Why Am I So Bad at Fortnite? PLZ HELP!

The Wololo Wombat on 26/07/2018 - 13:59
Last edited 26/07/2018 - 14:00

I'm really bad at Fortnite. Really bad.

I've don't think I've ever been so bad at something in my life.

I've had close to 900 solo games and not won a Victory Royale. Not even once. I did once in Squads when I got carried.

The best # of kills I had is 5 (in solo). I've gotten that twice. My K/D is around 0.4

I thought it was my computer, so bought a new PC. Now getting 100+ FPS on high setting and I'm still crap. I bought a new monitor, a razer death-adder mouse. Still crap.

Focus on trying to build more . Still crap.

Maybe it's my internet? How can I tell if I'm getting bad ping? I'm on the Old Optus cable. I get 100 Mbbs download and 2Mbpps upload (also upgraded the speed to help). Maybe it's lag to the server? I do notice that my shot gun shots don't hit quite often, even at close range when I'm dead on them.

Or maybe I'm just past my prime (27 yo)

Plz help a poor soul.

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Comments

  • pyramid on 26/07/2018 - 14:01

    sorry, TLDR?

    • HighAndDry on 26/07/2018 - 14:11
      +95

      OP needs to git gud.

        • HighAndDry on 27/07/2018 - 11:09
          +55

          Good idea! OP should enrol in Fortnight class to git gud.

        • ChatCPT on 27/07/2018 - 13:39
          +24

          phrsse

          Lol!! First you learn to spell properly before commenting!

        • [Deactivated] on 27/07/2018 - 17:40
          +5

          @havok44: Should've paid more attention in class. ;)

        • smartazz104 on 30/07/2018 - 08:39

          The only thing that’s pathetic is your dribble masked as some sort of reply.

      • bad hombre on 27/07/2018 - 14:46
        +4

        I must be old as! Never heard "git gud" before. I'm gonna learn it to git gud @ lyfe!

        • HighAndDry on 27/07/2018 - 14:51
          +3

          Oh don't get me wrong - I'm too old to use that phrase in any way other than jokingly or ironically. I hear it's used as a retort to people whining about games being too hard, or being beaten by others on online multiplayer games (not saying OP is whining - just explaining its normal usage).

          I like the philosophy behind it though - don't complain, get better yourself. Universally applicable.

      • idonotknowwhy on 27/07/2018 - 16:05
        +30

        git gud
        git: 'gud' is not a git command. See 'git —help'.

        The most similar command is
        gui

        • fenric on 27/07/2018 - 17:50
          +3

          That is top tier nerdy….Have a +

        • NobalaKoba on 21/08/2018 - 18:46
          -1

          Sorry for the late response, but maybe this can help.

      • djmm on 28/07/2018 - 22:29

        My gut has gitten already

    • Zedsdeadbabyzedsdead on 27/07/2018 - 12:58
      +19

      "Why Am I So Bad at Fortnite?"

      No idea what fortnite is, maybe try weekly first?

      • iDroid on 27/07/2018 - 13:45
        +6

        WOW, that's probably worthy of it's own topic..

        "I have no idea what fornite is, Ask Me Anything"

      • billy77 on 27/07/2018 - 22:31
        +2

        It's a new type of utensil - combination of fork and knife…

      • Cheaplikethebird on 02/08/2018 - 16:51

        Funny fact - American's dont use the word fortnight. Have had to explain it to a few online gaming buddies, wonder if they get it now.

  • GangGang on 26/07/2018 - 14:03
    +8

    Rogan

  • DarthAntz on 26/07/2018 - 14:04
    +13

    Everyone's playing minecraft again now. time to move your life forward by going backward.

    Meanwhile, Why cant i win a NVIDIA GTX 1080Ti on the competitions page?

    Please help a poor soul.

  • angelkulit025 on 26/07/2018 - 14:05
    +1

    Get a life! Hopefully you'll be good at it.

    • The Wololo Wombat on 26/07/2018 - 16:58
      +5

      Fornite is my life rn :'(

      • Hybroid on 27/07/2018 - 10:04
        +4

        Easily fixed by subsituting World of Warcraft and it's new expansion. You can't be bad at that.

        • Inzo on 27/07/2018 - 10:22
          +2

          For teh Horde!

