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Well I'm still trash at this game but at least I have a couple skins now. My new strategy is to just land at the first named location the bus passes over to practice landing fast, looting, and combat. Once I land and get a gun in a location like this should I start hunting for kills right away, or get up to a roof and start building, or something else? What's the best way to get a kill or two at these kinds of spots? So far I got one by out-shotgunning someone who was probably another noob, and another just getting the drop on someone who was engaged with someone else. Second question, how big of an advantage are the better tier guns? If I have a grey shotgun and someone else has a green shotgun is that pretty much a win for them?
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People have different preferences on what they like. When I do squads I like to drop to off beat locations around the map. Loot the houses, and move closer to the circle. Dropping right off the bat is a death trap for me because if you don't get the loot you screwed. And yeah the better weapons will obviously kill faster, but I will def pick up a grey AR any day.
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May 2, 2018 14:10
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prom candy posted:Well I'm still trash at this game but at least I have a couple skins now. My new strategy is to just land at the first named location the bus passes over to practice landing fast, looting, and combat. Once I land and get a gun in a location like this should I start hunting for kills right away, or get up to a roof and start building, or something else? What's the best way to get a kill or two at these kinds of spots? So far I got one by out-shotgunning someone who was probably another noob, and another just getting the drop on someone who was engaged with someone else. Second question, how big of an advantage are the better tier guns? If I have a grey shotgun and someone else has a green shotgun is that pretty much a win for them? To get better at close quarters gunfighting just drop at Dusty until you're confident in your abilities. That could mean twenty times, that could mean fifty times! Hell I think I dropped there a good 25 times in a row yesterday to just be a part of the first-day madness  I've found the best strategy for getting on the ground ASAP at Dusty is to hit the deploy chute ~1.5-2.0 grid-squares away from it, so you can coast right in over the lip and hit the ground. Then grab a gun and  Tilted is now a completely different ballgame, though, it's weird. Two homies and I dropped there, cleared out ~6 other players then had the entire place to ourselves. Was very bizarre.
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May 2, 2018 14:41
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A Man and his dog posted:People have different preferences on what they like. Yeah, based on some youtube vids I was watching I want to just keep dropping at these death trap spots. I'm not really having fun or improving by getting looted up, making top 15 without seeing anyone, and then dying in my first engagement because I suck at the core mechanics of the game.
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May 2, 2018 15:08
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Prom candy, you have the right idea to just drop and loot. Loot loot loot! Find a weapon and prepare to fight so you can keep looting! You can easily win fights with inferior weapons in the opening. Once the "middle game" starts and players emerge from the landing zones, you'll want those better weapons as everyone will be at 200 health with extra shields to pop.
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May 2, 2018 15:11
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I've still got to do the Flush Factory one, annoyingly no one has jumped over there in my last 10 games.
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May 2, 2018 15:15
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prom candy posted:Yeah, based on some youtube vids I was watching I want to just keep dropping at these death trap spots. I'm not really having fun or improving by getting looted up, making top 15 without seeing anyone, and then dying in my first engagement because I suck at the core mechanics of the game. Same! I’ve been dropped by 80% dusty, haunted and flush. The rest of the time is retail and titled. It’s so much easier to get better when you have lots of early fights
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May 2, 2018 15:45
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i always try for kills instead of wins in solos or solo v duos. if i slow down i can get top 5 pretty easy. im looking to get better at the build fights and shotty battles. in squads i play the try hard. my friends are good and we can stack wins if we get semi hot.
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May 2, 2018 16:44
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I'm starting to think the light machine gun is garbage... I've straight up went threw a 160 round clip and not killed the dude building. You def have to get a clear shot.
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May 2, 2018 16:50
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A Man and his dog posted:I'm starting to think the light machine gun is garbage... I like it in squads when the rest of my squad is able to focus on actually hitting the person and I just tear down walls with it and occasionally plink someone.
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May 2, 2018 16:52
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A Man and his dog posted:I'm starting to think the light machine gun is garbage... I drop my shotgun for it if I get an opportunity. It hurts up close!
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May 2, 2018 17:05
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Asnorban posted:I like it in squads when the rest of my squad is able to focus on actually hitting the person and I just tear down walls with it and occasionally plink someone.  I see it as a slightly better minigun. Now I'm picturing a squads game where one person is just designated the minigun/LMG wielder and they just melt buildings. That'd be pretty fun, honestly! I have a question I've been thinking about : does anyone know if the consumable crystals stack duration? Like, if it's 30 seconds(how long is it, anyway?), you pick up one, run to another one and pick it up, are you getting 30+30 seconds, or is it just resetting the timer? My guess is on the latter, but 
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May 2, 2018 17:30
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Johnny Truant posted:
It either resets or I've failed spectacularly at stacking them.
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May 2, 2018 17:37
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I marked a bunch of stuff favorite. Is there a setting I need to toggle somewhere to get it to randomize in game?
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May 2, 2018 17:42
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Feenix posted:I marked a bunch of stuff favorite. Is there a setting I need to toggle somewhere to get it to randomize in game? Yeah that gigantic arrow named “random” on the screen where you set favourites. 
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May 2, 2018 17:48
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cinci zoo sniper posted:Yeah that gigantic arrow named “random” on the screen where you set favourites. Sorry, I totally didn’t even notice that. 
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May 2, 2018 17:52
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Love the crystals, much needed speed boost running through plains
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May 2, 2018 17:53
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Feenix posted:Sorry, I totally didn’t even notice that. I failed to notice it at first as well. I felt pretty dumb when my eyes suddenly decided to notice the new button despite searching for it for a few minutes.
