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[Pinball 2000]

I guess the idea is that while the main Battle Royale stuff gets a Teen rating, Epic wants to try and let kids play freely in some of the less violent creative maps that don't focus on combat. But that being said, how on earth is Epic determining which skins are appropriate and which are not? Here are a few examples I can personally see:



Deadpool has guns on the model and a gun in his lobby idle animation, so he's flagged, that's understandable. John Wick and Scuba Jonesy have guns in their lobby idle animations as well, but Wick is still considered acceptable. Wick and Jonesy don't have any actual weapons on their in-game models.


Most skins with holstered guns are flagged, but Ani Konda and Han Solo both clearly have guns on their model and they're still okay.



All three of these skins have visible bullets/shotgun shells hanging off of them, yet only the first one is okay.



Visible knife hanging off the chest? Perfectly fine. Two wrist blades? Cool. But a woman with TWO knives? Unacceptable.



Chris and Wrangler both have plenty of holsters, yet zero actual guns or knives on their model.



No weapons on either of these guys, but I guess they're just too spooky or something.

Seriously, I don't understand the criteria on how they're determining which items are and are not okay. If the rule is "no visible weapons on the skin", they're not enforcing this properly.

 

[Scream Aim Fire]

Frankly, at this point; I'm seriously wondering whether I should really keep playing the game at this point. I mean, a pretty good chunk of my favorite skins aren't really affected by the age-restriction thing, but the repeated bad decisions made by Epic - coupled with how crammed full of tryhards this season has been - has really cut my enjoyment of this game. Been wondering whether I should be trying to pick up Save The World; any suggestions?

 

[The Lawgiver]

I guess the idea is that while the main Battle Royale stuff gets a Teen rating, Epic wants to try and let kids play freely in some of the less violent creative maps that don't focus on combat. But that being said, how on earth is Epic determining which skins are appropriate and which are not? Here are a few examples I can personally see:


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Deadpool has guns on the model and a gun in his lobby idle animation, so he's flagged, that's understandable. John Wick and Scuba Jonesy have guns in their lobby idle animations as well, but Wick is still considered acceptable. Wick and Jonesy don't have any actual weapons on their in-game models.

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Most skins with holstered guns are flagged, but Ani Konda and Han Solo both clearly have guns on their model and they're still okay.


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All three of these skins have visible bullets/shotgun shells hanging off of them, yet only the first one is okay.


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Visible knife hanging off the chest? Perfectly fine. Two wrist blades? Cool. But a woman with TWO knives? Unacceptable.


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Chris and Wrangler both have plenty of holsters, yet zero actual guns or knives on their model.


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No weapons on either of these guys, but I guess they're just too spooky or something.

Seriously, I don't understand the criteria on how they're determining which items are and are not okay. If the rule is "no visible weapons on the skin", they're not enforcing this properly.

why the fuck is jonesy in a diving suit banned? too much water for the kids? the fucking anemone is banned too, is it just ALL ocean guys?

EDIT: It's inconsistent to an absurd degree what skins are banned and what ones aren't. It can't be visible weapons/bandoliers, because I found out that while Meowscles is banned, his sister who has a fucking ammo belt strapped across her chest with sardine cans and grenades and shit isn't banned.

 

[The tired cat]

EDIT: It's inconsistent to an absurd degree what skins are banned and what ones aren't. It can't be visible weapons/bandoliers, because I found out that while Meowscles is banned, his sister who has a fucking ammo belt strapped across her chest with sardine cans and grenades and shit isn't banned.

I'm still angry that Epic won't put Meowskulls least back on their Fortnite store for people to purchase her.

 

[The Lawgiver]

I'm still angry that Epic won't put Meowskulls least back on their Fortnite store for people to purchase her.

She was a battle pass skin like Meowscles and his son, Kit. I haven't logged in yet to see what skins are banned or not but I don't know if Kit's banned or not yet. The only non-battle pass variant of Meowscles or his family is the Phantom version of Meowscles that they weirdly had in the shop for only a day or 2 last month. I'm pissed about because I wasn't on for it.

Basically you're fucked out of any Member of Meowscles' family if you weren't playing when they got added.

