With the update 29.00, there were some changes for Fortnite. Epic apparently removed the EP bonus when you play in LEGO mode. Many players are now complaining about this, as it makes the game mode almost useless in the eyes of many users, at least if you want to level up the Battle Pass.
The Battle Pass is one of the core elements in Fortnite. With all the tasks and things you do in the game, you collect experience points that allow you to unlock new skins or items. Players are always looking for suitable ways to quickly gain experience.
But Epic has apparently adjusted the LEGO mode now. At least many players are complaining that they no longer receive experience in LEGO Fortnite. MeinMMO explains what is behind this.
Did Epic intentionally remove the EP bonus or is it just a bug?
What kind of trick was that? Players report on reddit and in a further post on reddit that they can no longer collect experience points for the Battle Pass when playing LEGO Fortnite. Until now, there were always steady experience points the longer you played the game mode. Many are surprised why this opportunity has now disappeared and hope that it’s just a mistake by Epic.
After a test in the editorial team, we can confirm that we can no longer collect experience in LEGO mode just by standing around.
What could be the reason for the removal? Some took advantage of the trick very intensely, standing AFK in LEGO mode for 3 hours and thereby earning several levels for their Battle Pass – and that completely without effort. Some now speculate that Epic removed this “glitch” so that it is no longer so easy to gather EP for the Battle Pass. After all, that’s not the point of exploiting the game mode in this way.
However, others believe that the LEGO mode would be almost useless, as it is hardly possible to make any meaningful progress for the Battle Pass in this mode. Aside from the tasks that only bring 2,000 EP each, which hardly seem worth it anyway.
Has Epic commented on this so far? No, so far there is no indication regarding experience points in LEGO mode. In the current patch notes, they only mentioned the new LEGO sets and the fixed bugs (via fortnite.com).
More trouble with LEGO: By the way, this is not the only trouble that the LEGO mode is currently causing. The new paid sets are also not well received by players. What’s behind it and why you would have to pay over 50 euros for them, you can read directly on MeinMMO:
LEGO Fortnite is getting cool new content, but if you want it, you’ll have to pay up to 55 euros
