The Driftboard is achieving great success in Fortnite: Battle Royale. However, in the PvE mode “Save the World,” it has caused trouble and has now even been disabled.
This is the new item: Epic Games introduced the “Driftboard” as a new “one-person vehicle” in the latest patch 7.40 . It is a type of hoverboard that players can ride to zoom around.
The special thing: Players can do everything on the board except build. They can shoot, pick up items, throw grenades, fly around, and perform wild stunts.
In “Fortnite Battle Royale,” the item was very well received. Players even built skate parks and the fitting mode for the board, “Drift,” is considered really cool.
So a complete success for Epic to kick off Season 7 with a highlight before Season 8 starts.
What does the item do in “Save the World?” While Epic regularly expands the “Battle Royale” mode of Fortnite, the original Fortnite mode “Save the World” lives in the shadows.
A planned Free2Play release in 2018 was abruptly canceled. Overall, it is rather quiet there.
But Epic regularly brings items from “Battle Royale” to Save the World as well, like the Drift Board now.
However, the new board is obviously ruining “Save the World.”
If you get hit by a husk, there is a possibility that you fly out of the map. from r/FORTnITE
This is the problem: Players are loudly complaining about the board: Because if you are on the board, you can suddenly be thrown all over the map. As reported by Kotaku, this happens when a player is attacked before they step on the board or even while they are on it.
In addition, there are a multitude of other bugs that appear:
- The board annoys at sentry guns
- It blocks access to storm chests
- And can be abused to go AFK
Overall, the players of “Save the World” think it was a bad idea by Epic to bring this board into their game.
Especially since players in “Save the World” already have a hoverboard that worked wonderfully.
Here’s how Epic is reacting now: They have quickly disabled the board. There is currently no announcement on when it will return.
This is what’s behind it: The players of “Save the World” feel disadvantaged and believe that Epic ruthlessly favors “Battle Royale”.
Here, they got a recycled item that no one wanted and which then didn’t work.
This does not contribute to a good atmosphere.
