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@EpicTofuChris Cube Cradle next pls

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@inqiost My theory is that Jones didn’t call Slone before because he wanted to forget the past, but since the Foundation came back, he felt encouraged to call her

The thing is, if it is Slone 1. Why did Jones didn't mention her other times for past few years if they had met again 2. Why is her new outfit TLR themed which is Dark Voyager kind of theme But if it isn't her then 1. Who else does Jones trust that Foundation doesn't

@Peace_Syndicate @OrderedSpy My theory is that Jones didn’t call Slone before because he wanted to forget the past, but since the Foundation came back, he felt encouraged to call her.

"Why didn't Jones call in Slone until now?" Oh yeah, I'm sure he was jumping at the opportunity to link up with Dr Sociopath, PhD

I feel the same way 🙁

My THOUGHTS on Returning Characters in the Current Story 💭 This update wasn't bad for lore, since we got some small progressions in the seasonal story like Dark Voyager collecting the final shard...but I have my gripes about other things...notably, Doctor Slone's teased return, and our AMIE. Let's have a talk about all these returning characters lately 🗣️ New Voicelines between Hope and Jones (YAY) were added this update, and within them, Jones seems to HEAVILY imply that he will be bringing Slone to the Island to help against the Dark Voyager. While Slone is a highly anticipated character that we'd all love to see return, I have a couple issues with this. As we've seen so far in Chapter 7, returning characters haven't been getting the treatment we expect them to. In fact, it's honestly been quite unceremonious. I want to go through them real quick. 1. Jones & The Foundation have always been one of the (if not THE) most iconic storyline duos in Fortnite, and their "reunion" was something we very much hyped up and imagined for years. When it finally came down to it, it was NPC *dialogue* - not voicelines, no cinematic visual, not even a special individual loading screen of JUST them 2 - simply dialogue from Jones about Foundation. This is something I'm honestly still not over yet, it left a sour taste in my mouth. 🤷‍♂️ 2. Along with this, Season 2 kicked off to a FANTASTIC start by finally returning The Foundation & The Ice King to the storyline, putting huge spotlights on both of them as this season's main characters. Yet up to this point, we've gotten zero additional expansions on their history, how they both got here, where they've both been, or any sort of actual spotlight on them besides us "choosing a team" to fight for during the season. We've received no voicelines from Foundation, none from the Ice King, and no progression of the "War". Each update has simply added new npc dialogue about their hyper-fixation on each other. It needs to go deeper, IMO. 🚨 3. The Seven making their return in Chapter 7 has been a huge moment for us too, undoubtedly. But somehow, even halfway through Season 2, we still have absolutely NO clue where or what Order and Foundation have been doing this entire time. They left the Island suddenly, went off-grid, and never...contacted each other? Never tried to find Jones, to re-group? If Foundation was frozen, How did he run into the Ice King? If the Order was A-okay, why didn't she attempt to find Jones, someone who was very much apart of the team in Chapter 3? We still have so many crucial questions that I feel like should've been answered shortly after their arrival. Visitor Unknown and The Order got a much better, more fleshed-out reunion than anyone else so far. 😔 All of this is to say, I'm worried. I think re-introducing Slone right now is too much too soon, and she's going to suffer the same treatment as everyone else right now. Where has she been, why hasn't she searched for Jones, etc. The dialogue spoken by Jones even implies it wouldn't be incredibly difficult to find a way to contact her. So, why hasn't he tried already, after their heartfelt goodbye in Chapter 4? It just feels like right now, all of these characters are floating around out there, and when the story calls for them, Jones and Hope will simply "contact them" and they'll arrive. Order locating Jones was super easy, it was all due to his distress call in Zero Hour. I just fail to see why these old characters weren't written in a way that makes it so lucky circumstances is what brought them together, rather a reason like a signal, that could've happened years ago, at any moment. Us only coming across Foundation because he was in captivity is the PERFECT example of how to return a character without it feeling like it could've happened this entire time. We didn't contact him, he happened to be unfrozen at the right place right time. We just needed more backstory to how he got there for it to be a better execution. 🤞 My final note here is AMIE. It was confirmed in today's quests that the AMIE that randomly spoke up after Visitor's arrival, is indeed OUR AMIE. Some people correctly predicted this back when she first spoke, so kudo's to them...but I've got to say, I'm genuinely a bit surprised. Chapter 4 Season 1 was the last time we saw her...and her goodbye was a BIG cliffhanger for the story. She was literally sent through the riftgate, prepared with her own body and everything, to go find Scientist. Based on the destination in the mini Rift Gate, she clearly WENT to where they were taken, too. She was THERE. Now, after all of these years (once again, we've theorized about her return for so long, how she'd come back looking, what she saw, how she'd speak about the seven), she speaks again (she's just...here, now, inside of their suits without her own body again), and doesn't mention a single word about anything that had happened last time we saw her. Let me remind you that The Looper was someone AMIE became much more comfortable with throughout Ch4S1, yet she still said nothing to us on her arrival. I've seen people say this is because she's "depressed" or "changed" from what she saw, but I find that to be a bit of a poor explanation. From a story telling standpoint, there are dozens of ways they could have shown to us after YEARS that she was our AMIE, and she failed her mission, or simply didn't want to talk about what happened. We've anticipated her arrival all this time, for her to not speak a word of previous events and ignore them. Even a simple line like "Hey Looper, it's...been awhile. **sigh*" would've been all we needed to infer that, hey, something clearly went wrong and changed her, and it's actually our AMIE speaking. Idk, maybe im nitpicking, maybe im alone in this thought process, but yeah. I know this was super long, so thanks for reading if you did. I really do love this current storyline, Voyager is the coolest character I think we've EVER had in the story, and I am excited to release my next theory about where it could all go. But at the same time, I'm worried about all of these returning characters, and the lack of time spent on any of them. Chapter 7 Season's 1-2 could've seriously benefited from just fully fleshing out The Order and The Foundation, and then Ice King after he arrived. AMIE and Slone were BIG players of the previous storyline, and I hope Slone is done better than AMIE was. All of this to say, I know everyone at Epic is doing what they can, and we forever appreciate you and your work. I mean that, so thank you anyway. This is just one person's constructive criticism. 💜 #Fortnite

