When it comes to titles like Fortnite, balance is absolutely vital. After all, if a weapon or skill has the power to dominate the battlefield unfairly, it needs to be stopped. And as such, it could drive gamers away. But Epic Games has been very good about bringing balance to their battle royale title, which is why it’s so popular in the gaming world. And after listening to some more feedback from players, they’re implementing even more.
In a blog post, they broke down how building and SMG’s are getting more balanced:
“We’ve seen various discussions about SMGs, building material changes, and general weapon vs structure interaction. We agree that weapons should have a unique purpose and that building should feel great as well as show off your tactical skills in the heat of battle. Your feedback in combination with internal testing has shown that previous changes in these areas were not achieving the goals we had set out for. The new changes are aimed at allowing for strengths and weaknesses between the SMGs, shotguns and structures during close range combat.”
Specifically, here are the building changes:
By increasing initial wall health values based on material type, material strength should feel more intuitive when making decisions
- Wood wall initial HP increased from 80 to 90
- Stone wall initial HP increased from 80 to 100
- Metal wall initial HP increased from 80 to 110
As for the SMG:
Dropping SMG effectiveness – they should feel good against structures, but not consistently be the best option in multiple scenarios.
Compact SMG
- Reduced damage from 22/21 to 21/20
- Reduced magazine size from 50 to 40
Drum Gun
- Reduced falloff range damage from 80% to 70% at 3500 units
- Reduced falloff range damage from 65% to 55% at 5000+ units
- Added environmental damage fall off matching player damage fall off
- Decreased jumping accuracy by 5%
- Decreased targeting accuracy by 10%
- Reduced spawn rate from chests and floor loot by 40%
Will these changes be enough to balance things in Fortnite? Let us know in the comments below!
