Fortnite is making some much-needed changes for update v7.40.
After much pleading by members of the community, Fortnite is making numerous balance changes with its upcoming patch.
Hand Cannons, Ziplines, RPGs and Planes are all receiving changes which will surely be cause for celebration with members of the community.
These changes won’t go into effect until the new update drops but Epic Games has let players know what will be changed with the upcoming update.
The information was shared in a Reddit post, which you can read in its entirety below.
The RPG changes were mentioned in a separate comment, confirming it will no longer spawn in chests.
Hey Fortnite community!
Wanted to give a sneak peek at some of the changes coming in this week’s v7.40 update.
- Planes will no longer be able to smash through structures
- Zipline interact prompt added, and using a Zipline will grant fall damage immunity
- Hand Cannon structure damage reduced from 150 to 100
- Turbo Build delay decreased from 0.15s to 0.05s
- Rocket Launcher reload time increased from 2.52s to 3.24s
- Added the ability to crouch while in Edit Mode
Stay tuned for the full patch notes when the update releases.
Don’t forget to also check out the Share the Love Event – including overtime Challenges – dropping in v7.40!
WHOOOA THATS A WHOLE LOTTA DAMAGE
NOT THE ZIPLINES
THEY ARE USELESS NOW
Are you fucking dumb? They were buffed.
The fall damage immunity is cool and all, but a fucking interact prompt?
That’s what everyone has been wanting for ten weeks, getting sucked onto a zip line is the worst thing ever
I’ve been hoping for ten weeks that they don’t add it, and they are great to get away from fights sometimes
Now imagine you are nearly dead and had to stay still for about 2 seconds to interact with the zipline
And you wouldn’t be able to jump on it when you build up to the middle of the line
Ur dumb, if u took a zipline to run from me ur ass would get shot so easy😂😂and the ziplines r ass, just gets in the wat of build fights or even gliding in
Now say that again but with proper spelling
He said he can build a structure and ziplines aint nothin cuz hes soooooo good….lulz
Thank you for the translation lmao
Yes thats awesome you wont be put on zipline just gliding past by
I never really had a problem with that happening, i’d just take what i get
RIP HAND CANNON LITERALLY MY FAVOURITE GUN AND THE GUN I AM BEST AT
It is not vaulted
i know but it is getting a huge nerf
It’s still going to be very viable, but at least they didn’t completely ruin it
Can it still 1 shot wooden wall?
no!!!
Actually it’s hilarious that people think it cant still one shot a wall. As soon as some one places a wall if you shoot right away it will still knockout the wall because the wall doesn’t have enough time to get past 100 health so lol I’ll still be deagle pumping the shit outta people 🤣🤣 I’m glad they didnt nerf it too much, it’s my favorite weapon.
Mine fav is heavy assault gold pump and gold deagle. In reality deagle can kill people behind metal fridge
I don’t like the deagle change that much, but I am a fan of it. All the other changes were good though.
Same the deagle is balanced, just pros whine about anything in the game, they should’ve just buffed building instead of nerfing the deagle, it would’ve nerfed the deagle in a way but also building would have been buffed
Yeah, it’s an easy counter. If the biggest issue is having your wall replaced when you’re turtling in a one by one, then just place a ramp, then edit out of your roof and shotgun them in the head, or do something else. Either way, it’s not as game-breaking as the whiny pros are acting it is.
Why you guys bitching about the hand cannon nerf. Thats good its only weakened on SHOOTING BUILDS. So i cant fucking deagle thru ur wall n blast my pump. Deagles op on breaking n replaxing someones wall. Thank god for all these fixes to rpg and the retarded plane lol
R.I.P. any viable use of planes to attack players in built-up structures…
That’s a good thing, that means you’re a noob who only relied on cheap kills
So are you calling youtubers noobs too or…
How do you think that you will move if you get stuck in a plane?
I love how they can change all these things n00bs complain about but years passing now and STILL AIMBOT
Wtf you mean by aimbot
Recap: RPG not usefull anymore and you can’t find them, deagle ruined( epic I thought you didn’t like turtling, remember boombox?), planes useluss after you jump uit and kill a guy because it got stuck between buildings, zipline buff but interact( just the same in my opinion). And to finish, PROS CAN STOP CRYING ABOUT GOOD WEAPONS BEING USED WELL TO KILL THEM.
ok but lets be real here for a sec homie, some man can just shoot me from a plane and ram into me if Im in a build fight or something, deagle was tbf kinda of annoying, some guy could spam your builds and most of the time their was not much we could do. Not wanting to start an argument, just sharing my point of view
Apex>Fortnite now anyway. Fortnite caterers to their elite streamers and/or pros. Hard for a common “noob” to compete. It takes a while to learn the build mechanics, and a new player simply will just opt to a game with a smaller learning curve and opportunities to compete at an equal level from the start. Good game, the glory days are over however….
Hand cannon didn’t deserve a nerf but at least they weren’t as harsh with it, also does epic not realize that they need to remove turrets from planes so people can’t attack at all. And thank the lords for this interact button
If you die by planes that you can hear coming from 300m away you should just stick to creative mode.
It doesn’t matter if you can hear it dumbass, we all know when a plane is coming, but when you can’t do anything to save yourself from them then there is an issue
You can fucking shoot it or run. Learn to fight or flight. Place a turret or use the minigun, they destroy planes!
um you can build, move to the side stop hiding and shoot or hijack. planes don’t bother me
ok, this makes my pp hard
I camed to this article..
Literally all this nerf and buff just because pros whining perspective and kids just agree with it. Like duckling follow their mother
Thank god for the zipline update… people are gonna be jumping on people from ziplines all over the place now tho…