When the latest Season kicked off in Fortnite it made the bold move of stopping building for 9 days, making it play more like a standard Battle Royale. It was pitched as a temporary move that combined with new traversal abilities to shake up gameplay, but there was plenty of chatter online to suggest that it'd become a permanent mode.
That has now happened, with Epic Games releasing the Zero Build update. It adds no building as an alternative mode, with the same flexibility in terms of playing in Solo, Duos, Trios, and Squads playlists.
Zero Build is a pure test of weapon, item, and traversal ability. Zero Build can be found in the Discover page as Solo, Duos, Trios, and Squads playlists. (Access the Discover page by clicking on the “CHANGE” button above “PLAY!” in the Lobby.)
Without building, all players have the recharging Overshield as your first line of defense in Zero Build. Zip up Ascenders to access Blimps or use Mantling to get the high-ground over your opponents. Don’t forget to Sprint between cover on your way to a Victory Royale!
It's a move that, it seems to us, is designed to target and try to win over players from other Battle Royale games, with the likes of Apex Legends likely to be targeted. It'll be interesting to see how the Fortnite community embraces the new mode.
Are you planning to try out Fortnite Zero Build?
Update: This article originally stated that the standard building mode had also returned, which is not the case at present. Our apologies for the error.
[source epicgames.com]
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This is very good news indeed.
Not only does it offer more variety of gameplay for players, but it also just provides an exciting new mode for existing players.
as someone who played fortnite maybe four times, this is seriously enticing--there was nothing worse than getting down to the last 2 players and having to come face to face with an entire self-repairing castle
I have enjoyed the zero building in this season so far, and since they have added anti armor rocket launchers now those pesky tanks are no longer overpowered, it is going to be alot more fun.
No build is FANTASTIC! I'm playing Fortnite more because of that!
I don't even like Fortnite yet I think I've willed this into existence by complete accident. Huh.
The map is not made for sprinting to cover. There are wide open fields and to make it worse they added tanks and a freaking battle bus, which even with building are a nightmare.
In addition the sound is broken and sometimes you hear the tanks right the moment they come through a wall and you are dead.
Once again they managed to make the game outcome more random. No matchmaking in regular modes and their faible to add tank, mechs, battle busses and other overpowered weapons to give "less skilled people a chance to win". Their words. To bad, when highly skilled people go for those weapons.
Stopped playing after a couple of seasons because i grew tired of the building
But this is great news maybe i should play it again sometime
@Royalblues same. Not in going back to reinstall it though.
Yessssssssss I´m in!!!
Well, not to brag but when I played I only played without building.
And it wasn’t because I couldn’t build, it was um........... because I was skilled.
So very awesome. Let the sweats build their ridiculous 5 second towers against each other all they want!
@Geit_de Uhh you can turn on environmental warnings so you have a visual indicator where tanks/players are. Plus I've never experienced any sort of bug you have. Also c4 makes quick work of a tank. Sneak up...wait for your chance..sprint and slide by as you toss 3 of them quickly on the treads...boom, tank gone.
@SteamEngenius
I know about the C4 and even grenades, but you can only carry so many and after the tank is before the tank.
Audio is broken in the game all the time. Samples are not playing. You stand next to the revival bus and there sometimes is no sound. It happens every now and than for all samples. I cannot even count how often I ran through ammunition and turned around to check if I really picked it up. There are tons of bug in the game and they all repeat and return due to bad programming practices.
Turning on the visual indicator turns of the 3d audio (when it is working correct, which is most of the time).
I cannot even count anymore how often I lost a fight because of the game. Be it hiding behind a car, which for other players wasnt there. And I died like an idiot taking cover behind nothing to heal. Cars sometimes return to their original spawn points, which is usually far away within the storm and you die.
You often cannot pick up an newly added item because you need to free the slot (the canister issue) or you pick up one thing and right in the fight you eat an apple, because the game swapped two items.
