Fans of the SMG in Fortnite Battle Royale aren’t going to be happy with this news, as Epic Games look to remove it from the shooter temporarily.
As the team shared the plans to introduce a 60 FPS mode on consoles and bringing new items to the game, the point was made that they would be putting the SMG into the “Vault,” meaning that it will be completely gone from the mode, though it will be coming back in the future.
A representative of Epic took to Reddit to explain the situation:
“As we add more weapons, consumables, and other item types, we want to make sure that the balance of itemization isn’t ruined. Expect more items to be released (and likewise vaulted!) in the future. And of course, items will often come back out of the Vault when the timing is right.”
Meanwhile, Fortnite has recently added a new weapon with the Crossbow, which offers infinite ammo and a much stealthier option. The recently revealed roadmap also states that a number of exciting limited time modes are coming to the game mode, more of which will be revealed very soon.
Fortnite is now available on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
Burst Assault Rifle: Fires in bursts for increased accuracy.