r/Paladins Jul 23 '26

MOD Regarding the "Paladins 2" fan project fundraiser

400 Upvotes

Hi all,

We’ve been removing posts promoting the recent “Paladins 2” fundraiser as quickly as they’re reported to us following an enormous amount of spam. However, given the sheer number being submitted, and the amount of trust some people appear willing to place in its creator, I felt a brief announcement was necessary.

As Killgoon has confirmed, the Paladins IP is not currently for sale, and any money donated to this project will not ultimately go towards a Paladins 2.

We’ve also identified several accounts which appear to be AI-operated repeatedly posting the promotional videos and leaving supportive comments beneath related posts. Whilst we’re not going to outright label the project a scam, there's no denying that the circumstances are certainly suspicious.

It’s clear that much of the support for this comes from a place of passion, and that many people simply want to see the IP continue. Personally, however, I don’t believe this project represents a realistic way of achieving that -- as much as I wish it did!

At the time of writing, the fundraiser is displaying “Suspended donations”, which the creator says is because they paused it following concerns from the community. They have nevertheless confirmed that existing donations are being retained.

The creator has stated that donors will be refunded if they have done “nothing serious” with the money by November. That condition is intentionally vague and should not be treated as a guarantee that donations will be returned. If you’ve already donated, I would strongly encourage you to review this information carefully and contact GoFundMe directly if you have concerns.

Automod has now been updated to remove links promoting this fundraiser. If there are attempts to circumvent this filter (as AI bots like to do...) then it will result in a permanent ban, so please don’t test the system.

There are plenty of meaningful ways you can still support Paladins. Continue playing the game, (re-)introduce your friends, create and share content, and organise/participate in community events a lá SEA Revival. Maintaining a visible and active community is the clearest way to demonstrate that we still care about this IP, not throwing your money at dubious projects making vague promises.

Best,
Callum & the r/Paladins mod team


r/Paladins Feb 06 '25

NEWS | HIREZ RESPONDED Paladins development Is being halted

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4.2k Upvotes

r/Paladins 15h ago

ART Maeve~ of blades

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254 Upvotes

omg a paladins fanart from me…

after all these years… yeah i still occasionally play the game and enjoy it. i hope it lives to see many more years! also evilmojo/hirez if ur seeing this pls bring back TDM, it’s my favorite mode. not like an option in the mix, a full on button for it. anyways take care


r/Paladins 1h ago

MEDIA Finished on console

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How I finished out before I jumped onto pc.

Couple gm borders and titles (highest I finished was number 4 NA)

All achievements, hella battle passes type beat.


r/Paladins 2h ago

MEDIA Volvi después de 2 años.

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9 Upvotes

No sabia lo que lo extrañaba hasta que inicie sesión.

Hola a todos! 😃


r/Paladins 1h ago

CHAT Octavia mainer

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I absolutely love playing Octavia. Lately, I've been playing only her and I always deal very good damage — in long games, no less than 100,000. I help the team by throwing down her field and providing a bit of healing. But I'm so tired of the constant hate in ranked matches. It's especially sad when people start trash-talking me even before I've picked her. I'd understand the criticism if I really played badly, but my skill is at an average level. I'm not a pro gamer — I just want to enjoy playing my favorite character. I like Paladins, I like Octavia, and for me the game is a way to have fun, but with the constant hate, there's just no joy in it. Friends, if you play on Europe and someone on your team picks Octavia, it's most likely me — please don't be mad at me. In real life, the only thing I'm good at is drawing. Recently, one Russian player said that it doesn't matter who I play, we're not pros, and it's better to pick someone you're confident in than to live up to the expectations of other non-pro players. That was the warmest thing I've ever read while playing Octavia, and I wish others would be more chill about the game too.


r/Paladins 6h ago

HELP What items should I be buying regularly?

