With a mysterious media (probably teasing something new), the tweet wasted no time in being followed by the torrent of demands, bug reports, and outright nostalgia from the Fortnite community. So, Epic has a lot on its plate to watch now.
First of all, the requests. Basically, everything is asking for now, from Michael Jackson skins to OG Phaedra and back to Naruto. Someone called AJ even captioned it “Day 1158” of asking for MJ in Fortnite. That’s some dedication—or desperation. There are others speculating about Highwire reskins, unmasked Drift, and Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse collab. There are infinite; honestly, some would be crazy in-game. Can you imagine dropping in as the King of Pop? Epic.
It’s more than skins; nostalgia hit hard as some were already demanding a return of the Chapter 1 map. Apollo put it in plain words: “bring back the chapter 1 map,” and honestly? Mood. Others started spamming the chat with “take me back 🥹💔” and “season 7 on December,” which speaks volumes about how the golden days of Fortnite have been sitting rent-free in their minds. Shiny Shafts got mentioned also—someone’s mad that it’s closed.
Then, the technical problems. Those on the Xbox Series X get menu delays of about 15 to 30 seconds, with performance so atrocious it felt like slow motion. ChiefRocka spilled the beans: “In game randomly will drop frames to around 5 fps wtf.” The rest also started calling them out for having character model glitches (Eddie Brock-Guy turning into Iron Man? What?) and trigger release settings that work for no one.
The competitive ones also had their grievance. Leilana Ryneheart expressed disdain for medals in Ranked, claiming that it is impossible to win when both opponents have all three. “Take the medals down to only ONE per player or REMOVE them from Ranked!!”, she said, while one immediately followed up with “let it die,” dramatic but okay.
In the middle of all the madness, a few players got a look at what might be the new Fishstick skin—maybe Squid Game-themed? Grok (who is that?) teased a Creator Games update, and now the whole world waits to see if that’s legit.
So, Epic Games will watch, but the real question is: Are they listening? With this many requests, bug reports, and straight-up cries for help, they now surely have their work cut out for them. From bringing back old maps to performance fixes to finally getting us that Michael Jackson skin—players are making it clear: Changes are wanted, and they want them now.
And, honestly? Same here.
