It is live now on ps4. Not sure why they are hyping the 26th. I was able to get on and play a game.
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Fortnite |OT| Earliest Access VS Husks
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Hestisdabest
Member
Yeah,it's up on xbox aswell.Decided to just buy it and about to play after ti downloads.Hope it's as fun as normal PUBG
Meccs
Member
The question is how they go from here. Split the development (I know it was made by a different team apparently) to support both modes or will they focus on one if the notice that it is more popular? This looks currently similar to a H1Z1 situation. The question also is if you can fill games with 100 people quickly after a few weeks/month. Even if it goes F2P, it's not on Steam which turns people off. The BR mode looks promising though, especially since you have building which gives it huge potential imho, especially over copy and paste PUBG clones.
This is not like Destiny, where you can play the pve with weapons you got in pvp and pvp with weapons found on the pve.
Theres very little integration that would made much sense.
In PUBG some persistent character would made sense. Where your character unlock new hats and stuff. But in Fortnite we play a invisible commander that watch over everything, and the heroes are like hats we wear temporally. We never see our own character in fornite, we never see the commander.
Theres very reason to have both games really live under the same launcher. If they accidentally made a awesome PUBG clone, they should have made a separate game, maybe gift cd-keys to everyone that bought Fortnite.
*head scratching*
Theres very little integration that would made much sense.
In PUBG some persistent character would made sense. Where your character unlock new hats and stuff. But in Fortnite we play a invisible commander that watch over everything, and the heroes are like hats we wear temporally. We never see our own character in fornite, we never see the commander.
Theres very reason to have both games really live under the same launcher. If they accidentally made a awesome PUBG clone, they should have made a separate game, maybe gift cd-keys to everyone that bought Fortnite.
*head scratching*
Croatoan
They/Them A-10 Warthog
If they can keep from adding f2p card mechanics to BR, improve gunplay, add character rewards (skins, clothing, etc) for progression, add leaderboards, and duo/squad modes I have a feeling Fortnite will be known as a BR game with a weird grindy PVE side mode.
This will be H1Z1 all over again. I wonder how many middling or outright failing games are going to try and get people to keep come back with a BR mode?
This will be H1Z1 all over again. I wonder how many middling or outright failing games are going to try and get people to keep come back with a BR mode?
I didn't think fortnite was failing.Thought it was doing pretty good actually?
Yeah it seems to be doing fine
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I played some PVE today, had no problem with matchmaking in 52 canny so that seems to suggest it's still pretty healthy population going on.
Blood Diamonds
Banned
I'm almost out of Stonewood finally. I solo'd all six storm shield missions with the worst base ever lol
Edit: annnnnnd im in Plankerton. Probably going to take another big break from the game after this.
Edit: annnnnnd im in Plankerton. Probably going to take another big break from the game after this.
Meccs
Member
I continue to watch some streams. Still not sure whether or not I should buy it for the BR mode. No one knows how much they'll support this part of the game. From reading the devs comments in the forum you get the impression that they just wanted to add some additional value to the game. It doesn't sound like this will get much additional attention.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Stormwood defenses don't get difficult til like 9 or 10.
Plank defenses get difficult at like 3 or 4.
We simply don't know yet. Part of the message you might be reading into is the devs trying to calm the people who assume the PVE side will be totally ignored now.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
No upgrade here, opened last night.
I think it's just a regular upgrade llama though, not people.
Blood Diamonds
Banned
Wow just got 2 Legendary weapons from a loot llama, shit feels good.
Mine went Gold. I was pretty surprised.
PhantomThief
Banned
So is this a good time to buy the game or should I wait for f2p? Why is it buy to play now and f2p later anyway?
Id also like to get the 15 euros more version, so I can give a code to a friend. But still debating on that.
Id love to try the game but im not sure if I should spend the 30 bucks.
Id also like to get the 15 euros more version, so I can give a code to a friend. But still debating on that.
Id love to try the game but im not sure if I should spend the 30 bucks.
Redshirt
Banned
You need to buy Super Deluxe to get a free copy, so the difference is more like 50 not 15.
If you're on the fence and have waited this long, I'd just wait until it goes F2P.
The core game is good, but the grind has issues, and whether Epic has its priorities in order is a matter of debate.
edgefusion
Member
Game is riddled with issues that the developers are sleeping on. Definitely wait for it to go F2P, don't waste your money on this.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I think it's a solid buy now. Of course it's not perfect but it's developed enough to be worth paying for.
I bought it for the BR which I think it's a great Arcady change of pace from PUBG. I just started playing the pve this morning and so far it's fun. I think most complants are because of the grind at high end play.
On the shield defense missions is there a way to destruct your defenses rather than just destroying them?. wish there was a perk that could be used to get all your resources back and re start building your base as ive made some dumb mistakes which now would be too costly to undo
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
https://kotaku.com/epic-accidentall...m_source=Kotaku_Twitter&utm_medium=Socialflow
Unfortunately no. The best you can do is edit it to a small state which reduces it's hp and then smack it to death.