        • airal3rt on 27/07/2018 - 16:00
          +1

          The drooling noobs standing in the fire beg to differ.

        • auna on 30/07/2018 - 09:24

          Millions of times better… seriously chat simulator WoW is better!

      • ego22 on 29/07/2018 - 18:18

        So your really asking why u suck at life… So deep..

  • rompastompa on 26/07/2018 - 14:09
    +9

    Or maybe I'm just past my prime (27 yo)

    I have no idea as I do not play Fortnite, however, reflexes start to slow down. You need to focus on strategy / knowledge to beat those damn kids.

    Can you build a porch, and sit there until kids enter your property, then shoot them with a shotgun yelling 'Get off my grass!'?

    Edit: Or do what the professionals do, after each kill yell 'get rekt'. Once you've said it a billion times, you'd be a star.

    • Changskies on 26/07/2018 - 18:32
      +2

      actually resonates a bit. Used to be Supreme / GE in csgo; now I struggle to hold mge / dmg (27 y.o.)

      • superuser on 28/07/2018 - 12:06

        Holly shiieet!!! Same here. I was in dmg, then have to work and now im just a casual gamer. I'm in nova 1 atm. I flick headshot with awp sometimes and they just report me.

        • skrep on 29/07/2018 - 12:14

          Are you aware they re-worked the ranking system and both of these statements fits the nerf they did for them?

    • [Deactivated] on 28/07/2018 - 11:08
      +1

      I am not sure but this quite work well in PUGB.

      https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=13809…

  • HighAndDry on 26/07/2018 - 14:10
    +15

    Have you tried more RGB?

    Edit: Also please tell me you're just trolling:

    I thought it was my computer, so bought a new PC.

    Edit 2: Git gud.

    • The Wololo Wombat on 26/07/2018 - 16:58
      +2

      Haha no troll. I was running an old school/work computer from 10 years ago as all I used to play was age haha.

      • Kangal on 27/07/2018 - 21:18
        +34

        1) Need fast internet (check ping)
        2) Need fast monitor (low-latency)
        3) Need fast gpu (high framerates)

        Once you've covered those basics, the rest is literally skill when it comes to the free Fortnite (Battle Royale).
        Firstly, you need to play the game many times in many different styles to find out your weaknesses and strengths (eg some people are great at sniping, others midrange with SCAR, and some like CQC with pump-shotty, some great with traps, others great with building).

        If you're good at sniping: Learn to build large structures to snipe people from the top, whilst firing rockets to destroy their structures
        Good at midrange: Learn to hide and get closer to targets, whilst maintaining distance from others. Also build small structures.
        Great at CQC: Need to bunny hop, use cover, and rush targets. Use springs to leap behind enemies. Also build wall quick for reloading.

        Once you've figured this, this will determine your landing spot.
        With snipers you want to go to deserted areas, loot them, and stock up on as much wood as possible. You want Bolt Sniper, Rocket, Traps.
        With midrange, you want to go low-populated areas, loot area, and stock up on wood whilst getting a few kills. You want SCAR, Light MGun, Grenades.
        With CQC, you want to go low-populated areas, loot only people, stock up on few wood, focus on kills. You want Heavy shotty, Drum Gun, extra shields.

        There are low-risk/low-reward areas (eg Snobby Shores) that are good for Long-range players (and those thinking End Game).
        There are high-risk/high-reward areas (eg Tilted Towers) that are not good for anyone… but good for a quick match to improve your shooting skills.
        There are mid-risk/mid-reward areas (eg Tomato Town) that are good for CQC and Midrange players.
        …and then there is…
        A tactical low-risk/high reward area (eg Loot Lake) that is good to pick up a few weapons and wood, then travel to Tilted Towers… where there's 60 people who have been thinned down to 10. You can ambush one of those "winners" escaping the area. Then you can basically steal all their loot. Basically you can get all the "Good Loot" from Tilted Towers without having to fight dozens of people. To do this, you need to be able to get the two loot boxes in the house/cave and the third loot box in the boat, and restock from the two cabins that are on the way. If you fight one of the "winners" when you have a bad Loadout, chances are you will lose and will have to start a new match.

