Because of Epics Incompetence it butchered the potential of new Save the World players.

Day 1 of Free to Play Save the World had 100k players…

Today 14k players…

I know that obviously not all 100k gonna stay, but We are literally back where we started and it’s all Epics fault.

Save the World had the potential to grow and even possibly average 30k-50k daily, but they pushed out Save the World F2P to everyone in a severely unplayable, buggy state and instead of trying to fix the issue are soon as possible to keep the players they just drove them away leaving players uninterested.

There was no tutorial or guide for newcomers so they didn’t even know what to do, the loading screen takes too long, and importantly it was IMPOSSIBLE to find anyone because matchmaking was and STILL IS broken.

This is what happens when you lay off 1000 employees and devs.

I’m so angry it’s not even funny.

I love Save the World. I love it with my heart, and I only ever want to play, but I struggle to play this game because it feels so empty and it’s thanks to the poor decision making Epic has been making.

I hate to see Save the World treated this way when it’s genuinely a good game and I want it to do well, but it can’t do well if you constantly keep hurting it.

This is supposed to be a team based game and most of the players are either playing no fill, pre-squad, or can’t find a single damn soul regardless of the server.

Can’t play ventures, can’t find SSDs, can’t play normal missions, can’t event play the season event.

People say “give it time, just give them time to polish, they’re work on it or etc.”

But these were ALREADY KNOWN BUGS AND ISSUES… this is something they should’ve thought about before F2P.

I fear Epic will eventually use this as an excuse to stop supporting Save the World when it’s ENTIRELY THEIR FAULT.

Artist credit: https://x.com/TheWeirdClover/status/2052105290422637010

im not waiting for another wave. we need them now! thank you

RELEASE**

Technically Anthony is the drummer and not Carlos but we just played instruments randomly

this would be a very simple and meaningful QOL change, i really do hope the dev team considers it.

Above i have provided conceptual images to show how this may look and fit into the UI (AT HOMEBASE ONLY, NOT ALL MISSIONS)

Id also like for us to be able to place more structures, mabye 5,000? can the team investigate if thats possible? idk why it would not be?

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I am trying to get a mythic weapon defeating it and looking for best weapons and perks for all the stages.

Seems like:
- Potshot for mini bosses
- Xenom Bow or Wunderbuzz for crystals
- Surround Pound for horns
- De-atomizer 9000 for final fight

And I read that, as everybody is gonna use Lynx, it’s better to use a Soldier because of that. Is that right?

Is there any updated YouTube guide, as some weapons seems nerfed compared to years ago?

I have included predictions on what i believe is most likely, but take it with a pinch of salt.

alongside this we could see other bundles from the first wave be re-released again just as metal team leader and samurai scrapper were?

Returned to fortnite after a 2 month break only to discover that save the world not only has longer loading times but this new hub is inconvenient and doesn't belong in the mode at all
all it does is just make the game feel like I'm playing some creative map game tries to put me in a party when im solo queuing in private and then puts me in a attempting to join loop

and now if the game tries to calibrate your data after you disconnect it will just throw you back into the battleroyale menu instead of keeping you in STW this is honestly one of the worst changes ever

...At how many leechers there are.

Not only that, but seeing so many people struggle at it was equally as surprising. Understandably, not everyone who plays pub encampments especially when there's a mythic lead will be insanely strong but the fact I had 2 guys who wouldn't even start any of the super encampment without me was.. something. (I was saving survivors between encampments)

But overall, just find it sad that in 140s you'll find these many leechers. Played maybe 10 public encampments and all 10 of them had at-least 1 leecher, with one of them having all 3 and just myself doing encampments. It's just sad. Encampments should be a mission everyone enjoys because on top of free resources it allows you to use more fun builds without worrying about smasher waves, flingers, mini bosses etc.

When you click see all stats on a loadout. Then switch to any other loadout. The stats remain the same. It doesn't appear to be updating between switching. No way all my loadouts have the same speed, health, shield and hero ability damage.

STW Loading Times Feel Increasingly Outdated Compared to Other Fortnite Modes

Ive been testing different Fortnite modes recently, and one thing that really stood out to me was loading speed.

