I know this might sound like a rant but it feels like epic hasn't done anything major for Fortnite competitive in years.
I remember back in 2018 and 2019 you had these major tournaments such as Winter Royale and Fall Skirmish where there was so many high profile content creators and streamers such as Tfue, Clix, Ninja and many others. There hasn't been any major Epic sponsored events in years
Major events are how games keep being relevant. Take League of Legends for example. There is many gameplay issues that I don't think I need to go into but the game is still still able to get hundreds of thousands of viewers every year from LCS and Worlds which include iconic names like Faker. That game is over 15 years old and is still bringing in massive viewership despite very deep flaws in the game.
Another thing I really think Fortnite is lacking is a proper ranked system. I didn't play the game for almost 2 years and got to unreal in like a week. There is just no feeling from being at a high rank in this game because it is so easy to achieve. I will cite League of Legends again which is a game where ranked is taking very seriously and being able to achieve a high rank is seen as a very big accomplishment.
I think a good direction would be to make the system a lot more grindy but to make games more consistent such as removing completely useless weapons so you don't die after landing as much.
I also think adding proper apex tiers to the game similar would also increase interest into competitive. Content creators could have a race to rank 1 which again would bring more viewership to the game.
In summary this game needs
- To sponsor content creator events and tournaments like they did back in 2018 and 2019
- A proper ranked system
- a proper apex tier system similar to something like League of Legends or Valorant
- maybe to do some unique tournaments with special rules such as a blitz mode where the game ends much quicker