Dead Prince
Banned
first person is terrible. at least when i tried. it just doesn't feel fine. not even minecraft level fun.
TP is better lol.
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Fortnite |OT| Earliest Access VS Husks
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first person is terrible. at least when i tried. it just doesn't feel fine. not even minecraft level fun.
TP is better lol.
MosquitoSmasher
Member
Do you unlock new outfits for your characters and new abilities too? Like how the construction guy has that dash attack, that chick has the grenade and so on. But do we get more?
MrCaliaztec
Member
It's like the second skill you learn on skill tree and when open the Manila envelope reward after completing it explains to you what it does. Don't be so quick to X out of thing they explain that super early.
MosquitoSmasher
Member
Maybe a stupid question but I'm out of ammo and I can't create any either. How do I just travel to a place with some cars that I can destroy and then get back to my quest?
Alright, thank you for your sacrifice. No need to try it out.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Go to map. Find a non-forest location. It'll say something like industrial park, ubran, city, etc..
But, in forest areas you will find metal nodes and occasionally areas you can farm metal in. But for nuts and bolts your best best is populated areas.
After finishing the first area, you get access to the second one. It seems you get 2 new abilities, different for different classes, on top of the generic ones (heal, airstrike).
I have not seen newoutfits, but seems theres a lot of different heroes, and special version of existing heroes. Also some heroes change (become more cool) when they evolve stars.
So a lot in the look variety, but is not free has you would want it to be.
Conkerkid11
Member
Wow, good thing I've been saving my points for so long before unlocking the tier 2 tree. This tree is crazy good.
Edit: Was saving weapon XP as well. Now my sniper rifle's level 20 with 713.8 DPS.
Edit: Was saving weapon XP as well. Now my sniper rifle's level 20 with 713.8 DPS.
Dead Prince
Banned
i mean you can try. it just doesn't feel as good compared to third person when youre harvesting or in battle.
I was excited to they first person but its not good. Its just a floating camera. You don't see your hands or weapons. No first person animations at all. Third person is the way to go.
What class is everyone using? I have really only been sticking with the Legendary Soldier I got from a llama I smashed on the preorder bonuses. Is there any reason to switch around early on?
It seems that the unlocks are global and you can spend experience and level up any character without having to play them?
It seems that the unlocks are global and you can spend experience and level up any character without having to play them?
Anyone else playing on XB1s? Is the game laggy for you?
I'm getting terrible lag, even in the menus it's sluggish and laggy. In-game there's always some sort of lag randomly for short periods of time. It's a little annoying.
Haven't played since maintainence so hopefully it's better today.
I'm getting terrible lag, even in the menus it's sluggish and laggy. In-game there's always some sort of lag randomly for short periods of time. It's a little annoying.
Haven't played since maintainence so hopefully it's better today.
Dead Prince
Banned
i went with the ninja that has the ninja kick and smoke bomb. i had the other ninja with the shuriken. i ain't no genji lol. that and the double jump helps reaching high places without having to build stairs.
Double Jump huh, not having to build stairs would be pretty sweet. I am almost to the Soldier's next unlock. Might give the ninja a try though.
Thats the blue one you posted earlier right?
MosquitoSmasher
Member
And when I'm done there I can just exit the place and keep those resources?
Hmmm I see. Because just now I unlocked the Ninja character but it's a female here and I also saw a male version somewhere I believe.
Dead Prince
Banned
yep. i forgot when and how i got her but she's my go to.
yeah. don't have to really build stairs at the base as well. just double jump up. lol
but a double jump uses 50 energy. (may have a skill later that decrease the amount of energy?)
Nialrot
Member
Enjoyable grind fest.
You can spend hours playing or if your short on time you can pop on for a single mission for like 15-20 mins.
Tons of loot and serious upgrade potential via multiple skill trees.
Good times, especially with competent teammates.
Conkerkid11
Member
There's a shit ton of content.
