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Fortnite: Battle Royale |OT| 100 Players on Epic Battlegrounds
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Maximus P
Member
I know right?
My tactic for success is to stay well covered then ride the storm into the safe circle when there's little time left. It's literally impossible to camp unless you've got very lucky with the circle location, and even then why would you move out?
And traps piss people off, but I probably pick up 50% of my kills with them. Even the ones that make a distinctive sound when near them get kills. People just run into houses without thinking.
This isnt tdm or about K/d ratio. The name of the game is to survive longer than the other 99 players.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Are you getting an error?
Memnoch
Member
Yeah just won a couple and the hearts pounding and shaking like a leaf. Good times!
sleepydeer
Member
I saw two more aimbotters today. I really like the game but I'm out.
There's not much on the Epic launcher that people will have paid money for, and anyone intending to cheat can create an alt for free first. I don't see that cosmetic loot will do much either.
Not sure how they can fix it, by going for popularity at launch they've painted themselves into a corner with the business model. Maybe monetise by offering "premium" server access for a small fee, premium servers not allowing free players (or not until they've played a lot of games without getting reported) and having active admins.
There's not much on the Epic launcher that people will have paid money for, and anyone intending to cheat can create an alt for free first. I don't see that cosmetic loot will do much either.
Not sure how they can fix it, by going for popularity at launch they've painted themselves into a corner with the business model. Maybe monetise by offering "premium" server access for a small fee, premium servers not allowing free players (or not until they've played a lot of games without getting reported) and having active admins.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
PS4 don't have those issues right? Unless I'm wrong on that matters.
jellies_two
Member
Cheaters and viruses are unique to PC.
Merchandise
Member
Nope, console master race!
I actually won a game yesterday, with 0 kills. I just hung back, all the other players killed themselves and the final guy died on the storm haha.
Jest Chillin
Member
It really depends on how they detect and institute the ban I'd think.
Karppuuna
Member
This is 30fps? It feels like 60fps, are we talking about game-changing technology here?
"While working on Battle Royale we identified some issues with input latency in the engine that particularly affected 30Hz games. We were able to make improvements to thread synchronization, reducing latency by around 66ms (the reduction will be around half that in a 60Hz title) to address this problem. These changes make a noticeable improvement to the feel of the game, making it more responsive and easier to aim"
"While working on Battle Royale we identified some issues with input latency in the engine that particularly affected 30Hz games. We were able to make improvements to thread synchronization, reducing latency by around 66ms (the reduction will be around half that in a 60Hz title) to address this problem. These changes make a noticeable improvement to the feel of the game, making it more responsive and easier to aim"
Jest Chillin
Member
Source?
30hz servers, which means the servers only update positions 30 times per second. The game on the consumer end runs at 60
It's the worst when you come across someone with a metal fort and they get lucky with circle placement.
I learned the hard way the storm REALLY increases in strength as the game goes.
"Hey neat a purple SCAR just outside the storm wall"
**ZAPP**
I learned the hard way the storm REALLY increases in strength as the game goes.
"Hey neat a purple SCAR just outside the storm wall"
**ZAPP**
Oohhh was wondering why I had one....is that the "prize"
for now, yes
Retro Edge
Member
No of course not, consoles are hacker free. That's why I would never ever prefer a PC over a console for multiplayer games. That's hacker paradise over there, in every multiplayer game.
Still hope they will do something, they had such a good start, hope it won't ruin the momentum.
On the other hand.... Everyone still plays PUBG and you've almost gets 50 bots every round, doesn't hurt that game it seems.
sleepydeer
Member
They could do a lot better with detection, sure. Even the best anti-cheat software won't be perfect though, and with the way a single cheater can dominate a 100-player round you'd need a really good detection rate to shield the playerbase.
With bans they are stuck though: accounts are free, IP can be changed on most connections by turning the router off for a little while, and the client could be reinstalled or otherwise hacked.
Typically building is done to throw a quick wall up when being shot at, gain access to chests in attics, or build a mini-fort for protection.
Is there not shoulder swapping? Got stuck in a shootout inside a building and realized I couldn't shoulder swap. How do you make a shooter in 2017 without shoulder swapping?
They should probably just remove SMGs. They're terrible. Also, it would be great if there was some indicator as to when people are shielded or have extra health. You could be a lot more tactical if you didn't randomly run into people with double health out of nowhere.
They should probably just remove SMGs. They're terrible. Also, it would be great if there was some indicator as to when people are shielded or have extra health. You could be a lot more tactical if you didn't randomly run into people with double health out of nowhere.
Absolutely loving this on the Xbox, its a bit jank but Im sure it will improve and cant complain since its free but man we had an epic game last night, final circle, 3 of my squad mates left and we had people coming in from every direction....unfortunely we came 2nd but fuck it was legit intense.
Alpha Centauri
Member
To each their own because i love SMGs. I tend to engage in the sweet range where you "might" want to switch to shotgun, but not quite. In those zones, SMG rains supreme. The purple one just shreds down enemies.
Lightning_Roller
Banned
I just got my tenth win. So now I have 10...10 wins!
#Bushwookie4lyfe
#Bushwookie4lyfe
Demoskinos
Member
Great ambush weapons at close range. They'll be dead before they know what happened.
blue_phazon
Member
Is this game 60fps on consoles?
jim2point0
Banned
My fucking luck in this game is just terrible lately. Wait until the end of the bus ride, jump out and land near a single fucking house with a shack next to it.... with 4 other people. I kill 3 but the 4th gets me because I ran out of SMG ammo and we had a pickaxe battle.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
No mixing.
So you called out people on their wins when you yourself did not have a win?
TyMiles2012
Member
Let me know how it runs! My friend wants PUBG but we both know it won't run well on his laptop. It has an i5 and GTX 960M just in case that's what you happen to have. Since it's by Epic, who made UE4, it should be pretty damn well optimized. Plus Battle Royale is free. The price was the biggest barrier.
Well this is more PUBG. I dont have friends that brag about winning this game but if they did I would.
alexbull_uk
Member
Had my first win earlier, playing duos.
Feels incredibly satisfying, but to be fair we had a great setup from pretty early on and just dominated everyone that crossed us.
Feels incredibly satisfying, but to be fair we had a great setup from pretty early on and just dominated everyone that crossed us.
jim2point0
Banned
Was just in the final 3 with a really good metal tower and a purple scoped AR. Game just crashes to desktop....
slosherbomb
Member
I actually really like this game and I thought I was tired of shooters.
Smokey_Run
Member
Won on my third game ever with some friends just a bit ago. Good times.
Ballistics
Member
Remember when a scoped AR was a beast? And a semi automatic sniper rifle was pointless? It was yesterday! 