        What you can improve from the get-go:
        - Learn the various towns/popular and unpopular areas
        - Learn how to parachute later, sideways droop quick, and land to roofs first for chest boxes
        - Learn to open boxes/pickup items quicker
        - Learn to rearrange items more efficiently
        - Learn to chop wood quicker
        - Learn to apply shield asap

        What you can improve gradually:
        - Learn to hear surrounding players
        - Learn to check surroundings before and whilst moving (constant surveillance)
        - Learn to bunny-hop and hide to cover
        - Learn to heal/shield quicker
        - Learn to reload quicker
        - Learn to climb cliffs

        What will take ++hours of practice:
        - Placing headshots
        - Using grenades tactically
        - Raiding towers
        - Using traps/explosives effectively
        - Making tactical moves with teammates
        - Building defensive towers

        Squads are faster, offence-laden matches.
        All alone are slower, individual, defensively laid matches.
        Every match begins with CQC friendly at the start, very slowly transitions to midrange after the first two storms, then very quickly transitions to long-range sniper battles in the end game.

        The key to getting to the top 30 seems to be being good at the simple stuff/get the basics locked-down. The key to getting to the top 5 seems to be BUILD, BUILD, BUILD (and some sniping). The key to getting Dicken Chinner is LUCK. The easiest place to win is on Android, then on iOS, then on Switch, then on PS4, then on XB1, and lastly on PC. The first four devices will have Auto-Aim and many newb players, so getting to the top 30 should be easy. The XB1 has much less players, and usually more dedicated players, so there's a bit more difficulty. Now the PC has a lot of players, and a lot more "hardcore" ones so getting to the top is harder and winning is even harder. There's no Auto Aim, so its basically how skilled you are versus how skilled the rest are.

        ….you can watch tutorials online

        • The Wololo Wombat on 29/07/2018 - 15:45
          +4

          Hey mate, I just wanted to say thanks for all these awesome tips, I'm applying many of them and things are already getting a lot better - thanks for taking the time! I appeciate it :)

        • mehfew on 30/07/2018 - 11:22
          +1

          This guy fork knifes.

  • rambutann on 26/07/2018 - 14:11
    +36

    Have you tried turning it off and on again?

    • WT on 27/07/2018 - 14:59
      +4

      this sounds more like adobe needing an update

  • dcep on 26/07/2018 - 14:25
    +21

    you need a gaming chair

    • The Wololo Wombat on 26/07/2018 - 16:59
      +8

      AHHHHHHHH yes. Throw more money untill the problem solves itself

      • HighAndDry on 27/07/2018 - 10:03
        +1

        Well eventually you'll get good enough, or be paying someone good enough to play and level up your account…

        • [Deactivated] on 27/07/2018 - 15:29
          +2

          ***git gud enuff

      • JDM4LIFE on 27/07/2018 - 11:36
        +1

        This can be offset by begging for donation on stream.

      • Ti-au on 29/07/2018 - 12:30

        But can ur chair do this?

    • iDroid on 27/07/2018 - 13:35

      He could be running this on a "Non Gaming" PC.

      Grab a few LED's and funky stuff, that should lift your game somewhat.

    • The Wololo Wombat on 27/07/2018 - 18:10
      +15

      Update. Went to officeworks to buy a chair haha. I know this was troll advice, but my chair is really bad so I figured I'd get a new one. Got a box damaged $250 chair for $10!!

      • WhyAmICommenting on 28/07/2018 - 10:30
        +2

        You got a chair from office works for a tenner??

        • abuch47 on 29/07/2018 - 21:43
          +2

          All hail the king of ozbargain

      • Wallyt99 on 30/07/2018 - 08:49

        Now you have a chair, don’t forget to buy a mechanical keyboard and laser mouse!

  • Oz8argain on 26/07/2018 - 14:29
    +1

    you need to spend more money..

    No. watch more youtube and learn from watching good players.

  • Ughhh on 26/07/2018 - 14:32
    +1

    Surely you can tell when you're lagging (computer or internet) or not. If you're not lagging, then maybe you simply suck ie. bad aim, poor strategy. Im both, but more the latter now I've upgraded the RAM, internets still crap though.

  • Gronk on 26/07/2018 - 14:38
    +12

    Does your setup have plenty of RGB LED's all over it? Everybody knows the key to being a top tier gamer is RGB LED's.

    • The Wololo Wombat on 26/07/2018 - 17:00
      +3

      Ahh damn. Didn't know this. Going to the RGB store now.

