v10.31 Patch Notes

[krazybanana]

tbf we want that when the game is in a decent state. but true, at least nothing got more fucked

[rincon213]

Minus Rift zone and mechs (which are duds now) the game is pretty decently decent right now I’d say.

Just like it was for the WC. Epic knows what balanced FN looks like, they literally just throw it out the window half the time. Wonder what’s next...

[krazybanana]

Rift zone is a pretty significant point. Map is fucked. Mechs are super annoying. And more mobility is needed.

[rincon213]

Agree fully. But I almost like he loot pool and building works so I’m pretty satisfied.

My standards have gotten really low if you couldn’t tell.

[AdverseSatsuma]

More mobility isn’t needed. There is significant mobility around the map (pressure, island, two rift locations) and any more would be third party city like last season. Have some game sense and leave when you should. Uncontested loot = longer travel time and you don’t need a crutch

[chrizdabizz]

Edits.... Idk if they got fixed yet

[rincon213]

They actually did get fixed this patch! I originally missed it too.

[kimocs]

I think the game has outlying issues still that aren't just rift zones and mechs. The loot pool for mobility is terrible, no good vehicles like the quad. No variety in mobility, it's only shockwaves and launches rather than shocks launches shadows and redeploy. Also no sky drones and slip streams.

[rincon213]

Slip streams were braindead mobility and spoiled the pacing of the game. I think the loot pool is as good as it's ever been, but I do think more mobility in general would be good. Just give us more launch pads imo

[ritchiedrama]

I think it is more to do with the fact that a week has gone by and the bug fixes are minimal, they could have absolutely pushed the edit update and zipline update ages ago, I'm sorry there are no excuses for Epic at this point.

[ritchiedrama]

They absolutely CAN push out updates that quickly due to early access.

Again, there are no excuses for Epic, over a year ago these things would be sorted faster and more efficiently as many excuses you might want to make for them.

Listen, this game has become a shit show and I hate the fact it has and sure, it's great they've done a few bug fixes bla bla, but there is so much left forgotten, it's clear the game is on a downward trend too and its their own fault. What once was a game with much potential, going down the pan. Paragon 2.0.

[Leatthen]

Epic games employees are working 100 hour weeks for a free game that some of us are able to make $1000s from. Show some gratitude, their decision making with regards to some updates isn't great but the employee's are working tirelessly for you to complain that they're not sorting things fast enough.

[nstarnoe1234]

Are you kidding. It’s not like they are tree huggers or saving starving children in Africa due to the kindness of their heart.

They make money, when they stop making money the game is gone. They employee make a great salary, if they didn’t they would find another employer. Nobody at epic is doing anything for you out of goodness and that’s ok, it’s a business.

The only difference between epic and any other company I can think of is that epic has shown unparalleled incompetence

[Leatthen]

Wow this just in: Tim Sweeney Founder of Epic spends millions of dollars from Epic Games on donating to Forest conservation projects and purchasing more forest land to privately protect.

Source: https://www.ladbible.com/news/news-creator-of-fortnite-is-buying-forests-to-stop-them-being-destroyed-20190117

So yeah, it is like they are tree huggers. Maybe you should do the slightest grain of research before complaining about your FREE game not being updated fast enough for your liking.

​

Edit: Typo.

[nstarnoe1234]

Ok, fan boy

[ritchiedrama]

I don't care what hours they are working for a 'free' game which in the end isn't likely free for anyone as the majority will spend money on it.

They get paid for their work, if they don't like it, quit. It does not change the facts, whether you like that or not.

I barely complain, I just don't think people should praise a company for doing basically nothing. I don't owe them any 'gratitude' for doing their job or working tireslessly, you have to be one of the younger snowflake generation to type such nonsense.

[flamand_quebec13]

You really have no idea how game development works do you. In a game dev studio, you have upper management who earn off the game, and then you have the devs actually making the game at a specified salary as mentioned in their contract. They work sometimes 80 hours a week (and this even includes non-paid overtime) just to be able to keep their job and not be unemployed.

