We had been promised jetpacks: Fortnite Battle Royale provides new rifle as an alternative

“When I was a kid we were told we’d have jetpacks,” says a panel present comic whose identify escapes you, “and yet I still have to walk to work like a caveman?” The host, a greater comic, nods politely at this trite sentiment. The jetman bangs the desk as he cries “This isn’t the future I was promised!”

Fortnite Battle Royale yesterday delivered a future apart from the one it promised, including a brand new Hunting Rifle on this week’s replace quite than the billed jetpacks. This is barely a minor jetdelay, thoughts. Like actual jetpacks, Fortnite’s are simply across the nook.

“We found a last minute design issue with the Jetpack that’s going to delay its launch and we’re working on correcting it,” an Epic neighborhood supervisor explained on Tuesday. And so the brand new looking rifle coated for its absence in yesterday’s patch.

The Hunting Rifle is an unscoped single-shot rifle, present in chests and on the ground with Uncommon and Rare rarity. It received’t shoot you into the skies however it’ll shoot different folks within the face.

The replace additionally added a brand new little city to the map, Lucky Landing (pictured above) down on the island’s southern edge, in addition to tweaking drop charges of some weapons, fixing bugs, and slipping in a couple of little efficiency optimisations.

Changes are additionally in for Fortnite: Save the World, the unique build-o-survival sandboxy factor mode (which, in contrast to Battle Royale, nonetheless prices cash to play). These embrace a brand new questline, new group missions, and new weapons.

When will jetpacks come? Epic received’t be extra particular than “at a later time.” They wouldn’t wish to preserve promising the longer term then fail to ship it, in spite of everything, lest the panel present comedians come for them.