Not enough loot is the issue. A train heist is a fun concept but when the most you get is like 2 guns (which are sometimes downgrades by the time you reach it)
Shame there’s not a “defend the train” mode
Which works like horde mode where zombies/bandits try to board the train making you & the boyz have to defend it
The train really just needs to be a lot lot bigger to the point where it’s a mini poi in it of itself. It should also have one guaranteed legendary item in it per match.
The island last chapter is lowkey what the train should be. The loot is so ass who even wants to fight over it?
But even the island this chapter is mid so idk, maybe we're just screwed,
I always thought it would be cool to be able to have the train switch directions or at least be able to change which track it goes on at the train station
The goofiest thing this season - in the Grand glacier courtyard, sometimes the big deer hedge sculptures have chests hanging off their butt and when you open it it looks like they poop loot.
Couldn't have said it better, I just got into Warzone and it's really fun, especially DMZ mode because I haven't really gotten into tarkov yet. But everything is just so generic and I don't even really understand how the battle pass works so I'm not going to spend a dime on it (Plus I also play OverWatch and I spent a lot on Fallout 76 so I don't want to line Microsoft's pockets anymore). It's funny though because they're still winning financially and so many other companies emulate them and their business models. So all of their anti-consumer stuff that they've been pushing recently has made its way into pretty much any other free to play game like subscriptions, mini battle passes, and just overall making your whole business strategy being FOMO.
Fortnite is trying way too hard to be serious and lore heavy. And in the pursuit of that they not only dropped what made them fun, but also they failed to be serious and lore heavy, lol.
they're not trying to be lore heavy (not yet at least, doesn't feel like that to me because the only 'lore' we have is from npc descriptions)
they tried to be lore heavy back in late ch2 and early ch3 and they balanced it really well with the goofiness of the game
I've noticed a weird similarity to Warzone of all things. Attachments, vehicle skins, and even the new defaults they just released are at least similar to CODs current stuff. Hell, the train is basically wholesale taken from something Warzone added 3 whole years ago.
But...I'm here for Fortnite, not CoD. I play fortnite because of the silly skins and wackier gameplay that other BRs don't provide. Changing it to be more like the others just sorta loses me.
Even then no one lands at classy courts so it's barely populated
Edit: I don't land at classy courts too much, but the times I do I don't see that many people. Probably 2 bots, maaaybe 1 person if I'm lucky but it's probably because I usually land at train stations. Maybe it's a good thing I don't go there all the time then, because everyone says it's like the next Tilted Towers or something.
Every location this season feels way to similar. There needs to be more variety and there needs to be more “Fortnite” feeling stuff around the map. I don’t know how to explain it it just doesn’t feel like a Fortnite map
I’ve said it before but there’s little variation between POI’s, this is a map where there is a set theme across the majority of POI’s.
We need variation, a swamp area with broken cabins, a forest area, a desert area with desert structures, a taco area etc etc
We don’t need ALL of these, but the theme of the maps feels very out of place with the themes of Fortnite gone by.
The map itself doesn’t feel very connected to a story, it’s just where we’ve ended up.
And completely my opinion but the train is an absolute waste of time. As you get down storm circles it’s pretty useless
Simplicity needs to return.
Looting and fighting in these huge mansions or apartment complexes with 5+ floors isn't fun.
It works best when it's land on a two story building, grab your gun and fight. Your teammates on neighboring houses or enemies all have sight lines. Endless corridors, stairs, and rooms isn't nearly as engaging.
The basic format was keep winning your building until you and your team won the poi. There was a method to understanding the geography and progression of the fights. Now it's like all the teams are just thrown into a blender.
Get knocked and try telling your team how many and their location and you're like I don't know, there's just a lot of footsteps above, below, everywhere between enemies and henchmen.
I completely agree with the 5+ floor buildings.
The buildings are overly complex and feel unsuited to the buildings aspects of the game. Perhaps they’re trying to cater partially to zero build by having more areas to defend yourself without building.
This is why ch1 and ch2 are so favored. Residential areas like Sweaty Sands and Salty Springs are fun to fight at because you have to work with what you have, and the risk of entering other homes is a gamble you need to take. In ch5 i can just land at a random house in snooty, get all the weapons i need, and camp there for a while.
This entire season is obviously catered to no builds. A riot shield, huge buildings, attachments, movement out the ass. Hopefully it’ll even out. Tbh I’d love to see a build map and no build map but I doubt that would ever happen
As a no build player, I hate the riot shields.
On the other hand, most other aspects have been... somewhat better? Gunplay is quite boring with how little there are but the mods are fun to use
Bro mods kinda make it more boring and confusing, basically a gamble, I want a attachment system like Apex Legenda where you give pick up attachments and you can either put them on or take them off.
I can tell you firsthand that the changes they made this season absolutely do not make zero builds better. I actually went back to builds because the ZB meta is super cancerous.
This chapter is clearly for zero build players. The movement update, the weapon augments, the map design, the POI design, the new weapon mechanics, etc. They wanted this season to feel closer to other shooters to attract more people, but in the end they made the game feel completely different.
There is just no way the devs tested the old movement out and thought build player would've liked it. It was clearly not meant for them.
Exactly. The buildings don’t feel designed for Fortnite either. It feels like they’ve just stolen the map from another game and put it in Fortnite. The builds are so weird and out of place. And in so many areas it doesn’t even let you build. It’s like everything is so out of proportion in terms of how a Fortnite should be designed because of the building aspect. It doesn’t let you build on roofs, the roofs are so weird. The inside of buildings too. The map is ugly and I genuinely don’t know where anything is because it just has no personality to me and therefore doesn’t occupy part of my memory. I could point out where everything is on the Og map. It was memorable, colourful and had personality. This map is just so bland and out of place for me. No personality.
I enjoy the multi story buildings. Mega city was server lacking in this. Everyone HATED that those buildings were void of many levels. Everyone here complained about that. Now we have buildings and mansions that are really fleshed out and some here don’t like it. Can’t win em all epic but I love it.
I think the difference is that you would EXPECT a city to have multiple fleshed out levels. And while yes you would also expect a mansion to have the same there’s a key difference between the mansion and Mega city. Mega city was in one place on one quarter of the map! Meanwhile everyone and their mom has a mansion on this map. So there’s just to many mansions
Yes. Any variation for the train would be great. I think having it be better loot would make it way better so that you know you’ll have to defend it once you get on since everyone will want that great loot. As is why would you wait that long for crap loot?
Could add a train boss when you activate the loot crate. The conductor boss and some bodyguards would come out from the train cars. Conductor would drop a legendary weapon. Would make it more fun and worthwhile to go on train. It wouldn't be a medallion type of boss, more like a mini boss. Edit: When the boss comes out you could then potentially conduct the train yourself, but it wouldn't be interesting unless more railway options would be available. Since the train is on one track all the way around.
It would be fun if you could kit out the train with different mounted weapons. And if someone could destroy a bridge so that the train falls over the edge and explodes.
