The last Fortnite tournament proved that no one was right about the mechs

Since they've been added for the first time to Season 10, FortniteThe mechs have been at best a division. Epic says that mechs are essential additions that make the game more fun for players who do not win often. Hardcore fans, especially professional gamers, think that mechs ruin the competitive game. Last weekend's Trio Tournament, where the mechs debuted in the competition, raised more questions about the mechanic's existence and his contribution to the game.

Players' frustration with mechs began almost instantaneously when this season began. Meanwhile, the mechs appeared with alarming regularity, with one or two appearing in each new circle. The mechs could destroy players and structures in the blink of an eye. Competitive players even went so far as to ban the mechs from melee matches. Dozens of professional players and their sports organizations have adopted social media with "removethemech", a hashtag that is still active at the time of writing this article.

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As the complaints peaked, Epic dramatically reduced the rate of machine appearance in the Arena and Tournament modes. In a detailed article, Epic explained that he believed that the mechs were a positive addition to the game because they helped players who were struggling to win or kill under normal conditions. Qualified players, meanwhile, continued to kill on average and to win victories, even under the mechanical regime. In Arena, where competitive players roam, those killed with mech were rare.

But the first real test for the mechs took place last weekend, when some FortniteThe best players participated in the trio tournament, which lasted two days. Based on the streams of the best players, it does not seem that the mechs had much impact on the competition. The rate of vehicle reoccurrence is low enough in tournament modes where meches were rare, making it a real problem every two or three games.

And when the mechs appeared, the top players knew how to handle them. In a match of the first day of the tournament, Tfue and his teammates, Cloakzy, passed a 72-hour test, but could not do much. They carefully scanned her on the map, trying to make sure she was in perfect health. When the pilots came out of hiding, their opponents stopped looking for eliminations and immediately shot the mechanic. The mech died and the game continued as if it had never been there. Of course, the mechs in these semi-professional matches can kill or stun a player, here or there, but these incidents were rather rare.

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But even if the mechs are not the destructive force that professional and amateur players claim to be, the approval of the mechanic by Epic still seems wrong.

If the goal of mechanics is to help low-skilled players, it makes no sense to have it in tournaments. By design, tournaments are all highly qualified players, the cream of the crop. The Mechs have no place there – they are at best a boring addition and at worst a negligible addition. The mechanism does not need to be removed, as the players suggest, but the mechs do not really add anything to the game that makes them worthy of being kept.