Fortnite devs respond after major backlash to movement changes Epic GamesFortnite\u2019s newest chapter introduced new movement changes that haven\u2019t landed with the community and the dev team has now shared a response to the backlash. It\u2019s been a wild few weeks for Fortnite, as Season OG saw the battle royale reach absurd levels of concurrent players. It all ended with an in-game concert from rapper Eminem, the reveal of new game modes, and the launch of Chapter 5. Chapter 5, Season 1 is Fortnite\u2019s newest chapter, introducing weapon mods, a slew of new skins, and potential crossovers. One of the biggest changes came from new movement mechanics like wall running and the reintroduction of hurdling. Not everyone\u2019s a fan of the new movement changes, and after widespread community backlash, Epic Games has responded to the criticism. Fortnite responds to controversial new movement changes The crux of player criticism has centered on how the movement changes feel, with creators and players saying it feels \u201cjanky.\u201d Part of this is due to Chapter 5\u2019s arrival introducing an upgrade to many of the in-game animations. While it may look cool, players believe it doesn\u2019t play as well. For example, one Reddit post compared crouch speeds before and after the update, discovering at least a 43% decrease in speed this season. This has rightfully led to widespread backlash amongst the community. The dev team has seen the mounting frustration and put out a message citing the desire to \u201cencourage more strategic decision-making\u201d and \u201cintroduce visual improvements.\u201d After the message was shared, many of the responses voiced appreciation for the dev team\u2019s quick statement. Well-known Fortnite leaker HYPEX simply stated \u201cW Communication,\u201d while leaker iFireMonkey remarked, \u201cNGL, I was completely fine with the changes, keep up the communication.\u201d Of course, that didn\u2019t stop the sea of replies from users who remained frustrated with the changes. \u201cI speak for everyone when I say we don\u2019t care about getting used to it just revert it,\u201d stated one player. The dev note ended with: \u201cIn this early stage we\u2019re hoping that you\u2019ll consider this update & that it starts to feel natural over time.\u201d It seems like the team won\u2019t revert the changes, but time will tell what comes next for Fortnite\u2019s movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fortnite devs respond after major backlash to movement changes Epic GamesFortnite\u2019s newest chapter introduced new movement changes that haven\u2019t landed with the community and the dev team has now shared a response to the backlash. It\u2019s been a wild few weeks for Fortnite, as Season OG saw the battle royale reach absurd levels of concurrent […]<\/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-72965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72965","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=72965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72965\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}