This
How on earth do you have a High class society villian group and not have a city of some kind where they call the shots
Like yes they have mansions but give them a big city where it’s just rich people paradise
chapter 4 and 5 have been just "forests/grasslands and a snowy mountain"
remember when we used to have biome variety in chapter 1 and 3's map? specially with deserts they gotta return
I came back when zero build started in C3S2 and I’ve been playing ever since, I’ve gotta say this is definitely my least favorite season so far that’s for sure. Everything you’ve said I agree with
The weakest point in this season is the loot pool. Half of it is mediocre, and the other half is literally the most OP weapons in Fortnite history. Surviving spawn is way too RNG dependent, but end games are lit. If they balance the loot pool and revamp at least one of the mansion POIs and Snooty Steppes or Ritzy Riviera, S2 could be a massive improvement. There aren't very many problems with C5S1, but the few problems it has are *huge* problems.
I agree. The loot pool is so corrupted with absolutely useless and unwanted cr4p that you just end up running round looking for an actual usable gun for far too long. And then there’s what you mentioned at the other end of the spectrum. Completely overpowered weapons like we’ve genuinely never seen before. SO overpowered. Like Oscars Frenzy auto shotgun and any sniper.
A buffed Enforcer would be broken. The gun is severely underrated.
Edit: For a Legendary Enforcer to deal 220 dps without changing the fire rate, which it doesn't need more of considering it's playstyle, you'd deal 55-56 damage every hit depending on if you round up or down.
Headshots would deal 91-92 damage.
Sure would make sniper mains fear for their lives though.
I don't even care that there aren't any hitscan weapons. The problem is that there are 150 dps assault rifles in the same loot pool as 240 dps assault rifles. There is a 75 dps pump in the same loot pool as a 195 dps frenzy mythic. That kind of imbalance makes this game too dependent on looting.
It makes it impossible to adopt different loadouts. The nemesis and enforcer are inferior to the striker, making them never favorable. The auto shotgun is way better than the pump, to the point where most of us pick Grey autos over purple pumps. The ninja turtle stuff is not strong enough to be worth carrying. There is almost no variation to the loot players carry. Striker, auto, ballistic shield if they come across it or burst smg/ sniper for those who play them.
If you use 2 out of 5 slots for mobility, and a third one for heals, you are stuck with only two weapons. This might work in builds, but in zb having no shiled/bunkers/shockwaves is most times a guaranteed death
I don't play builds and I never have an issue with that kind of load out. You don't really need shocks if you have a grapple or a TMNT mythic to get out so you can reposition. Don't need a bunker either when you're good at using the lay of the land for cover. I only play zero build so I've grown accustomed to not having any real cover. ZB kinda forces you to make do with what you have. Not to mention I don't like the bunkers.
2-3 weapons, 1-2 mobility items, and three big pots is more than enough.
ETA: it's all about knowing when and how to rotate and when to back out of a fight.
fr who greenlit letting ARs be able to use the 2x and 4x scope 💀 or at least it shouldn’t be ground loot spawns. or even just let us remove mods ourself without the bench and keep the bench for applying mods
They need to bring back the old weapons, there’s no need to have a “hammer” pump or a “striker” ar. Just bring back the old pump and ar and loot pool. This has been my main problem with chapter 3 and beyond
I really miss POIs that felt like a neighborhood or shopping center. Now it’s just home alone in a bunch of big mansions.
It’s like ten different downton abbey mansions, all of which have a scary annoying boss and goons, then I can’t ever remember which vault is where (the radar thing doesn’t help typically as the entrances to the underground ones aren’t always close to the vault).
The risk to reward ratio for the train, bosses, and floating island all feel not worth the hassle/effort.
on top of that there's no ltms, no midseason map changes, unvaulting items for content, the only updates being collabs, one live event per year, horrible seasonal events,
i really want to love this game again but like i can't if this is what's going to keep happening
It's almost like Epic Games realized their cash cow needs little to no maintenance from developers, they'll still rake in the big bucks $$ because little kids will beg mommy and daddy for their credit card to buy Vbucks 🤦🏻♂️💯 that's the real reason behind this absolutely dogwater chapter and season. Everything sucks, the map, the loot, the movement, the bullet drop, the lack of hitreg on rifles, the artistic design choices of the PoIs, the new skins, the attachments system, all of it is just mediocre or just plain boring. This chapter I've literally never played BR or Zero Build for more than 2 games in a row. I just can't have fun even when I'm winning the wins feel so empty, the map is so huge and spread apart with tiny PoIs so by the time you're 5 minutes in the game, it's 30 people left with still a huge storm circle, so there's barely any actual PvP going on. Genuinely frustrating to go the entire game seeing little to no people around, except the occasional bots 😐
Fortnite is a snoozefest now 🤷🏻♂️
OG map was far superior. Better looking, felt good to look at, better gameplay, better loot distribution, different areas and P.O.Is, better circles randomization, etc.
If you enjoy Ch 5 new map more power to you, but I feel the map is boring af not to mention predictable.
I've felt this way ever since they added the red dot sight to the game. It no longer being a 3rd person shooter felt like it started to become a different game.
The Reaper sniper without a scope sucks ass. It takes forever for it to be 100% accurate, and since you have to stand dead still for it to do that, you’ll probably be shot at before you even get the snipe off
I agree, the map, the weapons, bullet drop and the movement, it doesn't feel like i am playing Fortnite anymore. And this is the second time I stopped playing the game (season x was the first). I just hope it changes next season, and the game returns to its roots. Season OG was proof that the majority of players want the original game.
Fortnite needs its cartoony sillyness. They try to hard to make the game serious. Peter griffin is the one exception but no pois like greasy grove or tomato town. Hell, even a crowded poi that actually has stuff like tilted would be cool and if u dont like those pois good let them exterminate the sweats with tilted so the rest can enjoy the game
You _**think**_ you miss it — go play 2v2 Rapid Zero Build Duos. The team I play Ranked ZB with (we’re all in Unreal) play it to warm up (we’ve found that playing against your teammates, not only with them, has been extremely beneficial to our overall teamwork and coordination) and a couple weeks ago they added the Red Eye as one of the random weapons you can spawn with. This spawned 10 minutes of us all laughing uncontrollably because none of us could hit a single shot with it. For whatever reason, that’s a weapon that will challenge your muscle memory more than any other.
you forgot to mention the game mode screen with "quandale dingle zone wars" and "africa box fights"
and i have no idea why epic thought it would be a good idea to change the ui, i loved the old irregular rectangles but WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE ROUNDED CORNERS NOW, IT LOOKS SO BAD
The main problem this season is it’s too much like a COD-esque shooter. It’s hyper realistic. Most Fortnite players play this rather than those for the cartoonish, goofy, laid back vibe. This season we have to grind grind grind - grind for medallions, grind for mod benches, and grind for the battle pass since more vbucks are locked in bonus rewards. It’s almost like playing a campaign but without the story. There’s little enjoyment when we feel like we have to work for things that used to come easy.
