Epic pulls its ‘overpowered’ Infinity Blade from ‘Fortnite’

There’s getting a competitive advantage and then there’s just killing the game for everyone else. And that’s what the Infinity Blade did for Fortnite. The mythic item gave the player who wielded it. It gave them a health and shield boost, HP regeneration, faster movement, incredible damage-dealing potential, and the ability to smash through buildings in no time at all. But the problem was it was too strong, which meant those in the receiving end of it didn’t like it. It drew enough flak that Epic Games was forced to pull the weapon in no time. In a tweet, Epic said, “We messed up and rolled out the Infinity Blade overpowered / without good counters, especially in the end game. The Infinity Blade has been Vaulted and we are re-evaluating our approach to Mythic items.”

The company initially had plans to rework it but decided to just pull it out completely. Epic said it’s also rethinking its approach to mythic items and promises to release more details in the coming week about their “competitive philosophy when it comes to new items, updates, and seasons."

Source: Engadget