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We felt like we got enough data and feedback around the mode in the time that it was up. It was just a test so we were comfortable removing it earlier

They will say 9999ms but choosing a region and playing one game and backing out to the lobby has fixed this for other players, including myself. We're still going to resolve the issue in another update.

We closed it earlier than we had originally planned https://twitter.com/FNCompetitive/status/1376625276164182017

We're looking into this issue. It sometimes appears when your region is set to Auto. Jumping into a game usually will fix it for the next time you return to lobby. Alternatively, you can try setting your region manually to the one you'd like to play in.

April 22nd is the start of the first FNCS Qualifier with the Middle East region kicking it off. All other regions will start on April 23.

A new update is about to hatch.

v16.10 is scheduled for release on March 30. Downtime will begin at approx. 4 AM ET (08:00 UTC).

v16.10 unleashes:
🥚 A new apex predator stalks the Island
🦴 Crafting and loot adjustments! 

Balance changes:
✔️ Primal Shotgun fire rate reduced
✔️ Makeshift Shotgun adjustments
✔️ Crafting material costs now scale with Makeshift rarity
✔️ Animal Bones and Mechanical Parts can appear as added floor loot

Changes may still happen later but we weren't tying it specifically to the end of Preseason. In hindsight it seems we should have made it clear not to expect any changes by the end of Preseason.

The intent of preseason was to allow players the opportunity to learn the new season and everything that changed (since there was quite a lot that changed) while playing against players of similar Hype. In this way, you aren't trying to learn all the new changes and getting adjusted to the meta while also trying to get to Champion League at the same time, which we felt may be frustrating to players. Essentially trying and testing out everything without negative consequence. One week of time we felt was enough to get adjusted.

We never guaranteed adjustments would be made at the end of Preseason but I can understand how that would be a natural assumption. I've seen many people express they'd rather just learn everything while earning Hype at the same time. The feedback from players is still important here.

Not that I know of. I'm still trying keeping an eye on the issue but the reports are low. I would try to keep the programs running whether background or not, to a minimal while playing and see if that makes a difference. I've heard from other people that sometimes this works for them.

Yeah that's not intentional. We're tracking this issue and you can follow it on our Trello board here https://trello.com/c/2C4ycvYr/1669-visibility-is-extremely-decreased-when-inside-the-storm

Right now we plan for just a week

Your Hype points from the previous season will carry over for the first week of S6 (preseason). This will allow players a full week to understand all of what S6 has to offer before starting the competitive season. Your Hype will reset to 0 after the preseason.

Friday is ME only, no broadcast. Saturday is the schedule in the blog. Sunday with DST, those times are +1 in ET.

Derp, yes. Edited to reflect.

Thanks for the additional info. Unfortunately with situations like this logs are impossible to send since players can't report what's happening in-game during it. If you run into the issue again, feel free to make a copy of your logs after exiting Fortnite and send me a DM so I can coordinate getting those logs to the correct people (How to get your logs https://www.epicgames.com/help/en-US/fortnite-c75/technical-support-c118/where-can-i-find-the-fortnite-game-logs-a3209). There's no way we'll be able to solve this before S6. Hopeful...

Does the UI continue to countdown? Like, does the storm forming in UI keep counting down and the game timer on the right?

I'll be on the lookout for other reports like this

The broadcast will follow the schedule listed in our FNCS broadcast blog https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/competitive/news/fncs-chapter-2-season-5-broadcast-and-twitch-drops

Note: with Sunday being Daylights Saving Time, the broadcast will start 1 hour earlier later. So 2pm ET instead of 1pm.

No problem!

The in-game scoring and the in-game scoring format were correct. We had a change in the scoring that made it into the game, but we did not update the rules on our website at the same time the change was made.

We're checking that now. Thank you!