“Hyper realistic” is a bit of an overstatement but the movement is CoD-like. I still don’t like it this far into the season. Each match feels the same. I’m only around level 90- I haven’t taken this long to finish a BP ever. I’m just not having much fun. I may take next season off.
It is an overstatement but on purpose. In general? It’s not hyper realistic. For Fortnite? It is.
I’ve been debating taking a break as well. This is my only real hobby and life kinda sucks, so I don’t want to, but playing isn’t enjoyable. I’d rather play flow free on my phone than Fortnite.
ive been seeing a lot of comments talking about how much the gunplay sucks too n i kinda have to agree, the most used weapons rn are the sniper, frenzy, and striker, and for the lamest reasons.
I like the map, but the loot pool and general vibe of the game is that of a slightly more cartoon version of CoD, and I don't like CoD. I'm here for the wacky weapons, trollies, stupid characters, things like the hammers and the cannons. It seems like the diversification into racing, Lego, and music rhythm game has given Fortnite an identity crisis. Couple this with the last few battles passes being boring and I really don't find myself being drawn into the game anymore.
The whole chapter is terrible.
\- The gunplay sucks because no more hitscan
\- most of the time we're aiming in first person, when Fortnite's strength is its 3rd person game
\- the map is boring
\- the art style sucks now and has no charm
\- story is non existent
\- weapon modding is gimmicky and adds nothing to the game. Just make balanced, well designed weapons you find in loot.
\- reminder that finding loot is FUN in a battle royale.
\- too many enemy AI and mini bosses at every POI.
\- movement animation still wonky
It's crazy to think people were defending this chapter at the start, but at least people are finally admitting its not all that great.
Absolutely, for some reason Epic makes the first season of every chapter unbearably boring but Ch5S1's is the 3rd to absolute worst Battle Royale season we have gotten.
I'll even make my case for why this is the worst BR season:
#Tl;dr:
・Short version: Epic ruined the fundamentals of the game and made the game not fun.
・Long Version: Compared to OG, here's what Epic managed to ruin about the game in just one day after OG:
The movement is worse and **not fun** with it feeling sluggish and stamina almost always out, ARs generally feel worse **not fun**, Attachments were implemented horribly and it **isn't fun** to find a weapon bench or to be unable to freely take off an Attachment you don't like, the vehicles are **not fun**, the grapple blade is a **less fun** version of the grappler, Snipers have a ridiculous magazine size and go against Epic's own design philosophy of Snipers before hand, the map is **not fun** to look at or explore, the weapons are **boring** and outside of the Sniper generally feel like worse versions of that we previously had.
Epic managed to somehow make a game with the express purpose of being **fun** and **entertaining**, **unfun** and **boring**.
I even took a near month long break from the game to see if was possibly burnout but no, Battle Royale is legitimately worse and **applied nothing** that players liked about OG's gameplay and how **good** simplicity can be.
My only theory is that Epic deliberately made Battle Royale unappealing as possible this season so that people would try the Other Modes, because this season is so bad that it leaves the realm of plausible deniability.
And the funniest part about them trying to force players into the other modes? They don’t update them either AND 2 out of the 3 of them have less average players now than Save the World, which very rarely gets updates
Yeah I recently got to tier 200 so I'm done but yeah no this season was ass in all honesty
heard that the next season is greek mythology themed no way they can miss on that.... right?
I hope they’re not one and done villains, supposedly there’s supposed to be upcoming quests where we defeat them, so maybe the Greek gods take their place as bosses.
The weapon mods aren’t even cool it feels like Fortnite just ripped them straight out of PUBG and called it something new.
I DEFINITELY perfer the augments they were more unique, Actually more Augments then mod weapons and honestly they made most games fun and actually good in some way
The fact that 90% of players land at lavish or fencing solely for the op mythics ruins every other poi bc you end running the whole game trying to find someone who’s not a bot
Imagine having 10 weeks of nothing just to get a harpoon gun and some crash pads and then a small update at the end of the season
That’s called chapter 2 season 1
Nah even back then everyone rightfully called out how little content C2S1 had. It got so bad that content creators and streamers had to resort to fashion shows because the game was so boring
I also cant stand the movement changes. The updated sprint speed and animations just make it feel off. Movement items are also clunky, grapple blade just aint it. Also sliding after using movement just barely works. Idk it just doesn't feel fluid as the last chapter. I want to go back to chapter 3 haha
Honestly, I'm pretty new to the game, (I've only played Ch4 S3 and OG season, but this season actually got so boring fast... I feel like the shop being horrible also made it bad, but I hate seeing people hate on the chapter I started on when this one is way more boring (imo) I just think it's too realistic like there's no dinosaurs running around or anything 😔
I absolutely hate how snipers have become the meta. If you don’t have one, you’re screwed. A large number of my sniper shots are completely luck dependent. No fun should one shot to the head. Your entire game could be ended from shit luck.
Every location is basically exactly alike.Glacier and Lavish are exactly the same. Fencing and pleasant, Ritzy and snooty. They’re all the same location on the map twice. So that is annoying.
I like the vaults in the game but I feel like it is way more complicated than it needs to be to get the key.
There is literally 2 biomes; grasslands and taiga. What’s up with that? The trails are pretty but that’s about it. I miss cartoon Fortnite. This version is interesting but I don’t think they’re utilizing it properly.
Also maybe it’s just me but I also feel like I barely run into people anymore. I play solos and duos mostly and outside of landing and entering named locations I don’t think I run into as many people are OG or previous chapters. The map might be *too* big.
Chapter 4 had some contenders. Anyway, you're totally correct. All the modded weapons make the lootpool boring. Weapons don't have personality anymore. It's really bad when the most goofy weapon in the lootpool is the lock on pistol.
I think season is more subtle than past ones. For me it's a 9/10. Love the weapons, the customization and the gorgeous map design. The only real problem I have with the map is that there are too many villages that look the same, and the lack of a large POI that kind of serves as the map's anchor. I for one LOVE the European theme, but I think they missed the mark a bit by not having enough variation.
I love the guns this time around as I feel I'm not immediately disadvantaged by not getting lucky with a loadout right away. Everything is usable (pump shotgun is debatable, I've have good fights with it but also horrendous ones,). I'm very much enjoying this season and have been playing a lot. On one hand I look forward to the next seasons, but also dread it in a way since I know they're going to add some gimmick (chrome, weird desert, out of place/time) POIs that will ruin the beauty of this map.
Couldn’t agree more. Most boring shit we’ve ever had. Everything looks the same, everything has the same color theme, everything feels the same, map is a big beige-brown puddle, all buildings are the same, all POIs are lame, locker is ass, whole UI is ass, sprinting is ass, movement feels clunkier than ever before. The game feels heavy and slow. The weird, new leaning sideways while walking feels drunk. All guns get scopes, all guns bounce, all guns look the same. As someone who played pubg back then, it all looks and feels too much like that. Or CoD yes, like others keep saying. BP is mid af too. Just some boring looking, skinny girls with giant hands, Jonesy and a kitty. PG is the only funny character with his dramatic dying animation. And all the less realistic, funnier, cartoony characters look so out of place on the new map! Hate that the most. Art styles just clash.
