Fortnite Battle Royale & Save the World - Rocket rides and loot slides

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AAB: Nov 5, 2010

Fortnite is a game created by Epic that has 2 different games built into it Battle Royale (PVP) and Save the World (PVE).

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as soon as you create an Epic account, set up 2 factor authentication :siren:

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 :10bux:

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.

Get a handful of chests early, and arrange your inventory to be in the same order each game (for me, 1 is always Shotgun, 2 is assault rifle, 3 is misc, 4 is sniper, 5 is health item). Accidentally pulling out the wrong item can lose you a fight.

Gather at least 300 wood as soon as you can, and make sure to replenish it when you drop below that level. More resources is always better, so keep look for more even if you already have a ton. Also, if you are in a precarious place, don't give away your position by destroying a tree. Leave 1 hit left on it and move on (it still shakes when you hit it, but that's not as obvious as a tree disappearing).

Skirt the edges of the storm, but be sure to give yourself a couple minutes clearance for the next storm (in case you get stuck in a fight on your way to the circle). Approach inner circles from the safest side, usually the one closest to the edge of the map.

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

the more important factor imo is the proximity to the high density locations, primarily tilted towers and retail row, but also including pleasant park, salty springs, and greasy grove. as a result, the northeast area of the map tends to be safer even closer to the center, whereas west and east can be extremely dangerous

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

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 13:29

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

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.

You play in third person with each character having three abilities, similar to the Mass Effect multiplayers. Each mission has your group dropped into a randomly generated map based on rural/suburban/city etc biomes. You run around scavenging building supplies, searching for crafting materials, rescuing survivors and doing various other mini missions before doing the main objective. This objective pretty much always involves building a base to withstand waves of attacks but sometimes is a little more complicated, like building tracks to shuttle supplies from one point on the map to another while also withstanding waves of attacks, or a little simpler like just rescuing enough survivors or merking enough enemy spawns.

Building is quick and simple, you can whip up a wooden stairway to reach the top of a skyscraper or a set of fences around an objective in seconds. You can also get fancy with arches, complex stairways, ramparts of stone and metal etc for something more stable and protective.

Besides missions each region also has you building an outpost. These are permanent buildings that you have to periodically protect to advance through the game, these are the games toughest challenges and where proper building is most important. Traps, chokepoints, sniping towers, ways to move quickly around the fort, upgraded walls, it all matters way more here than on field missions.

It's also a loot game. There are tons of different weapons, characters, survivors, traps, skills etc that you can unlock and just about everything can be upgraded. Weapons, resources and ammo can be dropped and shared with other players but weapons will eventually break. Unlocking a weapon also unlocks the schematic for it so you can build new ones though.

I don't have any friends - Pick up group play with randoms is perfectly possible but a group of players with headsets is probably needed to do the very toughest missions. You can place AI Defenders on the map to help defend, and with a few levels and a decent weapon they are actually pretty handy. The weapon you give them and any leftover ammo gets put back into your inventory after the mission so go wild with them but keep in mind they can die and may need to be picked up now and then.

Characters - There are tons of characters, all one of four classes with various different looks and randomly chosen abilities and skills. Rarer characters have more of these abilities and skills but it's possible to take any character to max with enough time.

Tei posted:

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.

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.
-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.

AAB fucked around with this message at 18:25 on Apr 3, 2018

# ¿ Apr 3, 2018 12:47

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

HOW TO GET THE TWITCH PRIME SKINS :siren:

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

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

Seditiar posted:

BR and STW will get mode-specific keybindings. Targeted 4.5.

RE: STW blog

https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/news/save-the-world-state-of-development---june-2018

Canny Valley biome coming fairly short after next season with part 1 of the CV campaign. (5.0).

Hero recruiting and schematic creating from collection book coming. With some restrictions (like Founder's stuff, I'm assuming event stuff too). Slated for 4.5, so next week?

