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Shotguns finally nerfed in Fortnite: Battle Royale

Jetpacks are gone too.

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There's a joke floating around the internet regarding shotguns in Fortnite: Battle Royale needing a good old nerfing, and that's exactly what they've got as of yesterday's update, as Epic Games has revealed that both the pump and the tactical have had their damage reduced.

"One of our goals for Fortnite is to have a number of ways to play the game and be successful. We've identified some strategies that are overly dominant and we'll be making some adjustments today. Going forward we'll continue to monitor how we can best support that gameplay variety," Epic writes.

"For awhile we felt that Shotguns promoted healthy close quarter gameplay, however with the recent equip time changes, Shotguns are being used more often than we like. It's something we've been keeping an eye on, but broadly speaking we feel Shotguns are a little too strong in their current state."

That's an understatement, and for now the changes made are reducing the headshot multiplier from 2.5 to 2.0 on both the pump and the tactical, as well as damage being reduced on the pump from 90/95 to 80/85. Epic adds that their goal is to try and improve shotgun consistency (hence the meme that you can hit someone directly and still register 9 damage), which includes making it more apparent when you hit or miss, as well as "making sure the accuracy is more consistent and improving other odd behaviors with the weapon is a top priority. We've identified a number of issues that we're currently working on solving in the near future."

Traps are also being changed, as recently they were tweaked to decrease damage from 125 to 75, and Epic says they've learned a lot and are leaning towards improve their effectiveness, now doing 150 damage instead, the goal again being to add more ways to play.

Those of you that like the jetpack may be sad to hear that this is going too as of next monday, June 11, as this was always a limited time item. It may be brought back in the future, but for now Epic isn't making any promises.

Are you glad to see Epic addressing the shotgun issue?

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