It’s time for an replace on some conversations we began final week: Fortnite Matchmaking and Bots, together with the new control settings and The Combine playlist. But in case you missed within the Patch Notes, we’ve received an essential announcement to share concerning Season X.
Season “X-tension”
Season X has been prolonged one week to conclude on Sunday, October 13. This additionally means a further week to finish your Battle Pass, so leap in and lock down all these Season X rewards!
In the meantime, we’ve carried out new adjustments. The 10.40.1 patch included key enhancements to The Combine playlist and the Zone Wars Limited Time Mode. Drop in on the complete Patch Notes here.
Update on our New Matchmaking System
So far, we have rolled out the brand new matchmaking system to pick areas for Solo mode, and Duos is anticipated to reach later this week.
With the rollout, we’ve seen numerous dialogue about probably unfair aggressive benefits from pooling gamers collectively throughout platforms and enter units. The new matchmaking system, nevertheless, accounts for varied talent ranges throughout totally different platforms and management inputs, and teams gamers of comparable talent ranges collectively.
Our purpose with the brand new matchmaking system is to create fairer matches for all of our gamers, which incorporates particular concerns for every platform. This signifies that the place comparable talent exists, gamers could also be paired in opposition to opponents from ALL platforms — whether or not they’re utilizing mouse + keyboard, a controller, or contact enter. We are intently monitoring match analytics and your suggestions, and we’ll make changes to make sure everyone seems to be enjoying a good match.
On the subject of smurfing, we’ve seen dialogue round gamers smurfing as a technique to have simpler matches. Smurfing is a bannable offense. We see a bunch of unfavorable habits that happens with smurfing and points with gameplay integrity. If we see constant stories and understand that you’re negatively impacting different gamers’ experiences, we’ll take acceptable motion.
Latest on Bots
As we’ve previously mentioned , we’re including Bots as a manner to assist gamers enhance their talent degree. Before they’re added, we wish to take the chance to reply some questions we’ve already seen pop up:
What occurs with spectating if I’m defeated by a Bot?
Instead of viewing the Bot that defeated you, you’ll view one other remaining participant. If you’re the final remaining human participant, the match will finish.
Will I be capable of get together up with Bots?
No, we’re not presently planning to assist this performance. You and your pals can nonetheless use The Robot Emote to bop collectively, nevertheless. 🙂
Can Bots use autos? Can Bots do 90s?
Not but, however long run we’re trying to see how far we will push our Bots.
Can I play a match solely in opposition to Bots?
We’re trying right into a “vs. Bot” mode as a way to sharpen your abilities, discover the map, and assist elevate your game to the following degree.
What about Bots in Creative mode?
Bots is not going to be in Creative. This is one thing we’ll take into account for our roadmap.
Updates on The Combine and the New Controller Settings
Last week, we noticed loads of dialogue about our “Aim High” weblog, which lined new adjustments to aiming with a controller, in addition to the debut of our new game mode, The Combine. Combing by means of your questions and suggestions, right here’s extra context:
Can I’m going again to legacy Sensitivity settings for my controller??
You have the choice to revert again to earlier controller sensitivity settings, however we strongly encourage everybody to offer the brand new settings a strive. If controls really feel off, you possibly can strive copying over your legacy settings. To do that, navigate to “Controller Settings,” activate “Use Advanced Options,” and scroll down to pick “Copy Legacy Settings”. If we make additional changes or alter our plans, we’ll let you recognize.
Is there any information on management changes for keyboard and mouse gamers?
We know a lot of you’re enjoying on keyboard and mouse, so we’re additionally discussing alternatives to enhance management settings for all of you. As an instance, we’re presently exploring an possibility that might enable KB/M gamers to regulate Build and Edit sensitivities.
How lengthy will The Combine be accessible?
While The Combine was initially meant to assist gamers alter to our new aiming controls, we’ve already seen some superb run-throughs and imagine gamers will wish to proceed bettering their abilities and lowering their occasions. As a consequence, we intend to maintain The Combine as a core mode to Fortnite Battle Royale for the foreseeable future.
We’ll be intently following your suggestions. Thanks for all of the assist!
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