Competitive Mode
Epic has announced that a Competitive mode will be coming to Fortnite eventually, with more details surfacing in the next couple of weeks. Giving players the ability to ascend/descend ranks in an organized way will help highlight skilled teams and individuals. This is imperative if Epic wants to become serious about esports as it gives them a built-in way to locate under the radar, but still quality, Fortnite talent.
Having a fair ranking system, based off of player’s stats over a series of matches would be the way to go. With the nature of the battle royale genre, every player is due to have their share of bad luck, so having a large pool of matches to look at before placing players in a rank is the fairest way to go. Tracking kills, wins, and survival length, will ensure a proper rank is placed to players among similar percentages. There some pitfalls to be aware of though.
With its current player load, Epic has had a number of server problems, and extended server downtimes. In a casual space, getting kicked from a match is frustrating, but not detrimental to your level. In a competitive space, getting disconnected or having server trouble, could have serious consequences for your ranking and stats. Epic needs to make sure their servers are able to handle competitive matches flawlessly, if they want this system to succeed.
