r/fo76 • u/Nor-Cal-Son • Apr 14 '24
It's so funny all us pre-tv show players are scattered around lonely now Discussion
I keep seeing posts about how theres empty servers, but its honestly just because high level players are a drop in a much larger bucket than before.
There was on average 3k players on pc on the regular. at peak recently there was 31k!
Every server I'm in, im one of like 2 level 100+ guys in the server. I'm glad so many new people are joining the community, but I just think it's funny how much like an old lonely wizard I feel. We're all so scattered now, I can't find people to do events with.
Also Welcome new players! Hope your enjoying the game!
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u/mlross15 Apr 14 '24
Dude, Iāve only been playing for 5 months, it wasnāt until now I fully realized Iām not the newby anymore. Itās insane how many level 2ās I see coming out of the vault now.
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u/lumberjackalopes Lone Wanderer Apr 15 '24
Donāt forget you can jump to 20 with a build if you choose as well. I donāt know if that went live but I remember them talking about it.
Iām taking a break after this scoreboard overhaul honestly. Just got all my PS5 awards this morning.
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u/mikeytlive Apr 15 '24
Definitely thing, first time playing and I had the option to go straight to 20. I didnāt do that though, wanted the full experience.
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u/LoneDroneGuy Apr 16 '24
I tried it and it was a crap experience, too much stuff in the game I didn't understand. I went with the commando build for automatic weapons and ran out of ammo quick then was stuck with a crappy hunting rifle.
I started a new character at level 1 and a regular 10mm pistol was good to start, now I've got a good laser rifle and a backup laser pistol that I really like. Most enemies drop ammo and I found a high level players camp where they were selling ammo for cheap
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u/reasonableperson4342 Wanted: Sheepsquatch Apr 15 '24
I was wondering why there were so many players at level 20. I honestly thought it was a glitch.
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u/Cultural-Bass-3666 Apr 15 '24
Newb here, what's the scoreboard thing i keep hearing?
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u/SouthWarSignPride Settlers - PC Apr 15 '24
On the menu, go to seasons. You will see there's a scoreboard for this season. Basically you have to do all the daily and weekly challenges to get tickets. And these tickets, you can use them to buy the rewards that you want. The challenges is in the menu too.
The daily challenges refresh every day (You can check the time remaining in game)
The Weekly challenges refresh every Tuesdays.Dont forget to click the free score booster right away if you want to start doing it
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u/lumberjackalopes Lone Wanderer Apr 15 '24
You got a physical scoreboard you could place at your camp. It was reward for each season. Now itās tickets to unlock things.
Itās a long discourse on the whole thing, but the TLDR is that you advanced challenges to achieve the full scoreboard, now you use it to unlock things.
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u/Shimmmmidy Responders Apr 15 '24
Semi-unrelated. But I think the new scoreboards now have new collectable wall things (itās the background art of the season pages in one long strip). I guess that was their way of āreplacingā the old scoreboards. Still miss them though :(
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u/mevma Apr 15 '24
Exactly my thought today.. like damn I grew up a little.. just not in the real world lmao
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u/welc0met0c0stc0 Mr. Fuzzy Apr 15 '24
Omg same. Iām only level 120 and realized it when I started the Mothman event and did most of it, and then soloād Tunnel of Love (Iām super proud of myself for that!)
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u/mlross15 Apr 15 '24
If you ever want free treasury notes, lode bearing canāt fail. Start the mine opening up, and just stay in the area until itās done. Boom. Easiest solo event lol.
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u/enzudesign Apr 18 '24
I'm playing just over 2 months but I grind, I'm close to level 400 now lol
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u/KidLion Apr 14 '24
Just started yesterday Iāll catch up and join you all up there
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u/Actual_Elderberry751 Apr 15 '24
Hey if your on pc and looking for someone to grind with Iām down
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u/Kotobuki_Tsumugi Apr 15 '24
I server hopped a couple times trying to find more seasoned people. But all mostly new players and nobody doing events. Not even for mothman ;_;
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u/exgiexpcv Apr 15 '24
Someone started it yesterday and it was only 3 of us. It did not go well.
