In the often-vibrant and sometimes baffling world of Fortnite, it isn’t every day you see a player’s virtual forehead smacked by the very game they’ve mastered. A recent instance served up a heaping plate of just this sort of debacle.
Summary
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A player, Yorksjim, joined a pl160 mission and was struck by the inadequacy of the defenses that had been constructed – made out of brick, during a water storm.
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According to Yorksjim, this sort of outright flipping of accepted strategy on its head is becoming all too commonplace and discomforting.
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The dilemma extended to the use of broadsides, which in this instance, lacked opposing walls, much to Yorksjim’s bafflement.
Peeling Back the Layers
The user ItsMetabtw adds his snarky two cents, asking why the team would waste resources building five tiles wide in the face of an elemental disadvantage. Hypus_Sniper reflects on the ignorance towards the basic game mechanics, citing lack of in-game teaching as a possible cause (source).
Max Health vs Max Damage
Glory_To_Atom reminds us that Smashers can handle even a T3 max upgraded wall, clearly indicating that the defenses require a deft hand instead of brute force (source). ShadowOpsFN adds his punchline likes ice on a sore bump, offering a Damage versus Hit chance ratio that, quite frankly, isn’t going to win the lottery anytime soon (source).
The Final Word?
No chance. PayPigTapes comes in with the reminder that writing about poor builds does not rectify the situation (source). Meanwhile, ppc-meow leaves us a catty parting shot by lamenting poor tutorial structures and the need for in-game knowledge awards (source).
So yeah, that went down. Notable in its ridicule, this Fortnite fiasco highlights an alarming discrepancy in player knowledge, and possibly an opportunity for Fortnite to revisit its educational strategy – or perhaps for players to stop hitting themselves with the epic fail hammer. Who knows?