Epic Games Recently added the Compact SMG to Fortnite Battle Royale and people are saying that it is too powerful and too accurate. So Epic Games has issued a hotfix which rather drastically reduces its power.
“We’ve heard your feedback regarding SMGs and that they’re stronger than we would like at the moment,” an Epic spokesperson wrote on the Fortnite battle royale subreddit. “We agree and have just pushed a hotfix live adjusting these values – bringing them more in line with where we want them.”
These Changes were made:
SMG and Compact SMG accuracy bonus reduced from 35% to 15%
SMG damage reduced from 19/20/21 to 17/18/19.
Compact SMG damage reduced from 23/24 to 21/22.
SMG fire rate reduced from 13 to 12.
Compact SMG fire rate reduced from 11 to 10.
SMG, Compact SMG, and Silenced SMG damage falloff.
Range reduced from 2400/3500/5000 to 2000/3000/4000.
Percentage reduced from 100/80/65% to 100/70/40%.
Rare SMG and Compact SMGs drop rates slightly reduced.
These changes were introduced in v5.10 alongside Playground Mode and the Slurp Juice being tweaked.
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