Fortnite Battle Bus Receives Upgrade, Now Travels 25% Faster

Yesterday, someone made a post to the official Fortnite subreddit. It was a suggestion that Epic should make the battle bus travel faster across the map, so people have less time to wait to reach their destination. The idea behind it came about because in most games, the majority of the lobby will leap out right away because the flight is too long. Making the bus faster could mean that players explore more locations on the map, helping each game to flow better.

The Battle Bus is test driving an engine upgrade and now travels 25% faster while flying.

Remember, always buckle up and thank your driver!

— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) October 17, 2018

Guess what? The mad lads and lasses over at Epic Games actually did it. Just a few hours after /u/Ringrar made the post on the subreddit, /u/EpicEricSW - design lead on Fortnite at Epic Games - replied saying it “seems worth testing, at least.” Shortly after, /u/EpicSuzDay, one of the Fortnite community managers made a new post to the subreddit explaining that “the battle bus is test driving an engine upgrade and now travels 25% when flying.”

Speedy work from Epic there. Hopefully this change will see players flying to all four corners of the map right at the start, rather than one third being at the first location that appears and another third dropping at Tilted, with the final third being spread across every other location. Another user suggested the interesting idea of having four separate buses, each containing 25 players coming in from opposite angles. It would definitely increase the spread of players, but for anyone who has a set destination in mind when they load into a game, they’ll likely have a hard time.

In other Fortnite news, Epic Games are suing two YouTubers who broadcast ways to mod and cheat the game. TSM Myth also pulled off a hilarious kill while getting air with the new Quadcrasher vehicle -  he didn’t even see him shooting at him!