Battle Pass & Leveling Changes
Things Fortnite Got Right in Chapter 2
While the cosmetics on offer in the new battle pass weren’t all that for me, the changes to the leveling system were much appreciated.
Epic Games took some time to refine how XP was earned, and generally made things that little bit easier for player to reach Tier 100 and get every item on offer.
Medals offered another opportunity for players to get large chunks of XP, Battle Stars were dropped for a single XP system that leveled up your Battle Pass, and more XP was given for completing each challenge than Battle Stars offered in the past.
It probably also helped that Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 1 has been dragging on for over three months now. That’s way longer than the usual 10 week duration seasons tend to last for. Even without this, I was able to reach Tier 100 and I only fully completed one week’s worth of challenges this season.
Considering players are shelling out their hard-earned V-Bucks (and in some cases, real-life money) to just buy the Battle Pass at the beginning of the season, ensuring a larger percentage of players gets everything it offers before it expires is a pro-consumer move, and one we can get behind.
Now, let’s just get some more interesting cosmetics thrown in there for Chapter 2 Season 2 and we’ll be happy to sink another 10 weeks into the king of Battle Royale titles.
