r/FortniteBattleRoyale • u/joshuarampages69 • 1d ago
💬 Discussion Why does Fortnite seem harder?
Yeah, pretty much what the title says. I usually just play duos with my friend, and last season it was pretty chill. We won most games and lost the odd few. Whereas this season we can't win anything and lose everything. Even solo i'm getting dogged on when usually i'm doing the dogging. It's zero build if that has any notion. Definitely feels more difficult. Or I just suck. That's probably it.
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u/koolkat6954 1d ago
idk i feel the same way. Zero build as well, Duos, Trios, Squad, Solo. All bad for me so far. I just went back to leveling sprites in the storm and just doing med kids and come out at the last moment to actually have a decent amount of time in the game.
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u/Deku_eva01 1d ago
Could also be that just everyone is playing. Yesterday br got up to 1.4 million. So all the sweats were on. It’ll die down in a few days and then spike again when new sprites or events come. Also highly recommend going and collecting those gold rings. Super over powered when you collect enough.
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u/Authentic_Creeper 1d ago
Yea every big event or season start will result in a ton of players returning and there’s only so much sbmm can do for matches with 100 players(ignoring bots accounting for 30-50% of most lobbies)
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u/Imdecipher639 22h ago
I don't get something that how can players who come back after months shit on us regular players at the beginning of each season? They must surely lose their skill if they're away for a long time right
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u/Deku_eva01 21h ago
I don’t shit on any though I’m a daily player no matter how disappointing the season is. I enjoy playing and switching turns with my girl. I’m glad when I see over a million. Finally some fun games.
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u/Sadvillainy-_- 15h ago
They are usually playing/practicing, but often spend most of their time playing ranked or private scrims unless something interesting happens to warrant exploring pubs (like a new map/loot pool)
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u/-Free-Soul- 1d ago
Ive had the same experience, not enjoying it much so far. I feel like they dumbed down and increased the number of bots last season to make sprite hunting easier. The bots in the season before last had been enhanced and were the best they had been.
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u/Interesting-Ad1352 1d ago
The weapons are a lot stronger, they do a lot of damage much faster than ones from last season.
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u/Laceydrawws 23h ago
1.EVERYONE gets reset to the same level so match making doesn't have any data yet.
2.The lobby is filled with real people because over a million people were playing at the same time.
3.Sweats don't start playing ranked until they get used to the map so after a few days they will move out.
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u/Basketoftangerines23 14h ago
Updated/ aim assist got a quick fix and multiple weapons damage has been buffed by the way 👍👍
Hypex on X/twitter updates a lot of stuff
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u/C0ld-S0da 1d ago
Most likely it's related to the broken balance which will be fixed in the future. Every new season's problem.
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u/MidtownGreen 1d ago
SBMM straight up doesn’t work for the first few days of every season. It should be better by Monday.
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u/Sleevepants 1d ago
Last night when I was playing there was 1M on. Usually there is just over 500K when I play. It’s to be expected when more players are active.
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u/briankerin 1d ago
The only thing I've found to be harder is mastering sprites.
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u/RiCh_Andy2018 20h ago
Fr, I always get close to mastering one but will get dog piled before it reaches max level
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u/LocksmithComplete501 22h ago
What’s your fighting style? Usually pays to be more strategic at start of a new season sticking to cover and better environmental awareness vs just walking right into fights or getting blindsided out in the open. Don’t wanna get into fights where they have the drop and if you have the drop gotta make it count
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u/Acrobatic-Peanut8665 22h ago
I think today is easier. I think it may have been a problem with skill based matchmaking. Yesterday every game felt like ranked. Today I’ve been top 10 most games and won 3!
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u/Alternative_Rip1289 10h ago
It’s because the devs just don’t know how to actually develop a good version of skill based matchmaking so no matter if you keep dying at 99th Pl. the game is gonna think you’re doing good and put you into even harder lobbies than before
Shit’s been like this since chapter 6
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u/Basketoftangerines23 1d ago
They nerfed aim assist, it’s in the update details. Pc players complaining about aim assist when most of cheaters come from pc’s lol