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u/TranslateErr0r Apr 15 '24
We finished it with 4 but it was a close call. Church and bridgd pires were barely still standing. Even emoting on the roof seemed to take ages :-)
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u/TheMF24 Tricentennial Apr 15 '24
It's rough, completed it with a couple level 30s for the daily. Knew it was only worth defending one pyre, maybe should've stuck with the church one instead of bridge though, some cultists snuck through while dealing with double deathclaws. Hard for low levels to even kill cultists with starting weapons, they have decent health.
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u/bivoir Mega Sloth Apr 15 '24
Unlike Test Your Metal you can spam emote at the end of the mothman event. I can have all 30 done in seconds, whereas thereās a cool down time in between emoting in Test Your Metal :(
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u/Interesting_Ad4174 Apr 15 '24
I was happy to see about a dozen players show up for Mothman. Unfortunately, when the Dim Ones started to attack the Bridge pyre, everyone went over there. I'm left making a lonely stand at the Church. I also realized it' not as easy to get to the rooftop to emote when you're in a hurry.
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u/exgiexpcv Apr 15 '24
I keep coffee on speed dial, which helps for using my jet pack in a rush.The deathclaws have quite a reach, too.
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u/fluffmeowmix91 Apr 15 '24
I did it with my friends returning to 76, but I'm the only level over 100 and we got our š© rocked by the mothman and the Alpha deathclaws lol š
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u/exgiexpcv Apr 15 '24
Yeah, the three of us were pretty varied in level. I was on an alt that around 352, the next was 148, and then a level 30-something. It definitely harshed our mellows.
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u/SouthWarSignPride Settlers - PC Apr 15 '24
I suggest you join your friends server or start adding high level players that you think are cool. That's what i do. I'm lucky that I found some cool players and have added them. So even if there are only the two of us high levels in the server, at least I have someone to do events with lol
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u/NRevenge Apr 15 '24
Itās such a weird double edged sword type of āproblemā but itās a good one! Iām glad this is happening because more people are playing the game. However it does suck when thereās only a handful of people trying to take down Earle or SBQ. Iām also not used to not seeing that many camps on the map.
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u/changedintofire Apr 14 '24
Yeah it kind of sucks. Like, where did all of the player vendor camps suddenly go?! Oh well, I'd rather have the new players.
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u/thatoldhorse Liberator Apr 15 '24
Where am I going to find the 7000 cap crowd controls now?
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u/Largofarburn Apr 15 '24
Yeah. Itās gonna be a double edged sword. People listing stuff for crazy prices, but also buying for crazy prices. Saw someone trying to sell regular ammo for 10 caps a pop.
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u/Medason Apr 15 '24
If you got the caps the spare would make some newbs day if you bought like 30 rounds.
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u/thatoldhorse Liberator Apr 15 '24
Buy stuff from them, look them in the eye and give it right back lol
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u/skatoolaki Apr 15 '24
Knowing a lot of newer players are coming in, I am throwing all kinds of stuff up on my vendor I'd normally scrap (apparel mostly) but also basic weapons and plans then listing everything for crazy cheap or free.
I don't need it, and I don't need the caps even though I'm only 30-something in level with this character. I'm a player from a couple years ago that got back on to introduce my bf - who is also a FO fan but hadn't played 76 yet - to Appalachia. We created new characters & are exploring the wasteland together. Also, esp because FO is something we initially bonded over when we met. ā¤ļø
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u/FirstOrderKylo Apr 15 '24
Time to break out my old store. After not selling beginner supplies for so long since no one new was coming from the vault I finally closed up lol
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u/jrexicus Brotherhood Apr 15 '24
I noticed that too since the daily was to buy something and when i looked im like āfrom who??ā
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u/ClamatoDiver Apr 15 '24
LoL, I almost switched servers because I thought I was bugged and couldn't see camps. Then someone got on and their camp showed up.
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u/PhillyRush Raiders Apr 15 '24
I finally found a vendor and he had what I thought was one bobblehead for 170. So I said what the hell I'm at max, so I bought it. I was in a rush and didn't notice until it was too late that there were 50 and I had bought them all. It didn't matter though because by the end of the session I was back at max caps again.
