'Fortnite' Season 8 Adds an 'Apex Legends'-esque Ping System

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The pirate-themed new theme is here for Fortnite season 8 and the team over at Epic Games has added a ton of new things for players to enjoy: New locations, cosmetics, challenges, and so much more. What they also added was a feature that battle royale fans have been loving over on the Apex Legends side of BR: Pinging.

According to Epic Games' recent update under the UI section for Battle Royale:

  • Visual improvements made to squadmate names and indicators.
  • World Marker Improvements
    • World Markers are now visible in the world when placed close to you.
    • Double-clicking the World Marker hotkey will place a “danger” version of that marker. World Markers placed while aiming with a weapon will also place the danger version.
    • Added 2D UI indicators to the World Markers, making them easier to see through objects.
    • World Markers now have an off-screen indicator and display the distance your character is from them.
    • Placing a World Marker on an item will display that item’s icon and rarity.
    • Placing World Markers remains on the same key for PC and console (KBM: Middle Mouse Button, Controller: D-Pad Left).
      • This button can be remapped to any button you want. Let us know on our social channels what works best for you!
    • Mobile also has a button that can be added to the HUD. Place this button by using the HUD Layout Tool.


In Apex Legends, a Legend has a line that they speak in order to call out danger. Since Fortnite's characters don't have a voice, their alternative is to bring in different colored pings alongside a small icon depending on the nature of the ping. When pinging over an enemy player, a siren will alert and a player's squad will then know there is an enemy in the vicinity.

Though an incredible feature, you just know that Twitter couldn't let it go off without a joke over competition:


As for the game itself, season 8 is now live for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile players.

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Source: https://comicbook.com/gaming/2019/02/28/fortnite-season-8-adds-apex-legends-ping-system/

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LoveFairyPosted:

Fortnite and apex are just copying each other at this point.

ZemaPosted:

Fortnite is just stealing ideas now just like with the respawn system they got now

RedactedPosted:

Loved it in apex, but don't play Fortnite so not sure how it works

XboxPosted:

Anything to keep the game interesting, for me though I ain't a fan of a lot of this stuff.

RyanPosted:

fortnite are using are getting a lot of new ideas from apex

TTGPosted:

Not surprised Fortnite is trying to keep the players they have, by any means necessary.

LebronIs6Posted:

Fortnite needs to give it up, work on something else, Jesus, y'all been in beta since the first time I played the base game years ago

kamilcaPosted:

The thing is this is how you make a game better you take the best aspects of other games and incorporate it into one. Everything has pretty much been doone and rehashed. Its very rare that something "new" is actually new when it comes to games. Yes they copied it from apex but apex isnt the first game ever to use a ping and tag system.... pretty sure yuo cant own somethign as objective as that anyway

MazePosted:

This one is just unbelievable. I can't believe they took this idea. I mean, it is a really good one so I understand. Probably one of my favorite parts of apex. No longer calling out directions I can just pick stuff

AnimePosted:

Seems like their just trying to copy games.


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