{"id":62613,"date":"2025-03-22T19:52:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T23:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/2025\/03\/22\/soiree-a-essayer-le-mode-frenesie-ballistic-de-fortnite-epic-games-2017\/"},"modified":"2025-03-22T20:30:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T00:30:40","slug":"an-evening-trying-out-fortnites-new-ballistic-mode-epic-games-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/2025\/03\/22\/an-evening-trying-out-fortnites-new-ballistic-mode-epic-games-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"An evening trying out Fortnite’s new Ballistic mode (Epic Games, 2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After several months of my brother asking me to install the game, I finally did!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Note: This article is an automated<\/em> translation. For the original article, click on Fran\u00e7ais in the menu.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, last night I played Fortnite’s new mode with Pawpawz. My \u201cLet’s play\u201d is at the end of this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game mode is still interesting, but it needs some fine-tuning. For example, in this early access, there’s only one map, and there are features, such as watching the score, that don’t seem to be accessible when you’re eliminated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In one evening, I made it to Silver 2.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Throughout the evening, I didn’t see a single \u201crage quit\u201d. I think the fact that the games are relatively short helps motivate people to stay.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The progression system is quite simple. At the moment, since I wasn’t losing levels when I lost, I feel that the level represents your playing time much more than your skills. At least, for those at the bottom. Pawpawz mentioned to me that higher can go lower.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The famous \u201cbattle pass\u201d and skins. Unlike Call of Duty, which denatures itself with cosmetics and external commercial activations, this is in Fortnite’s DNA. During the evening, I played with knights, ninjas, humanoid pickles, and other skins that I’m not even sure who they represent.<\/p>\n\n\n

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It won’t affect me, as I don’t intend to play it regularly, but I completely understand the appeal of having a reset. It’s just that the seasons shouldn’t be too short.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Since my brother’s Unreal rank (2763), let’s just say that the opponents I found were generally of a very high level\u2026 who knew the map well\u2026 who knew the various gadget mechanics well\u2026 and who were giving me headshots with pistols at the other end of the map.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I’ll be interested to research these tournaments further when the game is no longer in early access.<\/p>\n\n\n

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My brother’s rank. He is currently ranked 2763th in the world!<\/p>\n\n\n

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As I mentioned earlier, at the level I was at, all games seemed to have this protection.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Video of the evening :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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