Collection Book unslotting with 4.5 as well. Cost: 20 VBucks. In case you stamped a good one in there.

Builder Pro coming. Aimed to be in 4.5.

2 new flyer units (of which 1 is a steroid shielder), the other is the Zapper. Won't be here for another few months.

~~HORDE BASH~~ CHALLENGE THE HORDE IS COMING BACK. 5.0

It's by far the best event they've released.

AAB fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Jun 22, 2018

# ¿ Apr 3, 2018 12:57

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

I've seen both the blue tac shotty and the ~~purple~~ blue mini gun from when the servers were glitching people into the PTR.

AAB fucked around with this message at 13:13 on Apr 3, 2018

# ¿ Apr 3, 2018 13:11

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

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

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

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: Nov 5, 2010

oh! pro fuckin tip right here :siren:

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: Nov 5, 2010

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 :negative:

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: Nov 5, 2010

500 wood for rockets? now you have me thinking about these trades being worth something

# ¿ Apr 4, 2018 00:40

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

Patch 3.4 coming soon https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/news/v3-4-content-update
Includes return of 'splode mode and vending machines!

Each Vending Machine will randomly select a rarity. All items sold will match that rarity.
-Items found in a Common (white) version will cost 100 materials.
-Items found in a Uncommon (green) version will cost 200 materials.
-Items found in a Rare (blue) version will cost 300 materials.
-Items found in a Epic (purple) version will cost 400 materials.
-Items found in a Legendary (gold) version will cost 500 materials.
Each Vending Machine will sell three items, one for each material type (Wood, Stone, Metal).
- It will cycle through each of the three items on a short timer. To switch items faster, hit the Vending Machine with your Pickaxe.
There is no purchase limit to the items available.

# ¿ Apr 4, 2018 13:05

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

Splode Mode owns bones. gently caress yes guided missile squads

# ¿ Apr 4, 2018 23:05

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

Electrical Fire posted:

I think I read that it was Morse code pointing to some kind of upcoming event.

its somewhere between morse code for the meteor blasting tilted towers to hell and "its a known bug"

# ¿ Apr 5, 2018 02:31

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

the comet is a whole thing with loads of conspiracies

# ¿ Apr 5, 2018 02:42

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

AAB posted:

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

added this to the OP for everyone

# ¿ Apr 5, 2018 16:03

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

StabMasterArson posted:

I wish they'd add some kind of non-building mode for BR. PUBG kinda sucks now and the ability to give yourself full cover in less than a second in Fortnite is a major turn off for me

SettingSun posted:

I think the building is a lot of fun but people who are capable of erecting a fortress in two seconds flat after I ding them at range annoy me. Especially when building a simple pillbox is annoying and finicky for me.

you really get used to it and better at building and figuring out when to engage on buildings. most people will carry some kind of explosive thing just to ruin buildings or hoard materials to have a build-off against the next person

# ¿ Apr 5, 2018 16:05

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

I genuinely have been surprising myself recently with how quickly I can throw up a 3 floor, 2 wide, fully surrounded structures if I have the materials. This coming after about 50 hrs of consistent play. My new poo poo is getting good at edits on the fly and window sniping or making "missile silos" in splode mode

I'm probably really annoying to play against when I'm trying to win lol

# ¿ Apr 5, 2018 20:20

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

I am so excited to shoot the gently caress out of this new edgelord skin

epic is printing money here

# ¿ Apr 6, 2018 02:33

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

I'm gonna shoot the heck out of these edge lords tonite and build a lot of poorly thought out buildings

# ¿ Apr 6, 2018 14:47

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

Johnny Truant posted:

why am I hearing a creepy little goblin laugh, somewhat randomly?

