Fortnite is back today after about an hour of unscheduled downtime, but players were unable to log into the game a while ago. These issues seem to stem from a flurry of game-breaking glitches coming together related to the recently added features, and the biggest downfall seems to have been Shockwave’s hammer. This is a weapon designed to be powerful with huge distance-shrinking leaps. However, the latter’s cooldown was never triggered.
This is why the Fortnite Vault Shockwave Hammer!!! pic.twitter.com/08yiFOWcFhJanuary 9, 2023
So, like in the clip above, players can infinitely spam Shockwave Hammers, giving them a constant superleap to make someone a very annoying target. Disable Hammer (opens in new tab) In all playlists before announcing the return of weapons a few hours ago.
The game’s recently introduced vaulting mechanic also had issues, same story: Epic disabled it, but recently brought the feature back.
But things aren’t over yet. As of this writing, Fortnite is experiencing widespread login issues, leaving us with a third issue. The deku smash ability, which was introduced as part of the My Hero Academia crossover, was removed a few weeks ago for a simple reason.
This tweet showing the attack also helps describe Fortnite 2023 in one sentence.
DOOM SLAYER puts Deku Smash on his back, marshmello as a pickaxe, then hits a Gangnam style dance in Fortnite.. pic.twitter.com/sLDHLmzH1HDecember 16, 2022
There is no ETA for when (or if) this attack will recover. This meant that Epic introduced multiple items in Season 4, which basically didn’t go well. The game’s current login issues are still unresolved at the time of publication. Fortnite’s current status can be found here. (opens in new tab).
With Epic’s best-in-class support for Fortnite as a live-service game, there’s no doubt that the final gremlin will soon be crushed.The game recently received an upgrade that seems to have turned Fortnite into a graphical powerhouse almost overnight (opens in new tab)However, it’s not all sunshine and lollipops. Epic accepted his eye-popping $500 million fine from the FTC a few weeks ago. (opens in new tab) Because it didn’t protect the privacy of the child.
