While I don’t see anything with combat maps inherently wrong, I do see a problem with the amount of effort put in 99% of those maps on the front page of Fortnite and thus agree.
Also. There are beautiful non combat experiences to be made and had but they are drowned out by the vast ocean of garbage that is the Fortnite front page. Thus creating an environment where not many will attempt to make them etc.
This highlights why monetization needs to stop and needs an overhaul. Low effort = no pay, no matter the player numbers. Like Youtube shorts, Tiktok etc, low effort content, no pay. Because numbers pay, and the effort is low, making garbage content now is low investment, low risk, high reward. That creates a vicious loop of people making low effort garbage because actual creativity isn’t being rewarded, by being discovered so no pay etc.
I don’t think it will change sadly because there’s just something wrong with Epic’s vision on these things. Their Epic Games Store on PC suffers from most of the same issues; very badly designed webshop-app where you cannot effectively find new games, or even manage your own games, like hiding them. What you do find on the Epic Games Store (when you first open it) is low effort garbage tier games that literally cost 50cents. Now I know it’s not the only thing on the store but it’s what is shown. You literally have to use Google to find anything on their Epic Games Store.
Because of this nobody really uses it and is effectively just a marketing black-hole that you are best to stay clear of. But it also shows something is EXTREMELY wrong at Epic leadership. They have a vision without a clear plan and to me that’s just a hallucination.