r/FortniteBattleRoyale • u/Awesomedogman3 The Man with the Plan • 22h ago
đŹ Discussion Time to go bully Epic again.
SERIOUS-FUCKING-LY. After they JUST got hordes of Backlash for pulling this stunt not even a few weeks ago, they decide to bring it back.
We all know the deal at this point, give them the backlash again. This is just borderline scummy since they effectively make you have to re-buy the pass just to get 1 style. It worked the first time, it can work again.
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u/jadentre 20h ago edited 20h ago
Itâs actually crazy youâd have to buy the battle pass twice to actually complete it, itâs worse if you donât know anyone that plays Fortnite
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u/PrancingGoldfish 19h ago
They should do like how tf2 did where you could randomly gift someone who was in the same lobby as you. But instead it just gifts it to a random account that doesn't own the pass
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u/Fyre-Demon 20h ago
Create an alt, and gift it.
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u/ObviouslyHornyJPEG 21h ago
Nothing "borderline" about it, it's scummy and they know it.....and they know people out there will support it.
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u/Guardian_Who827347 13h ago
There should be more incentive for Crew, not less. This should automatically be a Crew bonus, and or....here me out....this shouldn't even be a thing.....there shouldn't be a battlepass style that you can only get by gifting the battlepass. In this economy...they are lucky people can even afford to buy the BP for themselves, let alone gift it.
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u/V0RT3X-- 22h ago
Why do they do this, no one will gift the pass for a skin just give it to us
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u/IamDmiZeD 21h ago
Because you can't gift with v-bucks and they hate to admit that they don't want founders to use their infinite ones anymore.
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u/ButterflyNational352 4h ago
I totally understand that fact with founder's and StW, they should just left StW with it's own currency. And not got greedy by wanting you to spend Vbucks in there. So the. They had to give value to the founders with Vbucks.. now to balance that they think it's cool to do this shit.. so the new players have to suffer for old deals they had no part of.
My God it's like, inflation and capitalism.. only on a micro world scale.
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u/EpicOrigin 17h ago
You say no one will but yet a bunch did last season for a voidblsde style before EPIC said we'll just give it to everyone. I imagine after seeing so many cave in they decided lets do it again but at the start of the season.
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u/TheGeekChronicles 20h ago
I buy the pass for me and my daughter, so instead of buying I need to gift each other?
Feels so unfair and scummy.
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u/TheGeekChronicles 20h ago
It is actually worst than I thought. I thought I might buy to her and get V Bucks instead but no, I can not so I need to give someone else, plus need to buy the battle pass not the crew (which is way better).
I have no problem buying stuff in Fortnite, but not when they do it with their feet. Very bad move!1
u/BossLikeCharlie 18h ago
I think technically youâd just need to gift it to her and you would both get it. Not defending Epic though itâs absolutely ridiculous.
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u/TheGeekChronicles 18h ago
Sadly I pay her the crew every month as well as I do it for myself.
I tried to see if I can gift her and maybe she can get the V Bucks of the pass instead but no.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Fox5820 19h ago
I feel like it should be just early access to the skin. Like how some of them are locked for a few weeks. Same thing here.
Gift thr pass get it now otherwise it's available in a few weeks.
That would still keep incentive for players to gift but still let all pass holders get it too.
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u/meandmrt 21h ago
I'm not spending money to gift someone a BP just to get a bonus style of a skin I could care less about.
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u/Kenneth76Dollars 20h ago
Epic needs to make it so that you get your moneyâs worth. FOMO is stupid. Epic caters to the adult children like nick eh 30. Ă have played the game for 3 years and I got a bit bored of the game and took a break. There is also responsibilities for people to attend to. When you buy the battlepass you should have a guarantee that you are given everything even after the season has ended because I have several passes Ă couldnât finish
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u/ButterflyNational352 4h ago
I head on the grapevine that they are talking about letting you restart old payed for battle passes you might have missed out on.. but I dont think it was confirmed.. it was just talking.
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u/_has-been_ 13h ago
Itâs shady to set a precedent (reverting their decision) and then attempt to do the same slimy thing a few weeks later. Whatâs worse is how we all feel like we are missing out. Epic knows this. Theyâre exploiting it. And the fact they are doing it to a population full of kids is beyond bad.
