Ninja rants at Epic Games over Drum Gun in Fortnite Battle Royale Twitter: Ninja\/Epic GamesTwitch streamer and prominent Fortnite Battle Royale personality Tyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins has provided his thoughts on the unvaulting of the Drum Gun \u2013 and he wants to see major changes. The Drum Gun is a hybrid rifle-SMG, initially introduced to the game back in Season 4, with the v4.5 update in July of 2018. However, it only remained in the game for a matter of months, and was vaulted over balancing issues and negative community feedback in September 2018. Despite the reasons behind its vaulting, in the v8.51 live event, Epic Games gave the community the chance to vote in-game and unvault one item. The Drum Gun won comfortably and was instantly reinstated \u2013 but, Ninja is one of a number of community members who is unhappy with the decision. Why is Ninja unhappy with the Drum Gun? It seems Ninja is displeased over the balancing of the Drum Gun, in terms of the weapon\u2019s rarity and ability, as well as how it is used by other players. \u201cThe Drum Gun is back and in less than one game,\u201d he said. \u201cIt took one arena game with me and Reverse[2K] \u2013 and there were like 15 people left after the third circle, everyone just charging everyone with Drum Guns. Every single person had it, SOS man.\u201d \u201cI love what Epic did,\u201d he continued. \u201cAllowing us to unvault one of the guns in the game \u2013 I think it was an incredible idea, I love it a lot. But dude, something needs to happen. The Drum Gun needs like a rarity buff, like it needs to be gold.\u201d At the moment, the Drum Gun is available in uncommon (green) and rare (blue) versions, meaning it is found fairly frequently by players. However, Ninja believes it is too high-performing to be available this frequently. \u201cI love the gun, it\u2019s fun to use,\u201d he finished. \u201c[It\u2019s] gonna be a very interesting couple of weeks if this is allowed in the competitive \u2013 World Cup.\u201d Read More: Rise Nation drop two pro FortniteBR players who were caught cheating in World Cup qualifiers – World Cup Qualifiers are underway, and while Epic ruled out the Drum Gun\u2019s inclusion in this weekend\u2019s matches, they are yet to comment on its future inclusion. However, it is clear Ninja believes it could lead to a significant meta-change. Other prominent community members, including Jack \u2018CouRage\u2019 Dunlop, echoed Ninja\u2019s concerns over the gun\u2019s unvaulting. The Drum Gun is back\u2026 What have we done, Fortnite community. \u2014 Jack \u201cCouRage\u201d Dunlop (@CouRageJD) May 4, 2019 Goodnight to everyone except for the kids who voted for the Drum Gun to be unvaulted. \u2014 Jack \u201cCouRage\u201d Dunlop (@CouRageJD) May 5, 2019 In competitive matches, such as the World Cup Qualifiers, defensive play-styles are favoured, as players regularly build themselves into \u20181x1s\u2019. The Drum Gun\u2019s combination of high fire-rate and high damage mean it is very effective at breaking into these defensive buildings, to a point Ninja feels is unbalanced. Epic are yet to announce whether changes will be made to the Drum Gun, but, given its controversial history, it\u2019s possible we will see adjustments soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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