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Fortnite removes item rarities, upsetting fans
Fortnite fans are upset over the game's removal of cosmetic item rarities, which graded the game's vast vault of charac…
It's perhaps unfortunate that the change, made yesterday, coincided with three top-priced character skins landing in the item shop for 2000 V-Bucks apiece. While licensed skins often cost more (and Epic presumably splits some portion of their proceeds with the license holders), fans have pointed to these latest skins all costing the game's top price point being introduced at the same time as the removal of rarity tiers as a signal of overall price rises - a concern Epic has now responded to via a post on social media platform X. "We just wanna simplify the appearance of Fortnite (Locker, Shop, etc) and remove outdated Battle Royale-inspired systems."
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