Fortnite community worried rumored proximity chat feature will \u201cdoom\u201d Creative Epic GamesAccording to leaks, Fortnite Creative will soon add a proximity chat feature; players fear it will \u201cdoom\u201d the game mode. At present, the only way to communicate with other players in Fortnite is through standard voice chat features for people on the same team or in shared lobbies. Rumors of Epic Games potentially adding proximity chat have been circulating for several months, though. Proximity chat functions as the name suggests, letting players use the in-game chat system to hear communications when characters are close to each other. Warzone 2, notably, introduced the feature in 2023, creating situations wherein players can eavesdrop on their enemies and gain a better understanding of their location, plans, etc. Reputable leakers HYPEX and iFireMonkey claim the same functionality will \u201csoon\u201d hit Fortnite Creative. Thus far, the community is divided on whether or not such an addition counts as good or bad news. Some people in the replies to HYPEX\u2019s post have expressed an interest in seeing proximity chat in the main game. \u201cAdd it to the main game now,\u201d wrote content creator FNATIC Stallion in all caps. YouTuber Pluto V2 joined the chorus with, \u201cWe need this in Pubs ngl.\u201d Not everyone\u2019s on board, however. Several users think proximity chat in Fortnite Creative will prove ruinous for the mode. One person simply responded with, \u201cWe are DOOMED.\u201d Others think the new feature will likely result in a massive increase of \u201caccounts getting insta banned.\u201d Of course, there are also concerns about bad actors who will abuse the feature to harass fellow players. One person explained, \u201cYeah, I just know this is gonna be a horrible idea especially what\u2019s been happening with content creators these days and customs people not behaving, cursing, and being racist.\u201d Such a sentiment was echoed by Fortnite Creator NickEh30 who asked, \u201cCan we keep it family-friendly?\u201d Players remain skeptical as ever, considering the responses to his post. Reads one comment, \u201cI doubt people are going to be family-friendly. Have you seen Call of Duty voice chats?\u201d Though Epic has yet to announce proximity chat, Fortnite players already expect the worst amid backlash to Item Shop changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fortnite community worried rumored proximity chat feature will \u201cdoom\u201d Creative Epic GamesAccording to leaks, Fortnite Creative will soon add a proximity chat feature; players fear it will \u201cdoom\u201d the game mode. At present, the only way to communicate with other players in Fortnite is through standard voice chat features for people on the same team […]<\/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-72926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72926","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=72926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}