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May 2, 2018 18:00
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Azran posted:How doable is hitting level 100 without spending money? I don't mind spending a bit to buy 10-15 levels but it's my first battle pass and I have no idea what to expect from it progression-wise. It's a lot more possible if you have the battle pass. As long as you have the battle pass you get a few challenges each week with rewards of 5 or 10 stars. And you can do daily challenges, and hold up to 3 of those at one time. It takes 10 stars to level up one battle level thing. Each week's challenges can get you up to 50 stars which amounts to 5 battle levels if you get all of them. There are 10 weeks total so up to 50 levels just from that. The daily challenges give you 5 stars and some xp for each one you do. Some are harder than others. You can elect to remove one if it's giving you a lot of trouble and you want to free up that spot for something else. You also get some stars from leveling up. I think it's 2 from a normal level, 5 if the level ends in a 5 and 10 if the level ends in a 0. They sold a thing in the item shop that let you skip 10 levels near the end of last season. I bought it but then it got to the end of the season and I'm pretty sure I would've been okay without it. I had a lot of trouble getting the special level 100 challenges completed though. I wouldn't worry about it too much.
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May 2, 2018 18:10
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You are really hosed in this game if you get unlucky and find no shields. What is the dmg reduction with shields btw? It doesn't feel like 100 shield = 100 health.
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May 2, 2018 18:12
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keyframe posted:100 shield = 100 health. ^
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May 2, 2018 18:24
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May 2, 2018 18:25
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Nullsmack posted:It's a lot more possible if you have the battle pass. As long as you have the battle pass you get a few challenges each week with rewards of 5 or 10 stars. And you can do daily challenges, and hold up to 3 of those at one time. Oh sorry, I meant taking the Battle Pass to 100. I wasn't clear.  Related to that, do you get the Battle Pass exp bonus from squading up with random people who have their own BPs? I'm queueing for Squad with "Fill" enabled and I was wondering if that was the case or if I have to invite them into an actual party for the bonus to kick in.
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May 2, 2018 18:28
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keyframe posted:You are really hosed in this game if you get unlucky and find no shields. Shields are essentially health in every way except in how you add health (bandages, med kit) vs add shields (shield potions or whatever). No damage reduction on shields, just an extra barrier from death. Only way to die while still having shield left is from storm damage or falling.
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May 2, 2018 18:34
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poo poo yeah I got 4 kills at dusty
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May 2, 2018 22:07
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Thinking of shields, did they ever fix the display bug that would occasionally show you having 1 shield when you actually had none?
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May 2, 2018 22:14
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For real though? gently caress the open 7 chests at Haunted challenge.
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May 3, 2018 00:03
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Johnny Truant posted:For real though? gently caress the open 7 chests at Haunted challenge. Just wait a week. It'll be a ghost town again 
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May 3, 2018 00:22
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Johnny Truant posted:For real though? gently caress the open 7 chests at Haunted challenge. That one sucked so badly. Even when the bus was nowhere near haunted, half the players were heading there.
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May 3, 2018 00:35
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humpthewind posted:Just wait a week. It'll be a ghost town again  drat kids on my
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May 3, 2018 00:37
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Finding Fortnite letters was far worse for me. The number of times I was trying to build up to one and the person would shoot me and then grab it was incredibly frustrating. I’d even gentleman’s dance at them.
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May 3, 2018 00:38
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anybody on pc want to shoot mans, 'skoptsi' on epic
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May 3, 2018 02:40
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yay im level 11 battle pass already, it goes by pretty fast with challenges and whatnot.
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Johnny Truant posted:For real though? gently caress the open 7 chests at Haunted challenge. easiest way to do it is to solo queue into squads no fill. Or just wait a week.
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May 3, 2018 05:30
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I mean you basically have until sometime in July to search 7 chests in Haunted Hills so... 
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May 3, 2018 06:34
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Gosh once switching between building and your shotgun clicks you can become an angel of death. I've averaging like 7-8 kills in a good round (which is 1 in 3 where the other 2 rounds I just explode instantly) and man it feels good. Game owns, S4 owns
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Did they change hitboxes with the Season 4 patch? Since then I've been gettin shotgun headshot oneshot a lot more where before it very rarely happened to me. Feels like either a lot of very good players have suddenly started playing or aimbotters have turned up. I know that's likely not what happened but there was a serious run of like 10 games the other day where I was just getting blown away first shot in every fight even when I was ready for them and the one making the first move.
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Cluncho McChunk posted:Did they change hitboxes with the Season 4 patch? Since then I've been gettin shotgun headshot oneshot a lot more where before it very rarely happened to me. Feels like either a lot of very good players have suddenly started playing or aimbotters have turned up. I know that's likely not what happened but there was a serious run of like 10 games the other day where I was just getting blown away first shot in every fight even when I was ready for them and the one making the first move. Yes, limb penetration around head does not result in body shot damage anymore, to summarise roughly. Patch notes have more details.
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May 3, 2018 11:51
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cinci zoo sniper posted:Yes, limb penetration around head does not result in body shot damage anymore, to summarise roughly. Patch notes have more details. Oh man, I was hoping I was just having a bad run and getting salty about it. Reading the patch notes I guess hands and arms were blocking headshots earlier during shotgun duels sometimes and that no longer happens which is fine, but the line about shots from below doing headshot damage when landing very near the head doesn't sound good to me, just sounds like it's making it easier for more people to one shot kill someone.
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Cluncho McChunk posted:Oh man, I was hoping I was just having a bad run and getting salty about it. Reading the patch notes I guess hands and arms were blocking headshots earlier during shotgun duels sometimes and that no longer happens which is fine, but the line about shots from below doing headshot damage when landing very near the head doesn't sound good to me, just sounds like it's making it easier for more people to one shot kill someone. Basically they encourage building but slightly improve advantage for people shooting peekers. E: 
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