Fortnite Community Divided Over Grappler Being Vaulted
By Nicholas Barth ·
The Fortnite community has had mixed reactions to the news of the Grappler item being vaulted in the v7.20 content update that took place January 22nd.
Tuesday, January 22nd saw Epic Games implement the v7.20 content update for its battle royale title of Fortnite, and this update brought major changes to the popular title. One of these changes was the vaulting of the Quad Launcher, Port-A-Fortress and the Grappler. While the majority of the Fortnite community were not sad to see the Quad Launcher and Port-A-Fortress be vaulted, there were plenty of mixed reactions regarding the Grappler item being vaulted.
Fortnite Grappler Vaulted - Community Reacts
The Grappler was introduced into Fortnite during the High Stakes limited time event, and it immediately changed how many players played the battle royale title. Allowing players to reach great heights in seconds, the Fortnite Grappler quickly became a standard item in the inventories of the majority of players.
However, the Fortnite community has often been split with how they view the item with some seeing it as a entertaining and useful item, and others seeing it as an overpowered item that allowed players who were not skilled at building to get the high ground over their better building opponents.
This mixed opinion of the item was made even more evident by the split reactions the community had when it was announced that the Grappler had been vaulted in the v7.20 content update on January 22nd.
Best update ever. The Grappler was the worst gun in the game right beside the Quad Launcher pic.twitter.com/Hzz3UPRsNJ
— IvanGtv Fortnite Scrims (@twitchivangtv) January 22, 2019
Grappler from #Fortnite gets vaulted the day after I say to myself "I hope the grappler doesn't get vaulted soon".....?
— Young Snotch (@Young_Snotch) January 22, 2019
Dear Grappler,
— Fortnite in Iowa Tourney (@ichillesports) January 22, 2019
We have taken advantage of you for a while now. Thank you for all the times you came in clutch to save our lives getting out of storm or when we slipped off the edge of a cliff. We will miss you!
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R.I.P. Grappler.
— ShiinaBR - Fortnite Leaks (@ShiinaBR) January 22, 2019
Press F to pay respects.. ? pic.twitter.com/eNQrRoKt6M
One of the most op items in the game got vaulted, the grappler, and people are complaining? It literally was an item for people that can’t build to get high ground. So happy it’s gone
— Nixcy (@ttv_Nixcy) January 22, 2019
While the highly used mobility item is now no longer on the live servers of the massively popular battle royale title, Epic Games has shown in the past that it is willing to bring back vaulted items after a tad of tweaking has been done. This means that fans of the item could possibly see it make a return in the future.
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(cover photo courtesy of Epic Games)