FORTNITE fans have slammed the game for pricing people out of its highly-anticipated Avatar collaboration and the removal of a popular feature.
The battle royale title has teamed up with cult-classic series Avatar: The Last Airbender in its latest 29.20 update.
The collab introduced three new Avatar skins: Katara, Toph and Zuko.
But many players have deemed the new skins "barebones" and "overpriced", GamesRadar noted, with each costing 2,000 V-Bucks each.
Franchise-tied skins typically lean on the pricier side.
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But the level of detail, lack of variables and accessories like gliders and contrails, have left fans wondering if they're even worth getting.
"These prices are absolutely outrageous," one player wrote in a now-deleted Reddit post.
"TMNT skins which brought more or less the same things were [1,600], only Zuko should be this price since realistically he’s the only one that needs to be bundled with his pickaxe but Toph and Katara do not need to be this price."
Another wrote: "A few months ago and these skins would be properly priced at 1500 each [V-Bucks]... AS THEY SHOULD."
Goodbye Rarities
Fortnite has also removed its rarity system, which was used to categorise skins.
Previously, skins were classified as:
- Exotic
- Mythic
- Legendary
- Epic
- Rare
- Uncommon
- Common
A rare skin is, typically, one that's not often available in the Item Shop.
Whereas Common ones are available to buy fairly regularly.
"My life is RUINED! They removed rarities from my FAVORITE Fortnite skins!," one player said on X (formerly Twitter).
"This the worst thing that's ever happened to me!! The only reason I bought skins was because of their rarity!!! Not because I actually liked them!!"
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Another wrote: "NOT PLAYING FORTNITE UNTIL THEY ADD RARITIES BACK.
"EPIC GAMES! BRING BACK RARITIES AND STOP PRICE GOUGING US!"
Some players say the move will lead to people spending a lot of V-Bucks on skins that should only be classed as Uncommon.
While others never paid much attention to the rarity system when purchasing skins to where anyway.
In a blog post, Epic Games said: "The Shop has evolved significantly to support multiple types of cosmetics and items across games, so we’re retiring the old Battle Royale-inspired system of colors and tags for cosmetic quality.
"Different Series of cosmetics — such as the Icon Series or Gaming Legends Series — will still be there to help you find your favorite stuff!"
It added: "We recently removed the overall Shop refresh timer, and instead show the Shop rotation time in every player’s unique time zone.
"Beginning in late May 2024, we will also add the planned date that every individual item will rotate out of the Shop to the item’s description page."
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