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The new Drum gun has been added into Fortnite through the 4.5 Content Update. There was no down time for servers and was just added into the gun. The Gun itself is very similar to the Tommy gun or Thompson WWII gun but with a large drum magazine. Fortnite describe it as a hybrid with the stopping power of an assault rifle but with the fire rate and suppressive ability of an SMG. However it is placed into the SMG category appropriately.  The weapon itself is in the rarity of Uncommon and Rare. Does that mean there is a legendary SMG still coming?! The weapon has a base damage of 26/27 (Uncommon / Rare) which is a lot for an SMG and a fire rate of 9. It compensates the high fire rate with a monstrous magazine capacity of 50 rounds. It takes Medium Bullets so keep an eye on the assault rifles as you don't want to be left with no bullets for your rifles. However, it has a long reload time of 3 seconds which could be the difference between dieing and

Fortnite - the game that has captured everyone's attention from the media to your average gamer. Created by Epic Games, the game was released during 2011 but was officially released during 2017 with its Battle Royale mode. It is a paid early access ( for Save The World) but is expected to be free - to - play by late 2018. It has at least 125 MILLION players worldwide and approximately 3.2 MILLION concurrent players. But what's the big hype about it ?! BREAKDOWN Lets break down the core mechanics of the game it self and finally explain why is it so popular. First of all , Fortnite is a free - to - play with no Pay 2 Win at all! It all just boils down to pure skill and teamwork. The game offers in-game skins and cosmetic items but they do not affect your skill and is purely just for appearance !  The game it self is F2P for the Battle Royale mode which already entices