Picture this: An eager Fortnite player, CrispyY0Y0, stumbles upon a sizzling ‘Grave Digger’, a 106 fire element weapon. He wonders, Is this the rare gem I believe it to be? Only to have the Fortnite community quite literally break the news to him, Nothing is rare in this game.
A Surprising Revelation
Cracking the chiseled veil of Fortnite’s loot allure, Glory_to_Atom mentions a contrastingly rare commodity- harmonious people who play the game as intended! Bitterly funny, isn’t it? The scarce element isn’t an atomic item, but people adhering to the cooperative nature of the game.
Robotic Rebellion?
BossHogGA takes it a notch higher with his humorous comment that he should build a bot just to downvote posts using the term ‘rare’. It seems that the Fortnite community isn’t here for your legends anymore!
Use Over Rarity
Adding another perspective, imortalheavy12 points towards the lack of value even if some things once held a higher use. With elements like the Grave Digger schematic readily available, rarity is no more than a fleeting notion.
Collectibles Vs Duplicates
A deeper dive into the conversation with DHJudas sheds light on another aspect why notion of rare is paradoxical. If a huge chunk of Fortnite players can infinitely create such ‘rare’ items, does that not nullify the concept of it being rare?
Vonravend adds depth to this by pointing out the difference between craftable items and collectible items, which may have a temporal rarity due to their availability at specific times or under certain conditions, further highlighting the relative nature of ‘rare’ in Fortnite.
With what started as an innocent question spiraled into a wild, enlightening, and somewhat existential discussion within the Fortnite community. It seems the true rarity in Fortnite isn’t the weapons you find, but rather, the people you meet and the experiences you have.