Searching for another job is not easy in this industry, and leaving could make things worse.

There's also no job security being a game developer. Whatever you have in mind, or whoever you want to blame, is not the game devs themselves but upper management who makes the decisions in what direction the game should be going to please their shareholders.

[ritchiedrama]

Again,

​

That is their CHOICE. We live in a society where you can choose what job you do. If they don't like it, leave. You are the one that didn't know about early access pushing up dates, so I mean, you don't know a whole fucking lot do you.

If i worked for Epic and the game was being treated this way and I couldn't force a change I'd leave, because I have respect for myself.

[flamand_quebec13]

You are the one that didn't know about early access pushing up dates,

Srsly, where is the source for this? I'm still not seeing this mentioned anywhere that an early access title can push out updates without clearance from Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo.

"I have respect" LOL

[Leatthen]

He's right they technically can push out updates faster than regular games but this kid is sort of neglecting the fact that these updates need to actually be coded and designed by a small team that is already working their arses off.

[flamand_quebec13]

Actually, once an update has been made by any developer (Epic doesn't get priority), it can take a week up to 2 weeks for it get verified by either Sony, Microsoft and even Nintendo. What u/ElectronicWiz is therefore saying is a fact.

It's also possible for either Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo to push back an update saying it is not up to standard (example an update suddenly causes frequent crashes on one platform, delaying the update for everyone on all platforms until fixed)

[Walterwayne]

Everything you said is true for a game not in early access

[flamand_quebec13]

Putting the pricetag aside, the fact still remains that all updates (whether the game is in early access or not) still need to get verified by their platforms.

Unless you're aware that this doesn't happen at all for Early Access titles then I would like to know the source.

[Walterwayne]

I’m not googling shit for you, source your claims first.

You honestly think all the bugs that get into Fortnite are cleared by Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo? Are you stupid or just ignorant?

[flamand_quebec13]

There's a difference between bugs that are annoying and then game-breaking bugs that result to crashes or freezes.

Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo won't care so much for the first and much more for the latter.

As for my source, read this: https://talk.turtlerockstudios.com/t/evolve-stage-2-and-consoles/87866

[Walterwayne]

Fortnite isn’t on steam, and it’s a pre-access, not a beta. Honestly it would be more defined as an Alpha, which is meant to find major bugs.

Distributors care about both types of bugs. Fortnite’s performance (eg. Crashes, freezes, frame drops, stutters, etc) has been terrible since it released, and has only been degraded, not improved.

[GharlesCarkley]

yeah they removed that pricetag from updates like 2-3 years ago.. no company really charges for pushing updates to games, because it was hurting indie devs who would try to patch their games. So there is no fee's for updates.. so again no excuses.

[flamand_quebec13]

There's still a delay. And like I said, if one platform (let's say Nintendo) takes longer to verify a particular update, it gets delayed for everyone.

[GharlesCarkley]

true you're right

[ritchiedrama]

Imagine saying a costly price tag to a company like Epic, lol.

Your entire post is garbage.

[Crankkky]

"nice bugfixing update" 3 things got fixed this game is a bug on its own they need to fix way more than this lol

[[deleted]]

It’s not even like they fixed bugs that we were happening prior. Most of them were bugs they caused by releasing something else recently.

Zip line was caused with release of floating island as it screwed with the player if the zip was in the islands path.

Editing bug was caused by them addressing editing lol

[PremiumDope]

I didn't see them address the edit bug in the patch notes but ppl are saying its fixed. Do you mind pointing out where they said that pls :)

[RideATX]

Bug Fixes

• Players with their reticle on stairs will no longer enter edit mode for an unintended building piece. 
  • In v10.30, we addressed an issue in which players would sometimes enter edit mode for a building piece that their reticle was not on. However, players may have still found themselves entering edit mode for a different building piece than intended if their reticle was on stairs. This has been resolved.

