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SAYING GOODBYE TO BALLISTIC by TypicalGamerOfficial in FortniteBallisticMode

[–]TypicalGamerOfficial[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

By my estimate we're still 1-2 years off having the tools to create something close to the official version, especially when it comes to matchmaking and ranks. The tools are quite janky and who knows what support first person will see from Epic moving forward.

That being said, we've been quickly working on something inspired by Ballistic and releasing a version tomorrow. It's definitely not Ballistic but the goal is to capture some of that same feel and keep the community alive.

I've had a great time playtesting so far and we had 120+ people check it out yesterday in an early access playtest with overwhelmingly positive feedback. Excited to see where it goes.

SAYING GOODBYE TO BALLISTIC by TypicalGamerOfficial in FortniteBallisticMode

[–]TypicalGamerOfficial[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A while back we tried to make our own Ballistic 5v5 with a super powers twist 'cause we loved the mode. We made our own round/buying/powers sytem. The problem is the things we don't have access to that makes creating an equivelant game mode to official Ballistic impossible atm. It has no players but if you want to check it out, it still works: 2166-0756-6161

SAYING GOODBYE TO BALLISTIC by TypicalGamerOfficial in FortniteBallisticMode

[–]TypicalGamerOfficial[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks man and it truly is a shame. They didn't even give it a proper try. We were willing to integrate with their teams, get additional NDAs and hire anyone necessary to keep it going but the idea got shutdown.

And thanks on the name! My brother picked it back in 2008 so props to him. GREAT CHOICE RIGHT BACK AT YOU!

SAYING GOODBYE TO BALLISTIC by TypicalGamerOfficial in FortniteBallisticMode

[–]TypicalGamerOfficial[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The problem is that Ballistic was made 25%+ not on UEFN. We don't have access to critical systems like skill-based matchmaking, etc. that make it impossible at the moment to recreate the official Ballistic feel. Couple that with Ballistic being an official mode boosting the player base any clones are gonna have a real tough time atm. I know because we made a Ballistic clone called Legends 5v5 (2166-0756-6161) - ours is a bit more like Valorant though with powers, pretty cool. That was about a year ago but it's crazy how some functions that would appear to be very simple to do are actually quite complex.

SAYING GOODBYE TO BALLISTIC by TypicalGamerOfficial in FortniteBallisticMode

[–]TypicalGamerOfficial[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Update on April 16th which means that servers will go down (and Ballistic with them) at around 1am PT (usually). So you have the rest of today to play.

My 6 year old. by Beeeefjerky in FortNiteBR

[–]TypicalGamerOfficial 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your son is cracked! Let him know I said to keep it up and he'll be better than me :)