A hashtag is trending again on Twitter. #BringSiphonBack is being shared by professional player Faze Sway on Twitter. The Fortnite community seems to agree.
What does this hashtag mean? #BringBackSiphon means that Epic should bring back the gameplay mechanic “Siphon” to all game modes of Fortnite. Currently, “Siphon” is only enabled for Arena mode or tournaments. However, many players wish it would return for all game modes.
What is Siphon? Siphon refers to a lifesteal mechanic in Fortnite:
- When the lifesteal mode is activated, you receive healing of 50 health points per elimination.
- If you are already at full health, your shield is increased by 50 points.
- In addition to the lifesteal, players receive 50 building materials of each type for a kill. This rewards aggressive play and reduces the time spent farming materials.
In Season 7, “lifesteal” was introduced for the first time. With the 8.20 update in Season 8, “lifesteal” was removed from the normal modes and has not been brought back since.
#BringSiphonBack trend on Twitter
What happened? One of the professional players Faze Sway tweeted: “#BringSiphonBack” is making it trend.” He means Fortnite should bring back the lifesteal mode to all game modes. To gain more attention, as many users as possible should tweet with this hashtag so it appears in the trends.
Many players from the Fortnite community also seem to agree. The tweet has been liked 11,500 times so far and over 3,000 users are talking about it.
Additionally, many users have made their own tweets with the hashtag. They managed to temporarily get into the top 50 trends on Twitter USA.
Why do so many want Siphon back? The lifesteal mode was especially rewarding for aggressive players. They could push other players directly and immediately regain health after each elimination. They did not need to waste time healing. This was especially helpful when fighting a whole 4-player team alone.
Why won’t Epic Games bring Siphon back? Epic Games commented on this in the patch notes 8.20. They said it was for testing purposes and after a thorough analysis and feedback, they would now end the testing phase.
They found the gameplay too aggressive. Other play strategies would then become secondary. However, they kept the lifesteal for the Arena mode and tournaments because it proved to be practical there.
Could Siphon come back now? Epic Games has a strong history of not responding to player requests to bring lifesteal back in all game modes. It seems unlikely that Epic will follow this request now.
Once there was a hashtag that trended on Twitter. #RemoveTheMechs was actively shared by players because they wanted Fortnite to remove the mechs from the game. Fortnite only partially responded to this demand and minimized the spawn rate of the mechs in Arena mode.
What do you think? Should lifesteal come back for all game modes?