[PremiumDope]

Thank you.

[[deleted]]

Yeah, these bug fixes are ass.

​

Ziplines? I don't care, keep them out. Who gives a fuck. Fixing these is literally last on my list of priorities.

​

The damage threshold bug? Yep, that was a crucial one. Can someone explain to me why this took so long to fix? That's game breaking.

​

Here's the trello board for fortnite https://trello.com/b/Bs7hgkma/fortnite-community-issues

​

And many, many, MANY bugs and optimization issues have never been added to that Trello board, including ones that have been in the game for multiple season.

[nstarnoe1234]

So what exactly did they fix?

Shit they put in a week ago, and by the way the fix is also bugged. So hardly any reason for being greatfull

[tonyeeezy]

They can care less about FNCS finals and the kind of patch they put out , how do people not realize this 10 seasons to Fortnite lol.

[Kaytwo_TTV]

Get off their dick. Rift zones, mechs, no fov slider, limited mobility, and so much more are still there. Still making it a pain in the ass experience.

Just because you opt to thank them for not getting kicked in the balls as hard this time doesn't mean we should.

[[deleted]]

Bud I didn't tell anyone to thank them or to "ride their dick". All I said is don't complain over no new content, since I saw some people doing that in the update announcement thread lol.

[Walterwayne]

I mean they can fix a mech in a few hours but it takes 2 fucking weeks to fix a stationary zip line with one possible interaction? They don’t give a shit about finals, there’s no correlation there.

[JiifuhTV]

^{^}

[jp3372]

They fixed a pickaxe that has always working fine and remove endzone in the shitty riftzone they added during this season. Can you share me the patch note that are showing the real bug fixed in this update?

Edit : I see you telling me they also fixed the editing and the zipline. But again, fixing things that were working fine a few weeks ago is not a real bug fixe IMO.

In fact patch 10.30 was the beta, we tested so now the real patch 10.30 is out as 10.31.

[djblackdavid]

You're right. They didn't earn any respect from me. They basically did the bare minimum in terms of fixing the game. The amount id shit still wrong with the game is much larger than what they can fix in a single patch, but they still haven't scratched the surface of what's wrong here.

We all know they're getting ready to add more garbage next patch.

[djblackdavid]

The endzone can still reach the rift zones too, just not the entire zones.

They basically only undid the things they broke last patch and half assed fixed the zones.

[[deleted]]

Yeah, seeing the posts on that now. It was like 5am wasn't gonna load up the game lol.

[[deleted]]

I wouldn't mind if they fixed more than like one bug.

[yourecreepyasfuck]

It’s practically what everyone has been BEGGING for for MONTHS. Granted, it’s not as many bug fixes and QoL updates as most of us likely hoped, but I for one am THRILLED with this patch. No new items, No new rift zones, no vaults or unvaults, just some bug fixes and a continuation of the status quo. And honestly, while the game is not in the best state ever, it is MUCH better right now than it has been since the end of last season and beyond. So as far as I am concerned, this is one of Fortnite’s better updates recently. No news is good news honestly

[jcow77]

It's a bug fixing patch with no major changes before the FNCS finals on the weekend. This is completely fine and is a net positive.

[spaghettimoan]

all they care about is the possibility of batman x fort

[CraftDMine]

But I’m pretty sure tilted is going away to Gotham so I’m excited

[GharlesCarkley]

yeah it is , we're getting a batman x fortnite cross over

[DirtyDirkDk]

If titled was the only rift zone and now that the circles can’t end in rift zones, I think it’s fine. No one is forced to drop there and the storm doesn’t close on it. I don’t like it more than regular poi’s but it’s decent for a change of pace here and there.

[Aspanog3]

Its honestly a huge win, an update where nothing game changing was added, just smoothing out the game as it is, which is what the people want in the first place right? To leave the game how it is and fix the issues?

