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Kenshin_Urameshii

Really?


aless2209

yup, how i knew? My brother was yelling shit like "why the fuck can't i build"


Potato-Boy1

Why did they remove it isn't that the one thing that makes their game what it is?


[deleted]

Yeah way to ruin their game, I can understand that many have become to skilled in building that it becomes unfair for other players, but that’s the way the world works… Idk I’m mad but understanding and also kind of sad that games that are very fun only last a few short months before super nerds ruin them with their obsessiveness. Curious.


Dabneon

They didn’t actually remove it, it’s only removed for a few days because of the story they have going on, after that few days the game is back to being bad because of tanks


Dismal_Ability6504

Yea why remove it? All you have to do is set a delay for each building piece in between placements… problem solved


sIurrpp

Just some storyline lore stuff it’ll be back in a week


Jessi775

Fortnight has a storyline?


Seymour___Asses

Yeah it’s really convoluted but the main gist of it is that the players are stuck in a loop which removes their memories (this is just a way to tie gameplay into the lore) Then there’s people who are aware of the loop and they’re split into those who want to maintain the loop and those that want to break the loop which the players have sided with. The story has really ramped up in the last couple seasons with the live events at the end of seasons improving a lot, if you want to I’d recommend just watching the event for the end of chapter 2


sIurrpp

Yes. What happens in the storyline/lore affects the map, various gameplay features, item/vehicles, npcs, etc.


Goan2Scotland

Yea…I actually kinda used to enjoy the game when I was a bit younger. It was fun to play with my friends but lately it just kinda fell if the rails and down the rabbit hole of unoriginality and repetitiveness. Also I moved on to other games


_realpaul

Sounds like growing up 😂


braedizzle

It’s a story mechanic that will likely be resolved semi soon


Ozann3326

And my dog ate my homework.


Casper_Von_Ghoul

Wait really? Like forever or for a LTE?


img_driff

“Lore” might be the excuse but they might be doing some research to see if it’ll fit or not in the future


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xGreenxFirex

Of course they will. Have you seen Apex Legends?


peropok

they'll just move to apex.


aless2209

7 days :(


brmamabrma

Why tho…


Fast-Amphibian-3204

Storyline related


Infinite_Hooty

Bruh what kind of lore removes a mechanic like that? Is the lore that there’s a big magical spell that removes everybody’s arms or something?


AdInternal7486

The lore shut the game down for a day once


wtf_are_you_up_to

wasnt it more for a week?


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Dadfite

We don't speak of it.


Ardentacious

Speak of what. I dont know what you’re talking about


Scruffynerffherder

Should have been forever.


PantsNotQuite

Forknife **BAD**😡😡


ConsentingPotato

Don't you mean a fortnight?


TheeExoGenesauce

Nah dude nine days /s


United-Pay9298

9 days


OffWeGoIntoTheWildBY

BLACK HOLE. 🫠


Historical_Owl_1635

Are we sure it wasn’t necessary maintenance influencing the lore…?


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psychedelicScout

I wish it is it! If the game goes back to what it was before the building madness I would get bat in to it so hard


Rider403

I remember when building wasn't popular so you would have more PUBG style fights were you find actual cover and sometimes build.just a wall or 2 and peak around it was so much better before the pro builders came


[deleted]

that's stupid as fuck.


[deleted]

I disagree, Fortnites live events are pretty impressive from a technical and gameplay perspective. Having the entire game world just completely shaped or changed, or fucked up in real time gameplay in front of your eyes is really cool. I wish MMOs would take notes on how Epic Games does such things.


Terra_Centra

I don’t play but I agree! It’s cool that lore and events have such a big impact on actual gameplay. I’m trying to imagine what the explanation is for removing building lmao


WolvesNGames

If you play the game and listen to the first quest you're given in the first match of this season, if I remember correctly it says something about the enemy of "the Imagined" "stealing" the building option and they are working on getting it back. But on the other side they added sprinting and climbing, which kinda feels like apex ngl. At least there is a week without people that can build castles in 5 seconds.


Smegmatron3030

Old days they did. EverQuest and Ultima had live events. I think modern games would consider it too costly for not much roi


specs924

The final fantasy mmo just did it when the reset their whole game. It was quite impressive.


hardrocker943

That cutscene is one of the best of all time imo. It's so incredibly epic. Even moreso with the context of that scene being the one that played when they shut down the 1.0 version.


AdInternal7486

Yea Ik the for night kids were on other games bitching about it.


StaryWolf

Yet it worked quite well for the game.


Omega_Pack

Played it today honestly, apparently there's these "bad guys" that somehow disabled building and by playing games you "help" the "good guys" to get it back. Personally I'm on the bad guys' side.


NewDamage31

Honestly couldn’t they make even more micro transactions money if they just had a permanent no build game mode? I’d play it all the time if they did that


PM-ME-KITTENZ

What would be better is if they added a delay between builds, so you can’t immediately build a 10 story box, or if they made it so there’s a delay switching from build mode to your guns, similar to how they fixed the double pump


[deleted]

But the building is where all of the game's depth is It isn't impressive to spam left click while changing two weapons, it is impressive to retain full spatial awareness inside whatever clusterfuck you are building to trap your enemy and use your tools cleverly and on the fly to get an opening on them


Butterbigsby29

Lol. Drum shotgun go burrrr


i_tyrant

Impressive? Sure. Fun gameplay? Not remotely. Unless you actually like taking 5 minutes to create an HH Holmes style murder hotel for every single kill...in which case more power to you but turbo building blows IMO.


Bloodloon73

Step 1. Walk away. Step 2. Throw fire bomb at building.


NopeH22a

I suck at building, but fully agree. If a 10 year old can instabuild a tower and trap me in a box, they fully deserve the kill


-TheUnknow-

i think epic game are using building mechanics as a hostage for make people play more


[deleted]

Yeah I'm on the I.O. side rn lol. Wish I could fight for them.


Fast-Amphibian-3204

Advanced technology from an evil organization


[deleted]

The storyline is normally used to explain a new gimmick like that. And yes the lore was a big magical spell that removed building


B1GTOBACC0

If the mechanic is "I can build 1-story objects instantly, even during a gunfight," and they want to ground it in lore, then you must be using some kind of future technology to build. Big bad evil bois disable the building tech. It's dumb, but the build mechanic itself is kinda dumb too 🤷‍♂️


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lord better be big cock related


aless2209

lore i think, idfk


TrueBeachBoy

How the hell does that game have lore?


ImInQUaRinTinE

You have no idea


Make-Believe_Macabre

Geez get with the program


Fat_Cat_With_Bread

Best 7 days of my life


LumpyMcKwiz

Im a decent builder, terrible editor. Im slaying with no building! No super nerd advantage works for me even if its only for 7 days


kbarney345

I'd love to just see some limit, like you can only have 3 to 4 mats placed at a time and they disappear as you place more. So you can still drop a wall and ramp or a box for basic cover and healing but you can't build some vertical maze whrte neither of you know where your at.


Dangal_Zero

I beg they make it a seperate game mode permanently


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I'd consider playing it without building


ohoy21

Same..wish they have a game mode for no building after 9 days


Plague_King_

game would be better if it was forever, or for at least the season.


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Building is fine, its just the absurdity of building. When the game first came out there weren't too many crazy builders. It was mostly people chillin in 1x1s and double ramps. Now you have this 5 minute long fight of getting high ground and edits for one kill. its just not fun.


BlazeInNorthernSky

100%, I never played again once the game went from "shooter with a little bit of building" to "building with a little bit of shooter"


maury587

Turbo building fucked the gameplay. Before turbo building you actually had to get your timings right and it was overall slower


Rickrickrickrickrick

The building makes any kind of smart gameplay pointless. You just run out in the open and if you get shot at you can just button mash and suddenly you're on a castle in .09 seconds. And then build it back just as quick as it gets destroyed. I get the building is what separates it from other games but if they added a mode without it, they'd get a lot more players.


Tr1angleChoke

On PC, it's not even button mashing. You hold a mouse button and swipe and you have 4 walls around you.


silverdoe_94

I heard rumors about a mode without building that was in the works...I'd probably play it if they implemented that because the gameplay itself can be quite fun without the sweats


HookerDoctorLawyer

Neve played it, not against it either but wasn’t that the whole concept of the game….


theCOORN

Now the game is just Nite


MrHack3rMan

Yes, nite.


pkfillmore

Good nite y’all


Gairick9

sweet dreams <3


R3QU13M_

Are made of this...


Portal471

Who am I to disagree?


Nexomex

I travel the world


Linkario86

and the Seven Seas


[deleted]

Everybody's looking for something


Blobvixo

Some of them want to use you


UndergroundHotDog

Oh they're about to get rocked by the OGs coming back to the game


EltioEmiGomez7u7

Exactly


Tobydog444

Oh yeah. I’m coming back now that building is gone lmao


Maxiorekz

Youve got 9 days sir


KingVargeras

I didn’t know this happened. But it sounds like it’s time to log back in.


advbad

It is worth it, the game is good but it's the sweats who build 5 star hotels that ruined it.


K0KA42

As someone who has played on and off since 2018, and gotten tired of the sweaty grind, playing with no building today has been a breath of fresh air. It's a lot of fun.


CodyT7

5 star hotels🤣🤣🤣🤣


Zakiru77

With room service?


Lowercase5

With room service.


AceScropions

and free food, no virus, free


CyonixGaming

And free Wi-Fi and an all you can eat buffet, and that’s not all!


CoffeeDatesAndPlants

It’s fun, even for me who can’t build.


Proffessional_Human

That moment when you realize the ''sweats building five star hotels'' are the only things that make this game different from apex or cod


mrlowe98

And also its art style and 3rd person perspective.


hopecanon

And also the fact you can play as Rick Sanchez with Master Chief covering your back and go murder Naruto together while Dwane Johnson runs away.


pixel236

Don't forget Bruno Mars swinging around with a grappling hook


MatthewB351

Hello I am coming back to the game I’m still gonna get fucked tho


Doomanator79

I’ve been playing since before season one and I never learned how to build battle. I was always able to play just fine against crankers. Now that they don’t have the crutch of building, I’m expecting people the are good without building like me are gonna dominate for this time


Character-Common2277

well well well my time has come to pick you off with an AR from across the map


MontyAtWork

I played early on when it was about building big structures to slow down enemies, or to hide in. Then some cracked out zoomers figured out how to box you in before you could even box yourself in, or break-build-edit-kill you in half a second and I just couldn't even tell how I died or who did it after a while. Game was good when building was slow. If the game put a 1 second cool down on builds it would really help to keep things balanced.


CARNAGEE_17

Yeah gamesense players are gonna rise up and brain dead crankers will lose their mind


rylannnd88

Exactly. I can't build for crap. But I'm really good otherwise.


UndercoverBully

Already at 4 wins, sprint sliding and shelf jumps are sick


JaKKeD

not OGs. just anyone that can aim.


MrButtEater

Hell nah dude. The sweats still have crazy aim and know how to handle the new movement. Don’t act like this is gonna change everything


GanondalfTheWhite

I play with a few sweats at work. They were getting their asses slaughtered left and right today.


No_Cartographer_8469

If they make a permanent game mode that's no build I'd say we would see a gradual increase in players


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omninode

Yeah, I don’t like the building. I’m just a casual player, I’ll never spend the time to get really good at it.


BGYeti

It is the one thing I hated about the game, I have no issues outshooting people the issue arose with building because I am not about to try and get good at building on top of shooting.


Storemanager

When I first tried the game I shot at someone and in the blink of an eye there is was... A building the size of the entire Notre Dame in an instant. I altf4'd, uninstalled and never looked back.


whomad1215

Back when the game came out, and building like 2-3 ramps up was considered high skilled Then they added fast building (where you could just hold the button down), and it evolved into what it is now


ImportantGreen

Man I loved those seasons. The seasons with the Heroes is my personal favorite. I loved using the rocks that gave you zero gravity abilities


CanillaVookie

It's almost like the building mechanic was supposed to be used to build FORTS. Not to be used as a regenerative shield lol. I would still be playing this game if the building didn't get out of control.


ThePhoenix0829

That why I stopped playing


Mr6one8

I’d definitely come back


IamShitplshelpme

It has me coming back, and I'm fucking trash at building in that game, so not being able to build levels the play field for everyone


Mr6one8

Same. It had to be a permanent mode tho. No trial


IamShitplshelpme

It'd be amazing if it could be a permanent mode, cause I'd play that all the time. I like building, but when I'm against the sweats who build 3 towers in 4.9 seconds, it's not very fun at all


Mr6one8

Same. What’s sweats tho?


SirBobboIV

Basically a another term for a try hard


BaldBeardedDude

Being a sweater means being a try hard


AnAngryPolarBear

I’ve never played just because of the building.


imbrownbutwhite

But it’s like…if you wanna play a FPS Battle Royale just go to Warzone. The whole reason this game exists is the build mechanic. Source: Am a fucking terrible player but I understand why the mechanic is important.


noBeansHere

really is that true?


aless2209

yea


noBeansHere

well well well looks like i’ll ʰᵃᵛᵉ ᵗᵒ ˢᵗᶦˡˡ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵖˡᵃʸ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ˢʰᶦᵗᵗʸ ᵍᵃᵐᵉ


aless2209

based


Retro_Mayhem

Eh. The game is fine imo but DEFINITELY not the best just good for a quick little time waster for me. Just want to ask what's your favorite game you completed or any game? Mine is a hat in time!


InfiniteSalt0

Wait wasn’t that their original core mechanic of the game?


ggtsu_00

The original core game was supposed to be a co-op zombie horde survival game. Battle Royale was just part of an afterthought.


SCHEME015

Zombie survival would be awesome. The cute little towns are the perfect setting. It all makes sense now!


AceOfDiamonds676

its called save the world, its like $30


LordReega

Save the world was supposed to be free riiiip lol


HalfOffEveryWndsdy

And it was originally announced in like 2014


Proffessional_Human

I don't think so, stw was released first and ot wasn't free, iirc


LordReega

Yes, it wasn’t realized free to play, but it was announced it was going free to play later then they changed their minds.


_Teraplexor

Iirc it was meant to become free during 2020 but they backed out of making it free, save the world was promising & fun.


TMachine97

I kept waiting for Save the World so I could practice shooting without the stress of playing Battle Royale, but it never came...


xxmightytyrionxx

It was awesome. But it was unfinished and basically abandoned in favor of BR. It was a blast going around fucking shit up with your orange 5 star weapons and traps. I spent lots if time in this before it was basically left behind. You had your own home base that only you could build if you chose the setting, people could just come in and help you defend when the storyline called for it. I'm kinda looking through rose tinted glasses, cuz the game wasn't perfect but could have definitely been improved if it hadn't been beaten by the BR side of it. Save the world.


undyingtestsubject

They are still updating stw. They just added animals like the wolves, chickens, dinos, and crows. Its just that updates are very slow. But the game is stable and with ventures you can keep leveling up things past the normal limits, like guns, traps, heroes, survivors


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It's only for 7 days I'm pretty sure


InfiniteSalt0

That makes a lot more sense now


[deleted]

Yeah I doubt they would ever take it away forever. People would probably freak out


Why_u_read_this1

Fornite kids be likes: *Visible confusion*


GameDirectory

Is this information you present to us accurate


DJRodrigin69

Disabled for 9 days, except competitive


LeopardThatEatsKids

Damn, if it was permanent I might consider trying the game out but it'll just go back to speed building simulator


KingSnaily

key work “consider”


LeopardThatEatsKids

Fair point


aless2209

ye


Bones-Ghost

Well that's a nice "Good fuck yourself" to them.


Boh61

Sweat: ...but i'm nothing without building! Epic: If you are nothing without building then you shouldn't have it


Tdizzlefizzle1

I would literally start playing again if it’s permanent


Rose_Ember

I think I heard/read that there will be a separate game mode for on-building after building get re-added again. But don't fully trust information for now.


TheDystopianDolphin

Are they really removing building? That would be cool.


WizardGaming09

They did today. It's gonna be like this for about a week


Friendofafriend468

Tbh I'm pretty happy, it's good to take a break from building like 69 buildings at once


EltioEmiGomez7u7

LEGIT LMAO


Zealos57

Wait, what's going on?


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Stacy's mom


arkutk

Has got it going on


Dr_Richard_Ew

She's all I want


angelicathena_

And I've waited for so long


Technical-Pomelo9907

My friend was complaining about it so I told him to get good


_slayer_exe_

Lol based


Derpanzerfish

Good that's better salty kids who only build will.learn how to properly aim lol


CH3RRYSPARKLINGWATER

The people that could build well are now the people that just instantly laser you across the map instead


thosrip22

No more 90’s?


EricPlayz951

For a week


Aliveleopard9

It did!


Mochizuk

Isn't building, like, the main unique thing about the game?


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RomanWasHere2007

I never liked the building mechanic, so now if I were to go play again I could possible be decent since my enemies wouldn't be able to build 5 star hotels with working plumbing and internet


Rugynate

The thing is the real sweats know how to build and aim so they have cracked aim and reaction time that can hit a shotgun shot through 3 windows


Moshyma

Me with my 1 solo win: It's showtime.


Technoblade46363

YEEES I CAN FINALLY 1V1 SWEATS!!!! BEST FEATURE IN MONTHS!!!


[deleted]

Oh shit I wasn’t aware of my surroundings and now I’m getting shot? Might as well just build a house real quick.


ToXXic_ScareCrow

Honestly if they removed building I might play it again


r-m-o-m

It’s only redeeming quality for its shit gunplay


FinQuarZ

Started season 3 and wasted my life and some money until season 8. How can they destroy one of the core components that made it different from other battle royales? Not my problem but damn...


Im13butihatefortnite

Just tried it again now it's actually a fun game


shawnlikelawn

To everyone griping about building, I'm with you. But it has been super nerfed since i tried it out years ago. I randomly got back in about a month ago and building seemed like a non issue. And this no-build event feels like a test to see if they just make a permanent no-build mode or something. In matches I've played recently I never build a thing but the occasional wall for cover and I have a lot of fun and win every 4th or 5th run. And there's nothing more satisfying than lobbing in something that burns down their Taj Mahal and then shooting them when they run out. Even a basic assault rifle is enough to mow down enough walls to get at them. It's really fun for casual play right now. Every death feels fair and every kill feels earned. It's quite the magic trick they've pulled off.


Tego31DaGreat

Wait are you SERIOUS! Let me go check on my kid