  • Lukey90 on 26/07/2018 - 14:44
    +4

    Turn down your mouse sensitivity (lower, lower!) and keep practising.

    You're welcome.

    • Diji1 on 26/07/2018 - 16:17
      +6

      Also remap your building select keys if you haven't, F1-F4 is terrible. I mapped wall and ramp to back/forward mouse buttons meaning i can throw a wall up with a quick 1-2 button combo on mouse.

      I'm assuming you have Windows properly setup for gaming ie no mouse snapping etc.

    • The Wololo Wombat on 26/07/2018 - 17:00
      +1

      Thank you both for actual advice haha. Will do!

    • abb on 27/07/2018 - 12:24

      Turn down your mouse sensitivity

      Huh? Don't you want to be able to turn around quickly?

      Fortnite doesn't strike me as needing super pixel-perfect accuracy. The buildings all snap to a very coarse grid.

      Of course, I'm assuming there's a slow-down when aiming (zoomed-in) type thing like there is on console…

      • asubtleviolence on 27/07/2018 - 13:15
        +2

        The idea behind low sensitivity is that you use 'arm aiming', rather than entirely wrist aiming. So if you want to turn around 180 degrees, you use a large sweeping motion with your forearm (bending at the elbow), and then use your wrist for fine control (e.g. mid-long distance aiming).

        • abb on 27/07/2018 - 14:02
          +4

          Huh, that's a new one to me. Thanks for the explanation.

          I used to play TF2 somewhat competitively and used a blisteringly high sensitivity so I never ran out of mousepad during a fight. TF2 probably has a much closer average encounter range than Fortnite though.

    • aussieprepper on 27/07/2018 - 17:30

      I game at like 3500 dpi in battlefield I hate turning around slow also looking up and down to change the dpi lower. You can get use to the higher dpi.

  • tomleonhart on 26/07/2018 - 15:35
    +8

    Bad at game usually means you’re good at life. Don’t worry!

    • ChillBro on 26/07/2018 - 21:28
      +22

      I've had close to 900 solo games

  • marketingpolice on 26/07/2018 - 15:40
    +3

    My kids would say you need to watch more youtube videos of Fortnite to upskill!

  • tomsco on 26/07/2018 - 15:44
    +13

    Stick to AoE.

    • therealoptimus on 29/07/2018 - 22:31
      +1

      Relieved to have found an AoE reference. Saddened it took half a page of comments.

      • fLamous on 30/07/2018 - 08:58

        Get me some Cheese Steak Jimmys…. or was it Pepperoni Pizza?

  • djkelly69 on 26/07/2018 - 15:51
    +1

    Buy a console and play on that - xbox one S (~$200) is fine. It is a lot less competitive on console for a variety of reasons (more casual gamers, people using controllers rather than mouse and keyboard, etc).

    I actually think watching good players on youtube or twitch or whatever is helpful as you can watch what they do to win (basically build heaps and shoot really accurately).

    • Diji1 on 26/07/2018 - 16:20

      Also auto aim.

      • The Wololo Wombat on 26/07/2018 - 17:01
        +3

        I tried this on a mates X-box, I'm even worse!

  • ShortyX on 26/07/2018 - 15:53
    +1
    1. Maybe land popular places like Tilted and Paradise to get amongst it for killing practice.
    2. You can turn on Net Debug to show your ping.
    3. Build.
    4. Watch some top players for some tips.
  • dylo on 26/07/2018 - 16:01
    +2

    Ask a bikie

  • Baghern on 26/07/2018 - 16:02
    +2

    27… way too old… retirement village is over there…

    its not your internet speed that is the issue, its your ping/latency

    There should be an option, shortcut key that shows you ping

    The good ol days… we would get ping of 200, while the yanks were at 20

    I think these days Australians can get upto 50.. that's because of a better backbone and servers

    • Diji1 on 26/07/2018 - 16:23
      +6

      I read if the server is in Australia east coast FTTP users get about 8ms, close to LAN performance.

      Of course no more of that because Turnbull had to spend 98 billion dollars and counting enriching Telstra so they could supply a shittier internet connection than FTTP. If you vote for him you voted for this and if you vote for him again your saying it's cool, your happy he did it.