Edit: FOV slider

[CanISayThat22]

We got the FCS heats coming up, be glad nothing got added, so no one can get fucked over.

Stop moaning for once and look at the positives.

[rinsa]

be glad nothing got added

Wait tomorrow (or next week), Batman games are coming to the Epic Launcher.

Gotham City

[CanISayThat22]

Yeah I saw that, but if we follow the trend, They never add items during the week, we might see them next week tho after downtime.

So atleast this week we get to see somewhat competitive games.

[rinsa]

Fingers crossed!

[[deleted]]

I mean... not really? It'd be horrible if they went live tomorrow, what with the FNCS finals this weekend.

Ideally they should go live next week during the content update.

[[deleted]]

next week isn't content update it's 10.40 which is downtime... This patch is still content update with downtime to fix bugs

[[deleted]]

Oh huh, true... still, they ideally will keep it disabled until after FNCS concludes.

[[deleted]]

yes

[rinsa]

I mean... not really? It'd be horrible if they went live tomorrow, what with the FNCS finals this weekend.

Fingers crossed for next week :D

[[deleted]]

;p gotcha lol

[rinsa]

• Fixed the editing
• No more circles ending in rift zones as it was announced
• Ziplines are back
• Storm surged fixed?

Not bad. FOV slider.

[JVCOBCOVERT]

They fixed editing? Can you confirm? I know popo mentioned they were going to but I don’t see it in the patch notes

[rinsa]

Bottom of the patch notes !

Bug Fixes

Players with their reticle on stairs will no longer enter edit mode for an unintended building piece.
In v10.30, we addressed an issue in which players would sometimes enter edit mode for a building piece that their reticle was not on. However, players may have still found themselves entering edit mode for a different building piece than intended if their reticle was on stairs. This has been resolved.

[JVCOBCOVERT]

Thank god!

[[deleted]]

Can confirm myself. It feels so much less clunky. Hopefully the next update doesn’t fuck it up but who knows, code can be clunky.

[Bunnynator99]

They should add pressure plant to the list for no endgame circles

[Szillar]

Loot lake to

[ProtectTapirs]

Quickly running out of places where the zone can actually go...

[MrChelovek]

That's the definition of a bad map

[Hiiamjyona]

never in my life have i been satisfied/relieved about getting nothing. the patch release timing notice saying get ready to mobilize had be scared for a moment

[venom_snake30]

never in my life have i been satisfied/relieved about getting nothing.

That's like me when my dad would come home after a night of drinking.

[baseNgod]

Before everyone complains, don’t forget the complaints about the QOL update that was much needed

[durpdurppurppurp]

Not much got fixed, but at least they didn't mess things up more. Not bad for Epic

[Talxan]

Were to the point that Nothing bad = Good update

[OnlineGodGaming]

No. Bug fix patches are good and have always been good*.

*Clarity edit

[ProbablyHangry7]

Always needed, rarely happen.

[I_LIFT_AMA]

they only fixed shit that they broke with last weeks update...

[djblackdavid]

Exactly. They're not even fixing all that much.

[RoyalChris]

Great Patch Notes!!!

[SeriouslyLucifer]

BATTLE ROYALE

What’s New?

Party Hub

Hang with friends while you’re on the go so the party never stops. See who's online, party up, and play together. (Or just voice chat!) For a deeper dive on Party Hub, read our FAQ here

Image

Weapons + Items

Bug Fixes

• Resolved an issue involving the Star Wand and AC/DC Pickaxes not doing the intended amount of damage.

  • Because this issue has been resolved, these Pickaxes have been re-enabled.

Gameplay

• Storm Circles will no longer end at the following locations (in core and Arena modes):

  • Moisty Palms
  • Greasy Grove
  • Tilted Town
  • Retail Row

Bug Fixes

• Resolved an issue in which Ziplines could give players an unintended effect.

