SypherPK has insane theory about Fortnite weapons and shields Twitch streamer Ali \u2018SypherPK\u2019 Hassan has an interesting theory about how the weapons and shields work in Fortnite. With Fortnite being so popular, it\u2019s not too outlandish to think that Epic Games could be working behind the scenes to make things a bit more manageable for new players. The battle royale is coming up to its third birthday later in 2020, and there are still new players coming in daily. Obviously, those fans don\u2019t stand much of a chance against the more seasoned veterans, so they could use some added bonuses if they want to hang around with the big dogs. SypherPK theorizes that something might be happening that gives bad players better loot, but admits this is quite the conspiracy theory. The Fortnite streamer says he doesn\u2019t exactly believe this himself, but players should at least be open to the potential of it going on. \u201cI shouldn\u2019t say this,\u201d he started. \u201cMaybe entertain the idea that maybe if you\u2019re stats are really good you have a less chance of getting better weapons and shields. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s the case, but like, we saw Activision patent something similar to that.\u201d He does explain that Activision isn\u2019t the same company as Epic Games, but that doesn\u2019t mean this isn\u2019t happening. \u201cIf they did that, it would make, you know, the majority of players happier because the majority of players don\u2019t have good stats,\u201d he continues. \u201cI don\u2019t know. That\u2019s obviously a tinfoil hat level of conspiracy.\u201d The patent Sypher refers to a 2015 filing by Activision where it\u2019d encourage newer players to purchase microtransactions by matchmaking them into a lobby where whatever weapon or item they bought would perform well. Activision told Kotaku that this never appeared in any game. It\u2019s unlikely Fortnite actually has a system like this, but apparently things have gotten so bad for some of the top players that Sypher thinks it\u2019s time to start questioning some of the things going on with the game. With the onset of Chapter 2, Epic Games started to become a bit more sporadic when it comes to patch notes, so if something was implemented, it\u2019s entirely possible it flew under the radar. Again, this is not very likely, but if you put on your tinfoil hat and start thinking, would it be unexpected?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SypherPK has insane theory about Fortnite weapons and shields Twitch streamer Ali \u2018SypherPK\u2019 Hassan has an interesting theory about how the weapons and shields work in Fortnite. With Fortnite being so popular, it\u2019s not too outlandish to think that Epic Games could be working behind the scenes to make things a bit more manageable for […]<\/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-77182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77182","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=77182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}