Dead Prince
Banned
the only thing i don't know is what their walk path is. i scout the area where they will spawn but these things just go whatever way they want sometimes. the best thing to do is go down and distract them. they will follow you. give your teammates time to kill them. some of the later zombies can be ruthless.
if you stand there and don't realize what's going on lol.
also i'm almost there to unlocking skill tree #2. i might just finish off the skills before i go for #2.
also found a sniper rifle that deals fire damage over time. i like the little aesthetic because the dmg number that pops up is also on fire. and increase in size if you get a crit hit lol.
if you stand there and don't realize what's going on lol.
also i'm almost there to unlocking skill tree #2. i might just finish off the skills before i go for #2.
also found a sniper rifle that deals fire damage over time. i like the little aesthetic because the dmg number that pops up is also on fire. and increase in size if you get a crit hit lol.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Redshirt
Banned
No problems here.
Have a flamming pistol that does this, are there any other elements?
It gets that ability at lvl 18.
I'm just into the second tier area. Glad the difficulty is finally ramping up. I only have a few issues with the game.
The general lack of transparency is kind of aggravating. Like I don't really know how the AI operates, which is usually very important to a wave defense kind of game.
The way you progress everything is also a bit weird. They give you access to Transform early on, but it seems like it can only get you green items until you upgrade it, which is somewhere far deeper into the skill tree.
I'm unclear on if the collection book is taking weapons, or weapon schematic at first glance.
What exactly affects my power level, and how does that affect my ability to kill enemies or varying power levels.
What the hell do I do with the like 5 stacks each of the green resources I have?
Not to mention just the general annoyance at how the menus are navigated.
Base defenses are boring overall. The fact that traps only affect one tile is pretty lame. You just end up building low walls to slow them down while you shoot them. I want some insane Deception/OMD! style trap setups.
Weird terrain blocks you from building better looking structures sometimes. Wish you could terraform to some degree in these instances.
Leveled up snipers and pistols not one shotting normal zombies with headshots is aggravating. It makes them very inefficient.
Skill cooldowns are awfully long. Only getting one airstrike per defense is pretty lame. The supply drop is incredibly underwhelming. 5 minutes for 90 wood, brick and metal? What a waste.
The general lack of transparency is kind of aggravating. Like I don't really know how the AI operates, which is usually very important to a wave defense kind of game.
The way you progress everything is also a bit weird. They give you access to Transform early on, but it seems like it can only get you green items until you upgrade it, which is somewhere far deeper into the skill tree.
I'm unclear on if the collection book is taking weapons, or weapon schematic at first glance.
What exactly affects my power level, and how does that affect my ability to kill enemies or varying power levels.
What the hell do I do with the like 5 stacks each of the green resources I have?
Not to mention just the general annoyance at how the menus are navigated.
Base defenses are boring overall. The fact that traps only affect one tile is pretty lame. You just end up building low walls to slow them down while you shoot them. I want some insane Deception/OMD! style trap setups.
Weird terrain blocks you from building better looking structures sometimes. Wish you could terraform to some degree in these instances.
Leveled up snipers and pistols not one shotting normal zombies with headshots is aggravating. It makes them very inefficient.
Skill cooldowns are awfully long. Only getting one airstrike per defense is pretty lame. The supply drop is incredibly underwhelming. 5 minutes for 90 wood, brick and metal? What a waste.
MrCaliaztec
Member
Yeah. Yeah. Like I said, I was rushing to get those friend codes, so suck it!
Hey man when 98% of the population poofs away in an instant you don't have time to suck it! Nut up, Bolt up, and read those tooltips ;p
Dead Prince
Banned
Outlander class is Tracer from OW. they got the blink ability.
BattleMonkey
Member
Does base building really matter eventually? Cause outside of your personal base defense missions, the regular missions all seem stupid easy and the husks almost never do any damage or even reach the base
Reckless Onion
Member
Dead Prince
Banned
early game you don't really need to go all fancy. most of the time they don't make it to base.
It gets harder.
Conkerkid11
Member
Wow, been helping randoms defend their own bases, and some people have some really elaborate designs.
Unfortunately I fell in between four walls with no door on the one I'm currently on, and the host hasn't noticed me yet.
Unfortunately I fell in between four walls with no door on the one I'm currently on, and the host hasn't noticed me yet.
keltickennedy
Member
That sucks...But it's also kind of funny.
