E-Sports
Fortnite Patch Notes 7.10 (PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch)
Fortnite patch notes for version 7.10 has been added to the game and there is a lot to go over. The Heavy Assault Rifle has received a few tweaks, while balloons have been improved as well. The Ginger Gunner has also gotten a cool addition to his cosmetic set. However, that’s only if you have already owned the skin. There’s a lot that has been added to Fortnite, with their latest update.
Weapons
Heavy Assault Rifle changes
- Hip Fire accuracy on the Heavy Assault Rifle has been reduced
- Increase ADS accuracy bonus by 10%
- Reduced Verticle recoil by 6%
- Base accuracy reduced by 30%
- Reduced accuracy when jumping and falling by 60%
Balloons receive improved control
- While in the air, Balloons can be released by pressing the crouch command
Side Note: For the modes that currently have it, glider redeploy max height has been reduced from 1000-576
GamePlay
- Ground Vehicles now slide on icy surfaces
- “No-Scoping” a player now shows up in the kill feed as an elimination
- Sticking a landing on all 4-wheels will not damage the player inside anymore
- Easier to pick up loot dropped near a mounted turret
- StormWings now take 50% more damage from hitting objects and buildings
- Boosting reduces the damage taken on impact by 50%
- Damage done to players in StormWings when shot down recently did 50 damage, now does 25
Bug Fixes
- When holding a movement key while confirming an edit will no longer force the player to move in the direction they were going
- Mounted Turrets will no longer teleport under the map
Events
- Additional dates added for Explorer Pop-Up Cups and Friday Night Fortnite
Explorer Pop-Up Cup
- Resource capped from 700/500/300 to 500/500/500 for wood, stone, and metals
- Resource gain from elimination changed from 100/50/50 to 50/50/50 for wood, stone, and brick
Bug Fixes
- Traps that were not granting elimination rewards have been fixed for Explorer Pop-Up Cup
Playground
Bug Fixes
- Issues that prevented time trial challenges from being recorded has been fixed
- No longer should players experience a “please wait” message that prevents them from doing challenges in playground
Performance
- GPU performance improvements when view distances are far should improve resolution on console and frame rates
- Addressed movement corrections sometimes observable when players jump
- improved performance for some gliders
