The Fortnite community have been complaning about the Infinity Blade, and changes will be made to the weapon in the v7.10 update.
Epic Games have created a Reddit post addressing the Infinity Blade, a weapon which was introduced in the v7.01 update. The weapon will receive a nerf, but it’s not what many expected.
In the Reddit post, JustMooney1, community manager at Epic Games, stated that mythic items in Fortnite Battle Royale is something you’ll continue to see moving forwards. More information will be posted early next week in regards to the Epics competitve philosophy when it comes to new items and updates.
The changes to the Infinity Blade means that players wielding the blade will no longer have the ability to build and harvest. After this change is implemented, Epic will continue to monitor the weapon and make adjustments as necessary.
You can read the entire post below:
Mythic Items
The presence of Mythic items in gameplay is to provide an interaction a step above the Legendary item functionality and something you’ll continue to see. To us, that means changing the way the game is played for those who interact with that item. The addition of items in this tier provide new and flavorful ways to interact with the map and generally shake up normal play across default modes.
We’ll have some more info with regards to our competitive philosophy when it comes to new items, updates and seasons within Fortnite early next week.
Infinity Blade Changes
The change we’re currently planning for the Infinity Blade in our v7.10 update is to remove the ability to build and harvest when wielding the Blade.
When designing the Infinity Blade the goal was to provide a weapon with inherent risk to balance out the great capability it provides – the ability to harvest/build removes a great deal of that risk. By taking away the ability to harvest/build we hope to tune the Infinity Blade to where it feels risky to have, but still satisfying to wield.
After this removal we’ll continue to monitor the Blade’s effectiveness and make adjustments as necessary as well as communicate those changes. Thank you so much for your discussion and feedback around the Infinity Blade!
