What Are ‘Fortnite’ Players Going To Do For Two Extra Months In This Never-Ending Season?

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We have reached the “end” of Fortnite Chapter 2, season 1, or at least what was supposed to be the end. We’ve gone through nine weeks of challenges, and there do not appear to be any more on the horizon. Epic has announced they’ve taken the unprecedented step of extending this season all the way until February, leaving many to wonder…what the hell is everyone going to be doing for the next two months?

Here’s what Epic said specifically when they announced this lengthy extension in a weirdly short blog post:

“Last year we celebrated 14 Days of Fortnite over the holidays. This year we’ve got even more content for you to unwrap, including new game features, free rewards and a live experience that you won’t want to miss. To prepare for all the new holiday-themed updates, we will be extending Chapter 2’s first season into early February. Get ready for winter!”

Previously, Epic has layered holiday events on top of existing seasons, so it doesn’t make a ton of sense that the season would have to be extended by two months to accommodate that. I do wonder if the “live experience you won’t want to miss” is supposed to be this JJ Abrams preview of an exclusive Star Wars scene on December 14, which will probably end up being more than that, and may lead into a larger Star Wars event.

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But a Star Wars event and Christmas event don’t solve the issue of abandoning weekly challenges and perhaps more importantly, not putting out another seasonal battle pass for two months. The main point of the Fortnite grind each season (other than you know, having fun while playing) is to get through all 100 ranks of the battle pass for all the rewards. Now, everyone has extra time to do that, but the people who were getting through all 100 ranks of the pass anyway will run out of runway after that. And what time would normally be spent grinding in the next season’s battle pass will now be spent just doing…holiday event stuff? I’m not even sure.

It’s been an exceedingly weird season for Fortnite, with minimal communication from Epic, barely any new additions to the game or map, and really the game has just been coasting after introducing the new map in the admittedly very good finale to Chapter 1. But instead of surfing the wave of that momentum, Epic has really dialed back and now we have this bloated, 4+ month season that feels like it’s never going to end. It’s hard to believe that it’s been this long and we’re just now reaching the halfway point right now.

I am sure Epic will come up with something to fill time here, but the traditional challenges/battle pass system does not seem like it will be in place over the next two months, rather just an extended grind for the stuff we already have. I expect large Christmas event, I expect a larger Star Wars even past the Risky Reels viewing of a single scene, but we’ll see what else is in store.

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