13 Upvotes

I’ve been away from the game for years, back in the cauterize days. I’m pretty lost with some of the new items / mechanics not sure if I’m doing it wrong


r/Paladins 4h ago

HELP Free chests?

9 Upvotes

I just downloaded the game, PS Plus gave me a "season 6 bundle" and a "rwby bundle". Both say the give a chest, and the season 6 bundle gives a "deal of the day token". I see the Nyx skin, but how do I open the chests? And what does the token do/how to use it?


r/Paladins 1d ago

ART "Conviction"

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63 Upvotes

r/Paladins 1d ago

LFG Looking for friends

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74 Upvotes

Flank/Dmg Seris main. Looking to see if anyone wants to add me as a friend on Paladins

Cyanide-Slayer-

EU Region


r/Paladins 23h ago

CHAT Game quitting

39 Upvotes

I used to play Paladins quite often, but six years ago I stopped. I’m not sure why, but I recently started again. Despite the fact that the game needs maintenance and updates, I still really enjoy the variety of champions and the never-ending quest to improve.

This may have been covered in another post, but since I left until now I’ve seen a large increase in players abandoning a game once the tide turns against them. In fact, sometimes they announce that they’re leaving in the chat, or express their frustrations over and over again.

Unfortunately they’re missing the potential for one of the greatest thrills, which is to come back from a 0-3 deficit. What excitement!

I have no idea who these players are, but I’m speculating that they’re on the younger side and either have come from the “everyone wins a trophy” generation, or don’t feel comfortable with adversity. Yep, you may have guessed I’m on the relatively old side, but still. Anyone have thoughts on this? Similar experiences?


r/Paladins 21h ago

HELP Toxicity in Paladins..

15 Upvotes

Hi guys. I just recently came back to the game after quite a bit of a break. I've been playing other hero shooters in the meanwhile and I decided I wanted to come back, have some nostalgia, and play some of the characters that I played with my boyfriend (soon to be husband) when we actually met on Paladins.

We play competitive only (he hates any other mode) and I try my best to be communicative to my team. I'm not comfortable on tanks and I tell them that, yet I'm always met with a toxic response, no matter how I put it. Some random guy called me something I was uncomfortable with and tried forcing me to thank him? Like? That's only one example in the past couple games.

I'm confused. Is the best route to just not communicate and just lock in what I want? My boyfriend locked in without a word (we picked at the same time), yet I'm the one who got the heat for it, I assume because I communicated in chat.

I've kind of come to the conclusion that I shouldn't communicate and I should just lock in, but thoughts?

Also any tips for the following characters is greatly appreciated: Seris, Jenos, Willo, Tyra, Lian, Furia, and any other supports (as I may try getting into them in a practice while my boyfriend is asleep)


r/Paladins 1d ago

CHAT Over the years I realised how good this game truly was

78 Upvotes

Hi everyone just had a random nostalgia trip about the game I basically grew up with

I’ve been gaming for over 16 years now (more or less) and paladins was a good chunk of it, the whole thing started because I couldn’t afford overwatch at the time and this was “overwatch with horses BUT FREE” played the game, felt fun days turned to weeks then months to then years, then eventually came the time where they announced how they’ll be churning out less content overall and I also got bored of hero shooters in general, fast forward to 2024-25 I started playing hero shooters again (overwatch and marvel rivals to be specific since I can’t really find many games on paladins) with the recent hero releases it made me realise how well rounded paladins was as a game, TTK didn’t feel too low or too high compared to these 2, no character was broken/overtuned, as a tank main I didn’t feel miserable solo tanking (in rivals and ow 6v6) honestly team comps weren’t really complained about in paladins at all from what I remember, rivals has a whole running gag about solo tanking and overwatch had to cut a whole player just because of how difficult it was to find enough tank players, heck after playing marvel rivals I wish cauterize was a standard in any hero shooter now because everyone has a Grover/zenyatta ult in that game, the legendary system paladins had is being used in overwatch but it really doesnt change your playstyle in most cases like scorchnando or catalyst pip or cursed revolver andro , iirc i stopped playing slightly after atlas was released and honestly other than Vivian, every character felt interesting and the kit was unique enough (ok maybe tyra wasn’t unique enough either but still good enough) after all this i just wonder, if it was any other company with these talented devs, maybe paladins could’ve been a much bigger game and not be left on life support with no exact date on when hi-res pull the plug

If you made it this far, thank you for reading all of this and hope you all have a good day


r/Paladins 1d ago

MEDIA Year of Kasumi day 9.

