In Fortnite there was a change that turns your locker and the shop upside down. Many players are annoyed about this.
What kind of change is this? In Fortnite, all skins were previously categorized into four different rarity levels. The respective rarity level was indicated by the background color of the skin. This has now changed with the new update.
From now on, there are no more rarity levels. This means that the background color of all skins is now uniformly blue, and the labels for the rarity levels have also been removed.
However, the different series like the Icons series or the Gaming Legends series will still exist.
How the shop in Fortnite now looks is shown by the account FNAssist on Xcom:
Additionally, skins in the shop no longer switch worldwide at a general time. Now there is an update timer that is based on the player’s time zone.
How were skins categorized before? There were four different rarity levels that differed in background color and price:
- Uncommon – these cost 800 V-Bucks, which is about 8 euros, and had a green background
- Rare – these cost 1,200 V-Bucks, which is about 12 euros, and had a blue background
- Epic – these cost 1,500 V-Bucks, which is about 15 euros, and had a purple background
- Legendary – these cost 2,000 V-Bucks, which is about 20 euros, and had an orange background
In addition, there are series skins, which include skins of film characters, and their background differed from the four usual rarity levels. There are series skins, for example, for “Star Wars” characters like Kylo Ren or superheroes like Spider-Man and The Flash.
What do players say about the change? A large part of the players feel that the change is bad and are angry. Some players suspect that Epic Games will now constantly offer new skins at inflated prices.
- Its_Stug via X.com: “Dude, the rarity system is an essential part of Fortnite, they can’t remove it.”
- kiritophantomhive via Reddit: “So Fortnite and Epic have lost their minds, they removed rarities to get away with overpriced cosmetics of lower tiers.”
- Iron_Jake2 via X.com: “I feel like they did this so they can charge more for skins. The rarity system usually said a lot about the skin and its set.”
Other users also criticize on social networks that their locker has become even more confusing as a result and that it now takes them even longer to find specific skins within their collection.
- Dweller via X.com: “It will now be harder to find my items in my locker. I used the rarity system to find what I need. Additionally, with this new system, you get the feeling that they can now get away with any price for a skin since we don’t know what rarity they should be.”
In general, the update has brought great dissatisfaction – even though some players were very excited about the new skins for “Avatar – The Last Airbender” that let you play as Zuko, Katara, or Toph.
Here you can find the patch notes for today’s update 29.20
