|
 Fortnite is a game created by Epic that has 2 different games built into it Battle Royale (PVP) and Save the World (PVE).  as soon as you create an Epic account, set up 2 factor authentication Server status link: https://status.epicgames.com/ Patch notes: https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/news Stats and Mission DB: https://stormshield.one/ Official development trello https://trello.com/b/Bs7hgkma/fortnite-community-issues  Battle Royale is FREE TO PLAY for everyone on just about every platform (PC, PS4, Xbox, Switch & iOS -- Android coming soon) and can cross play between the platforms without any need for PS+ or XboxLive. This 100 player mode is broken into solo, duo, and 4 person squad queues where you drop onto the island, gather guns, build and try to be the last one standing. There are also limited time modes like 50vs50, Explosives, 20v20v20v20v20, Sniper Shootout, Blitz, and Silencers which rotate in and out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URc-c8Rio7M What the hell is the "battle pass" and what progression is there? Every 10 week season has level progression with daily challenges to complete. At each tier/level there are cosmetics you can earn, like emotes, backpacks, skins, and more. The battle pass is a  pass for the season that enables you to get significantly faster XP and significantly more of the cool skins and cosmetics for that season. Each pass contains enough vbux (the game's micro currency) to buy the next season's pass if you reach tier 97. When you start out in BR, your character skin rotates between several base ones until you change it to one of the battle pass or item shop skins Where can I play this game with other goons? Most popular and active group is Serious Overchill - https://discord.gg/srsoc There are several other much much less active discords to try your luck: Original PVE Fortnite - https://discord.gg/qC4Qjtf #PCGaming - https://discord.gg/MCQvh79 I've got my squad, now what? Drop on in! Hottest/Fastest shoot and loot locations will be the first place the bus flies over, Tilted Towers, and whatever the weekly season pass chest and kill locations are. Loot comes from chests, supply drops, or on the floor. Best loot comes from supply drops, with some exclusive to them. There are a variety of weapons under each archetype. The "quality" progression is grey -> green -> blue -> purple -> gold/orange Some weapons only have marginal gains between each quality tier (purple SCAR and gold are near identical), so don't worry too much about it's quality as you are clicking on the person's head. More tips on getting good: Duct Tape posted:Learn to pick your fights. Remember, you don't win by racking up the kills. The sole victory condition is being the last one left alive, so do everything you can to make that happen. Engage when you have no choice, can guarantee a kill, or it's otherwise really advantageous to kill that specific person. Once a fight starts, it's usually better to see it through than run away, unless you feel confident you'll be able to lose them. Venuz Patrol posted:also get used to rapidly switching weapons during fights. reloading without cover is a death sentence, so it's better to switch to a new weapon even if it's slightly less effective for the situation if it lets you keep firing Where can I watch some good streams? Kraftyy (thread favorite) Dr Lupo Ninja Dakotaz CDN the 3rd AAB fucked around with this message at 16:29 on May 28, 2020 |
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 12:47
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 28, 2024 23:29 |
|
|
Save The World Mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlaOaHvabH0 Stolen from the previous thread quote:First announced by Epic Games 6+ years ago Fortnite is finally coming out. The gist is that 98% of the worlds population suddenly disappeared, and to make things worse bizarre purple eldritch storms started sweeping across the planet depositing waves of various monsters to kill the people that are left. You play stylised survivors in a stylised world trying to stay alive. Tei posted:Generic advice for new players: Father Wendigo posted:- When starting out, don't worry about building the cool new Blue/Purple/Gold weapon you just got, because you can coast pretty far on Grey/Green weapons in the first Biome. Blue+ weapons tend to use resources that are harder to come by. Conversely, traps have a flatter resource sink. AAB fucked around with this message at 18:25 on Apr 3, 2018 |
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 12:47
|
|
|
HOW TO GET THE TWITCH PRIME SKINS STEP 1  STEP 2 go here: https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/twitch-prime-pack scroll down and click this  STEP 3 sign in to your epic account TAKE THIS MOMENT TO ENABLE 2FA IF YOU HAVEN'T YET STEP 4 once you have seen this screen  sign into fortnite and check for the skins in your BR locker if you do not see that screen, you need to go through the process again AAB fucked around with this message at 16:03 on Apr 5, 2018 |
