{"id":132087,"date":"2024-12-01T10:27:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T03:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132087"},"modified":"2024-12-01T10:27:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T03:27:49","slug":"fortnite-players-rejoice-as-chapter-6-finally-brings-back-hitscan-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132087","title":{"rendered":"Fortnite players rejoice as Chapter 6 finally brings back hitscan weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-1\">\n<p data-experiment=\"{&quot;widget&quot;:false}\" class=\"w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">Fortnite Chapter 6 will bring back hitscan weapons, wiping the slate clean of bullet drop gun mechanics that took over Chapter 5.<\/p>\n<p data-experiment=\"{&quot;widget&quot;:false}\" class=\"w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">Fortnite\u2019s gun mechanics revolve around two distinct concepts \u2013 <a class=\"hover:text-vertical-primary border-b-2 border-vertical-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/fortnite\/hitscan-in-fortnite-explained-how-it-works-and-the-best-hitscan-weapons-2902782\/\">bullet drop and hitscan<\/a>. The former prioritizes projectile-based mechanics, requiring players to consider their target\u2019s distance, gravity\u2019s effects on the bullet, and so on.<\/p>\n<p data-experiment=\"{&quot;widget&quot;:false}\" class=\"w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">Hitscan, however, provides more straightforward shooting action. As such, players need only to aim and shoot to know their bullets will strike the intended target \u2013 contingent on the shooter\u2019s accuracy.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"w-full lg:hidden\">\n<p>Article continues after ad<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p data-experiment=\"{&quot;widget&quot;:false}\" class=\"w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">Prior to Chapter 5\u2019s December 2023 launch, hitscan guns dominated Fortnite but heightened competitiveness informed the rise of bullet drop mechanics. This will not remain the case for too much longer.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-fortnite-players-can-look-forward-to-the-return-of-hitscan-weapons\" data-experiment=\"{&quot;widget&quot;:false}\" class=\"text-neutral-grey dark:text-neutral-white font-display font-bold mb-5 external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text text-title-2 wp-block-heading\">Fortnite players can look forward to the return of hitscan weapons<\/h2>\n<p data-experiment=\"{&quot;widget&quot;:false}\" class=\"w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">The official <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"hover:text-vertical-primary border-b-2 border-vertical-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fortniteanz\/status\/1862952274051359060\">Fortnite ANZ<\/a> account on Twitter\/X has confirmed what fans have long awaited \u2013 guns will be hitscan once again when <a class=\"hover:text-vertical-primary border-b-2 border-vertical-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/fortnite\/fortnite-chapter-6-season-1-battle-pass-2990541\/\">Chapter 6 Season 1<\/a> kicks off.<\/p>\n<p data-experiment=\"{&quot;widget&quot;:false}\" class=\"w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">Such a change will effectively do away with the projectile-based functionality that dominated Chapter 5\u2019s nearly year-long run. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"w-full hidden lg:hidden\">\n<p>Article continues after ad<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"mb-[10px] relative\" data-experiment=\"{&quot;widget&quot;:false}\"\/>\n<p data-experiment=\"{&quot;widget&quot;:false}\" class=\"w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">Replies to the social media posts show Fortnite fans are already celebrating the impending changes. \u201cW season already,\u201d reads one response.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"w-full lg:hidden\">\n<p>Article continues after ad<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p data-experiment=\"{&quot;widget&quot;:false}\" class=\"w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">Someone else joined the chorus with, \u201cChapter 6 just keeps getting better and better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-experiment=\"{&quot;widget&quot;:false}\" class=\"w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">But some players have also expressed disappointment, saying they preferred the bullet drop approach. It remains to be seen if Fortnite will ever manage to strike a balance in this regard. <\/p>\n<p data-experiment=\"{&quot;widget&quot;:false}\" class=\"w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">Notably, hitscan weapons did appear in some capacity toward the end of Chapter 5, with the <a class=\"hover:text-vertical-primary border-b-2 border-vertical-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/fortnite\/fortnite-chapter-2-remix-battle-pass-2967720\/\">Chapter 2 Remix update<\/a>. The guns that took advantage of this mechanic included the Dual Pistols, Drum Gun, Tactical Shotgun, Suppressed Assault Rifle, and a few others. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"flex flex-col justify-start border-l-8 border-vertical-primary px-5 py-5 bg-custom-widget-background dark:bg-custom-widget-background mb-4\">\n<h2 class=\"font-display font-bold external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text text-title-3 text-vertical-primary dark:text-vertical-primary mb-3 uppercase\">Related:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"font-display font-semibold text-neutral-grey hover:text-vertical-primary hover:underline text-button-0 md:text-title-3 line-clamp-3 dark:text-neutral-white dark:hover:text-vertical-primary cursor-pointer\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/call-of-duty\/black-ops-6-nov-4-update-patch-notes-ar-recon-combat-specialty-nerfs-smg-buffs-2971805\/\">Black Ops 6 Nov 4 update patch notes: AR  &amp; Recon Combat Specialty nerfs &amp; SMG buffs<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"w-full lg:hidden\">\n<p>Article continues after ad<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p data-experiment=\"{&quot;widget&quot;:false}\" class=\"w-full mb-4 text-body-6 md:text-body-5 font-body dark:text-neutral-white external:text-custom-content-text external:dark:text-custom-content-text\">Fortnite Chapter 6\u2019s first season launches on Sunday, December 1. In addition to the hitscan changes, the new chapter will also introduce an overhauled map, <a class=\"hover:text-vertical-primary border-b-2 border-vertical-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/fortnite\/fortnite-chapter-6-gets-game-changing-parkour-movement-abilities-2994982\/\">parkour movement abilities<\/a>, and the King of Monsters, Godzilla. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/fortnite\/fortnite-hitscan-weapons-return-chapter-6-player-rejoice-2995066\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fortnite Chapter 6 will bring back hitscan weapons, wiping the slate clean of bullet drop gun mechanics that took over Chapter 5. 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