FORTNITE has announced that a new mode is being added to the game.
However, alongside the news came the announcement that another mode is being vaulted.
Fortnite also recently introduced a mode where you can create your own maps.
In Fortnite, when a feature is vaulted that means it is removed from the game.
It may return at a later date, but for the foreseeable future it will no longer be available.
Trios are being vaulted, meaning that players will no longer be able to team up with two other players.
Solos and duos are possibly more popular but there are still plenty of fans who enjoy playing in groups of three.
Just a single line in the patch notes made players aware that the mode would no longer be available.
It reads: “Please note that the Trios mode will be vaulted in Battle Royale and Zero Build in v24.40.”
Clearly, Epic Games was trying to avoid uproar about the decision by quietly announcing the mode’s removal.
There are over 2000 replies to the tweet which announced the removal of Trios, with the large majority coming from angry players.
However, it seems that Fortnite is removing the mode to allow for better queue times on a new mode that’s being introduced.
Ranked mode will be added in the update that will remove Trios, and hopes to give players a new way to enjoy Fortnite.
Players have been asking for ranked battles for a long time so that they can compare their performances against others.
Fortnite currently does not explicitly have skill-based matching, though players believe that they are competing against people of a similar level.
However, this has never been officially confirmed, but the new Ranked mode will make that much clearer.
Players will now earn points based on their performances and move up and down ranks based on their skill level.
Not only will this allow players to assess how good they are at Fortnite, but will also help put them in groups of people at a similar level.
Despite the new mode, people are still upset that Trios will be leaving Fortnite, and hope they will return in the future.
Written by Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.