Also, vending machines

There is a gnome nearby for one of this week's battle pass challenges

# ¿ Apr 7, 2018 14:28

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

Looking forward to all the changes that Epic will make to S4. Need to actually find the new datamined skins tho before buying anything in the store. :negative:

Towers getting nuked is gonna be a welcome change

# ¿ Apr 8, 2018 17:11

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

MF_James posted:

Are the servers down? Keep getting login failures and sat in a queue for 5+ minutes
Seems like maybe login server issue, can't get into the website either.
*edit*
Also, their too many login attempts message is real good: "Sorry, you are visiting our service too frequent, please try again later."

yeah, their login servers were getting hosed by a russian botnet using a dictionary/mailing list to try logging in to all the accounts. another good reminder to enable 2fa. should be resolved now though

# ¿ Apr 8, 2018 22:36

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

some of the best spots are unnamed locations too. there are a lot of hills that will spawn with 2-3 chests that people just don't think about going to.

# ¿ Apr 9, 2018 15:00

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

those are mostly floor loot spots and very very rarely chests

# ¿ Apr 9, 2018 15:13

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

since not many people realize this, :siren:

there is an autorun hotkey that you can manage poo poo while still running. by default it is set to the =/+ key, but can be remapped elsewhere. it will auto walk/crouch walk/crouch run/run your char whenever

# ¿ Apr 9, 2018 15:42

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

DreamShipWrecked posted:

Is the Serious Overchill link in OP still supposed to valid?

~~oh gently caress is it borked? lemme get a new one then~~

should be fixed

AAB fucked around with this message at 03:27 on Apr 10, 2018

# ¿ Apr 10, 2018 03:23

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

get ready for the port a fart

https://twitter.com/FortniteGame/status/983721306662162432

grover haus in a box

# ¿ Apr 10, 2018 16:13

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

Jim Silly-Balls posted:

The only portable fort I want is a switch port of fortnite.

# ¿ Apr 10, 2018 16:19

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

its gonna be fun to throw at teammates

# ¿ Apr 10, 2018 16:24

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

Zam Wesell posted:

New patch is dope! Fixes a lot of poo poo I was annoyed with (including double pumps).

https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/news/v3-5-patch-notes

holy poo poo these are some good rear end patch notes

- spectating now follows the guided rocket
- new 50v50 changes own
- big vending machine updates
- more good poo poo

# ¿ Apr 11, 2018 14:03

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

the Port-A-Fort is a purple rarity item, I don't think it's limited to just chests or supply drops, but it's certainly not that grey revolver you end up with 3 of every round

# ¿ Apr 11, 2018 22:13

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

"local man robs military base of RPG, attempts to ride the rocket and instead resorts to punching a nearby vending machine while jamming sticks in the coin return slot"

# ¿ Apr 12, 2018 15:44

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/984395794311733248

lmao

also "more than 45 million players" hachi machi

# ¿ Apr 12, 2018 18:56

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

i hope the delay of fortnite going to switch is for them porting STW over to it also. i'd play the gently caress out of it that way.

# ¿ Apr 13, 2018 04:21

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

also port a fart is the new meme bomb, even more than boogie or impulse. pulling eject and throwing people into a huge tower is good, and also helpful.

# ¿ Apr 13, 2018 04:22

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

You can always build a wall through or in front of each ramp section to reinforce it. Generally that's the best thing to do if you're also just building a ramp.

# ¿ Apr 14, 2018 04:31

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

Grenade launcher is a gun you figure out way late and then it clicks and the launcher and every grenade become extremely accessible and dangerous

# ¿ Apr 16, 2018 15:32

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

if some theories are to be believed, today is the last day of tilted towers

# ¿ Apr 18, 2018 22:29

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

can you stick the sticky nades to teammates?

# ¿ Apr 25, 2018 12:35

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 13:29

AAB: Nov 5, 2010

tote up a bags posted:

Port-a-forts can probably go away soon, they are kinda cool but they give such a huge advantage I am not a big fan

the answer here lies somewhere between "just build lol" and "use the door at the bottom"

AAB fucked around with this message at 12:51 on Apr 25, 2018

# ¿ Apr 25, 2018 12:36

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