It's not stable. There's some significant issues with item dupers and exploits that strain the server. I'd avoid until at least March.
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Fallout 76 - Roadmap For 2019
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It's not stable. There's some significant issues with item dupers and exploits that strain the server. I'd avoid until at least March.
People said the exact same thing about No Mans Sky and here we are where No Mans Sky has transformed into this amazing game.
To be fair, they're in the process of tackling the item duping problem and have already taken steps to fix it.
They either need to add human npcs or triple the players per server for me to come back. I really can't stress enough how dull and lifeless the game feels right now. The lack of actual characters that move around and do things really hurts the world and quest design.
Even with a full 24 players in a server you're lucky if you stumble across somone every hour to 2 hours. When I still played the game I would play the game for a whole 4 hour stretch and not see anyone. And when you do cross someone, they rarely want to interact and you almost always pass each other by quickly.
Even with a full 24 players in a server you're lucky if you stumble across somone every hour to 2 hours. When I still played the game I would play the game for a whole 4 hour stretch and not see anyone. And when you do cross someone, they rarely want to interact and you almost always pass each other by quickly.
Is this game completely playable solo? I don't mean solo as in in your own game, I mean like just playing on my own avoiding other players and doing quests and super bosses on my own.
I've had this game for about a month, but have been reluctant to try it out. I enjoyed the beta for the most part, would I like the actual game?
I believe so yes, also your avatar is amazing!
You are misunderstanding me. I'm not saying that games can't be fixed. I'm saying it is my opinion that BGS can't execute quality on this roadmap.
Honestly, that's why I think they can't "fix" the game. I don't think their engine/tools can handle that many players in a server. But that's what it would take to really breathe some life into the game and to deliver on the pre release promise of humans replacing ai npcs. The game is just too boring right now.
If they don't do that they'll have to do the difficult task of adding human npcs in the game. Of course, it would be weird if those npcs were just standing in one place like the robots currently in the game. And I don't even know if the whole schedule npc behavior is in 76 or how hard it would be to get in the game. So... I don't know.
Promising and I hope the community gives the game a second chance.
Although to be honest, I think it would've been WAY better for them to delay launch with more content and bug fixes than hitting the holiday release.
Although to be honest, I think it would've been WAY better for them to delay launch with more content and bug fixes than hitting the holiday release.
God speed to whatever skeleton team is trying to salvage this disaster.
I feel like the PR needs as much attention as the game at this point.
I feel like the PR needs as much attention as the game at this point.
I actually like it. For people who scream for a single player mode, the game basically plays like that now. The map is huge and your rarely stumble across others. Adds to the desolate weird feeling the world has. Also 90% of the people you run into are nice and friendly. People sharing ammo to low levels and not attacking as in pvp mode.
I wouldn't be opposed to a bump in player count though since I think the map is large enough to support it.
Mostly Yes, up to and including launching a nuke. There's some quests on the map designed for multiple players though (not main or side quests). Probably can't take on a Scorchbeast queen solo either, in terms of super bosses, but the likely hood of there not being other players around one of those is pretty low.
I think the current player count would be fine if the world was filled out with settlements, factions, ai companions, and a large number of settlement based and wandering npcs. But as it stands, the world is just filled with scorched, mole people, and super muntants that just stand there until you alert them.
While there's some non hostile wildlife in the game, the behaviors given to them and their rarity makes the game world feel dead in a bad way.
Like, West Virginia in fo76 is asthetically nice even if it's graphically dated. But the world feels lifeless and dead in that never changing, never reacting, "videogamey" way. And that needs to change somehow
Man, that will bite them in the ass in a few months when they promise all this stuff but then kill it half way through cause nobody is playing this anymore.
And by the way, it doesn't even sounds that great. It's just more of the same in a different package and more fetch quest after fetch quest.
And by the way, it doesn't even sounds that great. It's just more of the same in a different package and more fetch quest after fetch quest.
I imagine they want to keep tackling technical issues with the game before making any formal announcements regarding opening the game up to private serves and mods.
This a super late roadmap for Fallout though, I was starting to think they'd abandoned it. It's stupid to release a GAAS without a roadmap at launch, players want to know what to expect after the initial game is over.
Same but I would levy that shade at Valve for how they handled Artifact.
The game is actually functional, fun and without bugs but their post release support and communication has been terrible.
[while holding fingers to temples and closing eyes in concentration]
I predict... wait, I'm picking up something... wait... something. Yes. I predict Bethesda will drop the ball on new content and will never fix current technical issues, at least without also introducing new ones.
I predict... wait, I'm picking up something... wait... something. Yes. I predict Bethesda will drop the ball on new content and will never fix current technical issues, at least without also introducing new ones.
I finally got my Amazon refund of $30 (!!!!!). Still, any money is better than no money. I'll probably pick this up next year when it's bug/exploit-free and is on massive discount to make way for next-gen.
People expecting the game to suddenly get filled with a bunch of npcs... yea that is never happening.
They aren't going to suddenly spend a ton of money to create and voice a ton of npc characters for this game. We will get a npc here or there added for specific content at best, but they aren't making a whole new game at this point
They aren't going to suddenly spend a ton of money to create and voice a ton of npc characters for this game. We will get a npc here or there added for specific content at best, but they aren't making a whole new game at this point
That was my first thought. With the picture looking like a man and women with a sack ,like it's going to be people moving back into the area.
Division 2 isn't even out and considering how poor of a state both these games have released in they don't deserve shit.
The fact they still can't fix basic bugs and keep breaking stuff constantly with new patches and continue to nerf and make the grind worse I don't see how extra content will make things better when the base core of the game is still awful.
So glad they keep supporting this game. Really excited for the new content. The cryptid questline sounds dope.
This is sort of where I'm at.
Yes, new content and patches are great and all, but the current game is still very, VERY broken in many areas. Get the base game polished to a mirror shine before asking players to pony up for more.
Could be a solid rebound.
I haven't touched 76 since launch and would like to hop back into it later on and see how much they updated.
I haven't touched 76 since launch and would like to hop back into it later on and see how much they updated.
I'm glad they're continuing support for this, but my favorite parts of other Fallout games was exploring vaults and finding out the backstory. Describing it as "high level vault raids" doesn't sound like what I'd want from vaults at all.
Good that they're working to improve a troubled initial product and didn't listen to the "just let it die" crowd. They've got a long road ahead of them, but I can't wait to see how far they go down it. I might even give the game a go myself late this year.
You meant the first Division, right? The second one hasn't had any type of release yet :P
Pretty nice roadmap. If this will get any of my friends to try out the game again, I might hop back in.