0.99%
    • Increased Epic Rocket Launcher drop chance from 0.59% to 0.66%
    • Increased Legendary Rocket Launcher drop chance from 0.08% to 0.21%
    • Increased Epic Guided Missile drop chance from 0.11% to 0.2%
    • Increased Legendary Guided Missile drop chance from 0.03% to 0.05%
      • Note: The overall number of Explosive Weapons and Snipers in a given game has not changed, however, there is a greater distribution of rarity and variants.

​​​​GAMEPLAY

Bug Fixes

  • Removed a change that was inadvertently introduced in v6.01 which caused Bonesy to bark more than was intended.
  • Fixed an issue that caused moving circles to be closer to the previous safezone than intended.

PERFORMANCE

  • Fixed some hitches on Switch caused by blocking loads of UI data.
  • Increased the texture pool size on Xbox One, which should avoid some issues with blurry textures and improve rendering performance.

ART+ANIMATION

  • Skull Trooper styles have a visual issue when viewing the Outfit from the Locker.
    • The Outfit still appears properly in-game.
    • This issue will be fixed next patch.

SAVE THE WORLD

WEAPONS + ITEMS

  • Noble Launcher has returned to the Weekly Store.
    • Heavy launcher that fires a wave of piercing energy.
    • Can be fired normally for a narrow half tile wide pulse, or charged for a 1 tile wide or 1.5 tile wide blast.
    • Available Wednesday, Oct 10 at 8 PM Eastern Time until Wednesday, Oct 17 at 8 PM Eastern Time.
  • Vindertech Disintegrator Shotgun has returned and is available in the Weekly Store.
    • Energy shotgun that fires an explosive ball of plasma, dealing high damage in a small area.
    • Available Wednesday, Oct 10 at 8 PM Eastern Time until Wednesday, Oct 17 at 8 PM Eastern Time.