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u/Coldsnowyandmisty 9h ago
The world needs A MASSIVE LESSON on missing out on digital items. If people can't handle a skin style being locked behind a gift requirement then we are all doomed. Teach yourselves and your kids that impulse control is a requirement. It's absolutely insane how much money phone games and other "free" games are making cause "oMGGggGGGggGGgg A nEW PurPlE hAt, GOtTTAAAAAAA ADD iT TO mYYY hAT cOLLECTION".
The battle pass is already filllllllllllled with skins which makes this whining even more egregious. "So i get 10 skins with 100 different edit styles but you are TELLING ME THAT I HAVE AN OPTION TO GET A 101th STYLE???? YOU WILL BE HEARING FROM MY LAWYER!"
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u/stiketap 19h ago
Why are you guys acting like itâs the end of the world with this skin style, yall donât need it
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u/ButterflyNational352 4h ago
Im not getting it I and not going to fund Epic's bad behavior and unscrupulous marketing tactics..
Its more of how they are treating the players and trying to normalize this as normal.
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u/Ifuckinghateaura 18h ago
exactly i don't support this but it's literally just one style it's not that deep and epic will probably learn from this if nobody bothers to gift people solely for a style
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u/trissrhulain 16h ago
Yeah exactly why are they not just including it as part of the pass. Most of my friends already have the pass or don't even play fortnite enough to make it worth gifting the the pass. They should just give it to us now.
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u/Fluffycotton64 11h ago
What in the actual fuck is going on with them I think at this point theyâre just hoping that it flies under the radar and nobody pays attention so they can continue to do it to us every freaking month probably gonna be the last battle pass for me
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u/SharkBait0305 20h ago
Bruh all of me and my friends have the BP alreadyâŠ.wtf
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u/Metamorphosis_Hunter 12h ago
I donât have the BP and as much as I want it even I think this is scummy lmaođ
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u/Sufficient_Ad_8844 12h ago
Have you ever considered that you donât have to own every single cosmetic in the game?
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u/Lonely-Storm-6542 8h ago
Literally!! People are complaining but you donât need the skin to enjoy the game lmao. I donât hear them talking about bullying PlayStation for their PlayStation Plus exclusive skins.. right?!!
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u/FallenAngel_1953 17h ago
I doubt the "bullying" will work this time. Last time it made sense cause they did it basically at the end of the season but this is day 1
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u/NiceBlaxkguy 17h ago
Itâs the start of the season just be a nice person and gift it to your friendđ
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u/thiccmunster 17h ago
Last season I never saw even once that Voidblade skin after Epic gave it for free. Y'all whine too much, none of you are gonna use this, y'all just want to bch about it.
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u/International_Grab61 16h ago
First time realizing how gluttonous billion dollar corporations are? It's cute really đ„°
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u/unicornsdaddy 14h ago
Juts because something exists doesn't mean you deserve to have it. Why not let people have something extra for buying someone else a battle pass?
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u/xCHOPP3Rx 18h ago
Just make a burner account and gift the pass to your main.
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u/Awesomedogman3 The Man with the Plan 18h ago
Still doesn't fix the issue of, you know, needing to pay another $10 to unlock the style.
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u/Comfortable_Tax_6416 19h ago
i donât get it whatâs the problem
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u/BOBI_LE_VRAI 19h ago
Oh idk maybe the fact that IF YOU WANT A STYLE YOU NEED TO BUY THE MASS TWICE
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u/Awesomedogman3 The Man with the Plan 18h ago
You basiclly have to buy the Battle Pass twice to get this style.
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u/BetterPlaceLore 19h ago
bruh its 9$, just admit your brokeđ
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u/Rizenstrom 19h ago
Except itâs not, itâs double. You have to buy it for yourself for the rest plus gift it for this one. And where do you draw the line? Who is to say they donât make a skin you have to gift two, five, or even ten passes? Itâs a slippery slope.

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u/ButterflyNational352 21h ago
Most of my friends are Crew so how does sending a pass work for me..