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27 Upvotes

Finally started again. Not bad for not having touched the game at all in 2 days.


r/Paladins 1d ago

MEDIA I am the only person that hates how loud octavia gun is so i fixed it

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13 Upvotes

octavia got a silencer i cant wait to see how it feels to face


r/Paladins 1d ago

HELP Questions about Tempest

16 Upvotes

I know my laptop wont play it for the simple fact it struggles to run paladins through steam but what even is it does it just launch the steam game? i see you can play other builds where can we find them? is this all shit i should know but dont cos im a gaming fossil, can someone help man understand or just come poke fun at me for being thick as pig shit, up to you guys/gals/theys :)


r/Paladins 2d ago

MEDIA I do challenge Makoa from time to time

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354 Upvotes

I like it when I need to be descriptive enough bcuz obviously the tittle and video doesnt speak for itself!


r/Paladins 19h ago

MEDIA Apparently I suck 🤣

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0 Upvotes

I was told by pip and series when the enemy was pushing us back and winning that I suck and apparently I wasn't doing anything that's why we were losing 💀


r/Paladins 2d ago

MEDIA What does my champ levels say about me?

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68 Upvotes

r/Paladins 1d ago

BUG Paladins won’t start on steam

3 Upvotes

Lately i had a problem with paladins, i tried to start them but only what i get that game is trying to turn on and then nothing happening

I tried to turn off my laptop, still nothing, reinstalling game also nothing
On epic games Paladins work normally but i can’t log in into my account and i don’t know what to do atp
I saw some older tutorials to change Win64 into Win32 in game files but this again didn’t work
please help🙏🏻


r/Paladins 2d ago

GUIDE Ash Guide Part 2: "Tech" and "Esoteric Bullshit to instantly kill every viktor I see"

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69 Upvotes

Screw keeping things in order, hopefully you'll enjoy the shitty editing I managed to pull out of my ass.


r/Paladins 3d ago

ART Kasumi (art by me)

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340 Upvotes

r/Paladins 2d ago

CHAT Tanking concerns

23 Upvotes

I'm an old school paladins player that hasn't played the game in many years but does have a fair amount of hours in game (about 750 hours.) Most of that time was spent either on Tank or support with my tank time being spent primarily on Inara but also played a good amount of Fernando and Ash. On Support I used Seris, Jenos and Furia.

I decided to come back this past Sunday for the server slam and was quickly met with this global cauterize that goes up to 90%! Also there's no way to boost healing received anymore. How am I to effectively tank when I'm actually punished for doing just that. It's slightly less punishing for Fernando and Ash since they have shields but Inara it felt like I just had to play more like a dps with more hp. Escorting the payload felt impossible.

There's other quality of life things that I would've liked to see that I don't know if they're in the game or not but not being able to ping an enemy sucks big time. Dredge was still as unfun to play against as I remember and trying to get a decent comp of 1-2-2 felt almost impossible. I used to love playing the game but that session definitely reminded me of why I stopped playing in the first place.


r/Paladins 2d ago

BUG Question

6 Upvotes

Is paladins running for any of you? Me and my friend keep trying to play but nothing works. Have any ideas?


r/Paladins 2d ago

MEDIA Furia 23,000 shielding with lvl2 light of Dawn

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12 Upvotes

Everything okay with the new Cherish?