      • aussieprepper on 28/07/2018 - 06:52

        I get an average ping of like 12-15ms playing BF4 on ADSL2 lol

        • myusername on 28/07/2018 - 16:11
          +4

          have you tried ALT F4 in game i hear it lowers your ping considerably

      • eatwell365 on 31/07/2018 - 02:08

        Does it mean we should stop voting for Turnbull because Australian lost in Fortnite?

    • Melong on 28/07/2018 - 09:47
      +1

      Rofl, sorry mate, there is a limit to the speed of light, lower pings are because of Aussie servers

  • dogboy on 26/07/2018 - 16:06
    +5

    Don't worry, Fortnite is a terrible game only suitable for kids <12 years old.

  • Illian on 26/07/2018 - 16:10
    +9

    Buying a new PC and upgrading the net to play Fortnite? This can't be real.

    But if it is, how much gaming experience do you have? Honestly a relatively slow game like this isn't about reflexes to any significant degree, and 27 is still very young! I'm 25, I've been playing Serious Sam HD and I still got the moves. My husband never played video games, so now that I'm encouraging him to play them with me, he's having trouble adapting, mostly with his sense of place within the virtual world, basically knowing where he is in relation to everything else, which is surprising because I can't navigate public transport but he can do it from memory! In any game, you need to immerse yourself in it with all your senses, not view it from the outside and simply react to what you're seeing, maybe that's something you need to work on. If not, well, some people just can't figure it out.

  • kyoba on 26/07/2018 - 17:09
    +4

    Make sure you can do the Fortnite dances. Once you master that you'll immediately feel in sync with the characters and automatically improve.
    Also whilst this is a cheat, draw a dot right on the center of your monitor. It's like autoaim hacks but "invisible".
    Buy more monitors. The more screens the better your viewpoint.
    Buy noise cancelling headphones.

    • The Wololo Wombat on 26/07/2018 - 17:12
      +2

      Some of your tips are actually really good, others are troll hahaha. Love it. Like finding gold in the rough

    • Axelstrife on 26/07/2018 - 21:23

      I'd advise against Noise canceling headphones.
      My Bose QC25 while a great for music and movies they suck for gaming, can't hear enemies not nearly as good as for example my Logitech G433.

  • The Wololo Wombat on 26/07/2018 - 17:13
    +1

    PSA. This is actually a serious post and cry for help. I just also recongise how ridiculous it is and wrote it in a humourous way to laugh at myself

    • cassidy02 on 26/07/2018 - 17:56
      +4

      • I'm 35 and had a stroke and I've won a few games, so you are not too old :)

      • If you're just after the win, loot up somewhere quiet and hide for the whole game. Let the others kill themselves and waste their bullets and materials and you can get the last person at the end. Maybe once you get your first win you'll get some confidence.

      • Join some of the Facebook groups and ask for tips (or search previous posts asking the same). I'm in the "Fortnite Battle Royale PS4" one.

      • Play 50v50 with more team mates backing you up so you can get better with aims. Agree with the comment above about changing sensitivity as well, that helped me massively.

      Just have fun, it's a game after all.

      • ahewitt76 on 26/07/2018 - 21:43
        +2

        Dude, I stroke multiple times a day…not sure how it's relevant

        _<

    • Praeto on 27/07/2018 - 20:32

      Try playing around with mouse sensitivity.. In these kinds of games, it's usually one of the first things you should play around with and find what works for you.. Some people like incredibly high sensitivity and "twitch" up close to the enemy, while others are comfortable with lower sensitivity and engaging at more range with higher accuracy.

  • fossilfuel on 26/07/2018 - 18:16
    +2

    Maybe it's my internet? How can I tell if I'm getting bad ping? I'm on the Old Optus cable.

    This is your main problem. You need to steal internet from your neighbours and your neighbour's neighbours. Climb the telephone pole, attach jumper cables to your neighbours telephone line and wire it up to your home. The more internet you steal, the better your ping and less lag you'll experience. You might also manage to steal your neighbours netflix or porn subscription. As a safety measure, install a trojan horse on your PC to protect your privacy.

  • matt3 on 26/07/2018 - 20:07
    +3

    The ping and latency problems are between your ears. At 27 your nerve synapses have worn down. I suggest loading up with Vitamin B12 and eating raw carp. If you can't catch fresh carp, buy a bottle of 'Charlie Carp' - a shot of that for breakfast will set you straight.

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