Fortnite vaults Combat Shotgun, nerfs B.R.U.T.E. in hotfix

Here's what changed.

WEAPONS & ITEMS

Vaulted

• Combat Shotgun
• Drum Shotgun
• Proximity Launcher

Unvaulted

• Suppressed Assault Rifle (Epic/Legendary)
• Automatic Sniper
  • The Automatic Sniper was underperforming relative to some of the other Sniper Rifles. This adjustment to damage should make it more desirable as an alternative long-range weapon.
    • Increased damage from 31/33/35 to 40/42/44

GAMEPLAY

B.R.U.T.E

• Lowered the spawn rate of the B.R.U.T.E in Storm phases 3-6 in core modes. Arena spawn rates will remain unchanged.
  • With this change, we’re hoping to reduce the impact of B.R.U.T.Es on late-game scenarios, while retaining their presence in the early game.
    • Storm phase 3
      • New spawn rates
        • 33.3% chance to spawn 0
        • 33.3% chance to spawn 1
        • 33.3% chance to spawn 2
      • Old spawn rates
        • 25% chance to spawn 0
        • 25% chance to spawn 1
        • 25% chance to spawn 2
        • 25% chance to spawn 3
• Storm phase 4
  • New spawn rates
    • 50% chance to spawn 0
    • 50% chance to spawn 1
  • Old spawn rates
    • 33.3% chance to spawn 0
    • 33.3% chance to spawn 1
    • 33.3% chance to spawn 2
• Storm phase 5
  • New spawn rates
    • 83.4% chance to spawn 0
    • 16.6% chance to spawn 1
  • Old spawn rates
    • 50% chance to spawn 0
    • 50% chance to spawn 1
• Storm phase 6
  • New spawn rates
    • Will no longer spawn.
  • Old spawn rates
    • 90% chance to spawn 0
    • 10% chance to spawn 1

Peppers

• Increased the duration of spiciness from Peppers to a 60-second duration from a 20-second duration.

Retail Row

• This POI is intended to be a high-risk, high-reward drop location, but we feel the reward has outweighed the risk. By reducing the availability of Obelisks, gathering rare loot will require a little more time investment.
  • Reduced the maximum number of Spawn Obelisks from 7 to 5.
  • Increased the time before Spawn Obelisks respawn to a max of 30 seconds (previously a max of 5 seconds).
    • The respawn timer for Spawn Obelisks is on a loop and time may vary between 1-30 seconds.
  • Decreased the chance to drop Rocket Launchers from destroyed Spawn Obelisks from 18.46% to 10%
  • Decreased the chance to drop Jump Pads from destroyed Spawn Obelisks from 50% to 40%