You’ve got the power, Fortnite players. If leaks are correct, soon you’ll all be able to vote for one of six items you want to be unvaulted for season nine.
The Loot Lake hatch, which is believed to be the door to Fortnite’s item vault, will open soon. That’s when players might be able to choose one of the six items shown in Loot Lake’s monitor to come back to the game: Bouncer, Drum Gun, Infinity Blade, Grappler, Tactical SMG, or X-4 Stormwing Planes.
We’re Fortnite players too, and we remember the times when all of these items were available in standard game modes. We were watching everything when the Infinity Blade defined Fortnite’s tournament Winter Royale tournament and gave thousands of dollars to a few competitive players. We also remember when the community begged Epic Games to vault X-4 Stormwing Planes in season seven, when players were tired of flying during the mid-game to stall and survive until the late game.
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Now that all of these memories are coming back, we have a pretty good idea of what we want to see again in standard modes and what we hope has been deleted from the game for good.
Bring back the Bouncer
The Bouncer trap is the best item Fortnite players can choose to come back to the game. It allowed players to place it on a tile, generally a wall, and bounce on it to be tossed horizontally without taking fall damage upon landing. Players had very little control of how far it would throw them, but it was great in helping them avoid fall damage and save materials when on top of a mountain.
Bouncers could bring back the nearly-perfect balance between risk and reward, especially in the late game. While they deny enemies the powerful play of making an opponent fall, they also throw the player so far that they could end up falling into the storm and too far from the safe zone. They could also fall right in front of an opponent, who would be able to shoot them right away.
Bouncers are the perfect mobility item for the current state of competitive Fortnite and an amazing tool to make matches more enjoyable for casual players.
All other items could stay where they are. The seasons with Infinity Blade and X-4 Stormwings were traumatizing, and we don’t want to go through that again. Grapplers aren’t needed when you have The Baller, and the Drum Gun and Tactical SMG have already been replaced by other weapons, like high-rarity submachine guns.
Regardless of whatever the voting system looks like, take our opinions into consideration and support Team Bouncer.
Published: May 3, 2019 07:35 am