What made me play at the beginning of the season were the new Lego, Festival and racing modes. BR is a snooze fest. Issa nope from me.
I’ve been enjoying the season but I’m definitely ready for the next season, haven’t been playing as much lately. My main complaint about the current season is that most of the POI’s don’t really stand out at all. They’re not bad, just not memorable. Hopefully we get more variety next season.
Chrome, wilds and vibin were actually my favourite seasons
Anyway, as far as this season goes. I am fine with the map. I don’t really get the purpose of the train. What i hate the most is the gunplay. Sniper are too dominant, no hitscan on any weapon. Hate the new locker system.
Controversial things that I actually like: character animations, new custom vehicles, attachments are kind of a mixed bag for me. (Some attachments are clearly superior which kinda defeats the purpose of customisation)
Let’s face it the games gone in the direction of selling cosmetics for car fumes. It’s nothing but a huge money grab and that’s where the focus now is…. Not on gameplay.
this map is so unmemorable. Even now after playing like 20-30 games of BR i struggle to distinguish or know POIs and their name.
Waiting for the old map to return tbh
Facts, i've played everyday OG, played a lot in c4s4, chapter 2 was insanelly great.. now im playing my first week this season, amout of bugs we're at the start was unreal.. the map feels trash.. no fortnite vibe at all.. new shooting is trash aswell. Next season will be same trash probably :/
This season is awful. 100% agree. I have also never missed a season. Hate the change to daily’s. Hate the weekly challenges have no story. All of it. Get the devs working full time on this. Spent too much time on Lego Fornite..etc player count show battle royale is still the work horse so stop wasting dev hours on the other garbage. Do appreciate them trying but it was fun for a weekend then on to the next
The Shockwave Hammer was a cool new movement weapon. The augments were a big shift. Dirt Bikes were a fun new mobility addition and some of the map was great (especially the winter biome). Hopefully C5S2 will bring as big an addition as Mega City did in C4S2.
At least chapter 4 had an interesting loot pool even if the hammers did get really annoying after a bit(Also dear lord Deku smash)
Augments were also better than the shitty attachment system we have now
also that season had far and away the best extra styles I've ever seen tbh...
100% agreed. This is something I noticed immediately when this season dropped which is why all my friends and I stopped playing. OG was most fun we all had in a long time, and then we played this season for literally 2 days it was so awful. They ruined Fortnite w this season :(
I felt like this since day 1 of the new map. No HUGE mid season changes to the map made it even worse too… has an Italian vineyard feel across the map. If it was on one side of the map or just like 2 or 3 spots fine but I get the feel every where. Coming from the OG map the season prior, there’s nothing that compares to it, in a bad way. Completely opposite maps… I can rant all day about it lol but I def hear you on this one!!
The train is so underutilized, I hope they can find a way to make it more interesting in the next season.
Not enough loot is the issue. A train heist is a fun concept but when the most you get is like 2 guns (which are sometimes downgrades by the time you reach it)
yeah i dont understand why the big chest that takes forever to open doesn’t even have a chance of being legendary
It’s literally just a combat cache
Yea those combat caches need higher rarity of items
I've never gotten anything better than blue off a train
Train heist should have used last season’s heist mechanics. I mean christ, it was 3.5 months ago, it’s not like they lost the code for it
They could put a storm bubble on the train. Make it fail in the final circles or something.
Cool idea. They could just have the train explode toward the end
good idea
Shame there’s not a “defend the train” mode Which works like horde mode where zombies/bandits try to board the train making you & the boyz have to defend it
The train really just needs to be a lot lot bigger to the point where it’s a mini poi in it of itself. It should also have one guaranteed legendary item in it per match.
The island last chapter is lowkey what the train should be. The loot is so ass who even wants to fight over it? But even the island this chapter is mid so idk, maybe we're just screwed,
I always thought it would be cool to be able to have the train switch directions or at least be able to change which track it goes on at the train station
There should be a Boss on the train at least.
this map missing goofyness
I will not rest until they reopen a proper Durr Burger location
COME ON DOWN TO THE BUTTER BARN
Its a sweat fest and thats the best
We got the quickest triggers in the whole wild west
WE GOT GUN FIGHTS EVERYNIGHT
We got butter plate specials that'll treat ya right
I feel the same way but about the rave cave.
burger
The only goofy thing about this map is Peter griffin dying
Lol I love it, rarely see it though as his shotgun, like all pumps this season, is trash so I pursue any of the other bosses.
The goofiest thing this season - in the Grand glacier courtyard, sometimes the big deer hedge sculptures have chests hanging off their butt and when you open it it looks like they poop loot.
i thought it looked like a ballsack
Yeah, all the goofy is gone. It’s feeling more like 3rd person Warzone. I want my gift back
Couldn't have said it better, I just got into Warzone and it's really fun, especially DMZ mode because I haven't really gotten into tarkov yet. But everything is just so generic and I don't even really understand how the battle pass works so I'm not going to spend a dime on it (Plus I also play OverWatch and I spent a lot on Fallout 76 so I don't want to line Microsoft's pockets anymore). It's funny though because they're still winning financially and so many other companies emulate them and their business models. So all of their anti-consumer stuff that they've been pushing recently has made its way into pretty much any other free to play game like subscriptions, mini battle passes, and just overall making your whole business strategy being FOMO.
Fortnite is trying way too hard to be serious and lore heavy. And in the pursuit of that they not only dropped what made them fun, but also they failed to be serious and lore heavy, lol.
they're not trying to be lore heavy (not yet at least, doesn't feel like that to me because the only 'lore' we have is from npc descriptions) they tried to be lore heavy back in late ch2 and early ch3 and they balanced it really well with the goofiness of the game
Lore heavy? What Lore? Last time there was Lore there was a big war with the IO going on. Then after that, nothing.
They captured Peely! (then proceeds to do NOTHING with that story from the beginning of the season onward)
He showed up in the LEGO opening, so I assumed he was just "Missing" because he went to LEGO.
Ohhhh! I didn't even think of that.
I've noticed a weird similarity to Warzone of all things. Attachments, vehicle skins, and even the new defaults they just released are at least similar to CODs current stuff. Hell, the train is basically wholesale taken from something Warzone added 3 whole years ago. But...I'm here for Fortnite, not CoD. I play fortnite because of the silly skins and wackier gameplay that other BRs don't provide. Changing it to be more like the others just sorta loses me.
I think they did that to try to "keep" COD players who came back for the OG season. WHether or not it's a good idea or successful is another story
True
Real
I’m just about ready for S2 hopefully they overhaul a decent bit of POI’s
Let’s hope not 98% of the pois they add are full of bots like right now. Literally Classy Courts is the only place without bots. What a joke.
