The Fortnite Community React to Major Shotgun Update \u2013 Ninja, NoahJ456, WILDCAT and More The Fortnite community is mixed in their response to the major overhaul of shotgun damage, as some speculate Epic Games is attempting to alter the game with a focus on esports. On June 6th Epic Games released an additional changes as part of the v4.3 content update, most significantly tweaking shotgun damage to make them slightly less powerful. Fortnite is a very casual game at its core, relying on random generated loot and weapon drops, with players never guaranteed to enter a gunfight with all the same advantages as their opponent, depending largely on luck. But there is, of course, skill involved also, with the ability to be accurate and build efficiently key to becoming a top player. If anything, shotguns have been criticized for lowering this skill gap, as there is less emphasis placed on accuracy and more on getting up close and personal while hoping shell spread will be on your side. So the nerf to damage is likely a move to lessen the reliance some players may have on shotguns and create a more balanced and \u2018competitive\u2019 experience \u2013 but not everyone is a fan of the decision. Top Fortnite streamer Tyler \u201cNinja\u201d Blevins was surprised by the other change, which increased trap damage to 150, and seemed optimistic about the shotgun change. Interesting shotgun update and trap update. Weird they went from 125 to 75 up to 150\u2026 always felt 100 is the sweet spot. As for shotguns honestly double shotty is still very powerful. Double pump will still dominate, but heavy shotguns now deal more headshot dmg. \u2014 Ninja (@Ninja) June 6, 2018 Others were on the fence however, worried that the changes could lead to perhaps more inconsistent gunfights with shotguns. While some were concerned about the update, many are reserving their judgement until after they have spent some time with the changes. Here\u2019s what some of the top Fortnite streamers and YouTubers had to say about the recent shotgun damage nerf. FaZe Agony New Fortnite update doesn\u2019t allow pumps to 1 hit you at 200 health\u2026 I kinda like that and I kinda don\u2019t \u2014 FaZe Agony (@Agony) June 6, 2018 NoahJ456 Fortnite Update: Shotguns nerfed (headshot multiplier + pump damage) Jetpacks being removed Monday Traps now do 150 damageThoughts? \u2014 NoahJ456 (@NoahJ456) June 6, 2018 WILDCAT I think having a shotgun that can do 200+ damage is important, but it needs to reward accuracy. Being able to double pump, or run pump tac didn\u2019t reward accuracy. Make either the pump or heavy do 200+ and make it so you can only have 1 shotgun. \u2014 Tyler (@I_AM_WILDCAT) June 6, 2018 Also, Heavy + Tac will be new shotgun meta imo. Heavy shotty now does the most damage. \u2014 Tyler (@I_AM_WILDCAT) June 6, 2018 ImMarksman I can\u2019t believe they just shit on the shotguns like that. S you can\u2019t 1 pump anyone anymore with any shotgun in the game\u2026 \u2014 Im Marksman (@Marksman) June 6, 2018 The maximum damage a Blue Pump can do now is 170\u2026? Guess if you\u2019re close range now and you\u2019re low HP you\u2019re just screwed, no way to get a clutch shot off and reward accuracy. \u2014 Im Marksman (@Marksman) June 6, 2018 The good news out of this is that I don\u2019t really double shotgun much, you know I love the Pump + SMG, so it doesn\u2019t hurt me A TON. But I still don\u2019t agree with that change. \u2014 Im Marksman (@Marksman) June 6, 2018 NickT28 love the transparency as always but\u2026 REMOVE DOUBLE PUMPING, it genuinly ruins the legitimacy of different shot gun types\u2026 Why do we even have a tac shotty (that shoots fast), or a heavy shotty (that shoots pretty fast), if x2 pump allows 10 shots off even faster? \u2014 Nick (@Nick28T) June 6, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Fortnite Community React to Major Shotgun Update \u2013 Ninja, NoahJ456, WILDCAT and More The Fortnite community is mixed in their response to the major overhaul of shotgun damage, as some speculate Epic Games is attempting to alter the game with a focus on esports. On June 6th Epic Games released an additional changes as […]<\/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-77404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77404","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=77404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}