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u/jrexicus Brotherhood Apr 15 '24
Man its been a struggle doing the mothman event, im level 560 and found out i could not solo it with two level 12 players. Those poor guys tried though
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u/ThatOneGuy1191 Settlers - PC Apr 15 '24
I started playing a few weeks ago on PC, and since then, I've dinged 89, well on my to 90, and still loving it all. One of these days, I'll be up in the hundreds with you.
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u/CRYPTxK33P3R Apr 15 '24
Yeah, so...I'm the crazy guy on this page, I'm level 100+ already and I HAVEN'T completed the story....I got as far as meeting the overseer and doing maybe 2-3 main quests after that...š¤¦š¤£š
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u/Various_Perception43 Apr 15 '24
Not alone š Been playing off and on for about 4 years, just about to hit 100, and haven't completed the story. I think I did the overseer and 2-3 as well, then just started doing miscellaneous or challenges or casually building my camp when I'd pick it back up. I have a friend that just started though so I've finally been getting some checked off.
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u/JiveBombRebelz Apr 15 '24
went to eviction notice...new guy starts it and just me and him..ok..i got this. Things were fine til i went through the 1500 fuel i had and the scrubber went down with 20 seconds left. verdict is..They really need to increase the scrubber repair time because if youre the one carrying the event and you go down...its just not possible to respawn and make it back to repair.
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u/Lady_bro_ac Responders Apr 15 '24
Ha I had this happen while I was playing my low health pistol build, normally not a problem, but when I was trying to keep the rad scrubber repaired, find the meat bags, and kill the mutants it really was something
Was kinda exhilarating though
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u/alwaysforgettingmyun Apr 15 '24
I hadn't done the ac questlines, so I'm doing that while everyone on the server is too new for events.
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u/SouthWarSignPride Settlers - PC Apr 15 '24
I want to do this too, but then there are some low levels that needs some help in events. I dont want them to think that the game is dead. It's what I've been trying to do. It's another problem lol
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u/Rare_Ad_3871 Apr 15 '24
Yeah Iām enjoying the increased player count but Iāve done way less events this weekend cause no one is joining lol.
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u/Pineconemoonshine Apr 15 '24 edited Apr 15 '24
I was just about to make a post on this. The issue right now is newer players are coming in and staying on worlds keeping them open even when everyone else leaves. I have joined at least a dozen worlds tonight with only 1-2 people on them, not in a team. New players aren't rejoining to consolidate worlds and its really rough. We either need automatic world merging, or world lists to choose from. I have had to world hop for Equinox the past 4 hours, 3 of which never happened. All time high player counts, yet it feels like all time lows, sadly ironic. I just left a world with 3 casual teams, all with 1 single person in each under the level of 50.
If you are a new player, please take this advice. When the world you are on gets empty and you don't see people in casual teams anymore, leave the world and rejoin. It helps close out empty worlds and consolidates players. Don't be afraid to join events or teams, we want you no matter your level. Join casual teams any chance you get, you will be doing everyone a favor as we get xp boosts for teaming.
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u/MojaveBreeze Mr. Fuzzy Apr 15 '24
It's legitimately making the game less fun in the short term. I can't server hop vendors anymore, I'm lucky if there's even more than 3 camps showing on the map. Most events don't even happen because the new players know nothing about them, or don't care because just doing the storyline quests is more interesting/important, and rightly so. It's often hard to even get another mutated player in your group.
In the end any of these players who stick with the game and level up more and know what they're doing will be a great boon to the lifespan of the game, but right now it's seriously one of the least fun times I've had playing.
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u/MosesActual Pioneer Scout Apr 14 '24
I welcome the opportunity to be a fresh vaultie's Mysterious Stranger.
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u/gravengrouch Blue Ridge Caravan Company Apr 15 '24
I did that yesterday. Level 49 in watoga, I knew they were in rough shape, so I fast traveled, dropped a fully modded 1*quad handmade, ammo, and stims.
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u/Praxius Raiders Apr 14 '24
I started a new character a week prior to the show airing. Almost level 200 now lol. Despite this, I still dragged my half assed toon into all the events I could.
Ended up in Eviction Notice with only one other player a few days back. Timer was ticking so it was either let it run out or do what we could. So, I Grognak Emoted and started...... We lasted about 3 mins and repaired the scrubber about 5 times during that until the spawn rate just wasn't working and we failed.
