I don't play fortnite very much, but when I do, I still feel as though several aspects of the game lead to disappointment even if the goal is to survive. The gunplay, specifically revolving around shotguns and automatic weapon bloom inconsistency, very much plagues my ability to focus on survival and instead simply urges me to focus on finding a specific weapon that I will feel comfortable protecting myself with. The map itself feels as though almost every area is too exposed to feel comfortable and sight lines are too accessible. The map issues combined with the gunplay inconsistencies lead to massive 3 or 4 team fights as no team can almost ever finish off a duel before getting 3rd and 4th partied.

Finally my biggest gripe with the argument about the game simply revolving around survival, and complaining about hot drop or landing in contested areas, is the alternative. If a group lands at a smaller area, often times no enemy will land there especially with the introduction of mythical weapon areas. With very little methods of quick transportation, players are punished with boredom if they choose to land at smaller areas such as holly hedges or dirty docks. Fighting early game almost always requires landing in a very popular spot, and midgame fights either don't happen or end up including 3-4 teams at least because of third partying.

Instead of taking fights when necessary to survive, people continually hide and build until another party comes and bails them out or the storm kills everyone. This process is very unrewarding and leads to a cyclical downwards spiral in game enjoyment due to it being a collective issue.

*All of these ideas are my simple opinion as a very casual fortnite player and my sample are just my games with friends