Reckless Onion
Member
Reading trough the AMA on reddit, some exciting stuff.
https://www.reddit.com/r/FORTnITE/comments/6p802m/fortnite_dev_ama_at_1200_pm_et/
https://www.reddit.com/r/FORTnITE/comments/6p802m/fortnite_dev_ama_at_1200_pm_et/
Conkerkid11
Member
Host noticed on the 5th wave, jumped down, and built me a door.
Dead Prince
Banned
just the schematic for the weapon gets leveled up to make it stronger and better when you craft. i don't think they even give you an option to upgrade for stuff you don't own a plan for.
Ah, fair enough. Thanks!
bender
What time is it?
Played a bunch over the weekend. They really need to work on the tutorial in the game as it lasts far too long and still doesn't do the best job explaining all of the systems in the game. The lack of difficulty in the game early on (I'm power level 13) is also an issue. Beyond putting up a set of walls, there is little reason to build defenses at your home base or around other mission objectives as the herds of zombies aren't big enough or challenging enough to warrant wasting your resources. I'm sure it gets more difficult later on in the game but it really needs to up the challenge earlier to keep player engaged and show them the benefits of a well built fort. I also think the control scheme on controllers could use some work not to mention the UI. Other random thoughts and I could be missing something:
-Backpack limit and tiny on-base storage limit is annoying.
-Wish there was an easier way to tear down something at your home base. Not getting any of the crafting resources back is also bothersome.
-Wish you could repair weapons even if it were just for the ones you own schematics for. Seems like your best bet is to recycle the item before it breaks to get materials back to re-craft it.
-Why do I have to be in a mission or at my home base to manage my inventory?
-Backpack limit and tiny on-base storage limit is annoying.
-Wish there was an easier way to tear down something at your home base. Not getting any of the crafting resources back is also bothersome.
-Wish you could repair weapons even if it were just for the ones you own schematics for. Seems like your best bet is to recycle the item before it breaks to get materials back to re-craft it.
-Why do I have to be in a mission or at my home base to manage my inventory?
Beyond agreeing with those wishes, here's one thing that can help with tearing things down that you construct. If you enter edit mode and change it to anything else, it reset the health to zero and it rebuilds. This makes it a little faster to break down (as you will damage faster than the build speed).
Note you can't do this that has a trap as it locks the structure.
Bolded is probably my biggest beef as well. I feel like I keep finding mechanics to this game that just arent explained at all. Which is fine to a degree, Im a pretty savvy person who can come on here and ask questions. But the majority of users wont have the patience to seek that information out. They need to revamp the tutorial to incorporate another layer of complexity from the game.
Im really enjoying the game as it stands, but Im pretty busy and my gaming time is precious, so Is a bit frustrating that I need to spend so much time outside of the experience to find things out.
bender
What time is it?
Thank you for the de-construction tip but I think that's a mechanic that needs to be added. You also can't seem to move traps once you've placed them so if you want to do reconstruction, you have basically wasted that resource. Base building is my favorite mechanic so far but boy does it come with it's own share of frustrations that seem to be little more than needless time wasters and not something you can pay-to-fix.
Crating sub-components for weapon crafting was the most confusing part to me. Take "Blasting Powder" as an example. It has two sub-components. I had plenty of one resource but not the other. As far as I can tell, it only give you an icon of what that item is and not the actually name. Turns out the little black square was coal but it was a mystery until I randomly looted that material. If you have a material in your inventory, it also tells you were it can commonly be looted. You can file this under the "I might be missing something" category but an encyclopedia of materials would be nice.
What materials are you missing? A habit I fell into early own was that I'd just use my pickax for gathering. You want to loot (hold square on PS4) as much as you can to gather crafting materials.
Crating sub-components for weapon crafting was the most confusing part to me. Take "Blasting Powder" as an example. It has two sub-components. I had plenty of one resource but not the other. As far as I can tell, it only give you an icon of what that item is and not the actually name. Turns out the little black square was coal but it was a mystery until I randomly looted that material. If you have a material in your inventory, it also tells you were it can commonly be looted. You can file this under the "I might be missing something" category but an encyclopedia of materials would be nice.
What materials are you missing? A habit I fell into early own was that I'd just use my pickax for gathering. You want to loot (hold square on PS4) as much as you can to gather crafting materials.
