This is the perfect gamemode.
No Planes. No Ziplines.
We got Bouncers, and Shockwaves, Grapplers and others.
The Material amount is perfect.
This is the perfect gamemode, and in my opinion, the best way to play Fortnite right now. I really hope they use this gamemode to tweak the default modes, because this is a lot of fun.
Thanks for the awesome gamemode, Epic! <3
External link →Glad you’re enjoying it. It’s felt like we had to strip out most of the mobility options to get back to the core Blitz that people liked a year ago. Let us know if you have any more feedback around this version of the mode!
Is there a reason it was gone for so long? I was pretty surprised it wasn't in the 10 days of LTM Xmas rotation, considering every time blitz is available we get highly upvoted posts about how blitz settings are what the main game mode should be.
It is indeed a fan favorite here on reddit, but it actually isn’t very heavily played so we aren’t able to run it very often. Last time we ran it we had to shut it off early since the low play rate was creating matchmaking problems.
That's surprising. Would you be able to tell us what LTMs have been the most popular?
I can indirectly answer by saying we typically run the most popular modes the most often & new ones when they are ready.
That's disappointing to hear, I wondered if those of us that love it so much are only a smaller subset. I remember it only being around for I think 1 day last time and thought that might be the case. If I had to guess, there are two main reasons why more of the general population don't play Blitz:
The quickly moving zones mean people that aren't smart with rotations die to storm more often, and that isn't fun. Maybe reworking blitz to have slower storms and even more mobility would help.
The sweatiest of us play ONLY blitz when it's around. It's just so much more fun. But this means it isn't fun for casuals when all they encounter are sweaties.
Look, according to my end of season recaps I've been farming around 2 million materials per season since season 3, and I am so, so burnt out on farming. Yet my building skill has grown so much since then, I can do so much more than before yet the farm rate is the same and the hours I spent grinding building skill feel wasted. For example, I NEVER thought I'd be able to do something like this on controller when I was stuck on combat pro, but now that I can do this with builder pro, the farm rate just doesn't suffice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIYyVznhfxQ
I pretty much can only stand playing Fortnite when the pop ups are around and most of the time I miss the limited time windows for them. I really hope y'all are considering upping the farm rate in the main game mode, at the very least.
Thanks for the thoughtful comments.
Can I ask how popular One Shot was? I know it managed to stay up for a whole week or more, and I loved it so much I’m really excited to play it again.
One Shot will likely remain a part of our regular rotation.
Did you increase the harvesting rate in default modes just for me??? Thanks!
Let's go with that!
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