Today’s Fortnite patch, v8.20, reverts the popular changes added last season which granted other health/shields and materials when eliminating players.
The settings, which began in competitive playlists and will remain intact there, encouraged “an unhealthy level of aggressive play, diminishing other viable strategies”, Epic said in its patch notes today.
There are two sides to this: I was encouraged to play more confrontationally because I knew if I took damage I could get it back after a kill. But those (far more) skilled than I could also go on killing sprees, never worrying about having to stop and heal.