After more than two years they finally fixes the watery splash sound, when you hit or get hit, but the game does not count it as a hit. Well, they fixed the sound. No reason to count the heat shot. At least this bug is fair and happens to every one.
The witch broom was nice, too. Randomly, when you activated it, it simply claimed "You cannot use this item while swimming". Yeah, when you are low health, need an escape in the middle of grassy hills.
You cannot even continue playing if someone is joining. The game changes the mode to the next player level (before it selected just a group game) and then gets stuck waiting for a new game forever. This is broken for around two years.
Hell they did not even manage to get their weekly/saison missions handled correctly.
I suggest you watch some "fortnite moments" or "fortnite fail" videos to get a glimpse for all the bug the game has. Most of them are still in, since they tend only to fix miss coloured and broken skins.
The personal status and friends status list is broken, too and no one cares. I won a random two digit two player games, but played only 3 in total. All the information there is broken and useless.
This is not switch related. These bugs are cross game, too.
Epics game engine is call one of the best, but this game is an example, which shows in a horrible way how a game works, when you let the graphic department do the programming. These people have no clue on how to fix the mess.
@Geit_de I don't even like building, but I agree, the map is just not made for it.
@Snatcher
They added these shields that can be rammed into the ground (unlike wood, stone and metal which was separate), but that does not help, as there are only 5 weapon/health slots and you need explosives to survive tank encounters and those shield plates. So you have three slots for weapons and health.
At least you can build again. I am bad at it, but I manage to setup defenses on the ground, when I am shot in the open without wasting a slot for a shield cover.
@Geit_de You seem to be exaggerating.
Fortnite on Switch has largely been a great experience over the past 3-4 seasons. …And the addition of a non-build mode makes it even better. …Less stress and more straight-forward fighting. …The only issue I have with Fortnite on Switch is I wish the higher res versions of the characters’ 3D models loaded more reliably, but largely the game has done great.
Finally, Fortnite without the forts!
Is there the still the build option. I could not find it ?
@Quincy
I am not talking about the switch version in general. I am talking about the game itself.
We used to play every evening from the first day on switch. We switched to just a little on Thursdays and are now playing mixed (2x Switch, PS5 and PC). The bugs are there and we loose players to bugs or at least get temporary deaths.
Just watch the videos I mentioned above. or search for "Fortnite Moments" or "Fortnite Fails" on youtube. Those usually are not random glitches. They happen all the time on an console and pc. I have even seen top streamers not even flinching, when on the last meters out of the storm suddenly a previous invisible trailer appeared and he was forced to walk around within the storm, loosing even more energy.
These bugs are the worst. Vehicles get invisible after getting out, jump over the map to other locations, when you get in. Weapons and obsticals are visible even if they are not there.
Team Member1: Why does the chest not open?
Team Member2: There is no chest
Team Member1: What about the MK7?
Team Member2: I dont see a MK7.
Fortnite could be the best shooter available, but due to the bugs, the frustration levels are high, especially when you encounter the very same bugs year over year over year.
The only thing making it worse are people claiming there is nothing wrong with the game, when there is even video prove for all of them, which dates years to the past and those issues can happen to anyone at every time, because Epic does not care about fixing bugs. The game "works" and they make billions. The easiest way to make even more money is to drain it from maintenance.
When watching those videos it is more like "Done that, been there." and "Oh, that bug is new. Did not have that one, yet"
@Geit_de Ok you clearly seem to have more experience than me on the game so it makes sense you would see more of that stuff. …So no disrespect. I’m now a nightly player, but I’m dipping in for maybe 20-30 mins so only getting 1-2 games in per night. - I’ve just been surprised at how effective the game has been for me on Switch and how generally problem free it’s felt for a game that is having some substantial revisions made (to story and layout) every few months.
Lol, I’m sure Epic is watching the viewer counts on those fail vids and trying to ensure they don’t keep getting made.
I don't build anyways, this is perfect.
climbing is much better than building.
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