Fortnite Chapter 7, Season 2's New Rivalry Mechanic Accused Of Being Rigged In The Rock's Favour

Fortnite Chapter 7, Season 2's New Rivalry Mechanic Accused Of Being Rigged In The Rock's Favour

From TheGamer (Written by George Foster) on | OpenCritic

Fortnite is being accused of rigging Chapter 7, Season 2's rivalry between The Foundation and the Ice King in the Rock's favour, which has even led to a response from the developers.

After what felt like the longest first season in Fortnite's history, Chapter 7's second season finally went live yesterday, giving us a big Looney Tunes collab, new weapons, and the usual tweaks and changes. The headliner of the whole season is the new rivalry mechanic, which has players choosing whether to be on the Foundation (played by The Rock) or the Ice King's side.

Choosing a side not only pits you against players on the other team, but it also decides the battle pass's final unlock, as the side with more points at the end of the season gets a unique skin tailored to their leader. It's an interesting mechanic, but one that some players are already accusing of being rigged.

Over on Twitter, Fortnite insider and dataminer iFireMonkey pointed out that The Foundation's rivalry score was briefly being multiplied by 1.266x, a modifier that is apparently meant for power hours but was activated early and only for the Rock's character. Considering the rumours of a...

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