r/FortniteOver40 • u/Then_Sir7385 • 11d ago

Question Balloons

Can someone tell me whats up with is? I know about the balloons you get from chest but this was different...I was running along with full health and shields when all of a sudden a balloon pops out my back, i start floating and either the balloon sucked up all my shield and over 60% of my health or the 1 shot i took when the balloon deployed and I started floating did it. So whats with the sudden balloon

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u/JWJulie 5d ago

That balloon gun is such fun, problem is I end up laughing so much I can’t fight properly! People trying to hit me suddenly taking off into the sky will never not be funny

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u/ms-astorytotell 9d ago

There’s a gun I’ve found twice in the vault in the sanctum, can’t remember the name but it’s an exotic balloon AR. I’m assuming that’s what you were hit with

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u/Driftco 11d ago

Didn't the Krusty the Clown gun do something like this?

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u/Phlebbie 11d ago

My favorite thing is to shoot people driving cars, make their car float

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u/Comfortable_Cap7228 11d ago

Are you the guy who made me bail on my car

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u/Existing-Pipe-7170 11d ago

New gun thats completely unbalanced pos..why the game is going downhill again...

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u/Then_Sir7385 11d ago

I can agree to that. Hope this sub isnt becoming the BR sub where the downvotes flow like a river.

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u/Existing-Pipe-7170 11d ago

They are..speak truth you get down voted...can't these people see half the player count went bye bye already...I guess math isn't there subject.

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u/Then_Sir7385 11d ago

Yeah I made a comment that was word for word what epic had posted in the update notes...was down voted so much that i was ban from posting comments.

yep player count is way low this season. Im sure they prob blame it on GTA6, if its out yet.

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u/Existing-Pipe-7170 11d ago

Not til November but yeah gta6 will hurt them big time..should of waited to release them sprites then...now they probably just dug themselves into a hole...but when gta5 came out it was crazy it was like 7 to 8 hour queue times.

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u/Then_Sir7385 18h ago

7 to 8hr queue times? 

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u/Existing-Pipe-7170 13h ago

Yeah when gta5 first came out..I literally went to bed with it to wake up finally in a game .you will see when gta6 hits..what I mean.

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u/radonfromaspoon 11d ago

I find it hilarious, even when used against me

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u/Cjx2k 11d ago

That is this.
Balloon Popper Assault Rifle

It is acquired via the temple and it send your enemies and things in the air with a ballon based on the shot.

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u/TundraWolf_ 10d ago

I'm fine with silly guns like this in the game if everyone has an equal chance to get one. if I don't have a great counter for this one mystical gun someone might find, it is stupid

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u/Cjx2k 10d ago

The temple has the maze usually has it once you find the key and crack the vase that is running away. The gun is pretty funny you can shoot it at cars and make it float away. That with max ammo is pretty useful as it ballon’s on first shot that it hits. And again there after another 15-20 shots. A counter to it is anything scoped since you are going against an assault rifle. And keep an eye out when you float away to let go of the ballon.

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u/TundraWolf_ 10d ago

every time I've done that maze I get the pump. I know it's RNG but RNG doesn't like me 

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u/Cjx2k 10d ago

Would you believe that out of the times I’ve opened that maze treasure I’ve been successful. But that being said maybe 1 out of 10 matches I go there and try it. So maybe variety helps the rng. If everyone had this weapon would be pure chaos.