Fortnite has been given a fresh update to tackle the BRUTE mech problem.
Fortnite Season 10 hasn’t been well received by Battle Royale fans, largely because of Epic’s newest addition.
The BRUTE mech was introduced as a new vehicle at the start of the latest season.
“Few suits make you feel as powerful as a mech suit does,” reads the official description. “In this two-person vehicle players can control its movement while their partner controls its firepower.”
But the new addition hasn’t gone down well with fans, who have complained that it’s overpowered.
Things came to a head on recent days, when the ‘Remove the Mech’ hastag started to trend on Twitter.
Fans will be happy to hear that Epic Games has listened to the complains, and has made some changes to the BRUTE mech suit.
Specifically, Epic Games has lowered the spawn rates for the mech suit.
Unfortunately, however, the changes are only available in the Arena and Tournament playlists.
“We’ve lowered the spawn rates of the B.R.U.T.E. per Storm circle in Arena and Tournament playlists,” Epic explains. “We will continue to monitor the impact of this change in advance of next weekend’s Champion Series event.”
Expect even more balance changes when update 10.1 launches early next week.
In the meantime, check out the patch notes for today’s mech suit update below.
Beginning of Match
• 21.5% chance that between 1-3 B.R.U.T.Es will spawn
• Previously was 100% chance that between 2-4 B.R.U.T.Es would spawn
Storm 1
• 44% chance that between 1-4 B.R.U.T.Es will spawn
• Previously was 100% chance that between 2-4 B.R.U.T.Es would spawn
Storm 2
• 40% chance that between 1-2 B.R.U.T.Es will spawn
• Previously was 100% chance that between 1-3 B.R.U.T.Es would spawn
Storm 3
• 40% chance that between 1-2 B.R.U.T.Es will spawn
• Previously was 66% chance that 2 B.R.U.T.Es would spawn
Storm 4
• 10% chance that 1 B.R.U.T.E will spawn
• Previously was 50% chance that 1 B.R.U.T.E would spawn
Storm 5
• 3% chance that 1 B.R.U.T.E will spawn
• Previously was 10% chance that 1 B.R.U.T.E would spawn