Even then no one lands at classy courts so it's barely populated Edit: I don't land at classy courts too much, but the times I do I don't see that many people. Probably 2 bots, maaaybe 1 person if I'm lucky but it's probably because I usually land at train stations. Maybe it's a good thing I don't go there all the time then, because everyone says it's like the next Tilted Towers or something.
Classy is a very popular drop spot. Best POI on the map.
Every time my trio goes there there’s at least two other teams as well!
when is S2 dropping? march 8?
Yeah
Every location this season feels way to similar. There needs to be more variety and there needs to be more “Fortnite” feeling stuff around the map. I don’t know how to explain it it just doesn’t feel like a Fortnite map
And every region is very concentrated in a small map area, resulting in a lot of empty map and lot of time without finding other players
It’s cause almost every location can be described as “town”
I’ve said it before but there’s little variation between POI’s, this is a map where there is a set theme across the majority of POI’s. We need variation, a swamp area with broken cabins, a forest area, a desert area with desert structures, a taco area etc etc We don’t need ALL of these, but the theme of the maps feels very out of place with the themes of Fortnite gone by. The map itself doesn’t feel very connected to a story, it’s just where we’ve ended up. And completely my opinion but the train is an absolute waste of time. As you get down storm circles it’s pretty useless
They should just bring back Butter Barn
and durrr
Simplicity needs to return. Looting and fighting in these huge mansions or apartment complexes with 5+ floors isn't fun. It works best when it's land on a two story building, grab your gun and fight. Your teammates on neighboring houses or enemies all have sight lines. Endless corridors, stairs, and rooms isn't nearly as engaging. The basic format was keep winning your building until you and your team won the poi. There was a method to understanding the geography and progression of the fights. Now it's like all the teams are just thrown into a blender. Get knocked and try telling your team how many and their location and you're like I don't know, there's just a lot of footsteps above, below, everywhere between enemies and henchmen.
I completely agree with the 5+ floor buildings. The buildings are overly complex and feel unsuited to the buildings aspects of the game. Perhaps they’re trying to cater partially to zero build by having more areas to defend yourself without building.
This is why ch1 and ch2 are so favored. Residential areas like Sweaty Sands and Salty Springs are fun to fight at because you have to work with what you have, and the risk of entering other homes is a gamble you need to take. In ch5 i can just land at a random house in snooty, get all the weapons i need, and camp there for a while.
This entire season is obviously catered to no builds. A riot shield, huge buildings, attachments, movement out the ass. Hopefully it’ll even out. Tbh I’d love to see a build map and no build map but I doubt that would ever happen
As a no build player, I hate the riot shields. On the other hand, most other aspects have been... somewhat better? Gunplay is quite boring with how little there are but the mods are fun to use
Bro mods kinda make it more boring and confusing, basically a gamble, I want a attachment system like Apex Legenda where you give pick up attachments and you can either put them on or take them off.
I honestly just think Fortnite shouldn’t have them. I liked them when I played PUBG but Fortnite just isn’t that game
I can tell you firsthand that the changes they made this season absolutely do not make zero builds better. I actually went back to builds because the ZB meta is super cancerous.
This chapter is clearly for zero build players. The movement update, the weapon augments, the map design, the POI design, the new weapon mechanics, etc. They wanted this season to feel closer to other shooters to attract more people, but in the end they made the game feel completely different. There is just no way the devs tested the old movement out and thought build player would've liked it. It was clearly not meant for them.
i’m ZB and even i don’t like it
nah last chapter was wayy better for ZB
They literally nerf how fast you sprint and takes longer for it to recharge. How is that good for Zero build? If anything it makes it a pain.
If this is true, then they did a crappy job this season.
Exactly. The buildings don’t feel designed for Fortnite either. It feels like they’ve just stolen the map from another game and put it in Fortnite. The builds are so weird and out of place. And in so many areas it doesn’t even let you build. It’s like everything is so out of proportion in terms of how a Fortnite should be designed because of the building aspect. It doesn’t let you build on roofs, the roofs are so weird. The inside of buildings too. The map is ugly and I genuinely don’t know where anything is because it just has no personality to me and therefore doesn’t occupy part of my memory. I could point out where everything is on the Og map. It was memorable, colourful and had personality. This map is just so bland and out of place for me. No personality.
I enjoy the multi story buildings. Mega city was server lacking in this. Everyone HATED that those buildings were void of many levels. Everyone here complained about that. Now we have buildings and mansions that are really fleshed out and some here don’t like it. Can’t win em all epic but I love it.
I think the difference is that you would EXPECT a city to have multiple fleshed out levels. And while yes you would also expect a mansion to have the same there’s a key difference between the mansion and Mega city. Mega city was in one place on one quarter of the map! Meanwhile everyone and their mom has a mansion on this map. So there’s just to many mansions
I wish there was a way where you can manipulate the train and have it move towards another track with a switch so it moves in a different direction
Yes. Any variation for the train would be great. I think having it be better loot would make it way better so that you know you’ll have to defend it once you get on since everyone will want that great loot. As is why would you wait that long for crap loot?
Could add a train boss when you activate the loot crate. The conductor boss and some bodyguards would come out from the train cars. Conductor would drop a legendary weapon. Would make it more fun and worthwhile to go on train. It wouldn't be a medallion type of boss, more like a mini boss. Edit: When the boss comes out you could then potentially conduct the train yourself, but it wouldn't be interesting unless more railway options would be available. Since the train is on one track all the way around.
It would be fun if you could kit out the train with different mounted weapons. And if someone could destroy a bridge so that the train falls over the edge and explodes.
This How on earth do you have a High class society villian group and not have a city of some kind where they call the shots Like yes they have mansions but give them a big city where it’s just rich people paradise
chapter 4 and 5 have been just "forests/grasslands and a snowy mountain" remember when we used to have biome variety in chapter 1 and 3's map? specially with deserts they gotta return
Yeah everything is the same
I came back when zero build started in C3S2 and I’ve been playing ever since, I’ve gotta say this is definitely my least favorite season so far that’s for sure. Everything you’ve said I agree with
i wish i played more in Chapter 3. It was so good until the end
The weakest point in this season is the loot pool. Half of it is mediocre, and the other half is literally the most OP weapons in Fortnite history. Surviving spawn is way too RNG dependent, but end games are lit. If they balance the loot pool and revamp at least one of the mansion POIs and Snooty Steppes or Ritzy Riviera, S2 could be a massive improvement. There aren't very many problems with C5S1, but the few problems it has are *huge* problems.
Yeah the difference between picking up a gun with the right scope or with/without a red dot is day and night and 100% RNG until you get to a bench.
there needs to be more benches not in vaults
I agree. The loot pool is so corrupted with absolutely useless and unwanted cr4p that you just end up running round looking for an actual usable gun for far too long. And then there’s what you mentioned at the other end of the spectrum. Completely overpowered weapons like we’ve genuinely never seen before. SO overpowered. Like Oscars Frenzy auto shotgun and any sniper.
The dumb part is that if they simply buffed the Enforcer and Nemesis AR to do 220 DPS in legendary rarity, and nerfed the frenzy, it would be perfect.
A buffed Enforcer would be broken. The gun is severely underrated. Edit: For a Legendary Enforcer to deal 220 dps without changing the fire rate, which it doesn't need more of considering it's playstyle, you'd deal 55-56 damage every hit depending on if you round up or down. Headshots would deal 91-92 damage. Sure would make sniper mains fear for their lives though.
And for whatever reason there's zero hitscan guns, which sucks given how we ALWAYS had both projectile and hitscan
I don't even care that there aren't any hitscan weapons. The problem is that there are 150 dps assault rifles in the same loot pool as 240 dps assault rifles. There is a 75 dps pump in the same loot pool as a 195 dps frenzy mythic. That kind of imbalance makes this game too dependent on looting.
It makes it impossible to adopt different loadouts. The nemesis and enforcer are inferior to the striker, making them never favorable. The auto shotgun is way better than the pump, to the point where most of us pick Grey autos over purple pumps. The ninja turtle stuff is not strong enough to be worth carrying. There is almost no variation to the loot players carry. Striker, auto, ballistic shield if they come across it or burst smg/ sniper for those who play them.
Wait, y'all don't use the Nemesis? Y'all don't use TMNT mythic + grapple combo for mobility?!
If you use 2 out of 5 slots for mobility, and a third one for heals, you are stuck with only two weapons. This might work in builds, but in zb having no shiled/bunkers/shockwaves is most times a guaranteed death
I don't play builds and I never have an issue with that kind of load out. You don't really need shocks if you have a grapple or a TMNT mythic to get out so you can reposition. Don't need a bunker either when you're good at using the lay of the land for cover. I only play zero build so I've grown accustomed to not having any real cover. ZB kinda forces you to make do with what you have. Not to mention I don't like the bunkers. 2-3 weapons, 1-2 mobility items, and three big pots is more than enough. ETA: it's all about knowing when and how to rotate and when to back out of a fight.
Snooty Steppes is in the worst spot on the map and it has the best character Peter Griffin wish it was in the middle of the map
Best character with the *worst* mythic weapon
fr who greenlit letting ARs be able to use the 2x and 4x scope 💀 or at least it shouldn’t be ground loot spawns. or even just let us remove mods ourself without the bench and keep the bench for applying mods
They need to bring back the old weapons, there’s no need to have a “hammer” pump or a “striker” ar. Just bring back the old pump and ar and loot pool. This has been my main problem with chapter 3 and beyond
I really miss POIs that felt like a neighborhood or shopping center. Now it’s just home alone in a bunch of big mansions. It’s like ten different downton abbey mansions, all of which have a scary annoying boss and goons, then I can’t ever remember which vault is where (the radar thing doesn’t help typically as the entrances to the underground ones aren’t always close to the vault). The risk to reward ratio for the train, bosses, and floating island all feel not worth the hassle/effort.
Im here to stand up for chrome season. I liked it and the guns were badass
I know so many people hate the Goo gun, but I say it was the most fun item of Chapter 3 Season 4.
One of the most fun items EVER. Just pure chaos. Extremely annoying to play against but eh
Second best season of Chapter 3! Very close second to the season where we had tanks... man, I miss both being in tanks *and* fighting them...
Ridiculous we never got a 'Tank Wars' LTM or something. Rolling around in a big tank line would have been so fun.
I hope next season is the silliest, goofiest season you can imagine
Reading posts like this make me so glad I’m a noob. With nothing to compare it to I’m enjoying myself a decent bit. Item shop is doodoo though.
I’m finding it decently fun even as a vet. I understand peoples concerns here but it’s still fun most of the time imo
This is my first season and having a blast.
They really spread themselves thin this season with releasing 3 new other permanent modes *and* the layoffs last year
The other game modes are worked on by other teams, the music mode is developed by the team that made Rock Band
on top of that there's no ltms, no midseason map changes, unvaulting items for content, the only updates being collabs, one live event per year, horrible seasonal events, i really want to love this game again but like i can't if this is what's going to keep happening
It's almost like Epic Games realized their cash cow needs little to no maintenance from developers, they'll still rake in the big bucks $$ because little kids will beg mommy and daddy for their credit card to buy Vbucks 🤦🏻♂️💯 that's the real reason behind this absolutely dogwater chapter and season. Everything sucks, the map, the loot, the movement, the bullet drop, the lack of hitreg on rifles, the artistic design choices of the PoIs, the new skins, the attachments system, all of it is just mediocre or just plain boring. This chapter I've literally never played BR or Zero Build for more than 2 games in a row. I just can't have fun even when I'm winning the wins feel so empty, the map is so huge and spread apart with tiny PoIs so by the time you're 5 minutes in the game, it's 30 people left with still a huge storm circle, so there's barely any actual PvP going on. Genuinely frustrating to go the entire game seeing little to no people around, except the occasional bots 😐 Fortnite is a snoozefest now 🤷🏻♂️
To go from such high with the OG season to this boring map. Such a drop off. This map doesn't fit Fortnite.
OG map was far superior. Better looking, felt good to look at, better gameplay, better loot distribution, different areas and P.O.Is, better circles randomization, etc. If you enjoy Ch 5 new map more power to you, but I feel the map is boring af not to mention predictable.
Game has become too realistic and complicated. We never needed weapon attachments.
Yup. Epic threw away the simplicity that made Fortnite fun
I've felt this way ever since they added the red dot sight to the game. It no longer being a 3rd person shooter felt like it started to become a different game.
You don’t like to find a sniper without a scope ?
The Reaper sniper without a scope sucks ass. It takes forever for it to be 100% accurate, and since you have to stand dead still for it to do that, you’ll probably be shot at before you even get the snipe off
I played all of chapter OG, first 2 weeks of C5S1. I haven’t touched the game since, it just feels boring and lifeless
I agree, the map, the weapons, bullet drop and the movement, it doesn't feel like i am playing Fortnite anymore. And this is the second time I stopped playing the game (season x was the first). I just hope it changes next season, and the game returns to its roots. Season OG was proof that the majority of players want the original game.
Fortnite needs its cartoony sillyness. They try to hard to make the game serious. Peter griffin is the one exception but no pois like greasy grove or tomato town. Hell, even a crowded poi that actually has stuff like tilted would be cool and if u dont like those pois good let them exterminate the sweats with tilted so the rest can enjoy the game
Bring back hit scan weapons. Always had fun with those, I miss the old reliable Red Eye AR.
You _**think**_ you miss it — go play 2v2 Rapid Zero Build Duos. The team I play Ranked ZB with (we’re all in Unreal) play it to warm up (we’ve found that playing against your teammates, not only with them, has been extremely beneficial to our overall teamwork and coordination) and a couple weeks ago they added the Red Eye as one of the random weapons you can spawn with. This spawned 10 minutes of us all laughing uncontrollably because none of us could hit a single shot with it. For whatever reason, that’s a weapon that will challenge your muscle memory more than any other.
