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Discovery is designed against small creators the cpm has gone close to 2$ and keeps going up not only is it hard to get any exposure on new games now its even impossible if you want to spend money to receive exposure the system just favours big creators😭@FNCreate @HaroldAtEpic
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Pixelzpl retweeted
Jun 3
Hey @FNCreate,
We need to talk about this...
"The Follow Creator button will be removed from the Developer Profile Link device on June 25."
This is a major blow to creators who are still trying to grow their audience.
Since Follow Creator, Discover has actively surfaced content from followed creators. Meanwhile, favoriting maps has never provided comparable visibility, despite individual maps often having significantly more favorites than creators have followers.
So what is the plan here?
If the Follow button is being removed, are there plans to make favoriting a map more meaningful? Will players who favorite an experience receive more visibility into updates and new content from that creator?
From a creator perspective, it's difficult to understand the logic behind removing one of the few audience growth tools.
Would love to understand the reasoning behind this change and what the plan is for creator discovery and audience retention.
Jun 3
🚨 Fortnite v41.00: Everything Creators Need to Know Before Updating
Epic just published the v41.00 Known Issues and Pre-Release notes.
Biggest creator-facing changes:
⚠️ Follow Creator Device Change
• The Follow Creator button will be removed from the Developer Profile Link device on June 25
• Following creators will happen through Fortnite's Exit Flow instead
• If your map tells players to use the device, you'll need to update those callouts
⚠️ Verse / Scene Graph Change
• Projects using UnrealEngine .com/SceneGraph will stop compiling
• Must be changed to /Verse.org/SceneGraph
⚠️ Validation Warnings Become Errors
• Illegal Property Override warnings will now block publishing and session launches
• Worth checking before updating projects
Known Issues in v41.00
• Several Live Edit bugs are being tracked
• Scatter Tool can prevent Push Changes from working
• Spatial Profiler sessions can disconnect if UEFN goes idle
• Memory Snapshot button may appear disabled
• Multiple shotguns only reload 2 shells at a time
• Sun bloom may appear overly bright on Switch
• Custom rarity items show incorrect rarity glow when dropped
• Custom HUD health bars may not display correctly on PC
Community Fixes Shipping in v41.00
✅ Server degradation caused by entity spawning/despawning
✅ Physics Materials exposure issues
✅ Session launch cook errors
✅ Fortnite not closing properly after launching from UEFN
✅ Client crashes related to entity spawning/despawning
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I appreciate that Epic is trying to improve discovery, but what am I really supposed to extract data wise from my new release..."New #10" only giving 64 impressions? If the previous 50k was hard to reach with more maps and fewer players, why not just decrease it by 5-10k instead?
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May 31
🥇 FNCS SUMMIT LAN $250.000
Mali is the greatest IGL ever.
@MalibucaFN @Thomas5x_
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OUR FNCS MAJOR 1 SUMMIT CHAMPIONS: @MalibucaFN and @Vicotryona!!!
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this is what it's all about ♥️
THANK YOU GERMANY!
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WELCOME TO THE FNCS MAJOR 1 SUMMIT! 🇩🇪
The doors are open!
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Pixelzpl retweeted
May 28
here's 3 random creators I clicked in new right now.
Until you stop rewarding people from spamming shit nothing will change. You forget the spammers couldn't give a flying fuck about the platform or the players... you're rewarding the wrong people.
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Pixelzpl retweeted
I understand Epic Games’ point, but I also think that if they want UEFN to keep growing, there needs to be different map styles and therefore different target audiences.
I’m sure cinematic thumbnails can work, but mainly for a specific type of audience. Other map styles need different thumbnail styles. If a map is brainrot-style, a cinematic thumbnail would not fit. And if a map is competitive, a cartoon or childish thumbnail would not make sense either.
I think creators should keep the freedom to choose the thumbnail style depending on the type of map they are making.
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May 24
From 200 ccu the weekends 2 months ago to 1 ccu (and i see this to many creators that had numbers). It seems the new system is working as it should to force creators quit, Good job. @HaroldAtEpic @FNCreate #uefn
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Pixelzpl retweeted
May 24
These stats are from today.
🚨 Current situation of New Tab Discovery.
The same maps have been sitting at #1, #2, and #3 for 3 days straight while other maps are getting barely 10 minutes on the New Tab.
There was even a Creative 1.0 map at #3 while a well-made Brainrot map was sitting at #13.
Question:
Among these maps, which one do you think actually has the higher sophistication score?
You Can Still Say And Keep Asking Your Self:
"What Have You been doing wrong"
"You Have To Make Better Maps"
“You need to improve your maps”
“Make better thumbnails”
“Your map needs more sophistication”
But meanwhile the system itself keeps pulling genuine creators down. Stop Thinking its your fault.
At some point, it’s not always the creators that need improvement the system also needs improvement.
Copy maps, low sophistication maps, and maps using migrated assets are still reaching New Tab consistently, while many genuine and original maps are not even getting the chance to appear.
