Epic are changing Dragacorn Fortnite glider after \u201cpay to win\u201d claims Epic GamesEpic Games have temporarily disabled the Dragacorn glider in competitive Fortnite playlists, and will be changing its animation after controversy broke out over the item\u2019s potentially \u201cpay to win\u201d nature. Cosmetic items in Fortnite are meant to be just that \u2013 cosmetic. But a few here and there get released with properties that can actually affect gameplay in one way or another. The most recent example of this is the Dragacorn glider, which was released on April 3 as part of the Deadpool set. Despite its bulky and obnoxious appearance, it became an instant hit with the competitive community; one look at a recent FNCS match is all you need to see a bunch of pro players riding around on these gliders. Is that a bear\u2026 dressed up as Deadpool\u2026 riding a Dragacorn? That’s awesome! Where can you get one of those you ask? (Hint, it’s the Item Shop.) pic.twitter.com\/6gzayh3mBk \u2014 Fortnite (@FortniteGame) April 10, 2020 Why? Well, turns out that its animation makes players harder to spot in the sky, and thus more difficult to shoot at and take down. The influence of the Dragacorn became so prevalent that it got labeled as a \u201cpay to win\u201d item, which obviously goes against Epic\u2019s policy when it comes to cosmetics. As a result, the developers announced on May 7 they\u2019ve disabled the glider from all competitive playlists in order to implement an \u201canimations fix,\u201d assuring players who had purchased it that they could get a refund once the changes had been applied, without needing to use a token. There\u2019s no timetable yet for when the Dragacorn will be enabled again, so until its return, anyone who equips it in the competitive modes will see it appear as a default item in-game. After the Glider’s animation changes, owners of the Glider will have the option to refund it without the use of a refund token. \u2014 Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) May 7, 2020 This announcement came about a week after popular Twitch streamer SypherPK published a video explaining why so many pro players were using the Dragacorn. \u201cThe ability to see the character and know where to aim, it has a very unique effect that\u2019s kind of clunky and makes it harder for opponents to beam you out of the sky,\u201d he explained.\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s really important in competitive. When you\u2019re gliding, you don\u2019t want your opponents to leech you as you\u2019re using a Launch Pad towards the safe zone or in moving circles. It\u2019s not just a few pro players using this glider. Literally 80% of the lobby is using this thing. Everyone is using this glider.\u201d This isn\u2019t the first time that a cosmetic in Fortnite has gotten the dreaded \u201cpay to win\u201d label. Prime examples of this are the Plastic Patroller outfit skin that camouflaged perfectly with many areas on the map, and the Deep Dab emote, which players were exploiting to shoot through windows without giving enemies a chance to shoot back. As SypherPK explained in his video, most competitive players will lean towards using items that give them the edge, such as female skins for the smaller in-game body, and sleek pickaxes that are quiet and stealthy. But there\u2019s definitely a difference between those and a glider that literally makes people harder to shoot at, which explains why Epic didn\u2019t waste much time addressing the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Epic are changing Dragacorn Fortnite glider after \u201cpay to win\u201d claims Epic GamesEpic Games have temporarily disabled the Dragacorn glider in competitive Fortnite playlists, and will be changing its animation after controversy broke out over the item\u2019s potentially \u201cpay to win\u201d nature. Cosmetic items in Fortnite are meant to be just that \u2013 cosmetic. But […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}