People who switch between shotguns to up their rate of fire won’t be happy with the new Fortnite patch.
Fortnite patch V3.5 just landed, adding a host of changes, new features, and bug fixes to Epic Games’ battle royale powerhouse.
As well as introducing the new Port-a-Fort and the Replay System, the patch beamed in a bunch of balance changes.
These balance changes will affect slow-firing weapons the most, making weapon switching to negate reload times a less viable tactic.
When you switch to another slow-firing weapon now – including the rocket launcher, hand cannon, revolver, tactical shotgun, pump shotgun, heavy shotgun, bolt-action sniper rifle, hunting rifle, and the crossbow – it will take some time for it to be ready to fire.
“Added a short equip time to many weapons (particularly, those with a slower rate of fire),” the patch notes state. “This will reduce the effectiveness of quickly switching between weapons for high burst damage.”
As well as this change, the patch nerfs guided missiles, making them slower to turn by 75% and slowing their overall speed by 15%.
You can see the full Fortnite V3.5 patch notes at our dedicated article.
If you’re looking to get a head start on tomorrow’s Fortnite Week 8 challenges, they leaked early and you can get prepared by following that link.
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