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Epic Games has revealed some of the balance adjustments that it has planned for Fortnite: Battle Royale’s<\/em> v7.40 update. <\/p>

Most notably, Epic intends to implement nerfs to the Hand Cannon, Rocket Launcher, and X-4 Stormwing planes in the upcoming patch.<\/p>

Players won’t be able to smash through structures anymore while piloting a Stormwing plane, according to Epic’s Reddit post<\/a>. The Hand Cannon’s damage to structures is being reduced from 150 to 100, while it’ll take 0.72 seconds longer to reload the Rocket Launcher.<\/p>

Additionally, Epic is adding an interact prompt to Ziplines\u2014and introducing fall damage immunity to players who use a Zipline. Turbo Build delay has been decreased by 0.1 seconds, and players will be able to crouch while in Edit Mode. <\/p>

Most of the Fortnite<\/em> community will likely be happy with these balance adjustments\u2014especially the Hand Cannon and plane nerfs. Fortnite’s<\/em> v7.40 update is scheduled to go live early this week. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"