@jinxedarchive @AlignedEclipse @djlorenzouasset but why did her personality disappear?

@AlignedEclipse @djlorenzouasset she's been back with the Order but people kept saying she was a variant, she isn't. she has the same box she built in CH4, she just failed the mission and couldn't arrive in time

NEW JONES ASK ABOUT: "The Scientist" - It's hard for me to put the loss into words. - It's NOT hard for AMIE, though. - She's finding lots of words. Bereft, pained, occasionally foul words. - She blames herself. But it's not her fault. And all we can do is be there for her.

@magickbones @EpicTofuChris

Hot take: The best way Fortnite loading screens have ever been utilized was for weekly seasonal storytelling People loved doing quests to collect these, connected them and theorized about the lore, and looked for hidden battlestar clues in them each week. We hardly get 3D loading screens that show what the characters are doing on the island anymore in Fortnite’s real artstyle, nor do we get weekly updates on the games lore. It’s only in events, npc dialogue that isn’t very memorable, or trailers. If loading screens are getting improved, I’d love to see these return.

@EpicTofuChris Pls bring back stw tutorial 🙏

crushed it in the rain, 30 nuggets + 4 tendies (latter has good taste-to-price ratio if fresh)

@GenesisStudios Please bring back the WONKEE'S HERE live event 🙏

MESSAGE RECEIVED Decrypting... This reality wields an object that does not belong. That shall soon be corrected. Brace for THE HARVEST — a Genesis Squid Game Live Event — APRIL 25, 5PM EST.

@ScyanYT Do you know anything about the lore drops? When is it coming? x.com/i/status/20401…

FORTNITE PRISON BREAK: The prison of Elites has one of its walls broken off, as you can see from the bits that this wall was broken from within meaning someone has broken out and escaped the Elites... But who? This prison doesn't look to be for Origin, it looks way more Elites and much less Imagined Order, as there is no 07 on this place to hint at it being where Origin was kept at, and its nearly not secure enough for king of the cubes Rather i believe its a more recent prisoner the Elites took, only option i can think of is Dr Slone since she gets brought up in recent Elites story quests!

@Loolo_WRLD What do you think—where are the lore drops? They’re not mentioned in Arenas or on the new Reload map either.

MORE ELITE STRONGHOLD CONCEPT ART

@EpicTofuChris Where are the lore drops? They’re not mentioned in Arenas and they’re not on the new Reload map either. x.com/i/status/20401…

Elite Stronghold is a love letter to an art style evocative of Chapter 3, with clean visuals and environments, combined with modern Fortnite + Unreal Engine rendering capabilities. We'll be posting more Art + BTS on Reddit, Discord, and Instagram today! #Reload #ActII #Elites

@GenesisStudios Please bring back the WONKEE'S HERE event 🙏

A strange orb has entered the Squid Game Island... Check it out: 5581-8600-6431

@arCtyC @Loolo_WRLD I only grinded to Elite rank so I could try the new map earlier, but none of my friends were online so I couldn’t try it. 🙁

Yeah it's a more of a technical constraint in this case because we're utilizing the tournament system and it's quite rigid about Duos. It's something we caught a little late, but can look into course correcting if we run it back for Reload. We didn't want to make changes with FNCS happening.

Elite Stronghold Early access has come to a close. Let me know your feedback! - Saw some discussion about chest spawn rates. - Map size (it's a little smaller than Oasis) - We 100% wanted to have no issues with Early Access, I know many were waiting and queueing up. Apologies for the delay, we're hardening that process. I'm a sponge send me what you got. The full release is scheduled for Monday, April 20!

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@AlexLeak__ Pls do an english version

@ScyanYT 🖐

reply if u have this in Fortnite Only legends own this

@JustTeddii Will we get map changes for each act?

Admin casually dropping the upcoming roadmap on a Saturday like 👋 . . . . 🎤

What do you mean, “redacted”??? 😉

@Loolo_WRLD Can we even hear Zadie talking about Dark Voyager or Dr. Slone?

having some fun in arenas 🙂 what do yall think about the mode so far?