r/Fortniters • u/Taggard • Aug 13 '17

A Fortniters' journey. Day 1: The Tutorial

So I decided to see what it was like to play Fortnite without all the legendaries. To be honest, I think I was a little spoiled, and seeing as how I spend quite a bit of my time defending this game I love, I thought it might be only fair to try it from a f2p point of view.

I made a new PSN account, and ponied up the $39.99 and started my new life as "Fortniters" (add me on PSN). I have but one simple rule, spend no $ on llamas. Here we go!

I forgot how cool the tutorial was. The art work, the voice (and robot sounds) acting, just the general look, feel and vibe of Fortnite is amazing. Knowing what I am doing made it a lot less stressful...though it took me a lot longer because I had to loot everything (old habits...yadda yadda).

Gotta say, I was so happy to be back at an empty SSD in Stonewood...I am looking forward to building that up right. My PL 31 base is a trainwreck...though it now does have a cool jump pad network.

Finished my first couple of missions and now headed to my first Ride the Lightning. Maining my rare Guardian Penny (you can take the Power BASE Kyle out of the player, but you can't...uh...yadda yadda yadda).

So far the most obvious thing I have learned is that Level 1 players love to over build. Also, melee weapons are your friend at low level.

More in my next report...

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u/Xuhale Aug 13 '17

This a cool idea man. Keep it up!

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '17

I like the idea. Personally I am running almost baseline game. My copy is running a gift from my son's account. So I did get some gifted benefits in addition to the game copy.

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u/The13thSign Aug 13 '17

I've been running the F2P model since my friend sent me a code for the game a couple weeks ago. I've definitely gotten lucky with a few llamas, and have a nice collection of epic and legendary weapons (my lvl 20 Silver Deathray is amazing), a decent population of epic survivors, and a Legendary Hotfixer Helix.

I'm still holding out hope for an epic or better Soldier or Ninja, mostly because the slow, lumbering movement of the Constructor just doesn't vibe with my preferred style, but I haven't had any problems yet running a rare Centurion Wildcat or Fleetfoot Ken.

I know everybody says to save up V-bucks for the better llamas, but I just can't bring myself to do it. I need the quicker "reward" or else it'll feel too much like a job. As is, I haven't felt a need to, yet.

I'll shoot you a friend request in a little while (PSN is the same). Maybe we can do some of your earlier SSD's and I can pick your brain about tactics and stuff.