The zapatron was vaulted because it didn't fit with the style of the game. If season 9 is going to be future technology themed, then it would fit right in with the style. We could add it back.

If you’ve ever played save the world you would know how the games are very different. The geography of save the world is more blocky and looks a lot like the salty springs mountain while battle Royale has smoother landscapes. Weapons are also different, what you know as the look of the burst belongs to a semi auto assault rifle, also damage is insanely different as near the end of the game you will end up doing damage in the ten thousands. Also the mechanics are different even with health, which in STW you naturally heal both health and shields. Plus in save the world energy ammo is already it’s own ammo, but bolts (for crossbows) are not and are replaced by heavy ammo. Most snipers use medium ammo and some ARs use light ammo. The two games are clearly held by different teams and maybe initially BR was copy and paste but as soon as they realized it would need its own style different from save the world they stopped.

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