Fortnite’s laid back Team Rumble mode has been quietly revamped as part of the game’s new extraterrestrial season – and fans aren’t best pleased with the changes.
Tweaks to Team Rumble’s relaxed formula had felt overdue, as things had begun to feel a little relaxed in recent months and it had become common for matches to peter out towards the end.
But Epic’s unexplained changes – apparently designed to speed up the mode’s pacing and match length – have gone overboard, fans say, and ruin the ability to use Team Rumble to check off in-game challenges.
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Team Rumble is Fortnite’s large team-based mode where players respawn until one side reaches an alloted kill total. It began life as one of the game’s many limited-time modes, before being made permanent due to its popularity.
It was never specifically designed as a place players could complete in-game challenges without instant death, but this gradually became its big draw. Even if the place you needed to get to was on the enemy side of the map, team sizes were small enough and the mode was friendly enough you’d have a huge advantage over completing it in a regular playlist.
But, recently, it had become common to see people using the mode’s early stages to complete challenges then simply quit the game after. This left the remaining players with too few people to fight against, and often left unbalanced teams.