Fortnitejust had a new patch drop this week to fix a few bugs, but it also made a small change to something else.Fortnite’s Squads Playlists have been altered just a little with the newest update.
Fortniteis stronger than ever before,breaking new player count recordsand hosting massive events like in-game concerts and movie crossovers. The surge in players is partly because of worldwide coronavirus stay-at-home orders. The newest patch, 12.50.2, was to help prepare the servers for the massive amount of people that are suddenly popping up online again, making sure that several bugs would no longer be an issue, and of course the playlist update.
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The 12.50.2 patch’s changes to playlists focus on balance. While most of the patch seems to be centered around makingFortniteready for theirupcoming Party Royale in-game concert event, the balance tweaks were designed to better help match players against similarly skilled teams while playing in Squad matches.
The balance is a difficult thing to get perfect, so Epic appears to be ready to continue to “tweak the game so it feels right tor players across all experience levels.” Epic also encourages players to continue to provide feedback for any matching issues during Squad play in the future. This is good news for thoseFortnitefans who have beendispleased with the skill-based matchmakingin the past.
While Epic wasn’t specific about the exact changes to the Squad playlists, players should start seeing small differences in matching immediately.Fortnitelooks poised to continue expanding, especially with the upcoming events and therelease ofFortniteon the Google Play store. Hopefully, this will help all those new players and out-of-practice returning players to get matched with people of equal skill in Squad playlists, making the game more fun and accessible.
Luckily for fans ofFortnite, the game seems to be growing again, and this patch is just another hint of the growth that the Battle Royale game is experiencing, even with its live events cancelled andtournaments being changed to online-onlyfor the future. All the changes brought about by patch 12.50.2 make the game more accessible and friendlier to newbies, showing that Epic is attempting to stay one step ahead of potential growing pains.
But even with all this good news,Fortniteand Epic haven’t been without their controversy. While the changes may seem to be a move in the direction of makingFortniteas player-friendly as possible, Epic also has some not-so-friendly bad news, like glitches, issuing the unbelievable1,500-day ban of a 9-year-oldFortnitefan, and the recent trend of the #RIPFortnite hashtag. Epic might be looking forward to serve all its new fans, but it still has a lot of work to do to keep the existing player base happy too.
Fortniteis available for mobile, PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One.
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