Everyone has a fighting chance
Refrigerators are expensive. I’ve had to get close to 3 in a single calendar year thanks to issues buying used ones just to save a buck. But should digital fridges be expensive? Thanks to a new item sold in Fallout 76, that discussion has now been explored.
Bethesda is highlighting several tweaks coming to Fallout 76 Patch 12 in a new post.
At QuakeCon (via Kotaku), Bethesda revealed a new map for Fallout 76’s Nuclear Winter, their Battle Royale mode, in addition to raids.
On the heels of a buggy patch which affected power armor sets, Bethesda released a hotfix for Fallout 76 which is removing top players from survival mode, according to the patch notes.
Fallout 76 received a patch on Tuesday meant to improve various in-game features, namely power armor related. However, it looks like it broke more than it fixed.
The latest Inside the Vault is out and about. While somewhat short, there are a couple pieces of neat information. First, Patch 11 is coming on July 16th and will feature changes to food spoilage, Power Armor, item descriptions and more. Secondly, the team is providing a sneak peek at an event coming at the end of July where Dwellers will get together “to beat the heat”. Expect to meet Grahm and “Chally the moo-moo”.
When the next Fallout 76 update is deployed, new characters will find a “smoother path” ahead. New characters will find “more gradual introductions to some of the game’s mechanics and challenges”. For instance, players under level 15 will have a better disease resistance and Challenge rewards will feature items and supplies to make surviving the Wasteland a bit easier. There may also be some creature difficulty reductions in certain locations.
It appears that the Fallout 76 battle royale mode, Nuclear Winter, is a big hit. So much so, in fact, that there are a lot of new features and improvements coming over the course of the next few patches. The latest Bethesda blog post begins with a look at the Nuclear Winter mission statement: “Create a PvP game mode for Fallout 76 that allows players to jump in and have a fun experience in 20 minutes or less.”
Now that the Fallout 76 free play event is in full swing, Wastelanders will be treated to double XP for their efforts in-game towards the end of the event. The full game is available through June 24th, with double XP kicking in on the 20th. The full game will be open to all players. If you’d rather check out the Nuclear Winter battle royale mode, you can also do so for free through June 17th.
IGN has a new “unfiltered” interview with Bethesda’s Todd Howard where he acknowledges the rough start to Fallout 76. Howard admits that the company knew that FO76 was “going to have a lot of bumps”, though he attributes the rough patches to “new systems and things like that”.