@TimSweeneyEpic @Flak @HaroldAtEpic @FNCreate
#fortnite #fortnitecreative #uefn #verse #epicgames
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One month later, and this is easily one of the worst changes we’ve experienced 🙃
They even recently removed collections for Tycoon, Roleplay, etc., that included New/Top Rated/Popular tabs and replaced them with what we already have in Discover... idk why
Epic just made a HUGE (bad) change to Discovery?
- No more Trending, Top Rated…
- New & Updated are now at the bottom
Some really important categories for new map releases just disappeared, not sure what the goal is here... we already have Browse/Collections for that
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Pixelzpl retweeted
May 23
@Flak @HaroldAtEpic @FNCreate It is EVERY creator saying it is horrendous. When you defend discovery, are you insinuating that everyone doesn’t know how to read analytics and measure differences? There is no debate. The changes made are AWFUL.
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it’s Friday, guess what
ONE WEEK UNTIL SUMMIT 🇩🇪
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May 22
I guess its just all dead and ready to get buried @FNCreate lost all common sense, pull the plug allready or stop torturing ppl
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May 23
🚨 You Just Have to Dump Your Map and Make a New One
What choice do creators have rather than dumping their map and making a new one?
Even when a map reaches "New" Tab, it often only gets around 3K impressions. After that, there’s nowhere else to go:
* You can’t return to New Tab
* You’ll likely never reach "Updated" Tab without active players
* Updating your map feels pointless because visibility is gone
Serious question: what motivation do new creators have to keep updating or improving their maps if there’s no visibility path afterward?
If your map gets into New Tab → you have only 1 chance.
If your map does NOT get into New Tab → your map effectively dies immediately, you got 0 chance.
So what option do creators have besides abandoning their maps and making new ones repeatedly?
The system unintentionally encourages creators to dump projects instead of supporting and improving them long term.
This may leads to spamming also, people will spam to get their map into new tab.
@HaroldAtEpic @Flak @TimSweeneyEpic @FNCreate
#fortnite #uefn #fortnitecreative #epicgames
May 22
@HaroldAtEpic , I hope you understand where genuine small creators are coming from. Please listen to the concerns many of us are facing right now.
A huge number of creators I know have spent 2 months and 100 hours developing maps, yet their islands never appeared in the New Discovery tab at all. That instantly leads to zero visibility and almost no impressions.
The serious question is:
How is a new creator supposed to get players if their map never reaches the New Discovery tab?
When we study the maps appearing in "Updated" tab, most are from already established creators with large followings and existing active player bases. Those creators can naturally generate engagement without needing Discovery exposure.
The “new maps are finding more success under the new Discover changes” This statement mainly applies to creators who already have reach and uploading new maps not brand new creators or smaller accounts without followers.
For smaller creators, the system currently feels like this:
If your map gets into New Tab → you have only 1 chance.
If your map does NOT get into New Tab → your map effectively dies immediately you got 0 chance.
Right now, these are the biggest problems creators are facing:
1. New Tab appears bugged or inconsistent
Maps with months of development and huge effort are simply not appearing there at all.
2. Updated Tab currently favors already active maps
The Updated tab seems to prioritize maps with existing active players, even when some of those maps haven’t been updated in months. Meanwhile, genuinely updated maps from small creators receive no visibility.
The Updated tab should prioritize:
*Actual recent updates
*Freshly updated gameplay/content
*Quality improvements
not just maps that already have active players.
3. The previous Discover system gave every map a chance
Under the older system, most new maps at least received some visibility every 4–5 days. That system felt much fairer for new creators. A better solution would be reverting to that style while improving filters to remove duplicate or low effort maps.
we are addressing this because we already have seen a better system where a new and small creator can get a good map in the fortnite ecosystem without any outer support.
4. Map moderation AI is causing major problems
Many creators are receiving bans, failed moderation, or demonetization because of AI moderation mistakes. This is becoming a serious issue for developers spending months on projects.
Please don’t come to conclusions about the Discover changes based only on internal data. Please interact more directly with creators and the community. A feedback system asking creators about their actual Discover experience would help a lot. Create A Poll Asking Weather we like the changes or not.
Looking forward to these questions being addressed on the 27th:
1. How are you planning to fix the New Discovery tab?
2. Will there be changes to the Updated tab so new creators don’t only get 0–1 chances at visibility?
3. Will there be more tabs such as:
Weekly Picks
Top Rated Weekly
New Maps of the Week
Hidden Gems
4. What are the actual parameters for appearing in New Tab? Does development time or effort matter?
5. Can there be a stronger community connection with small and new creators instead of feedback mostly coming from already established developers?
We genuinely want Discover to improve for everyone, especially new creators trying to enter the ecosystem fairly. @FNCreate @TimSweeneyEpic @Flak
#fortnite #uefn
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Pixelzpl retweeted
May 21
My Biggest Announcement EVER…
May 23, 1pm PT
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