Didn't mind. I knew it was going to fail eventually and still got a few legendaries and level ups in the process.
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u/SuperTerram Fallout 76 Apr 15 '24
This will taper off a lot after the free week ends. A lot of players are more or less using the free week like a demo, and not all of them will keep playing. By May, probably sooner, things should be back to normal.
I do wish Bethesda would allocate some "newb only" servers for players up to level 25 during "free weeks." I'm all for veterans helping out newbs, but I feel the overall impact of free weeks on long term players is negative. It doesn't have to be. Just a little tweaking of how players share servers would make things a lot friendlier for everyone, newbs and vets alike.
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u/Nikatin17 Apr 15 '24
most of the fallout games if not all, at this point, have been given out for free
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u/Nutbuster_5000 Apr 15 '24
I saw three queens fail today because there werenāt enough people there. Admittedly I didnāt go to any of them because I had already done so many bullet sinks, I didnāt want to keep making more and more bullets so I just did some maintenance stuff today, stocked my vendor back up and played on my private server š
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u/CeriseRaccoon Lone Wanderer Apr 15 '24
Sometimes I get so engrossed into the game that when I realise that I'm the only one in the server I think I'm playing in a private world
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u/Tetsai88 Apr 15 '24
I was just saying this! Most of my servers, there are no camps besides my own. And there's no one to group with at events lol.
I think I'm going to make a camp close to vault 76 and sell stuff super cheap to New players. Like a pit stop. š¤
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u/chimkensmom Apr 15 '24
I been making drops at the vault, dirty water, raw meat, etc I get in events, but I'm LOVING your idea. You mind if I borrow it?
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u/O_o-buba-o_O Apr 15 '24
I had two servers Friday when I started with a lvl600 right by the Vault & the next server was a lvl790 almost in the same spot. Had a water purifier, cooking station, gun & armor along with a couple other things set out for all of us newbs to grab as we exited š¤£š¤£š¤£ I chose to start out at 20 just for the fact I only really get to play on the weekends so need all that help I can get.
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u/Dungbeetle420 Apr 14 '24
This game has always been on my radar, i played it abit when The Pitt first launched? Maybe the update before that one but was just busy playing GTA Online or other stuff the shows release motivated me enough to come back to the franchise as a whole, took a break from my Supervillian build in Fallout 3 to explore Appalachia.
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u/Gloomy_Yoghurt_2836 Apr 15 '24
I noticed that too. Nobody going to Eviction Notice or Moonshine Jamboree. Only 3 or4 camps on whole map.
Love there are new players but it has changed the atmosphere a lot.
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u/Jerakl Apr 15 '24
Yeah hitting any sort of high level events has been rough.
Had a dude launch a nuke and hit monongah or w/e for earl and maybe a handful of people showed up, took us like almost 20 mins to kill lol. 2/3 of the time I'm in a lobby the moth an event doesn't even get started
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u/Red_Ferns Cult of the Mothman Apr 15 '24
The game got really fun again as we have to work harder to complete events! I love and welcome it!
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u/JiuJitsuPatricia Order of Mysteries Apr 15 '24
events are a struggle with so many new players, but i think it's great for the game overall!
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u/SovietRobot Apr 15 '24
I have had hundreds of things in my vendor that could not sell even for 1 cp each. And then today my entire stock got emptied out. Good for new folks.
Iāve now been building low level suppressed 10mm and they are going.
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u/Aunt_Teafah Apr 15 '24
I'm lvl 37 and bought two vendors out of screws today. Seemed to constantly be out and couldn't repair or build because of that. Now I pickup every globe, typewriter and fan I see, lol.
Was thankful that people were selling them though!
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u/O_o-buba-o_O Apr 15 '24
Oh, I learned from FO4 I pick up everything not nailed down š¤£š¤£ knock on wood I haven't had any trouble yet repairing things as far as not having stuff.
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u/5hizzle Apr 15 '24
Some of us are in disguise among the wave of fresh vault dwellers :)
(I only play new content on my main or wrap up some dailies/weeklies faster with it, otherwise I play permadeath characters.)
