Thousands of players are currently complaining about Fortnite because they can no longer use items they paid for. This is due to the introduction of new age limits that also apply to thousands of skins and items. Meanwhile, Epic has commented on this and explained what happens next.
Fortnite has introduced new age limits. But this suddenly affects thousands of players who can no longer use certain items.
This is because the new patch has ensured that creation islands of the game, i.e. player-created content, have received an age rating. At the same time, many cosmetic items in Fortnite have also received a rating. If you now start Fortnite, you may have noticed that many items suddenly display a small yellow warning triangle. We already reported on MeinMMO that Epic is restricting the use of skins.
Epic says: Almost all skins should still be usable
If you enter an island with a disallowed item, it will be replaced by a standard skin. And this applies always, even if you paid a lot of money for your favorite skin or played for weeks. Many players were upset about this. Now, Epic explains in an update that they want to make almost all outfits/skins compatible in the future (via fortnite.com):
Currently, about 7% of Fortnite outfits can only be equipped on islands with the rating “Teen” (or equivalent in the region). Over the next year, we will ensure that most of these outfits are compatible with all ratings by automatically adapting their appearance to the island on which you want to play.
This should at least calm some of the players who are currently complaining that they can no longer use their skins everywhere. It may still take some time until the final changes come and you can use your favorite skins everywhere again.
More about Fortnite: In Fortnite, a short season called OG Fortnite has started, lasting only 4 weeks. Many are excited that it is finally going back to the original map. However, this is not actually the “first” map of Fortnite. You can read all the background information on MeinMMO:
