As per the report by ShiinaBR, a news source devoted to Fortnite information, the characters from the Absolute Doom Marvel Battle Pass will start appearing from May 1 in the item shop of Fortnite. This new development is the first step in Epic Games’ transformation of the Battle Pass items’ expiration policy that will allow the return of animated items from this particular pass just 120 days after the end of the seaso. The community of Fortnite has already started reacting to this change, valuing Battle Pass items, and discussing possible future scenarios along with other topics.
There are many people expressing their opinions on social media, so let us begin by explaining the situation, right? ShiinaBR is the source of the news who consistently delivers reliable information about Fortnite leaks and news, so this is the case, and the whole community gets divided into different factions. The ruling change is nothing but the fact that starting from May 1 every single item from the Absolute Doom Battle Pass—the one which includes Doctor Doom, Silver Surfer, and all the good Marvel stuff—can appear in the item shop just like that. No more waiting for a year and a half; just a few months. That is insane.
But wait a second, the real noise was made in the comments section. The first and foremost question was, “What about the OG passes??” like immediately. The user ‘usernotfund35’ just said “what about the og passes?” and the discussion was initiated. It is that one big, unanswered question. If Marvel can get back, then why not the super rare skins from Chapter 1? The other players seem to answer this with a clear ‘no’. One of the users ‘SmeltedFist’ commented on a discussion, with no ifs, ands, or buts saying: “Except OGs aren’t coming back.” That’s where the line is.
There is still a very conflicting issue among the community. On the other hand, some players are really looking forward to the whole thing. One user, ‘SadBoiSammy306’ complained, “This is total crap, battle passes are not supposed to come back never… I only buy passes for exclusive skins that are not coming back.” It is a common case of FOMO (fear of missing out) plus rage when the part of “missing out” gets taken away. They want their exclusivity, right? That’s the whole package for them.
The others stand opposite and are completely satisfied. The user ‘rocky_road2004’ pleaded, “Oh God please let this be true🙏”. For those who either could not complete the pass or merely missed that season, this is a perfect opportunity to grab a cool Doctor Doom skin without having to buy an account or doing something dishonest. The truth is, Epic is probably calculating how many sales they lost from the latecomers who would still want the cool Marvel collabs—just keep milking that cash cow.
Then the discussion got strangely off-topic, which is pretty normal for internet conversations. A whole debate was going on whether Fortnite is a children’s game or not?? User ‘BLOOD805213’ was having an argument with ‘BranNog613’ with one saying “fortnite is a damn kids game tf are you talking about 💀” and the other claiming the game has “matured.” The argument might have been completely irrelevant to the discussion of Battle Pass cosmetics, but this is how things went, and it shows how these threads can spiral out of control.
On top of that, people raised really specific questions. ‘ThunderDaProto’ asked about the other special passes: “What about the cosmetics from the other passes? Like the Music Pass, Lego Pass, & OG Pass?” This is a good question indeed! It seems that the rules have been changed, but the main question is if these changes are applicable to everything? Another user, ‘HappyVideogamer’, suggested that it appears the Battle Pass “with gwen pool and moving forward” is the one affected, not the older ones So Spider-Gwen might be safe? Or could it be just the opposite of that? It is quite confusing.
Next, we have the pessimists. The user ‘THawkMedia’ made a joke saying, “It would be so hilarious if they just never showed up in the item shop.” And this is very true, considering Epic’s strange shop rotations, it is a possibility! Just because they can return does not mean they will or that the price will be right. They might simply set a price of 2,000 V-Bucks for one Doom glider and that would be it.
So what’s the bottom line of all this? It seems that Epic is merely testing the waters. The Absolute Doom Pass has a connection with Marvel and obtaining their licenses is not easy. Possibly this is a time-limited offer they managed to negotiate. Or, the company may be planning to bring these popular characters back to the item shop on a regular basis.
