Jetpacks weren’t the only new backpack in this patch
Fortnite’s newest patch was released on Tuesday morning and players quickly noticed there was an addition to the game that wasn’t in the patch notes: a new backpack called, Eye of the Storm Tracker.
As it turns out, the reason the item wasn’t in the patch notes is because it wasn’t supposed to be in the patch at all, according to a comment on the Fortnite subreddit by Sean “MrPopoTFS” Hamilton, the community coordinator for Epic Games.
“The Storm Tracker was an idea that was being tested for one of those backpacks. This was not indeded to make it into the v4.2 Content Update and we can’t promise this will ever officially be released. However, we do hope those who get their hands on it had fun while it lasted,” Hamilton said.
Backpacks themselves were a line of items that were added to the game in this same patch, with the first being the game’s brand new jetpack. It’s still a little unclear what exactly the Storm Tracker does, but it appears to track where the next safe zone will be, so that players can get a little advanced warning on where they might have to move next. Based on Hamilton’s comments it sounds like the Storm Tracker has been taken back out of the game, but we haven’t been able to confirm that for sure.
Source: Polygon – Full
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