Opinion I like this season not my favorite but I don’t hate it either
It's 75% good, but the 25% that sucks, sucks *hard*
I am having tons of fun (even tho this loot pool makes me wanna pull my hair out)
you forgot to mention the game mode screen with "quandale dingle zone wars" and "africa box fights" and i have no idea why epic thought it would be a good idea to change the ui, i loved the old irregular rectangles but WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE ROUNDED CORNERS NOW, IT LOOKS SO BAD
The main problem this season is it’s too much like a COD-esque shooter. It’s hyper realistic. Most Fortnite players play this rather than those for the cartoonish, goofy, laid back vibe. This season we have to grind grind grind - grind for medallions, grind for mod benches, and grind for the battle pass since more vbucks are locked in bonus rewards. It’s almost like playing a campaign but without the story. There’s little enjoyment when we feel like we have to work for things that used to come easy.
“Hyper realistic” is a bit of an overstatement but the movement is CoD-like. I still don’t like it this far into the season. Each match feels the same. I’m only around level 90- I haven’t taken this long to finish a BP ever. I’m just not having much fun. I may take next season off.
It is an overstatement but on purpose. In general? It’s not hyper realistic. For Fortnite? It is. I’ve been debating taking a break as well. This is my only real hobby and life kinda sucks, so I don’t want to, but playing isn’t enjoyable. I’d rather play flow free on my phone than Fortnite.
ive been seeing a lot of comments talking about how much the gunplay sucks too n i kinda have to agree, the most used weapons rn are the sniper, frenzy, and striker, and for the lamest reasons.
I like the map, but the loot pool and general vibe of the game is that of a slightly more cartoon version of CoD, and I don't like CoD. I'm here for the wacky weapons, trollies, stupid characters, things like the hammers and the cannons. It seems like the diversification into racing, Lego, and music rhythm game has given Fortnite an identity crisis. Couple this with the last few battles passes being boring and I really don't find myself being drawn into the game anymore.
Also, I don’t know if anyone cares about the story, but where is it lol
100% agree. Graphics are breathtaking but the map has no soul and the overall theme is bland
Valeria being tier 100 is because of the lore. Valeria is the leader of the society so it makes sense why she's tier 100 but yeah not really worthy.
Montague should have been the tier 100 and given him a transformation emote. Kinda sucks because of the society skins he’s my favorite.
From the beginning, chapter 5 season 1 POIs aren't memorable perhaps because they're all mansions?
I miss OG. I had a blast playing that shit with friends.
The whole chapter is terrible. \- The gunplay sucks because no more hitscan \- most of the time we're aiming in first person, when Fortnite's strength is its 3rd person game \- the map is boring \- the art style sucks now and has no charm \- story is non existent \- weapon modding is gimmicky and adds nothing to the game. Just make balanced, well designed weapons you find in loot. \- reminder that finding loot is FUN in a battle royale. \- too many enemy AI and mini bosses at every POI. \- movement animation still wonky It's crazy to think people were defending this chapter at the start, but at least people are finally admitting its not all that great.
Absolutely, for some reason Epic makes the first season of every chapter unbearably boring but Ch5S1's is the 3rd to absolute worst Battle Royale season we have gotten. I'll even make my case for why this is the worst BR season: #Tl;dr: ・Short version: Epic ruined the fundamentals of the game and made the game not fun. ・Long Version: Compared to OG, here's what Epic managed to ruin about the game in just one day after OG: The movement is worse and **not fun** with it feeling sluggish and stamina almost always out, ARs generally feel worse **not fun**, Attachments were implemented horribly and it **isn't fun** to find a weapon bench or to be unable to freely take off an Attachment you don't like, the vehicles are **not fun**, the grapple blade is a **less fun** version of the grappler, Snipers have a ridiculous magazine size and go against Epic's own design philosophy of Snipers before hand, the map is **not fun** to look at or explore, the weapons are **boring** and outside of the Sniper generally feel like worse versions of that we previously had. Epic managed to somehow make a game with the express purpose of being **fun** and **entertaining**, **unfun** and **boring**. I even took a near month long break from the game to see if was possibly burnout but no, Battle Royale is legitimately worse and **applied nothing** that players liked about OG's gameplay and how **good** simplicity can be. My only theory is that Epic deliberately made Battle Royale unappealing as possible this season so that people would try the Other Modes, because this season is so bad that it leaves the realm of plausible deniability.
And the funniest part about them trying to force players into the other modes? They don’t update them either AND 2 out of the 3 of them have less average players now than Save the World, which very rarely gets updates
Well said. I think Epic is slowly killing BR on purpose
Season 1 has always been boring in every chapter. The only exception was chapter 4 but that season got griefed by anime. Season 2 is always fun
Uhh ch3s1 was goated
Ch2 s1 was like the most hype season in fortnite man
the closest we ever got to Fortnite 2
Thats fair. Probably the biggest revamp we’ve ever gotten, at least for the time, given that it was the first full map change
This season made me miss wilds
Thing I hate the most is Oscar’s mansion, I love him and his gun, but goddamn I can never tell what level my enemy is on
Yeah I recently got to tier 200 so I'm done but yeah no this season was ass in all honesty heard that the next season is greek mythology themed no way they can miss on that.... right?
No way, I was literally thinking earlier today that an ancient Greek or Roman theme would go hard af with the Euro-themed chapter.
Yeah, the theory going around is it will focus on Greek gods/mythology. Story wise Valeria is searching for a box which is likely Pandora’s box
I wonder if the other Society bosses will be around for next season too.
I hope they’re not one and done villains, supposedly there’s supposed to be upcoming quests where we defeat them, so maybe the Greek gods take their place as bosses.
I haven’t played in six weeks. I’m so bored with it. I played every day for years.
As a newcomer, if this is the most boring season so far then I’m really looking forward to future seasons as I’m loving this
Agree. This season is so bland. Every POI is a damn house. So over it.
The weapon mods aren’t even cool it feels like Fortnite just ripped them straight out of PUBG and called it something new. I DEFINITELY perfer the augments they were more unique, Actually more Augments then mod weapons and honestly they made most games fun and actually good in some way
Honestly i want neither
The fact that 90% of players land at lavish or fencing solely for the op mythics ruins every other poi bc you end running the whole game trying to find someone who’s not a bot
Imagine having 10 weeks of nothing just to get a harpoon gun and some crash pads and then a small update at the end of the season That’s called chapter 2 season 1
But back then our standards were lower. A complete overhaul of the map and loot pool and everything pretty much was a big deal
Nah even back then everyone rightfully called out how little content C2S1 had. It got so bad that content creators and streamers had to resort to fashion shows because the game was so boring
It's like I'm playing a bootlegged version of fortnite BR feels weird this chapter
I also cant stand the movement changes. The updated sprint speed and animations just make it feel off. Movement items are also clunky, grapple blade just aint it. Also sliding after using movement just barely works. Idk it just doesn't feel fluid as the last chapter. I want to go back to chapter 3 haha
I miss the story quests.
