Fortnite

Waiting on a new patch at this stage. I love the game, but I'm stuck at difficulty spike I can't get past at the moment. And by spike I mean, towering mountain-like edifice of difficulty at the tail end of one of the more difficult progression missions.

I can't imagine they won't be smoothing that over a bit, so I'm very keen to get back into it once they do.

My wife and I play together and we hit a small and in hindsight appreciated difficulty spike moving from BEGINNING ENVIRONMENT to SECOND ENVIRONMENT. As in, we got our butts handed to us in a hot minute.

Later we joined someone else in a higher-difficulty mission and saw some of the adjustments they made to a couple of creatures. There's one I absolutely adore. Wish I could talk more.

They still call it "alpha" but it's really pretty well-tuned functionally.

I signed up for the alpha way back - The last email I got from them was in December 2015. I actually thought they were dead.

Razgon wrote:

I signed up for the alpha way back - The last email I got from them was in December 2015. I actually thought they were dead.

Yeah. I signed up ages and ages ago. If it wasn't for Giantbomb's occasional joke about this maybe not being an actual game I would have completely forgotten it exists.

It's still going and there's been a lot of progress since I got in around a year ago, but they've been playing their cards pretty close to their chest. Strict NDAs and all that. That said, I expect progress to be slow for a bit, since they've decided to focus on Paragon, but whatever the case, my impression has always been that this'll be done "When It's Done".

muraii wrote:

My wife and I play together and we hit a small and in hindsight appreciated difficulty spike moving from BEGINNING ENVIRONMENT to SECOND ENVIRONMENT. As in, we got our butts handed to us in a hot minute.

My problem is moving from SECOND ENVIRONMENT to THIRD ENVIRONMENT. I get the impression that all such transitions are meant to be on the intense side, but this particular one is bordering on ridiculous currently.

You should give that feedback to the devs if you haven't already.

Oh I have, and a lot of other people have too, it's a recognised problem amongst the alpha players certainly!

Redwing wrote:

Oh I have, and a lot of other people have too, it's a recognised problem amongst the alpha players certainly!

At this moment, without really talking more about it, I don't think it's even possible to do later missions in the game without a strong group of 4. So they need to work on it for sure. My group made it towards the end of area 3 and holy lord do the 'main' area upgrades just get insane.

The game is amazing though, the fact it's taking them so long to get it out is bumming me out.

Shy of sleeping this two-hour period from 2-4 EST may be the longest my household has been off Fortnite in weeks. Leave it to server maintenance to harsh our buzz.

If anyone's playing and wants help with anything let me know.

If you got the email, or have checked the Fortnite forums, maybe you see that this is the time to renew your interest! We've played with almost all the regulars; would be nice to see some GWJers representin'.

I'm probably going to jump back in with the new update. It's been a while.

We will playing together!

Ooh nice, a new update on the way! That's what I was waiting for, and it looks like this'll be the overhaul sort of update that makes everything all shiny and new.

How do you get in the alpha?

Balthezor wrote:

How do you get in the alpha?

At this point it's invites. I gave all mine out but if I get one I'm happy to share. VERY HAPPY. If it weren't for the NDA I'd be a blathering evangelist for this game. Someone else in this thread might have a spare, or--last ditch--my buddy has a couple left, I think.

Redwing wrote:

Ooh nice, a new update on the way! That's what I was waiting for, and it looks like this'll be the overhaul sort of update that makes everything all shiny and new.

Agreed. It's a great experience, seeing changes along the way. I hear Paragon's getting some large changes, too, per that game's thread. Haven't made it into that alpha/beta yet, though.

Balthezor wrote:

How do you get in the alpha?

I have 4 invites. PM me your email.

I would totally have jumped in with you except I caught a cold and sore throat this weekend and don't want to talk. Still psyched that updates are coming along! Except I really liked the [redacted] that are getting replaced with skill [redacted], sad. Can understand why they made a change, there were questions about how [redacted] worked coming up over and over in global chat.

Mermaidpirate wrote:

I would totally have jumped in with you except I caught a cold and sore throat this weekend and don't want to talk. Still psyched that updates are coming along! Except I really liked the [redacted] that are getting replaced with skill [redacted], sad. Can understand why they made a change, there were questions about how [redacted] worked coming up over and over in global chat.

Same. Great work done on them only to be changed. Maybe they'll make a comeback at some point.

The old is wiped off the table!

The new update is here!

One of the daily quests is called Hold the Door. XD (shown on the public livestream)

Need to download it today. My wife updated yesterday and played for a while. The changes are significant and at least in her case a little disorienting.

I'll mess around just to see what's updated, but I think at this point I'm just waiting for the point where a wipe won't happen anymore.

This is not an uncommon sentiment.

Anyone have spare invites left?

Still no invites unfortunately. I'm hopeful we'll get some more soon.

For anyone playing, if you have any performance issues, definitely check the forums. I know of a few fixes (and the one that worked for me) for different situations. At least I can point you to where I heard about stuff.

Keep fighting the Storm!

Dakhath wrote:

Anyone have spare invites left?

I've still got some invites left can definitely spare one. PM me your email address and I'll send one your way.

Without getting into NDA territory, and also without raising anyone's hopes for invites/keys (I have none), I have to say the game has really warmed up for me in the last couple of weeks. Roughly halfway through the quasi-narrative progression and I'm finally in the sweet spot. Maybe my main hero is slightly overpowered for my location/progression state but I've been regularly playing with more-powerful people and feeling underpowered. I think I'm easing into a good spot.

For now.

New features tomorrow afternoon EDT. Looks like some really neat stuff. Get in there! Would like if it came with some invites, too.

Anyone who's been in the Fortnite alpha since at least 6/15/16 should have two invites to share. Thanks to some kind folk, I actually have three. If you're interested, send me a coded message that also includes a guileful promise of money or entertainment of some kind.

Or just a regular PM sheesh fine.