Summary
- Fortnite quickly reverted a Rocket ammo nerf in Chapter 6 Season 2 Battle Royale after player backlash.
- Players criticized the nerf since the Sticky Grenade Launcher, the main user of Rocket ammo, was affected.
- Suggestions were made to change the Sticky Grenade Launcher in different ways instead of reducing Rocket ammo capacity.
Fortnite reverted its Rocket ammo nerf two hours after it was issued, which has players wondering why it was ever changed. In each Fortnite season, there tends to be a selection of weapons that stand out as better than the rest, depending on who is using them. There are weapons like Sub-Zero's Kombat Kit, which lets people use an Ice Slide to charge forward before unleashing a barrage of melee attacks, and many others that make the experience more challenging for someone's foes.
Although players often rush to get their hands on the best items in the Chapter 6 Season 2 loot pool, the attention of the Fortnite team appeared to be directed at nerfing Rocket Ammunition in Battle Royale, dropping the Sticky Grenade launcher's capacity from 12 to six. Some in the community regarded the weapon as a pretty standard Launcher, so the change came as a surprise.
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Fortnite reverted its nerf for Rocket ammunition in its Chapter 6 Season 2 Battle Royale mode two hours after implementing the change in the first place. The pacing of these adjustments has drawn the attention of players who have voiced disdain that this kind of balance tweak was made at all. Since the main weapon that uses Rocket ammo in the current loot pool is the Sticky Grenade Launcher, the weapon itself is receiving player criticism.
Fortnite Reverts Rocket Ammo Nerf
Some fans believe that the Sticky Grenade Launcher is just an overpowered weapon and should be changed in a different way, compared to nerfing the drop rate and ammo cap for Rocket-based weapons. Gamers have suggested that if the launcher needs a change, then the amount of time to wait for an explosion to happen might be better, but others have pushed back on that idea, suggesting that doing that would render the weapon useless. Some believe that if Rockets and the Sticky Grenade Launcher needed to be limited at all, it would just be best for Fortnite to vault the weapon for the time being.
The issue with implementing this change for an entire ammo type is that it could influence the playstyle of all weapons that rely on Rockets, just making them less fun for people who enjoy the variety of loot in Fortnite. Many players push back on the notion that the item needs to be vaulted because the point of having a powerful weapon is largely using it skillfully to play better. A section of players believes the Sticky Grenade Launcher isn't necessarily very good anyway, believing it doesn't compare to the greatest Fortnite weapons of all time. For now, the Sticky Grenade Launcher and Rocket Ammo remain generally unchanged.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 84 /100 Critics Rec: 94%
- Released
- September 26, 2017
- ESRB
- T for Teen - Diverse Content: Discretion Advised, In-Game Purchases, Users Interact
- Developer(s)
- Epic Games
- Publisher(s)
- Epic Games