 

[Scream Aim Fire]

Seems the devs are aware that they fucked up, at least: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Ag04B6R9g

Here's hoping that they manage to fix things.

She was a battle pass skin like Meowscles and his son, Kit. I haven't logged in yet to see what skins are banned or not but I don't know if Kit's banned or not yet. The only non-battle pass variant of Meowscles or his family is the Phantom version of Meowscles that they weirdly had in the shop for only a day or 2 last month. I'm pissed about because I wasn't on for it.

Basically you're fucked out of any Member of Meowscles' family if you weren't playing when they got added.

Honestly, I think it would help out Epic quite a bit if they put the Battle Passes on a rotation; make it to where the older passes can rotate back into the game occasionally so the players that never got a chance to get them can actually earn them. Division 2 did it with their Manhunts, so I don't see why Epic can't do it.

 

[Stab You in the Back]

Honestly, I think it would help out Epic quite a bit if they put the Battle Passes on a rotation; make it to where the older passes can rotate back into the game occasionally so the players that never got a chance to get them can actually earn them. Division 2 did it with their Manhunts, so I don't see why Epic can't do it.

They do, its just super rare.

 

[Mike and Eichs]

They do, its just super rare.

For now, eventually they'll run out of pop culture shit to milk the fanbases of then rotate to some of the marvel and DC stuff locked behind old battle passes.

Not that I mind that much, God emperor Doctor Doom does look pretty cool.

 

[Scream Aim Fire]

I just wish they'd maybe bring back some specific skins; Meowcles and his family are pretty popular as mentioned above, the OG Hybrid and Dire are cool, and some of the other battle pass skins would be a welcome addition as well.

Also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5heEqxgwww&t=0s

Age restrictions are officially going away at the start of Chapter 5, on December 3rd. It's not immediate, but at least they're going away.

 

[Scream Aim Fire]

So, double-post, but I was curious; with OG Week 4 now live, what do you guys think of the game, currently? You still holding onto any hope that Epic can pull the game back up, or do you think about potentially dropping it sometime in the future? Concerning the upcoming live event with Eminem; what are your thoughts? Interested in the remix of the Black Hole event, or are you skipping it? What are your thoughts on the Battle Pass? Completed it yet, or no?

Also, something that I haven't seen many talk about; what do you guys think about Drakon Steel Hybrid? Decent replacement for the original, or no?

 

[The tired cat]

Id say the OG event isnt bad, but the skins looked kinda meh, so didnt bother with the battle pass. As for Eminem, I still ask why they didnt get Snoop Dog after all this years, unless that guy charges more and Slim Shady is much cheaper somehow. Im just hoping the blackhole event will least have better skins to offer and also...fuck me does Epic like charging ya through the nose on those VBux, somehow the stuff in Hunt is way cheaper to buy for a battle pass event.

 

[The Lawgiver]

I just wish they'd maybe bring back some specific skins; Meowcles and his family are pretty popular as mentioned above, the OG Hybrid and Dire are cool, and some of the other battle pass skins would be a welcome addition as well.

Knowing how these tings go, they'll probably come out with some kinda seasonal variant of them in a bundle or something like how there's a bunch of non battlepass Midas variants. So far the only thing we have released like that for Meowscles is phantom Meowscles, but there's also the unreleased summer skin from a year or 2 ago where he had swim trunks and pool floaties you can still see on posters in the game. My point is there's potential to see the characters again, just not in the original base form from the original battlepass.

As for the event overall, I've been either zombied out or sick as hell throughout it all so I've missed most of it sadly, hopefully i'm able to grind a bit before december hits.

 

[RefurbishedApparatus]

I genuinely wish there were a way to obtain old battlepass and other of these exclusive cosmetics.