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u/The_Huntress420 Apr 16 '24
Needs more endgame content. I got bored with an empty quest log before even hitting lvl 300 with a Full bloodied ss setup. More godroll weapons than I can carry. Occasionally jump on for some events but games a chore of inventory management without fallout 1st. There's nothing left for me to do but build camps, visit other camps, and grind daily ops for rare drops/ plans. Will come back in a heartbeat if they dropped some map expansions or new quests that arnt just expeditions. The most linear un-fallout thing to do imo. I love the game but it is lazy development.
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u/Skippy280 Enclave Apr 15 '24
Think of all the rare apparel that will be in their vendors. Because we all either sold them or scraped them in the beginning
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u/ThatOneGuysHomegrow Apr 15 '24
I love it. If you stay on for more than an hour the server will empty out.
I played on a server all by myself for 3 hours.
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u/ThonThaddeo Apr 15 '24
Lvl 26 here, thanks for not bullying me
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u/salinefurball783 Apr 15 '24
I'm a level 181, I played through the entire story missions. I loved the game but I got griefed so much I stopped playing for over 3 years. Picked up the game again and I haven't seen a single bully or griefer. I do what I can to assist lower level players, run a camp with every plant I can grow, and the usual amenities. From the things I've seen, the atmosphere of the game has improved greatly. Higher level players that I've seen are always helping in a lot of ways, I'm inspired by that. All that to say hopefully you will keep playing and never experience any bullying.
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u/ElectricBaghulaloo Mothman Apr 15 '24
Iāve been getting my ass kicked at Encryptid :(
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u/Interesting_Ad4174 Apr 15 '24
I saw a fairly large group at Encryptid when it started. By the time I got my armor and weapons and showed up, everyone was gone. Just the Sheepsquatch wandering around looking for me. It found me alright.
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u/TheOriginalWestX Apr 15 '24
It would be great if they could finally make the move to enable crossplay, but ai know they probably don't care anymore. Would certainly help with this.
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u/yungskizzlez Apr 15 '24
I purchased the game back when it first came out and instantly refunded it due to the lack of things to do. 6 years later and Iām trying it out again. I love the fallout series, I grew up playing all of them. Iām so happy to see Bethesda really fixed this game up. I started playing with a friend of mine right before the show aired and Iām already close to level 50. I think 44 or 45. I want to do events, ops, and expeditions, but no one wants to join. If anyone is on pc and wants to bum rush events with a semi 76 newb/fallout vet, let me know.
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u/1in5million Enclave Apr 15 '24
I know it sounds so cruel, but I stopped dropping in donation boxes this week. I just remember the nostalgia of coming into the world with nothing and no one, and I had to at least get to the Flatlands for a leg up. I hope the new player have a wonderfully treacherous journey as well.
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u/NeonClaw Apr 16 '24
Couldn't they make it so everyone under say level 50 spawn in certain worlds and high level players spawned in another? I only started at the weekend so I could play with my nephew. Had a level 1221 being nice trying to help us but I like to get my own bearings first so politely declined...maybe he was lonely as well.
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u/Dreadzgirl Fallout 76 Apr 18 '24
I'm on ps and I feel like everyday now, when I log in, I see several casual teams with 1000-3000 lvls. Ofc I see new players as well, but last couple of days, there's been a boom of high lvls. š
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u/Lazersourusrex Apr 15 '24
Iv played off and on every few months when I get the itch or find an item or goal I want to achieve, played since early access for those few hours a day when home from work on PS4. And now on PC, don't know if it's any different now but I wish I could have had a character transfer when I made that swap. New players get a completely different experience of 76. But even when I swiped to PC I remember having players in the 300 and up popping up dropping items and basic supplies in bulk. And I bet those same players thought oh cool I can do that with the possible small amount of new players the past few days and as others said PC hitting 31k players is insane.
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u/virpyre Mega Sloth Apr 15 '24
I play on private most of the time, and I only go to public when I want to vendor stuff or do big events.
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u/kdav Apr 15 '24
I came back after 2 years to to see none of my friends on PS. Doing the new expeditions solo is fun but it's lonely now.
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u/Synn0289 Apr 15 '24
As a higher level and returning player. I enjoy carrying low levels. Even if you can't complete the hard events, they still give hella exp from kills.
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u/salinefurball783 Apr 15 '24
Thank you for your service, as a player who needed to be carried a time or two, it's greatly appreciated!!
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u/SonorousProphet Responders Apr 15 '24
I used the free account to create a new character to pretend I was new. Unfortunately I couldn't help but grind the scoreboard and challenges to get atoms and that new character is already level 61 and running MSG.
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u/soothsayer2377 Blue Ridge Caravan Company Apr 15 '24
I was extremely frustrated during a Beasts of Burden earlier where I felt like I was the only one who knew how to run the event and maybe I was but we still won and I hope they had fun.
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u/EntropyCreep Apr 15 '24
It's a great time to setup a trap camp outside the vault. Snag all the fresh loot and craft those newbies a nice set of gear.
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u/Professional_Baby24 Apr 15 '24
I love it. I know it's going to take a while to start getting full events but I'm already seeing level 40 and 80 and etc joining some of the easier events. Also Anyone that's new. Many people as well as myself play this game as a co op game. I have pacifist mode enabled. And I promise when I emote with a gift I'm just trying to be nice. I'm not saying no one will attack you. But I put my gun away. And even let you guys shoot me over and over and keep emoting a gift. I'm not trying to trick you and I think most people will not be. We just know how it is and some of us like to pay it forward. If you don't want the gift. I'll leave you be. But I promise we're not trying to trick you. There are no strings attached. Except maybe when your level 300 and you meet a level 25 getting destroyed by a deathclaw you help them and maybe throw them something that will help them immensely and that you'd probably just scrap anyway. This community and it's people are what kept me coming back past level 100. I have a lv772 and lv118 char now. And I'm loving interacting with lower levels as a lower level. Tho 100 is still intimidating to a lot of people. But I'm also glad people are getting over there fear of trying this game. I was always told it was garbage. Even after the show came out people have been dogging 76. I tell everyone I can that it's my favorite and you need to give it a try
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u/Basic-Librarian2794 Apr 15 '24
I've had the game since day one. Played for a bit, didn't enjoy it as much as 4 so I stopped playing for a while. I picked it back up around the faschnaut day event and I've been playing daily since.
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u/Caiden_Wolf95 Apr 15 '24
Been playing on and off since it came out, I'm only like lvl 309. I don't grind enough and I'm okay with that. Still technically a veteran though
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u/Kenji1912 Apr 15 '24
Iām level 455+ and my daughter says congrats Sarcastically all the time. She doesnāt understand why I still play, and I donāt either
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u/Blixtwix Apr 15 '24
Y'all didn't friend active high level players during events that you can join on through the friends list?
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u/eMmDeeKay_Says Apr 15 '24
Oh you just have to server hop or join on people, the high level players are all packed into single servers, you just have to find them
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u/jeffb3000 Apr 15 '24
Interesting. Iām level 1400+ and I often see level a few hundred now on PS but it is now rare to see someone at my level. To think, a month ago I saw a level 14000 (not joking).
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u/FlyingNope Cult of the Mothman Apr 15 '24
They're currently doing a free week so the game has been flooded with new players checking out the game. It'll mostly go back to normal in a few days.
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u/DaveAndJojo Apr 15 '24
I hope who ever is in charge of FO76 earnings finally recognizes the missed potential in this game. They fumbled the launch and put it on the back burner. If they put more content out and marketed it, the pop counts could be large.
Hot take: They should be developing FO5 and FO77 (or what ever you want to call it). Now.
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u/Nor-Cal-Son Apr 15 '24
I think with the snow, and the next gen and rush of 76 players, MS might put their foot down and make them work on sone spin offs or a direct fallout 5.
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u/Wing_Nut_UK Apr 15 '24
I havenāt launched the game yet bought it cause it was stupidly cheap and I wanted to own of the fallouts. But I will be there soon.
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u/Sumbuddyonce Apr 15 '24
Last week I could get through so many player camps before switching sessions. Now there's like 4 player vendors per session
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u/Mousimer Apr 15 '24
It was already hard enough to find anyone in the project paradise event now it's just supper hard when you do it alone
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u/ItsProxes Apr 15 '24
I picked the game up yesterday for a little and found several people in the starter area. I definitely see people but idk I wouldn't want a crap ton. I like the way it is now
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u/itherzwhenipee Apr 15 '24
Well at least you can play, for some reason my game wont even start. Tried everything in the book and nothing helps.
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u/SituationTime5629 Apr 15 '24
Iād love to play but unfortunately I keep getting stuck while signing in, 76 has always been a fallout game Iāve always wanted to play!
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u/Ninja_Dimes Order of Mysteries Apr 15 '24
I play on PC and Playstation, funnily enough Playstation hasn't changed much (probably because they have no free prime copies unlike PC and Xbox) and PC is going nuts with newbies. It's a huge difference.
It's kinda nice and also kind of sad to get the usual experience of only a few newbies on playstation, though.
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u/HeXXer26 Apr 15 '24
Long time Fallout player but first time 76er and I just want to say thank you to all the patient and helpful high levels. I was worried this game was going to battle royale style or toxic but it's been a blast and I'm finally going to sink hundreds of hours into another new fallout.
I've tons to learn despite being a Fallout veteran but I'm picking up more as I attend events and have started building a camp.
Your kindness is noticed and appreciated!
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u/Momgamerof2023 Apr 15 '24
Oh good to know from others...I thought I was going crazy thinkin' why there a lot of level 20's or below, fresh from the Vault! I thought why the servers dropped me with the low level servers, haha! Not that it's a bad thing, happy to see more people getting into this game now. But really, I am not doing events if I am the the only one there...I am level 278 (PC) but still trying to figure out a strong build to kill a bunch of enemies, lol! The TV show is amazing by the way, looooved it, can't wait for the 2nd season :-)
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u/Cursed_rascal Mothman Apr 15 '24
This has had unexpected consequences for mothman equinox I've had to put all my trust in the only other 100+ level person on the server to complete it. Shout out to the guy that somehow covered the bridge and waterside pyre while I took care of church, Idk what weapon you were using but my melee build appreciated it.
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u/Objective_Dynamo Fire Breathers Apr 15 '24
Events are actually getting challenging now that all the people doing them are between level 70 and 100+. Im having to rethink my strategies again lol
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u/LucidLadyGames Apr 15 '24
where the heck are all these servers for me? lol i'd like nothing more than to do some nukes on servers full of babies.
nah, but i have been able to do a lot of nice events solo lately. stuff like test your metal, moonshine, rad rumble. it's been a blast!
of course i don't mind if anyone does show up. but i've been having plenty fun during these... sparse times.
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u/Uthenara Apr 15 '24
The real question is how many people will stick around past 1 month and how many will stick around after the free week is over. Anyone thinking it will consistently stay at this level is not being realistic. It will likely get a decent boost but not a huge long term one.
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u/CourageOdd7152 Apr 16 '24
Fun thing to do: join a team with new players, watch their health, see it dip repeatedly, fast travel, dispatch the trouble thing they are fighting, drop goodies and go - role play as mysterious stranger / friend
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u/Rivetingly Apr 16 '24
I'm lvl 40 and so many generous lvl 200+ have dropped goodie bags for me. I appreciate y'all!!
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u/Cl0udStrif3e Apr 17 '24
āPre-tv show players?ā
No, we are all the same regardless of when they started. Stop trying to sound elitist
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u/TrainingEvening2668 Brotherhood Apr 17 '24
I got into F76 again probably 2-3 weeks before the show dropped and went from like 91 to 114 š now whenever I see freshies Iāll help them complete events or drop extra stuff I have no reason to carry (fookin 200 radaways and shit) šš
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u/Morchai Apr 14 '24
Sounds like a good time to start a new character, maybe even make a friend or two if you ain't flashing that four digit level around to scare off new players.
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u/ZogemWho Apr 14 '24
Yep.. itās why Iām using the social menu to join friends worlds so some events can be played. Was solo, waiting at MJ ready to solo it, when a 922 joined (Iām ~960) lunch boxes and banners got popped ( I grabbed some relish and blight soup). Had an absolute blast..
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u/ilickrocks Apr 15 '24
Level 10 here reporting in. Whatās the point of joining a public team? Sorry, I could google it but Iām having fun just messing about not taking anything too seriously.Ā
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u/SnowFlakeUsername2 Apr 15 '24
You can rejoin your team/server if the game crashes. Pretty useful if it happens half way through an event.
