Fortnite team nerfs B.R.U.T.E. mech to bring back more variety

I hate and fear change. This is why bipedal walking tanks frighten me. They change the calculus of war in real life and, more importantly, in the battle royale shooter Fortnite. Developer Epic Games has heard our concerns, however, and it has cut the legs out from underneath the mech known as B.R.U.T.E.

Epic introduced the B.R.U.T.E. into Fortnite to give more players a chance to win a match even if they are not quite as skilled. But the mech was so powerful that many players believe it was disrupting the feel of the game. This led fans to call for the studio to remove the weaponized exoskeleton. Epic isn’t going that far — at least not yet. Instead, it is trying to better balance the mech.