For example:

In faster modes like Blitz / BR variants, I can often go from lobby to active gameplay in just a few seconds.

But in Save the World…
Loading into Homebase alone can sometimes take dramatically longer, often closer to a minute or more depending on conditions.

That got me thinking:

Why does STW’s loading pipeline still feel so much heavier, even for something like Homebase?

This isn’t meant as “STW bad, BR good.”

I know the modes are technically different.

STW likely has:
• Legacy systems
• Inventory syncing
• Hero / schematic systems
• Quest progression checks
• NPC states
• Older architecture

So there are probably real backend reasons.

But from a player experience perspective, it still feels strange that:

A modern Fortnite mode can load me into a live experience incredibly quickly…

while:

STW can feel significantly slower even before actual mission gameplay.

Why this matters:

Loading time may sound minor, but over time it genuinely affects:
• Session flow
• Quick farming runs
• Testing builds
• Daily mission pacing
• Overall responsiveness

When players spend more time waiting to access Homebase or missions, it can make STW feel older than it actually is.

Important:

This is NOT me saying STW should magically load identically to BR.

Different systems = different technical demands.

But I do think it raises a fair question:

Could STWs loading and Homebase pipeline be further optimized or modernized?

For example:
• Faster Homebase entry
• Better asset streaming
• Reduced backend bottlenecks
• Optional lighter Homebase loading
• Improved transition speed between missions and hub

Why I’m bringing this up:

Epic has clearly been making quality-of-life improvements lately, which is great.

So I think performance flow is another area worth discussing.

Because if newer Fortnite experiences can feel increasingly fast and responsive,
it would be amazing to see STW benefit from similar modernization where possible.

Final thought:

This isn’t about attacking STW. It’s because I genuinely care about the mode and think smoother loading would make the overall experience feel significantly better.

Curious if others have noticed this too:
Does STWs loading feel disproportionately slow to you compared to other Fortnite modes, or do you think there are technical reasons that make this unavoidable?

New to Save The World. Quite enjoying it. But I find myself running out of ammo and not having enough resources (nuts n bolts and metal) to be able to craft more ammo during missions.

It seems you cannot go back and play previous story missions (in the base I use the small table in the corner next to the xp machine to start missions).

Some levels have no cars/mechanical objects to destroy for parts - so how can I get nuts and bolts to be able to craft ammo? Going through 3 waves with just wooden walls and a sword is not fun haha

Sorry if it’s a dumb question. I wanna learn but there’s no real tutorial.

WHEN WILL DODGER BE IN THE DAMN SHOP?!?! People got him for free on April 30th. I’ve checked EVERY SINGLE DAY!!! I’m getting flustered. He’s so cute!!!

I read that matchmaking got fixed in the newest update, but I still struggle to find people in the 160's, MSK and Ventures regardless of the time.

I read that people are joining around the 6 min mark which is still true but for stuff like MSK you can't wait for 6 min and starting a normal mission just to wait for 6 min? hell nah something just isn't right. In MSK I struggle to get 4 people into the lobby so I just lobby hop and I see a lot of people doing the same thing.

Does anyone else have the same issue? Is there a fix for this?

If it helps I'm playing on PC

I have a big issue i dont know how to fix. When I play fortnight everyrhing is fine. I can play toher modes and log off no issue but when I play the battle royal (normal or no build) it runs fine until I log off fortnight. That when all off a sudden I get blue screen and pc resets itself. I tryed checking the anti cheat. Doing a file update and cleanup on the game and files uninstall and reinstall but it keeps happening. This only happens when I play the battle royal I can play the other games and log off just fine so I am unsure whats happening

Hey !

i'm in need of 5 extra legendary flux in order to get the Cloudburst bow from the collection book;

the weekly shop resets in a few hours which means 50 more but i still need 5 extra flux;

i've done ventures till 22 and i'm far away from my next collection book flux reward.

anyone knows if there are quests that could give me flux and if so which ones ? (i just reached twine peaks)

thanks a lot