Epic has yet to launch patch notes for Fortnite Chapter 2 or the subsequent upgrade. This could be the reason .
Epic Games has been transparent using all the Fortnite player base over the course of the first ten seasons. They have always released patch notes to inform us what is changed annotating these changes to explain the methodology .
Although we didn’t always concur with the development team, we as gamers were able to comprehend what went on. We did not have to question whether something happened due to a hidden update none of us understood when we played.
With the release of Fortnite Chapter two, this clinic was changed by Epic. They did not release any patch notes for the update, though they completely overhauled the system, created chests spawn at a rate that is 100%, and changed weapons — one of many other changes.
The first lack of patch notes was understandable. Epic wanted us to think about Fortnite Chapter 2 as a brand new game. When the Division 2 came out, you didn’t look for patch notes to tell you what had changed since the first game. You found out on your own as you played.
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Now, though, we’ve seen the first content update of Chapter 2 come and go without any official patch notes from Epic. We know that they fixed a few bugs and overhauled the XP system, but don’t know if they did anything apart from that.
Why is this? Why is Epic keeping the Fortnite patch notes hidden? There are a couple of theories on this front.
The first is that the recent content update was small enough that it didn’t require patch notes. Epic might think of it as a hotfix rather than a patch. They buffed XP and fixed some of the major Fortnite bugs. Do we really need a list of patch notes to tell us that?
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The second theory is more menacing. Epic doesn’t want us to see what they’re doing. We, as players, complain too much about any change Epic makes. A small – yet impactful – change could get noticed in the patch notes that would otherwise take players several weeks to understand.
The less Epic tells us, the less we’ll have to complain about. Now, all we can complain about is the fact that Epic isn’t being transparent anymore.
