Fortnite: Chapter 2 – Season 6 has been a pretty drastic overhaul for the Fortnite experience already, with crafting being a pretty huge mechanic, along with the introduction of The Foundation, the leader of The Seven. As always, Epic have shaken up the loot pool at the start of the season too, meaning that there are no sniper rifles currently in the game.
Epic haven’t yet acknowledged or mentioned why these weapons are no longer in the game, and they likely won’t. The reason is pretty simple, though, and doesn’t take much guessing: they want you to get to the grips with the bows instead.
Introduced to tie in with the primitive theme of the season, there are many different bows in Fortnite, whether it’s the Makeshift Bow, Primal Bow, Mechanical Bow, or any of the special bows that you get from crafting. Epic have gone all in on bows this season and clearly want them to be used properly. Players need to get to grips with them as they’re likely to be a major item over the course of the season.
This does unfortunately mean that trickshotting is no longer really a thing now that the Bolt isn’t in the game, or even the Storm Scout following Lexa’s removal as an NPC. No doubt players will find some compromises and still be able to pull off tricks, but for everyone else: it’s time to pull back that string and start using bows.
However, it’s important to note that snipers, whether that’s the Bolt, Heavy, or something, will not come back to the game over the course of the season. We may see a new Exotic sniper over the course season, or even snipers in LTMs, just for those who aren’t too worried about playing the game hyper seriously.
Until then, though, there are likely to be a few players who won’t quite know what to do with themselves if there are no snipers in the game. They may as well start researching what or who Genō is, and what they/it may mean for the future of Fortnite.
Fortnite is free-to-play on PC via the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Android.
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