One of the most popular strategies inFortniteright now is acquiring multiple pump shotguns, and instead of reloading the weapon when in a firefight, switching to another one in your inventory. This trick has made pump shotguns far too powerful inFortnite, and so Epic has announced how it will fix the problem.
As part of update 3.0.0, Epic will effectively be nerfing pump shotguns inFortniteby forcing players to pump the weapon before firing off a shot if they quickly switch to it. This means the pump shotgun can maintain its high level of damage while still being a more balanced weapon in the game.
As of now, Epic is only looking into applying this nerf to pump shotguns, but it’s possible that future weapons will have similar changes made to them as well. Furthermore, if this change doesn’t fix the balancing issues with the double pump shotgun strategy, Epic may decide totemporarily remove it from the game, as it has done with SMGs.
The sheer power of this double pump shotgun strategy has been a point of criticism forFortnitefor quite some time, so it’s nice to see Epic finally tackle the issue head-on. And this is no small change, either. Many topFortniteplayers rely on the double pump shotgun strategy to rack up kills, including theduo that holds the current kill recordin the game.
It will be interesting to see how this double pump shotgun nerf changes the game. Theoretically, it will force players to rely on different weapons and strategies to earn Victory Royales, which should add some more variety to firefights.
It’s worth pointing out that pump shotguns could be changed again later on in Epic’s quest to makeFortniteas balanced as possible. After all, the game is still in early access, and will have many more updates in the months leading up to its proper launch.
Fortniteis available now in early access on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