Unfortunately no. The best you can do is edit it to a small state which reduces it's hp and then smack it to death.
Can Epic somehow fix the system for PS4, so the invite works? because having shadows crossplay that few people use is cool, but having the feature of Ps4 to play with Ps4 in a smooth workflow would be cooler.
Finally jumped in and bought Fortnite. I was really interested when it first came out, but I had so much to play at the time. All the news about Battle Royale reminded me that Fortnite exists. I've been having a blast so far playing mostly PvE. It sure is a grind, but that's okay for me. I got suckered into buying the Hero Llama because I only have all rare levels heroes. Who do I get? Legendary Trailblaster Buzz. All I can think to myself is, why would I ever play this hero? I've only been playing a week and I can see how flawed the fragment system is. I have no doubt the Shock Tower and Teddy abilities are insanely strong with a max level Trailblaster. But what do you have when you use your fragments? Nothing at all. I don't know, I'd kind of like to level up my Trailblaster to see a Shock Tower and Teddy in full form. I bet they are stronger than any other abilities on their own. But is it really worth it? I could invest all those points into a solder and have better, sustainable damage
I can see that. Dropping a Decoy, then using TEDDY and/or Shock Tower on the horde.. that could be game changing. I guess I'd need to play more but, fragments worry me. They're not always where you need them, and then when you run out... I'd like to see an ability to generate one fragment on demand when you have none for the "Oh shit." moment, even with a long, long cooldown.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Posted in the BR thread but will post here as well:
Paragon founders can now play the Battle Royale mode for free. Access to the single player/co-op mode still requires you to purchase early access. This is a nice gesture to their Paragon players. The Battle Royale mode will probably go F2P before the other mode as well.
Paragon founders can now play the Battle Royale mode for free. Access to the single player/co-op mode still requires you to purchase early access. This is a nice gesture to their Paragon players. The Battle Royale mode will probably go F2P before the other mode as well.
Redshirt
Banned
When you use Tr. Buzz in support for a constructor, you just have the electrified decoy. No teddies or shock towers (because she's not actually in play, just supporting.)
And yep, you've pretty much nailed a big problem with outlanders
Ohhh I see! Thanks for clearing it up. I've still much to learn. Can't wait to put my legendary hero into support of better heroes, hah. It's too bad. I was optimistic about Outlander starting out. Good things it's an early access game. I'm sure there will eventually be lots more changes to come
SmoothRunningGun
Member
So now BR can kill Paragon too. Welcome to the party....
I just got to canny and it's a shame how unfinished it is.
Meccs
Member
So I have played a bit more of PvE but the constant need to gather stuff is killing my fun. Especially the bullet crafting and the need for wood to do so. Why do I need wood to craft bullets?
I feel like I am spending 80% gathering and 20% building and killing stuff. This is way to tedious if it continues that way.
I feel like I am spending 80% gathering and 20% building and killing stuff. This is way to tedious if it continues that way.
Blood Diamonds
Banned
This was posted on Reddit:
Probably in response to the shitstorm that BR has caused
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Neat.
OMG empty chat rooms! lul
Of course most of those people are in games atm.
Redshirt
Banned
Wood for bullets is just game mechanics rather than logical.
Once you get over the initial hump, crafting ammo is pretty easy. I'm hardly ever not at max ammo across the board.
The gathering-to-building/fighting ratio is off imo. People have been complaining since launch, but I wouldn't say it's 80/20 bad.
It's definitely harder in the beginning when your pickaxe sucks, your inventory is small and so forth.
SmoothRunningGun
Member
You need an outlander jess for farming but yeah we've been telling them to reduce the costs of everything for a long time. They make bungie look responsive.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Email says founders who bought prior to today get this glider and umbrella (if you win a BR) for BR.
Blood Diamonds
Banned
For real lol. They're taking their sweet time.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Is there an announcement thread that fortnite BR is going f2p on all platforms on the 26th?
https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/...67471-fortnite-battle-royale-free-sept-26-faq
With squads
edit:
Ok found it
https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/...67471-fortnite-battle-royale-free-sept-26-faq
With squads
edit:
Ok found it
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
New vid update https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LHp9ewHUug
covers PVE as well as PVP
edit:
One thing that stood out
They are compensating people if they had server crash during STS, so completing quest + rewards etc..
covers PVE as well as PVP
edit:
One thing that stood out
They are compensating people if they had server crash during STS, so completing quest + rewards etc..
Thank goodness. I had 3 crashes trying a couple 3 days. Can't imagine what other people might feel.
petethepanda
Member
PC. Game always launches on my secondary monitor (an old 1280x1024 monitor which Windows identifies as #2). Can't find any way around it other than literally unplugging that monitor. Anyone happen to have luck with any other fixes? I've tried switching the secondary to be the primary in Windows, all manner of putting the game into windowed mode and then back to fullscreen/borderless, etc.