Anyways I wanted to say that I think I just figured out why the old chapter 1 map was so nostalgic, the map had this feeling of abandon, like almost all houses are on a state of decay, it's all so overly open and has this odd feeling of lifeless sterilization that reminds me of another game: Halo: Combat Evolved. In Halo: CE the moment you are introduced to the overly unnatural ring shaped planet you always get a sense that it looks so artificial, and it is: there's very open spaces with trees, rivers, and other places that feel like something you would see on a planet with life but not a single animal in sight and the ambience noises are eerie and on top of that there is also these lifeless structures that were left by the forerunners in the halo. in fornite in the og map, when it came out, every asset and model was recycled from save the world were there is a apocalyptic scenery, meanwhile the br map was just a odd lonely island that had various structures that actually don't fully make sence ¿why is there a toilet factory? ¿why does the most city looking place of the game (tilted towers) is so small in comparison with an actual city? ¿Why are houses in the middle of fucking nowhere? And many of these are almost completely destroyed, ¿why the hell is there all sort of things in the basement of some of the houses? (A greenscreen room, a secret complex among other stuff) and while the seasons passed by many places started to look in decay like the secret villain hideout in that one mountain east of the map it went completely abandoned after the first event of the game, It just doesn't look right it just makes you wonder why exactly and what is goin on.

Maybe I'm overthinking but the game was totally different back then. Also play Halo, preferably the games that were made by bungie.

So, double-post, but I was curious; with OG Week 4 now live, what do you guys think of the game, currently? You still holding onto any hope that Epic can pull the game back up, or do you think about potentially dropping it sometime in the future? Concerning the upcoming live event with Eminem; what are your thoughts? Interested in the remix of the Black Hole event, or are you skipping it? What are your thoughts on the Battle Pass? Completed it yet, or no?

Also, something that I haven't seen many talk about; what do you guys think about Drakon Steel Hybrid? Decent replacement for the original, or no?

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I have no fucking idea why they have decided to give hybrid such a noticeable ass but I'm personally gonna stick with the original since that one was between the first skins I ever got in the game.
I dunno if you people remember when the season 8 battle pass got gifted for completing some final challenges in season 7 back in the day, apparently because epic noticed that apex legends started to gain popularity and wanted some more players, people never thought that they would gift something like that since cosmetic items were pay stuff and you could only get 200 vbucks per season, but nowadays you can obtain like 300 vbucks, they are occasionally giving skins for free usually if you complete some challenges or if you play the game on Christmas and you open the gifts during that time of the year.
If they are going to give skins for free they better be good. Chrome Punk was great, Wooly Warrior was kinda shit.

 

[Scream Aim Fire]

Id say the OG event isnt bad, but the skins looked kinda meh, so didnt bother with the battle pass. As for Eminem, I still ask why they didnt get Snoop Dog after all this years, unless that guy charges more and Slim Shady is much cheaper somehow. Im just hoping the blackhole event will least have better skins to offer and also...fuck me does Epic like charging ya through the nose on those VBux, somehow the stuff in Hunt is way cheaper to buy for a battle pass event.

Quick question; doesn't Save The World allow you to earn V Bucks by completing daily missions? I've been thinking about grabbing the game mode for a while.

Knowing how these tings go, they'll probably come out with some kinda seasonal variant of them in a bundle or something like how there's a bunch of non battlepass Midas variants. So far the only thing we have released like that for Meowscles is phantom Meowscles, but there's also the unreleased summer skin from a year or 2 ago where he had swim trunks and pool floaties you can still see on posters in the game. My point is there's potential to see the characters again, just not in the original base form from the original battlepass.

As for the event overall, I've been either zombied out or sick as hell throughout it all so I've missed most of it sadly, hopefully i'm able to grind a bit before december hits.

Here's hoping they start actually releasing some variants for old skins; would be nice to get, at least.

@AfflictedZorgoia

I still don't get why Epic won't re-release the old passes; it would keep players a lot more invested, and give Epic a gigantic opportunity to make more money. Hell, they could at least release some of the old skins in the shop...

Yeah, the OG is certainly something compared to the other maps; this one feels like the aftermath of an apocalypse - which ties in nicely with STW - while the others felt more randomized. Granted, I do admit that I preferred the other maps for gameplay; this OG map just feels a bit too... dull, I guess? I dunno, it just doesn't feel as fun to me.

Also, yes; the OG version of Hybrid was better, this new one feels like they were trying too hard.

 

[D.Angus]

Quick question; doesn't Save The World allow you to earn V Bucks by completing daily missions? I've been thinking about grabbing the game mode for a while.

