Building Has Been Removed From Fortnite For The Next Week
Building is gone from Fortnite's Creative and Battle Royale modes for the next week.
One of the most frequent requests from Fortnite players is a no-building limited-time event, as many just enjoy Fortnite's shooting mechanics and don't want to get involved with creating massive sky-towers and bases.
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Well, Epic listened and decided to go one step further, removing building from both Creative and Battle Royale over for the next week as part of the recently-revealed Resistance season.
The news was reported by Fortnite leaker Hypex, who seems to have managed to get into the new season a little earlier, or perhaps found the file through datamining. The notice says "All battle, no building. Building has been wiped out. It's up to the Resistance to get it back. Jump in with your squad and help The Seven uncover the Imagined Order's nefarious plan".
Interestingly, this was actually teased during this season's cinematic trailer. Towards the end, Doctor Sloane can be seen pulling out a device that wipes out all of the builds in the surrounding area. Without the season's gameplay trailer, it was hard to tell whether this was just some kind of temporary item, or a hint at a limited-time mode, but as it turns out it's a temporary fixture for the whole game.
Although it's only temporary as part of the season's first week, players who really miss being able to build will be happy to know that it's unaffected in Competitive play, as revealed by Epic's Season overview, "Building is unaffected in competitive/Arena playlists as well as in Team Rumble and Creative Islands."
It's a pretty big change to Fortnite for a season update and not a brand-new chapter, but it's far
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