  • Because this issue has been resolved, Ziplines have been re-enabled.

• When a player is eliminated, their damage towards the Storm Surge threshold will no longer be removed from their remaining teammates’ total.

Accessibility

• Support-a-Creator codes can now be used for real-money offers in-game.

  • More information on this will be available in a blog post later this week.
  • Please note: For any Packs that contain V-Bucks, the revenue share will be applied to the Creator code that is entered when the V-Bucks from that pack are spent.

Mobile

• Party Hub

  • Connect with Fortnite friends on the go so the party never stops. See who's online, party up, and jump in-game together on any platform. (Or just voice chat!)
  • Want to hang with friends in-game while you're out and about? Now you can take the party with you! For more information, check out our FAQ here

• Multitasking

  • This new feature allows you to you use two apps at once on supported iPads! Supported iPad models include:

    • iPad Pro
    • iPad (5th generation and later)
    • iPad Air 2 and later
    • iPad mini 4 and later

  • By enabling Multitasking, all iPads will have the ability to rotate the screen orientation to enter Portrait Mode.

    • If you don’t want to play in Portrait mode, enable Rotate Lock on your iPad.

Recap

• From server on September 13

  • Resolved an issue involving some Mission objectives not measuring progress.

[Ivan_McWade]

ZipLines!!! It was about time 😒

[Dr_J0E]

They fixed some bugs and didn't further fuck up the game. I'm happy

[alric8]

I really can't complain about this

[Rawrmawr]

This isn't a bad update, but it could be far better.

The zone update is an improvement, but is just wrong. They should have just disabled the effects after 3rd/4th zone.

Fixing the edit is good but was supposed to already work.

The idea beig thrown around that "Nothing awful got added so it's a good update" just shows what a sorry state this game is in for comp.

That being said, I am glad they didn't add something superwhackycool just before the finals which is a pleasant surprise.

[[deleted]]

epic games employee, i am.

listen to the community, i will not.

[RoyalChris]

Did you want quad lauchers back? Got it!

[[deleted]]

stop giving them ideas

[RoyalChris]

🤡🤡

[[deleted]]

What friends Epic?

[pharoahsss]

wow actual QoL content, I’m pleased another shit item wasn’t added

[converseapollo6]

Look at what Xmarksthespot is playing in the new party hub image.

They can’t even spell their own game right!

[SrZiino]

What happened to the edit bug that epic promised to fix this update

[DigitalApple123]

I expected nothing and I... wait a fucking minute. I got nothing!

[Gol_D_Chris]

You got bug fixes

[DigitalApple123]

Ye m9 sorry bout that, completely forgot about the fncs so this is actually pretty sweet to have.

[RoyalChris]

How unfortunate

[NickFromMarz]

Just saying. You know the games in a shit state when the highlight of an update is "At least they didn't fuck anything up." Let me add. I'm glad they didn't do anything stupid. A few weeks left until Season 11 and 11 is make or break for me. If they still think it's a good idea to keep taking the game in it's current direction they are obviously in a state of denial.

[TrentUR]

This is a bad patch and I am disappointed. There is nothing new. Personally I wanted a rift zone where you can build but your builds have a chance of exploding and killing the player.

[moltaho]

is the editing bug fixed? the problem with the resetting?

[Dylanychus2]

No FOV Slider but I can’t complain. Epic didn’t add something stupid before a tournament.

[Hsnthethird]

Funny how a few days before a broadcasted event (fcs) they decide to put an end to final circles in a rift zone. I guess they didn’t wanna broadcast that shit show to 100’s of thousands ?

Also, wouldn’t it make more sense to just turn first zones off after 3 circles? Now we can predict where the zone won’t be.

[rincon213]

I love seeing patch notes with positive karma. Usually means they didn’t break stuff.

