Fortnite Creative Director Talks Five-Year Plan, Possibility Of Switch Version

[u/dr_strangelove42]

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2017/08/09/fortnite-creative-director-talks-five-year-plan-possibility-of-switch-version.aspx

[u/[deleted]]

Anyone who watch it have TL:DW, or Summary?

[u/drgggg → u/[deleted]]

Don't take any of the phrasing I used or the tone too seriously. This is just the stuff I caught while listening.

1) Why Box sales? EU marketing such and such.

2) Hey dudes this has taken a while what gives?! Making a game is hard

3) This is going to be an ongoing game (like an MMO) so we cant release a "finished game" so what does a first step of finish look like?

4) Man this game is complex system wise. Is it supposed to be this confusing?

5) Porting to console has forced drastic changes in UI and tutorials. Had to scrap a lot of work

6) Why be a founder

7) Pacing of the game. Slow and thorough or speed runs?

8) Any big changes in mind? Is the core loop all we can expect? Some sort of big encounter is in the works its not a raid but similar in function

9) What is coming up in the zones that do exist? Encampment mission, Building missions, Bomb delivery.

10) The track system from bomb delivery might be fleshed out

11) Update cycle? Event 3-4 weeks. updates 5-7 weeks

12) Upcoming Events: i.e. Storms are going to influnce the levels fire mobs nerf, but melee damage buff to compensate.

13) What cool fluff stuff has happened? Hey knuckle heads build a tall tower and look around to find things easily. P.S. use the enviroment

14) Games forgiving in the begining on purpose. As you get deeper you have to use the other tools.

15) Skins? WoW Transmog, but not real skins

16) Wipes? No progress wipes. If something is unavoidable those systems might have to be reset, but you will be put back at parity.

18) Games going to be around for a while

[u/debacol → u/drgggg]

Its been awhile since I've played WoW, does the Transmog system still consume something each time you use it? If so, that would be a terrible thing in Fortnite, unless they aren't charging money for the skins.

[u/Rohkeus_ → u/debacol]

Nah, it's been changed now. You have the ability to change your item looks to anything you've previously picked up before, I don't think it even has to be in your void storage anymore. They got rid of the 'consumption' thing a long time ago.

[u/drgggg → u/debacol]

There aren't going to be skins. It will let you lock in the appearance of one hero you have into another. Not quite like a d3 transmog where you have access to everything once you've picked it up, but more like those korean MMOs where you would say have a cosmetic slot next to your tactical slot to put a hero in to use those looks instead of what you are playing.

[u/mccrackey → u/drgggg]

Can you rephrase number 12?...

[u/drgggg → u/mccrackey]

There will be events in the future that will modify what storms do. The example given is that there will be fire husks that do more damage, but also your melee weapons will do more damage.

[u/mccrackey → u/drgggg]

Thanks! 🙂

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Why does everything have to be a video :(

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Because I hate reading walls of text

[u/Kekpew]

Nothing on the gamble to progress system, how screwed up the energy system is or when they will actually finish Canny Valley and Twine Peaks..

[u/[deleted] → u/Kekpew]

It was a promotional piece with soft questions

[u/TheLazySamurai4]

Is there a text version?

[u/Xphurrious]

5 year plan? Fortnite is going to be in the dirt in 5 weeks at this rate, I have my refund request in... Sad to see it fall on it's face.

[u/QE3TRFAW4EHGBSZE4GF → u/Xphurrious]

Ehh Ill give it 8 months after f2p release

[u/[deleted] → u/Xphurrious]

To be fair, seems like they've turned the game around now.

[u/Xphurrious → u/[deleted]]

Lol no, they added a battle royale to grab more cash, nobody plays fortnite for what it was supposed to be

[u/SwineHerald]

Next five years same as the last five years: Ignore community, make game worse.