Epic has introduced an overhaul of its totally different mode-specific Fortnite passes that’ll quickly make it attainable to progress by way of each concurrently, whatever the mode gamers are at the moment taking part in in – and that is on prime of phrase the corporate readying to introduce an “simple method to snag all premium passes without delay”.
As issues stand at current, gamers can progress by way of Fortnite’s Battle Royale Battle Cross by incomes XP from any in-game expertise, however the Pageant Cross and LEGO Cross can solely be levelled by taking part in of their respective modes (that’s, Fortnite Pageant and Lego Fortnite). Nevertheless, that is all set to vary beginning on 2nd November.
From that date, all earned XP, whatever the mode it was generated in, will progress the Battle Cross and Music Cross (the brand new title for the Pageant Cross) concurrently. Then, from 1st December, the modifications will apply to the LEGO Cross too. As a part of this overhaul, the Music and LEGO Cross will change to a format resembling the Battle Cross, that means one observe containing each free and premium rewards for every – though this may not come into impact till the present Lego Cross and Music Cross have run their course.
To accommodate these modifications, Epic is ditching Pageant Factors (from 2nd November) alongside Battle Stars and Studs (from 1st December), in order that the one earnable forex required to unlock tiers throughout every move is XP. It will be attainable to assert rewards in non-sequential order on all unlocked pages of every move, as is at the moment the case with the Battle Cross, and gamers can configure their passes to auto-unlock rewards as XP is earned. Moreover, gamers will be capable of straight buy move rewards (as much as an unspecified restrict) if they need one thing they have not managed to unlock but.
Epic notes gamers will nonetheless must buy the Battle Cross, Music Cross, and LEGO Cross individually in the event that they wish to unlock every move’ premium rewards, however teases that an “simple method to snag all premium passes without delay” will probably be launched quickly. There isn’t any phrase on how this may work – or if, say, Epic will provide a bundle low cost for gamers who need passes throughout all three modes – however it should not be lengthy till we hear extra.
“We hope this transformation encourages you to play the place you need, the way you need!,” Epic concludes. “Quickly it’ll be even simpler to unlock superior rewards in Fortnite.”
Phrase that Fortnite’s move modifications come into impact this Saturday, 2nd November, lends credence to unconfirmed reviews Fortnite Chapter 2 Remix will launch on the identical date. This mini-season is predicted to comply with the identical format as final 12 months’s massively standard Chapter 1 Remix, which – as its title suggests – introduced again components of Fortnite’s inaugural chapter for some nostalgia-baiting enjoyable. Though particulars are skinny, Chapter 2 Remix will possible embrace quite a few map choices alongside the return of Midas, Meowscles, TNTina, Slurp Commando Ripley, and 8-Ball (probably now 1-Ball), as you’ll be able to examine elsewhere on Eurogamer.