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 12:49
|
|
|
Seditiar posted:
AAB fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Jun 22, 2018 |
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 12:57
|
|
|
FAT32 SHAMER EASILY CLAIMS FIRST POST
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 12:58
|
|
|
Curious which weapons the vending machines will give.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 13:07
|
|
|
I've seen both the blue tac shotty and the 
AAB fucked around with this message at 13:13 on Apr 3, 2018 |
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 13:11
|
|
|
Generic advice for new players: Save The World. - Build a list of people you have fun playing with. Its a better game when you play with like minded people. Even another warm body you know you can trust is better than be left to the randomness of randoms. - Don't build the stop the husk. Thats the wrong mindset. And don't build with torret defense games in mind. This is not a torret defense game. Build so that defenders are happy defending. You are building fortress, and the players are the ones defending it. Make their work easy. - If somebody build something that seems stupid. Wait to see how it works in actual combat. Some people have weird building styles that do work. If it don't work, fix with your resources. Getting into a fight to build "right" will just waste everyone mats. Battle Royale. - Stay in the borders of the circle. - If you don't have shields, your priority #1 is getting shields. - Asume somebody is camping somewhere with a sniper rifle, so don't relax in the open in the middle a field. - Learn when be aggressive and when to rat around. - Camping is a valid strategy - Play to beat your own records. Most of the game is luck based, not skill based, so don't get too angry if you get killed in a unfair way. It happens even for high skill players.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 13:13
|
|
|
Played this a while back and dropped it, picked it up again yesterday and had a blast, even managed to win a game somehow, so I've got that going for me. Need to learn to build more though, I very rarely build anything except to access stuff or a ramp to get some height over an enemy. Regarding the battle pass, is it worth buying one if you're starting playing mid-season, or should you hold out until the next season starts? When even did the current season start and when does it end?
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 13:30
|
|
|
I've been thinking of playing this game for awhile now. People play the PvE mode right? From what I've seen it got shafted by the battle royale takeover.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 13:32
|
|
|
Cluncho McChunk posted:Regarding the battle pass, is it worth buying one if you're starting playing mid-season, or should you hold out until the next season starts? When even did the current season start and when does it end? If you're playing 2-3 times per week, I'd say it's worth it even if you can only get half of the rewards. You still get to do all the previous weeks challenges (week 7 starts April 5th) all the way through the end of the season, which is expected May 3rd. You may not make it to John Wick (tier 100) but Dark Voyager (tier 70, ez pz) and Rust Lord (27?) are both super good skins. Putty posted:I've been thinking of playing this game for awhile now. People play the PvE mode right? From what I've seen it got shafted by the battle royale takeover. It's been mostly backburnered for sure, but the recent patches have shown that they're starting to listen to the community re: what to do with it again. Now when it becomes super servicable or F2P is still tbd.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 13:38
|
|
|
Putty posted:I've been thinking of playing this game for awhile now. People play the PvE mode right? From what I've seen it got shafted by the battle royale takeover. They did get shafted. I was extra salty after reading that they started development of BR 5 loving days after PvE's launch. They're slooooooooowly making it slightly better as of late, but bringing in new major bugs with every patch as well. They haven't done a single environmental upgrade in the 9 months it's been live. area 2, 3 and 4 are still the same as 1.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 14:08
|
|
|
Battle pass chat - developers state that full completion is aimed on average of 75-100 hours if I remember correctly, but it seems to be going rather fast for me. If you do all challenges, you also break even with cost of it as there are 100 vbucks as a reward for each 7 tiers.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 14:15
|
|
|
Is the whole in-game tutorial locked behind the paid PvE mode?
