(October 14, 2018 at 7:27 pm)alpha male Wrote: @emjay: Yeah, you can't really play this if your computer and/or connection aren't fast enough, since you're playing against real people. If you get it working let us know. Also, try playing the soaring 50s mode. It's easier because half the people are on your side to start.
@kit: pvp is what it's all about and it's a blast. Jackie paid for the pve and never plays it.
I managed to get it working to a vaguely playable level by changing the quality settings to 'low'; that made the game responsive enough that I could do the basic tasks, like using the glider and aiming and building walls... but I still don't have much confidence in it because it's still not smooth/reliable enough that I'd ever be able to get good at it.
So I've decided that I definitely want to get a console to play this on... something that will have better graphics capabilities than my laptop... so I'm just in the process now of weighing them up and trying to decide which one... and should hopefully be buying it in the next few days.
Basically the choice is out of:
a) Xbox One X; expensive... about £450...but powerful.
b) Nintendo Switch; fair price of about £250, lower framerate for Fortnite of 30fps, possible unavailability of the Fortnite pve games (in case I did want to pay for them at some point in the future) but looks all round a more appealing console for me in terms of the sorts of games it has and the portable aspect it has. So I could imagine myself being happy with just Fortnite, Mario Kart and maybe some puzzle game for playing on the small screen.
c) PS4; same price as a Switch of about £250, higher framerate for Fortnite of 60fps, allows use of a keyboard/mouse if required (where Switch does not) so would be able to learn to play it the PC way if I wanted. More games available than the Switch I think and cheaper game prices. Just the sorts of game I associate with a PlayStation are more action-packed/fast paced than I usually go for; ie Fortnite is an exception to the usual sort of stuff I'd play since usually I'm more likely to play simple puzzle games etc... the sort of things I'd more associate with Nintendo.
So I'm pretty torn here, but mainly out of the Switch and PS4, because the Xbox is the one I know the least about and the one where all the benefits seem to be things I generally wouldn't care about... like '4K'; I don't even care about HD
So realistically and by gut it's out of the Switch and PS4 for me; the PS4 would be better for Fortnite I think (though both of them look fine in youtube videos), but the Switch I think would appeal to me more on an all round basis, albeit at the cost of much more expensive games. So it's a real tough one for me, but I am pretty certain it's time to get one or the other; it's been a long time since I've had a proper console and I'm very out of the loop. So thanks for sparking an interest for me here with Fortnite... and in the prospect of playing it with you 
It really does look a good game and I'm already getting addicted to just watching people play it on YouTube.As to the soaring 50s mode thing, I think that was my first game by default and one which I'm aware now that I likely ballsed up even more than I thought I did
You know I said that I was only able to shoot in the general direction of enemies while that lag was in effect?... well I think I was actually shooting at my teammates because they had names written above their characters... which I have since learnt is how they designate teammates duo/squad games. But that was my very first game and almost literally thrown in at the deep end. But thanks to all these youtube videos I'm understanding the game much more now.