It does.... For those who own the "Founder's Pack" it used to only pay 50 V-Bucks but since they've discontinued the daily rewards they've bumped it up to 80. You can also get missions that reward 90 or 130, but those are more difficult/take more time to complete. Buying "Save the World" only nets you a quest chain that let's you get 1500 V-Bucks so you're at least getting some of the money back. The game does throw random amounts of V-Bucks at you as a reward for completing quests, but it's a one time thing and it's only 100 or 300 V-Bucks each time.

I miss the daily rewards, as that's pretty much how I earned all my V-bucks before even though it might be weeks without getting V-bucks awarded, but you've missed the ship when it came to the founders pack.

 

[Scream Aim Fire]

It does.... For those who own the "Founder's Pack" it used to only pay 50 V-Bucks but since they've discontinued the daily rewards they've bumped it up to 80. You can also get missions that reward 90 or 130, but those are more difficult/take more time to complete. Buying "Save the World" only nets you a quest chain that let's you get 1500 V-Bucks so you're at least getting some of the money back. The game does throw random amounts of V-Bucks at you as a reward for completing quests, but it's a one time thing and it's only 100 or 300 V-Bucks each time.

I miss the daily rewards, as that's pretty much how I earned all my V-bucks before even though it might be weeks without getting V-bucks awarded, but you've missed the ship when it came to the founders pack.

Shit, seriously? Ah, well; thanks for the info regardless, I'll just save my money instead.

Damn shame; the more I look at the game currently, the more I can't help but question the logic behind many of Epic's decisions.

 

[The tired cat]

Shit, seriously? Ah, well; thanks for the info regardless, I'll just save my money instead.

Damn shame; the more I look at the game currently, the more I can't help but question the logic behind many of Epic's decisions.

Pretty sure the logic thus far is "How can we keep making money of our ONLY good remaining game...so we can dump it all into our store that isn't even making any profit for us."

 

[The Lawgiver]

Shit, seriously? Ah, well; thanks for the info regardless, I'll just save my money instead.

Damn shame; the more I look at the game currently, the more I can't help but question the logic behind many of Epic's decisions.

You still get XP and it's generally a fun (albeit kinda buggy due to being mostly abandoned dev wise) tower defense/PVE game. I'm especially pissed because I got told by my friend who got me into the game after the time ran out. The fact there's no way to get actually free vbucks anymore even if you pay for the game unless you bought the game before a specific date is fucking awful.

 

[Scream Aim Fire]

You still get XP and it's generally a fun (albeit kinda buggy due to being mostly abandoned dev wise) tower defense/PVE game. I'm especially pissed because I got told by my friend who got me into the game after the time ran out. The fact there's no way to get actually free vbucks anymore even if you pay for the game unless you bought the game before a specific date is fucking awful.

Yeah, not being able to get the free V Bucks - because Epic decided to remove the ability after a certain date - is beyond stupid. TBH, part of me still does want to keep going with the game for now; there's a few skins that I REALLY want to see added to the game, but after that... well, it won't be any skin off of my back to drop it.

Seriously, Epic is either dropping the ball hard on this, or has already dropped the ball. It's so stupid.

 

[D.Angus]

You still get XP and it's generally a fun (albeit kinda buggy due to being mostly abandoned dev wise) tower defense/PVE game. I'm especially pissed because I got told by my friend who got me into the game after the time ran out. The fact there's no way to get actually free vbucks anymore even if you pay for the game unless you bought the game before a specific date is fucking awful.

Back in the day you didn't get XP from playing it, which is one of the reasons I never played it heavily as I was more concerned about the battle pass. I do like "Save the World" and I do wish it became free to play or at least allow access after a V-Bucks purchase, because then there'd actually be a bunch of people playing. "Save the World" is a good way to earn XP when the season starts and there's no quests to earn levels, as you're likely to get a full level by just playing one mission. There is a cap on how much XP you can get, but I don't know if it's weekly or daily..

I enjoy "Save the World" because it's one of those "Podcast Games" where you play and just put something interesting or your own music to listen to. My favorite missions are Save the Survivors or Eliminate Husks because they don't require building and have a Hard Time Cap, where as the other missions don't start the timer till the objective is started.

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This fucker needs to find his own Goddamn medkit.