Last week, as part of the game's v4.5 update, Fortnite briefly introduced a limited time mode called Playground, but it was taken down almost immediately after it launched due to long queues and consistent error messages. Thankfully, almost a week later, the mode is now back up and running.
This mode is set to be available for a limited time, with plans to make it a full-time thing in the future, and allows up to four players to jump into the map together to practice building, shooting, and tactics without any pressure or risk. Unlike the main battle royale experience, players who get shot are able to instantly respawn, weapons and resources are nice and easy to obtain, and you get a whole hour at a time to just muck about and get to grips with the game.
Naturally, this mode is perfect for beginners or anyone who doesn't feel completely confident in their skills in-game. If Fortnite on Switch is your first experience of the game and you've felt overwhelmed when jumping into a match - this could well be your way in.
Epic Games has said that it will soon be releasing an "in-depth and detailed postmortem" to explain what went wrong with the mode's launch and the issues that were faced when bringing it to life.
Will you be giving Playground a go?
[source twitter.com]
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Prefer a carear tab in all honesty
Wait, limited time? Why?
@Djgoa it came late on every console release. Just wait and it will be there eventually.
havent played, might try
@Peterjr1 did i keep ir stats before the carear tab? So when the tab first came online dif it hold ur kills / deaths etc??
@GoldenGamer88 Its kinda of a beta right now, it will eventually be a part of the full game when its ready
@MasterJay Makes sense, I guess. Haven't been online due to work but are they upfront about it in-game? Because if not, they should do so.
@GoldenGamer88 all modes other than solo, squad and duos are marked in-game as ‘LTM’ (limited time mode) and they cycle through different game modes that play differently like 50 vs 50, Final Fight, Solid Gold and others. Each time they usually come back slightly different as shown by ‘v1’ ‘v2’ etc. It’s to prevent the playerbase splitting too much but the developers have said in updates on Reddit that they plan on eventually having Playground be permanent and they’re continuing to think on making 50 vs 50 permanent as it’s the most popular and requested LTM.
@Djgoa I don’t think so iirc. It’s a shame but it’s the way it’s been for all of them (I’ve had a couple duos and squads wins with my sister since switching to Switch and I’m kinda sad they aren’t recorded ahah) and there was actually a period not long ago where stats were disabled for a couple months due to server crashes and other errors. I’m actually kinda grateful that the switch keeps track of playtime as Xbox and (I think) PS4 doesn’t becuase of EPIC disabling the recording of playtime in-game.
@Peterjr1 Thanks but I'm aware of that. Since Playground is something entirely unique and more or less training grounds, I just thought they'd keep it around. But hey, at least they will eventually.
Mii and @octagon tried it yesterday....then proceeded to go in 50s and have big wars.
This is excellent for those who need some practice, one of the benefits of this game being such a massive success is Epic is sure to keep supporting it in an attempt to draw in new players, which is great for everyone.
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