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 14:38
|
|
|
cinci zoo sniper posted:Battle pass chat - developers state that full completion is aimed on average of 75-100 hours if I remember correctly, but it seems to be going rather fast for me. It's a lot faster if you play with friends for the bonus there.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 14:40
|
|
|
yeah, for the most part any tutorial is in PVE. for PVP, there's no better "tutorial" than just hot dropping on a location and going for it. Things and situations aren't very predictable so you gotta make due with whatever works best for you. that said, I do wish there was a sandbox or shooting range other than the loading island thing
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 14:41
|
|
|
AAB posted:that said, I do wish there was a sandbox or shooting range other than the loading island thing Agreed. It would be nice to be able to play around with building materials and guns without dropping into a game. I was watching a building edit mode tutorial on YouTube, and the guy kept getting interrupted by the circle and other players. He was good enough that he won the game, all while walking through how to make the pyramid into a ramp, etc.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 14:53
|
|
|
oh! pro fuckin tip right here rebind your build keys to something other than the F# keys. I use: Q for wall X for floow C for ramp M4 for palate swap
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 14:57
|
|
|
AAB posted:oh! pro fuckin tip right here Real pro tip: put them on your mouse thumb buttons so you can freely move while switching between them.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 15:04
|
|
|
Neon Belly posted:It's a lot faster if you play with friends for the bonus there. Wait, is experience bonus cumulative for party? Say, buddy has 60% and I have 70% - do we both get 130%?
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 15:04
|
|
|
Bottom Liner posted:Real pro tip: put them on your mouse thumb buttons so you can freely move while switching between them. I dont have that many mouse buttons  cinci zoo sniper posted:Wait, is experience bonus cumulative for party? Say, buddy has 60% and I have 70% - do we both get 130%? you get your personal +70% and then whatever your buddys's (yes some for each other person) which is a different number. I think the MAX bonus is around 200%
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 15:11
|
|
|
AAB posted:I dont have that many mouse buttons Oh, nice!
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 15:13
|
|
|
I see the old thread died, does anyone still play PvE?
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 15:38
|
|
|
wjs5 posted:I see the old thread died, does anyone still play PvE? I do! Add SiDeath on PC (cross-platform play should still work) - I love playing Save the World mode.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 15:55
|
|
|
wjs5 posted:I see the old thread died, does anyone still play PvE? What old thread? It must not be named
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 16:02
|
|
|
The most fun I've had playing this game is a tie between: Blowing AAB out of his sky penis tower thing while we were in a squad together Getting to top 3 in a solo match and then building myself into a corner. With stairs. On the side of a cliff. Ben Smash fucked around with this message at 16:19 on Apr 3, 2018 |
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 16:08
|
|
|
Jumped into pve to see what had changed...not much. Looks like they nerfed the soldier with the war cry that prevented weapon durability loss, no more grenade launcher spam.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 16:09
|
|
|
That also reminds me of my third favorite time in this game. I was playing one of the "expand your sheild" PvE missions and I decided before I went searching for other players, I would harvest the entire area and build walls along my borders, all of them, every inch. When I brought people in to finish the mission, they were very confused. I basically got to sit and do nothing for two and a half minutes and watch some bewildered pubbies run around for 100 Vbucks. GOTY 2018  Here's a couple screenshots. Ben Smash fucked around with this message at 16:37 on Apr 3, 2018 |
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 16:15
|
|
|
Ben Me Lowtax posted:That also reminds me of my third favorite time in this game. I was playing one of the "expand your sheild" PvE missions and I decided before I went searching for other players, I would harvest the entire area and build walls along my borders, all of them, every inch. When I brought people in to finish the mission, they were very confused. I basically got to sit and do nothing for two and a half minutes and watch some bewildered pubbies run around for 100 Vbucks. The game don't have glass, but you can somewhat make something like glass by making metal walls and weakening them. With this idea you can build a box around the spawn, and without edit rights, they will not escape this.... terrarium. If thats your thing. I would prefer them trying to help, even if they die every few seconds.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 16:34
