Epic Games has been giving Fortnite fans various things to vote on in the battle royale through the first half of Season 8 and a new vote has just begun. Fortnite players are now being tasked with choosing between the Combat SMG or the Combat Assault Rifle.
Epic Games just announced the new poll in Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 8 which players will donate gold towards in order to see a new weapon added to the loot pool. Fortnite fans can vote at donation boards that are scattered around the battle royale island as part of the ongoing War Effort initiated by J. B. Chimpanski. The new battle pass character has already had Fortnite players donate gold bars towards Turret Stations and the Shockwave Launcher.
Fortnite fans haven't had access to the Combat Assault Rifle in the battle royale game mode yet, so some fans are choosing that weapon by default. There have been several occasions in the past in which players could use the Combat SMG, so Fortnite fans may already be naturally disinclined to donate gold bars towards the vaulted weapon. This was also the case with the recently voted-in Shockwave Launcher which overtook the Rift-to-Go which has previously been featured in other seasons of Fortnite.
One of the future teases for the War Effort this season is the return of Fortnite's Mechs which players will also need to donate gold bars in order to unvault the unpopular weaponized vehicle from Chapter 1 Season 10. The current donation boards are located near Stealthy Stronghold, Lazy Lake, Steamy Stacks, Sludgy Swamp, Holly Hedges, Pleasant Park, and Catty Corner. Considering how many gold bars it took to unlock the Shockwave Launcher, Fortnite fans will probably have to donate millions of them to unvault the Combat SMG or unlock the Combat Assault Rifle.
Fortnite fans continue to receive little changes to the battle royale and creative modes of the game thanks to Fortnitemares. There are several new skins as part of this year's version of the annual event, with Frankenstein's Monster, The Walking Dead's Rick Grimes, and a gold variant of the classic Fortnite Skull Trooper and Skull Ranger skins. Fortnitemares is also expected to introduce the secret battle pass skin and a new POI.
Several popular Fortnite content creators have implored their communities to donate their gold bars towards the Combat Assault Rifle in order to see another new weapon added to the loot pool. While the gold bar donations aren't guaranteed, there are still several tiers left of the War Effort to unlock. Each tier will reward players with additions to the Fortnite battle royale arsenal beyond weapons like the Dual Fiend Hunter Crossbows which are being added with updates.
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