In arena the most points you get come from final placement (top 1, 5, 10, etc.) so people are more prone to turtling, hiding, and generally avoiding fights if you don't need to. Normal solo mode is a lot more agressive.
Thing I hate about random the most is the start of a match.
Exactly, i wanna be able to land and actually get some loot before having to rush around trying to survive instead of some mad dash to find somewhere that others haven't already landed at.
Hate that. What's worse is these randoms wanting to hot drop or drop in a busy place like Salty or PP. Like y'all not gonna get washed right away. 🤦♂️
It is the typically cycle expected in any competitive video game: those who enjoy it keep playing while those who lose out on the upkeep slowly fall behind and forget it. It is why Chapter 2 was such a big push in getting people back who may have lost that interest earlier in the game's life. Though problem is those who are't playing consistently just get into a loop of "oh yeah this is fun" to "okay I'm completely done with this" and that switch off can get quicker and quicker.
Yeah true, I guess its just the first time it happens to a game I really like since Halo 3. Its also what Shugga says though:
They have conditioned players to expect new things every week, now they have not only extended this season beyond whats reasonable but also stopped developing the season. It's almost like they switched the entire team to a new game.
How can you possibly think this map is more flat than the old one? Lol
Yeah I still don't like the look either. Even though I'm on PC and was able to correct it somewhat through adjusting the gamma within a config file, compared to the first chapter it still looks like a knock-off to me.
Perhaps, but at the same time I'm hopeful this means the folks working on the game are actually getting time to live their lives. I don't know how bad the crunch is for Fortnite's development, but given the frequency of updates and the sheer scale of the game, I'd wager it's not easy being on the dev team.
The crunch is horrendous. Like 60 hours a week, no one wants to ask for time off bad. There was a whole expose into it by Kotaku (?) from memory and it was fucking disgusting.
You get at least 50 each day for doing a daily challenge, at least 150 after every 7 days of logging in, 100+ for each storm shield defense you do, and there's a chance to earn vBucks from specific mission alerts that change every 24 hours. Those can range from 25-40 per mission depending on which zone the mission is located in. Now, you aren't guaranteed to get one of those each day, but they are fairly common and you often get multiple vBucks missions.
I agree 100% on both counts. The old map had areas on the map that went very high vertically, and often without sloping much at all. Like Polar Peak, that was a straight drop down and the game was always crazy when the final circle went there. There were also those vertical areas near Snobby Shores like the Viking area and the villain's lair, those were super high areas. The jungle's volcano and the desert's mesas provided height. The new map is larger and more stretched out horizontally, and with 40% of the game being bots it makes it feel safe to walk around, it kills the tension. The old map was smaller and more scrunched up, with mountains everywhere for people to snipe at you or to use a launchpad on to land on you. It felt perpetually dangerous, it kept you on edge.