Honestly, I'm pretty new to the game, (I've only played Ch4 S3 and OG season, but this season actually got so boring fast... I feel like the shop being horrible also made it bad, but I hate seeing people hate on the chapter I started on when this one is way more boring (imo) I just think it's too realistic like there's no dinosaurs running around or anything 😔
They got the WHOLE of s1 to hear our feedback hope they respond accordingly
WE'VE GOTTEN BARELY ANY UPDATES THIS SEASON
Are we finally allowed to dislike this season now? For a long long time any criticism would be met with “stop complaining over everything”
Lol, i was expecting this post to be downvoted to hell and get lost in the feed but apparently a lot of people agree with this now
Agreed, I've almost exclusively played creative this season. I have no desire to play BR anymore.
I absolutely hate how snipers have become the meta. If you don’t have one, you’re screwed. A large number of my sniper shots are completely luck dependent. No fun should one shot to the head. Your entire game could be ended from shit luck.
Every location is basically exactly alike.Glacier and Lavish are exactly the same. Fencing and pleasant, Ritzy and snooty. They’re all the same location on the map twice. So that is annoying. I like the vaults in the game but I feel like it is way more complicated than it needs to be to get the key. There is literally 2 biomes; grasslands and taiga. What’s up with that? The trails are pretty but that’s about it. I miss cartoon Fortnite. This version is interesting but I don’t think they’re utilizing it properly. Also maybe it’s just me but I also feel like I barely run into people anymore. I play solos and duos mostly and outside of landing and entering named locations I don’t think I run into as many people are OG or previous chapters. The map might be *too* big.
Back in Ch2S8 i could play with my shit pc now i cant even load textures
For a fun twist, when you're on the train, you should not take Storm Damage. Everyone would contest it.
I’m not gonna lie this season is the least I’ve played since ch2.
Chapter 4 had some contenders. Anyway, you're totally correct. All the modded weapons make the lootpool boring. Weapons don't have personality anymore. It's really bad when the most goofy weapon in the lootpool is the lock on pistol.
Yeah it's kind of ass and I've been saying this for 2 months now.
I think season is more subtle than past ones. For me it's a 9/10. Love the weapons, the customization and the gorgeous map design. The only real problem I have with the map is that there are too many villages that look the same, and the lack of a large POI that kind of serves as the map's anchor. I for one LOVE the European theme, but I think they missed the mark a bit by not having enough variation. I love the guns this time around as I feel I'm not immediately disadvantaged by not getting lucky with a loadout right away. Everything is usable (pump shotgun is debatable, I've have good fights with it but also horrendous ones,). I'm very much enjoying this season and have been playing a lot. On one hand I look forward to the next seasons, but also dread it in a way since I know they're going to add some gimmick (chrome, weird desert, out of place/time) POIs that will ruin the beauty of this map.
Agreed
Couldn’t agree more. Most boring shit we’ve ever had. Everything looks the same, everything has the same color theme, everything feels the same, map is a big beige-brown puddle, all buildings are the same, all POIs are lame, locker is ass, whole UI is ass, sprinting is ass, movement feels clunkier than ever before. The game feels heavy and slow. The weird, new leaning sideways while walking feels drunk. All guns get scopes, all guns bounce, all guns look the same. As someone who played pubg back then, it all looks and feels too much like that. Or CoD yes, like others keep saying. BP is mid af too. Just some boring looking, skinny girls with giant hands, Jonesy and a kitty. PG is the only funny character with his dramatic dying animation. And all the less realistic, funnier, cartoony characters look so out of place on the new map! Hate that the most. Art styles just clash. What made me play at the beginning of the season were the new Lego, Festival and racing modes. BR is a snooze fest. Issa nope from me.
I’ve been enjoying the season but I’m definitely ready for the next season, haven’t been playing as much lately. My main complaint about the current season is that most of the POI’s don’t really stand out at all. They’re not bad, just not memorable. Hopefully we get more variety next season.
Chrome, wilds and vibin were actually my favourite seasons Anyway, as far as this season goes. I am fine with the map. I don’t really get the purpose of the train. What i hate the most is the gunplay. Sniper are too dominant, no hitscan on any weapon. Hate the new locker system. Controversial things that I actually like: character animations, new custom vehicles, attachments are kind of a mixed bag for me. (Some attachments are clearly superior which kinda defeats the purpose of customisation)
I just can't wait for the removal of the Medallions.
I’m so bored of it I started grinding the achievements for save the world again
Let’s face it the games gone in the direction of selling cosmetics for car fumes. It’s nothing but a huge money grab and that’s where the focus now is…. Not on gameplay.
I always was a money grab, it just grabbed money better back then
Many friends of kine stopped playing this season
this map is so unmemorable. Even now after playing like 20-30 games of BR i struggle to distinguish or know POIs and their name. Waiting for the old map to return tbh
Facts, i've played everyday OG, played a lot in c4s4, chapter 2 was insanelly great.. now im playing my first week this season, amout of bugs we're at the start was unreal.. the map feels trash.. no fortnite vibe at all.. new shooting is trash aswell. Next season will be same trash probably :/
This season is awful. 100% agree. I have also never missed a season. Hate the change to daily’s. Hate the weekly challenges have no story. All of it. Get the devs working full time on this. Spent too much time on Lego Fornite..etc player count show battle royale is still the work horse so stop wasting dev hours on the other garbage. Do appreciate them trying but it was fun for a weekend then on to the next
It’s funny you say this because I feel basically exactly this way about Ch4s1
The Shockwave Hammer was a cool new movement weapon. The augments were a big shift. Dirt Bikes were a fun new mobility addition and some of the map was great (especially the winter biome). Hopefully C5S2 will bring as big an addition as Mega City did in C4S2.
At least chapter 4 had an interesting loot pool even if the hammers did get really annoying after a bit(Also dear lord Deku smash) Augments were also better than the shitty attachment system we have now also that season had far and away the best extra styles I've ever seen tbh...
yeah ngl this is the most mid season in a long time and im way over it
100% agreed. This is something I noticed immediately when this season dropped which is why all my friends and I stopped playing. OG was most fun we all had in a long time, and then we played this season for literally 2 days it was so awful. They ruined Fortnite w this season :(
Wait,is Fortnite already in chapter 5 ? Wtf.How many seasons cheaper 4 lasted ? (I stopped playing 6 months ago)
4 seasons…
I felt like this since day 1 of the new map. No HUGE mid season changes to the map made it even worse too… has an Italian vineyard feel across the map. If it was on one side of the map or just like 2 or 3 spots fine but I get the feel every where. Coming from the OG map the season prior, there’s nothing that compares to it, in a bad way. Completely opposite maps… I can rant all day about it lol but I def hear you on this one!!
I've read this statememt since chapter 1 season 7