Thursday, February 28th saw the start of Season 8 for Fortnite Battle Royale take place to the delight of the game's community. A variety of changes were made to the map of the popular battle royale game and a number of items were vaulted thanks to the v8.00 patch notes. However, one of the most significant changes made to Fortnite in Season 8 was the addition of the ping system that has brought a whole new form of communication to the title.
Fortnite Ping System
Players can use the newly added feature by aiming at an enemy, item, or location and pressing the middle mouse button for PC players. Xbox One and Playstation 4 (PS4) players can utilize the ping system by pressing the left button of the directional pad of their controller. Doing this will place a highly visible marker on your target that can help in marking the position fo an enemy or a valuable piece of loot.
Many battle royale players were excited to see the addition of a ping system with the start of Fortnite Season 8, as the feature has become widely popular thanks to its implementation in Apex Legends, the title currently challenging the Epic Games title for the title of King in the battle royale genre. This, of course, led to individuals on social media to poke fun at Epic Games for adding the ping communication system to Fortnite following the success of the feature in Apex Legends.
You can check out the Fortnite ping system in action below thanks to YouTuber TmarTn.
Fortnite: Can I borrow your homework?
— TmarTn (@TmarTn) February 28, 2019
Apex: Yeah, just make sure to change it a little
Fortnite: pic.twitter.com/SqURXEM94k
With the addition of the ping system in Fortnite Season 8, players now will have the ability to communicate with their teammates regarding highly important issues in a match without needing to be using a microphone.
(cover photo courtesy of Epic Games)
