Ninja explains why Fortnite should revert controversial v8.20 update changes Twitch streamer, Tyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins, has voiced his concerns after Fortnite released their controversial v8.20 update which removed one of the game\u2019s most popular mechanics. The latest patch included a host of new changes that completely changed the dynamic of the game \u2013 adding in a ranked arena mode as well as reverting the popular siphon settings in the default playlists. The move has been met with plenty of opposition from players who loved receiving health and materials on eliminations as well as benefitting from a 40% increase in farming rate which made games far less tedious. Earlier in the update, Ninja played devil\u2019s advocate and believed that Epic Games did have their reasoning behind the change as they looked to cater to casual players. However, he raised his concerns with the latest patch in a video uploaded to Twitter. \u201cFirstly, I don\u2019t like the infantry rifle becoming hit scan,\u201d Blevins said. \u201cThe shield upon killing people \u2013 boy I really want that back, I think everyone wants that back. \u201cI understand why they\u2019re doing it \u2013 it was 100% to make solos, duos and squads a place of safety for newer players hence why they\u2019ve introduced the arena mode,\u201d he explained. My thoughts on the most recent Fortnite update. I could have rambled on for 10 minutes but this is the simple vid. pic.twitter.com\/QjCwwUkQyd \u2014 Ninja (@Ninja) March 27, 2019 The competitive Fortnite community have called for a ranked move after the regular pop-ups proved popular among the top players \u2013 a feature that was finally added in the latest update. However, while Ninja agrees with the decision \u2013 he fears that content creators and streamers could suffer when reaching the higher point brackets due to the long queue times. \u201cI like it [arena] \u2013 my fear is when you get high up enough it will take forever to get a game. I can\u2019t play arena to get health and shield on kills because it takes 20 minutes to find a game,\u201d he said. The former Halo professional also stated he wasn\u2019t happy with the current state of squads as the game mode has \u2018gone\u2019 with everyone getting \u2018thirsted\u2019. Blevins went on to respond to a tweet from NICKMERCS on how Epic could have slowed the game down better rather than removing the siphon mechanic. \u201cFirst of all, they could have made it 25 shield or mats,\u201d he continued in response to the 100 Thieves member. \u201cOr they could add a respawn system. You could have clutched up and grabbed everyone\u2019s banners to bring them back.\u201d Ninja ended his reply with a subtle jab at his friend saying: \u201cWe\u2019re back to half mats NICKMERCS, and that\u2019s a world no-one wants to live in.\u201d It remains to be seen whether Epic Games will revert their changes, with Ninja the latest popular streamer to voice his concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ninja explains why Fortnite should revert controversial v8.20 update changes Twitch streamer, Tyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins, has voiced his concerns after Fortnite released their controversial v8.20 update which removed one of the game\u2019s most popular mechanics. The latest patch included a host of new changes that completely changed the dynamic of the game \u2013 adding in […]<\/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-76712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76712","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=76712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}