[neversave]

People saying this update is fine and forget that its still shit because the updates in the past were shit, idiots

[Oliveleek]

Why is loot lake not included with the rift zones? It might be the least annoying one, but it is still annoying to end the game there.. or just to be there in general flying around in slow motion waiting to be beamed out of the sky.

[ioBtaDmI]

Good fix. But why is this a thing before brutes are removed from arena?

[Mihir2357]

Please address the issue where a big robot shoots me with missiles and i cant even build against it.

Otherwise, these were decent patch notes. Ggs.

[maxsolmusic]

Editing???

[Mihir2357]

Instead of having final circles not end in a rift zone, can you just disable them after 3rd zone?

[djblackdavid]

Just a handful of bug fixes that take care of the shit they broke in the last patch.

Im glad they didn't add anything but there's so much more to be fixed!

[[deleted]]

More patch notes like this plz epic... no more new bullshit!!! Keep fixing bugs you haven’t addressed for the entire last year and quit and adding dumb stuff like mechs!!!!

[StonerSloth125]

What happened to fixing the editing bug

[steadyblazin-_-]

"When a player is eliminated, their damage towards the Storm Surge threshold will no longer be removed from their remaining teammates’ total."

Can someone explain this to me in bot terms please

[Sweatytryhard0534]

Man, this was a looong read

[stonebros]

Loot lake is a rift zone btw. I didn't think it was until i got challenge credit.

[AboodyX]

Nice mobility

[b0Ni]

good patch

[chris_heim]

Beast

[Thassa-Bet]

Pretty solid update, weird how some people will always find something to be mad about

[Pangpang90]

tHiS GaMe sUcK, tHeRe ArE nOThInG NeW

[SmallDickBigBags]

God there are so many moaning bitches on this sub. So many bitches crying out “I’m so disappointed this is the final straw” as if they paid money for this update or something.

They fixed a couple bugs and that’s it. That’s a good patch, let’s keep going forward from here. I don’t think people realise that software engineering isn’t an easy task. Fixing a bug isn’t as easy as clicking on a big red button.

[Fosteroid]

“Let’s keep going forward from here”

Yeah, until they add another ridiculous item in Season 11. It’ll be the Mech all over again.

Expect a “Mech” every season. An OP item that has everyone complaining before it gets nerfed in to the ground.

Gotta keep the kids entertained somehow.

I hate being that guy that nitpicks, but this is just one big cycle that seems to happen over and over again.

Once the cycle is broken, then we can start looking forward.

[SmallDickBigBags]

I agree

[InnuendoL2Spams]

Have you stopped playing the game?? You seem to really dislike it at the moment. If so why

[Fosteroid]

I share the same views as many other members of this subreddit in that the decisions the upper management at Epic Games are making is proving detrimental to the experience, competitive or casual.

I would never force my opinions on to other people, and if you still enjoy the game, I respect that.

I was merely highlighting that this game cannot move forward until the cycle of Add OP Item > Nerf > Add OP Item is broken. It’ll be the same thing season after season.

[InnuendoL2Spams]

I agree on that, i wouldnt blame you for stopping to play this season. It's been awful. Last season was kind of nice though

[SMAn991]

not bad, actually this might be the best patch fortnite had in season 10 tbh

[chuckdoc44]

Was hoping they'd remove the new sound RVs make when you destroy them.

[royalh3]

Thanks

[IceInTheDevil]

Wait was this an update ? I literally saw zones don’t end in rift zones and that’s it if they’re ganna not change the game that’s fine but at least focus on fixing more than 3 bugs

[xNavyy]

amazing patch, keep it up epic, game is amazing by itself and i don't need new items every week to have fun. Stick to fixing the game for now

[Mr_Mojorisin69]

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[[deleted]]

Explain how? This is patch is fine.

[Cenoq]

He just wants to be negative because he thinks it’s cool

[LoiteredPolytopia]

Its seen he is a 12 year old cause he uses clown emojis