|
|
|
santanotreal posted:Agreed. It would be nice to be able to play around with building materials and guns without dropping into a game. I said it in the old thread but I'll say it here because it helped me. The new Sniper mode is perfect for a noob to learn how to build. I would know, as I am green as gently caress in this game. Land far away, harvest, and practice building. Odds are you won't run into anyone, and if you do they won't have 4 shotguns to spam you with. The engagements happen slower, so you'll have time to actually plan what you want to build. That said, spamming stairs is always effective.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 16:49
|
|
|
Bottom Liner posted:Real pro tip: put them on your mouse thumb buttons so you can freely move while switching between them. This is terrible imo. I find it much easier to keep track of others/my crosshair when I don't have to use my thumb to press buttons instead of stabilizing my mouse. Even the most die hard streamers/players usually only use 1 maybe 2 buttons from their mouse (excluding Fire/ADS). E: It's not really stabilizing I guess, it just feels weird to me. I'm sure it can be accurate as well but I'd much rather just press a button on my keyboard (and isn't somewhere around the F keys either). Seditiar fucked around with this message at 16:59 on Apr 3, 2018 |
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 16:56
|
|
|
I've was trying to train myself to use the two thumb buttons on my mouse but it really wasn't working for me. Setting the build buttons to closer to WASD really worked for me though and improved my play a lot.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 17:02
|
|
|
Seditiar posted:This is terrible imo. I find it much easier to keep track of others/my crosshair when I don't have to use my thumb to press buttons instead of stabilizing my mouse. Even the most die hard streamers/players usually only use 1 maybe 2 buttons from their mouse (excluding Fire/ADS). My hand is too spazzy in most situations that I’ll end up hitting those side mouse buttons by accident, getting me killed. Much better for me to remap to around WASD
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 17:10
|
|
|
I wish they released a new map for BR already.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 17:28
|
|
|
Tei posted:Generic advice for new players: - When starting out, don't worry about building the cool new Blue/Purple/Gold weapon you just got, because you can coast pretty far on Grey/Green weapons in the first Biome. Blue+ weapons tend to use resources that are harder to come by. Conversely, traps have a flatter resource sink. -You may notice people in chat asking to trade. Ignore them. -Recycle Worn-Out Weapons! Recycling weapons gets you back valuable resources that you'd otherwise have to waste time on a mission to get. If the weapon breaks, you get nothing. The higher the rarity, the more and better materials you'll get for recycling. And don't worry about recycling the awesome Purple/Gold rear end-scratcher you just found, there's always another dragon to chase. Speaking of which... -You'll get a lot of gear when out on missions. You might want to save traps for your Base if they're Blue+. Conversely, you'll find a ton of weapons that are usually worn to the point of breaking. Feel free to use those for the mission, then recycle them for materials. -In the far North of the Stonewood Stormshield is a soccer field. You're a terrible person if you don't preserve it like the treasure it is. -When you max out your wood/brick/steel after a mission, it never hurts to place or upgrade some new floors around your Base Stormshield.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 18:01
|
|
|
what happens if you can't unlock some of the rewards in the battle pass before the season ends?
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 18:04
|
|
|
keyframe posted:I wish they released a new map for BR already. No. Please no new map ever. New maps is where BR games go to die.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 18:13
|
|
|
Give us a special (are they weekly?) mode with a small map that's just tilted towers copy pasted to be bigger. It's fun to fight there even if I'm not usually good enough to make it out.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 18:18
|
|
|
Veritas posted:what happens if you can't unlock some of the rewards in the battle pass before the season ends? You don’t get them.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 18:46
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 28, 2024 23:29 |
|
|
Veritas posted:what happens if you can't unlock some of the rewards in the battle pass before the season ends? Don't worry, you buy your way to the end for only $1 per level!
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2018 18:51
|
|
