Fortnite players bash \u201cunnecessary\u201d Item Shop update in Chapter 5 hotfix Epic GamesA new Fortnite Chapter 5 hotfix has removed the Item Shop countdown, as players are left baffled over what the point of this change was. Fortnite Chapter 5 has been out for a little over a month, introducing players to the next evolution of the Battle Royale. A new weapon mod system, three new game modes, and much more are just a few of this season\u2019s highlights. However, it hasn\u2019t been all rainbows and sunshine, as player frustration has been steady, with snipers ruining lobbies worldwide. Another frustration in the community has been with the Item Shop, which despite being once home to items galore, various players have criticized it for not having anything unique since Chapter 5 launched. With the arrival of a new hotfix, the Item Shop has appeared to continue its descent into madness, with a seemingly \u201cpointless\u201d change leading to many questions from the community. Fortnite players question \u201cunnecessary\u201d Item shop update The new hotfix deployed, reintroducing the Crash Pad Jr. However, as spotted by well-known Fortnite leaker, HYPEX, it seems the Item Shop timer has been removed as well. In its place, Epic Games has instead inserted a text stating how the Item Shop refresh works: \u201cThe shop refreshes every day, usually at 7:00 PM ET (which is midnight GMT).\u201d This change certainly left many confused, as summed up by responses, such as \u201cPointless change,\u201d or \u201cHard to tell when it refreshes when the same skins and items have been in there since December.\u201d Of course, this leads to a bigger issue as noted by this response: \u201cSo this means they can drop any cosmetic (especially the collab ones), at *anytime* really moving forward.\u201d The above issue reflects a well-known concern in the live service industry which is \u201cFoMo,\u201d aka fear of missing out. With this change, who knows if Epic Games will stick with the traditional 7 PM EST refresh time? If the developer doesn\u2019t, it could force players into making split-decision purchases, especially since some skins don\u2019t return for months. Epic Games has gone on to respond to player feedback, although there\u2019s no timetable on when a fix will come through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fortnite players bash \u201cunnecessary\u201d Item Shop update in Chapter 5 hotfix Epic GamesA new Fortnite Chapter 5 hotfix has removed the Item Shop countdown, as players are left baffled over what the point of this change was. Fortnite Chapter 5 has been out for a little over a month, introducing players to the next evolution […]<\/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-73816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73816","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=73816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}