Fortnite - Epic Games - Team Survival/Strategy/Crafting/Combat

faille said:

So after a shit tonne of matches trying to gimp the trap elimination, I actually managed to achieve it legitly. got in a firefight with someone ran around a corner and set it up and he ran after me right into the trap.

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I see & get trap eliminations fairly frequently. Just need to land in Tilted usually.

Day before the update I was doing Squads and we went Dusty, my squad all die except me. I take out a 4 person squad by myself by putting a trap in a main hallway and baiting with footsteps. The first 2 kills were easy but the last 2 dudes started beating down the ceiling (trap was on ceiling) so I ran outside and killed them before they got me lol.

This was a highlight for the week for me as I can barely win the 1v1 atm. I really need to stop running towards people with shotguns lol.

Edit: (granted none were trap kills, but lol)
Kill 1: died earlier before my team dies
Kill 2: Kill 3 & 4:

TJT said:

Shotgun damage is absolutely bonkers in this game. With 50 shield and full health I still get one shot by shotguns quite often.

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Blue Pump can 1-shot anyone even with 100/100. And yes, as a noob, I agree it should be nerfed. As well as double-pumping.

I literally about punched my computer monitor last night as I get 1-pumped when I had 100 health/shield and I KNEW the dude was sneaking in my house yet as soon as I see him and about to boogey him, I'm 1 pumped. I should have held my position and waited. Instead I was sneaking down a hall like an idiot and he sees me a quarter of a second sooner.

The way shotguns are atm, the random 1 pump is just unfun. Even if blue pump caps at 185 at least you get a chance to do SOMETHING (like in above case, I would throw boogey and MAYBE be able to finish him).

Secondly, double-pumping is everywhere and just feels broken, literally 2x shotgun fires in less than 1 second. If you aren't skilled in the tactic then you just rolled by anyone doing it. It's something I'm trying to learn but add that to building and it's a bit overwhelming. Eventually maybe I'll get it all down though. I do think the strategy pushes out other viable options. Like Heavy Shotgun isn't used over the Pump shotgun, which seems wrong. And now you dedicate 2 slots to shotguns, which also seems wrong. And you also have a much higher chance to get 1-shot in fights now, which also feels wrong.

I came to a conclusion last night to basically never try to enter a close quarter battle. My problem has been being fairly aggressive, which seems to mostly end with a pump to the head.


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Also, this was such a close trap kill, if I land 1 SMG hit before he hits it lol :

Brando said:

Blue Pump can only do 200dmg on a head shot which depending on your skill can be pretty easy or not. Pretty sure they nerfed the double pump a couple of updates ago. You can't switch from one pump to the next and fire twice in quick succession like you used to. I think you can still do it with a pump and tactical but the damage output is way lower.

For someone with not great aim I'm finding the boost to SMG's nice and if I can get my hands on a purple LMG I'll pull that out after the initial shot gun exchange as you can just mow down people really quickly.

The jet pack's are pretty cool but I find your a bit of a sitting duck after the initial surprise.

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Double pump is back, everyone's using it.

It's not as strong as before, but it's still good.

And yea, the 200dmg is a headshot of course, but blue pump still gets you there, and headshots aren't that hard in close quarter combat. My example was in a house.. i was actually above him and he still gets the headshot, he was sneaking crouched up stairs and i was in hallway above him.

Building above and shooting down at people usually gurantees headshots too



Edit: For example, here's the first Ninja double-pump I could find. Less than 1 second to fire 2 shots.

Update is out:

v4.3 Patch Notes

A lot of good stuff: map changes (undocumented), shopping carts, mushrooms, performance updates, and 2 LTMs that seem fun.

FortNite last evening was some of the most fun for me, had a nice 6 game streak at 3.0 KD

2nd (6kill)
5th (2kill)
10th (1kill)
2nd (3kill)
3rd (5kill)
4th (1kill)

18 kills / 6 games

Then I took a break came back and had a bunch of duds until I ended with another 2nd place game (3 kills).

I made an 8 video collection of some of the more "interesting" parts of last night.

A few snipes which I only highlight because sniping is so satisfying, but also because I was struggling with the bullet drop/aim and I finally hit more than 1 snipe last night. Longest at 181m.
Clip 2 was a big build battle for 1st where I lost but damn, if i just had better aim (and just never got above him, probably needed to build more)
Clip 6 is an embarrassing random suicide to finish 2nd.
Clip 7 was for the lols, I died soon after to get 3rd
Clip 8 was the final game of the night, I just get outgunned & outplayed

May 29th Video Collection

I didn't use the cart at all, but it has been hilarious watching some of the stuff on streams/clips.

They don't seem too practical, I guess you go slightly faster, and a LOT faster down hills. Also can use rocket launcher to propel forward. So maybe in certain instances they would be useful. idk.

I do think it's another brilliant addition to the game. The fact they are *maybe* useful and definitely not OP just means it should be an item that sticks around. For example: Dropping far away but near a shopping cart may allow a player to loot longer knowing they could out-run the first storm.

I only played Blitz Solos last night. Fun mode. I will probably crank out more tonight. It is helping me in 1v1 build fights and late game. Gathering resources is less of a chore so I can enter build fights faster and since games are shorter I can get to late game faster and work out strats there. I did win 1 game due to the Storm killing last 2.

Mushrooms are kinda crazy. Found a ton on the outskirts. Might mean a lot more players dropping on the edges. Found them around the crater between Pleasant & Snobby, in Moisty, and between GUS & Mansion. In some cases I was able to get 100 shield. (Moisty).

UMG Friday 20K tournament tomorrow's brackets:
UMG Online


Tomorrow's tournament will be done in Blitz Squads Mode


I see Aimbotcalvin from OW in this week duo with Kingrichard
Ninja is with Lupo instead of Kingrichard

I haven't seen Aimbotcalvin in this game yet, but kingrichard has impressed. Should be fun to watch.

This is by far my favorite streamed gaming tournament on twitch to date.

So many funny videos with the new challenges , shopping carts, blitz mode, etc... I like this one, good cinematography lol.

From Reddit: This Week 5 Disco Challenge in a Nutshell

I almost feel bad for streamers:

Looks like Nintendo Switch will get FortNite
Pretty crazy how Epic is the first studio I've seen take full advantage of their popularity and not squander it.

Remember BR mode was a tack-on to the base game.


Every Console, Every mobile device, PC... it's a fucking First Person Shooter game + Minecraft that is being ported onto every single device.

You'd think with the amount of controls/keys required it'd be near impossible to do.

Makes me think the MOBA genre missed the ball not porting to Mobile/Consoles. They only use 4-5 buttons+movements.


I really love what Epic are doing. They are a great studio, have made some great games and a great engine. Very happy they have an uber successful game they can really put all that talent to use on.