Fortnite

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OK, gave in and bought. "deftly" in the Epic launcher thing.

deftly wrote:

OK, gave in and bought. "deftly" in the Epic launcher thing.

Hooray, I did the same thing. "CptDomano" is my name on there.

Hooray! I am friending all the friends.

You guys are going to make me double-dip on this, aren't you?

/desperately tries to tell himself that he can wait until the PC version goes F2P

I'm not saying anything.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Get it.

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I didn't put this together on my own because I'm not MLG though, really, I should've. The "daily loot pinatas" you see? Here's a little context.

Every day at 20:30 20:00 Eastern Time the options for loot pinatas (more commonly called "loot llamas") spins. In almost all cases, there are two options: an upgrade llama for 100 V-bucks (in-game currency); and a daily llama, which will range from 300 V-bucks to 1,500 V-bucks. They frequently are themed, e.g., ranged weapons, traps, etc. There are occasionally high-end ones for the 1,000-1,500 V-bucks, and that's where you're most likely to get the higher-quality schematics and survivors.

So, the "daily loot pinatas" in the various Fortnite Packs are the ones that start at 300 V-bucks normally. Meaning, there are a couple of strategies to consider: use them as soon as you get them to bulk up in the early game on better gear; or let them build up and only spend them on the very special loot llamas, saving yourself 1,000-1,500 V-bucks. (This currency is earnable in-game or can be bought, so fret not. I didn't buy any but know several people who did.) I'm not sure of this anymore.

Given the NDA lifts tomorrow I'm hoping this is taken in the proper spirit. I just wanted folks hyped to get in don't kick themselves in a week because they didn't know.

muraii wrote:

Given the NDA lifts tomorrow

NDA lifted today. Carry on.

Also with just a few posts this is already a very helpful list.

https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/f...

Redwing wrote:

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I am with ya, buddy.

I'm in.. GameGuru on the Epic launcher.. ahh yet another game launcher!!

install is now available for non-alpha on PC. think it's just a pre-load, but not sure yet.

A pretty good and concise video that describes the various aspects of the game:

Nice.

So, personal preference, I like to go through the tutorial-ish early stuff at my own pace. After you finish the intro mission, you can open the main menu, and to the left of all the menu options is actually a big panel that's your party finder. You can change it from "public" to "friends" or "private", and you won't end up with random people running around progressing the subsequent missions while you're still figuring out what's going on.

Also, if you've bought an edition with the hero pack, once you finish the first mission or two, you'll be able to select your ninja or outlander, even though they don't normally unlock until a bit later.

Prepare yourselves for a 2.5GB patch. Not sure yet what's in it.

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Anyone tried it solo/single player?

Asking for a friend.

Spoiler:

just kidding. I don't have any friends

I've run parts of it solo. It's very amenable to soloing then partying then soloing, etc., as you prefer.

doubtingthomas396 wrote:

Anyone tried it solo/single player?

Asking for a friend.

Spoiler:

just kidding. I don't have any friends

I got this on PC, and I tend to play most games solo. I'll share some impressions once I've been able to put some time in.

(Although also looking for multiplayer, so friend me up. I'm also ClockworkHouse on Epic.)

TheGameguru wrote:

I'm in.. GameGuru on the Epic launcher.. ahh yet another game launcher!!

At least it's not Steam!

The game, probably due to stressed servers, is super laggy in every aspect. Navigating the main UI, spending skill or research points, chatting even. No news yet if they're going to take 'em back down or anything.

Probably going to get worse, since they just opened up to the non-alpha pre-orders.
So, on the other hand, maybe it's good I can't play this weekend. Maybe they'll iron out some details.

Anyone picking it up on ps4?

muraii wrote:

The game, probably due to stressed servers, is super laggy in every aspect. Navigating the main UI, spending skill or research points, chatting even. No news yet if they're going to take 'em back down or anything.

Is that from today or did you see that last night? Because personally I had zero issues with it last night before the restarted the server. Went to bed when they did that.

I played the alpha mostly solo and it works fine in that aspect, it's better now because you have npc defenders you can put down(once you unlock that ability).

The only times it was ever like a major problem for me is when you're doing some of the base defense later. That can get a little crazy.

b12n11w00t on epic just the same as everywhere because let's be honest no one is going to take that stupid name.

b12n11w00t wrote:
muraii wrote:

The game, probably due to stressed servers, is super laggy in every aspect. Navigating the main UI, spending skill or research points, chatting even. No news yet if they're going to take 'em back down or anything.

Is that from today or did you see that last night? Because personally I had zero issues with it last night before the restarted the server. Went to bed when they did that.

I played the alpha mostly solo and it works fine in that aspect, it's better now because you have npc defenders you can put down(once you unlock that ability).

The only times it was ever like a major problem for me is when you're doing some of the base defense later. That can get a little crazy.

b12n11w00t on epic just the same as everywhere because let's be honest no one is going to take that stupid name.

I was seeing that this morning. It's already improving in the last half-hour, though. I'm farting around building poorly in my Outpost without any lag or goofiness so far. Haven't done any combat this morning, though.

IUMogg wrote:

Anyone picking it up on ps4?

I'm going to so my PC is available to my sons if they wanna do PC games. I'll definitely add you so we can fight all the things!

I'm karmajay on the epic launcher. I'll definitely be playing some tonight if the servers let me

I wonder if, since I will be playing the in the barren wasteland of Xbox (at first, at least), there will be similar server issues. Could be a bit of a silver lining.

I'm in as jakeleg on PC. Friend me up!

I also have this. Painthappens ingame on PC.

Friend requests sent!