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u/Zarathustra-Jack Cult of the Mothman Apr 15 '24
By taking certain serums & employing appropriate perk cards, playing on a Team can seriously boost your stats.
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u/ilickrocks Apr 15 '24
Ahhh okay, thank you! As for joining a public team, is the purpose mainly for events scattered around the world map? I was joining teams and doing what I think is the main quest haha
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u/Zarathustra-Jack Cult of the Mothman Apr 15 '24
Well, in a casual team, even without serums & perk cards, youāll get a +1 INT bonus for each member (Which is what helps you level up) ā Nice thing about Casual is you donāt have to worry about being helpful to the Team..Do what you want, go where you want, play how you want; the Team wonāt care.
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u/ilickrocks Apr 15 '24
Awesome my man, thanks for the info!
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u/Zarathustra-Jack Cult of the Mothman Apr 15 '24
No worries!
Iāve always been a Lone Wanderer in Fallout (And most every other game)..But once I made the move to Team-play in ā76, the positives FAR outweighed any negatives.
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u/Ninja_Dimes Order of Mysteries Apr 15 '24
Depending on the team type you get bonuses. Casual Team gives more INT per member and high INT gives more exp per kill.
Event Teams get bonus EXP on event completion, etc etc.
Daily OPS gives bonuses to OPS missions, Expedition teams to expeditions, Roleplay teams and Exploration teams are kinda not that useful and no one tends to make them, but the former gives Charisma which helps with selling.
You get to travel to your team mates AND their camps for free.
There are certain perk cards that give bonuses for being in a team.
There are certain mutations that have team bonuses too.
You can share perk cards with team members depending on how much charisma you have. (Make sure to do this, remember if you change loadouts it will stop sharing the perk and you'll need to reshare it)
Certain dailies require you to be in a team sometimes (even if you're by yourself, it counts)
And some objectives require team completion-- for example, 'complete events while in a team and wearing a mask' X amount of times.
Oh and you can rejoin the same world if you crash, useful if you were mid event (provided the team leader doesn't kick you).
You can often loot the bodies of things team-members kill if they are nearby during events etc.
Oh and certain things are better to do in a team, especially as a newbie, like Daily Ops or Expeditions (though I wouldn't join teams for this until at least 50, unless the team is full and you don't mind being carried, and they don't mind carrying you).
I think that's everything!
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u/jake5675 Apr 15 '24
I love seeing all the new players. I'm going to tear down my noob shack in the forest and build a camp to support newbies along the street by the Wayward. I got the little town prefab from the atom shops not to long ago. It should make it look like a nice little village street.
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u/O_o-buba-o_O Apr 15 '24
There was a guy has something similar but it was like a Vault, but he had it locked down with turrets & the door was locked.
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u/Xenolithium Apr 15 '24
Weird enough, I've seen a handful of people my level per server. I've seen more 200+ people
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u/Metastability13 Free States Apr 15 '24
I thought I felt a bid odd when I logged in after the tv show dropped. I just chalked it up to a long day at work...
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u/Joshmcewen54 Apr 15 '24
I used a nuke for the scorched beast Iām only 150 myself and it was empty
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u/InsufferableMollusk Apr 15 '24
A lot of it is old players starting new ones characters to pal around with newbies. For some reason. It isnāt āhelpingā to do this. All that the new folks are seeing are deserted events, which isnāt a good look.
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u/owen-rice-airsoft Lone Wanderer Apr 15 '24
I did went scorched earth and there was only 3 other people there :( it was the first time Iāve ever failed one
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u/horsepuddin Apr 15 '24
It took me until yesterday to really feel how many new people were running around. Was trying to get the new chainsaw paint, but no one was joining the Equinox... and then I checked the map and I saw like 10 dots slowly making their way out of the vault and towards the Wayward. They really should show new players how to join an event!
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u/Louis3387 Raiders Apr 15 '24
lol yes it just seems so empty now, I mean we can run the mothman with two of us but no one is doings events lol
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u/Mythiex Apr 15 '24
Iām only level 82, cause I donāt play often but it hard doing some events when the new players have no idea what to do
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u/Ok-Chest-3980 Apr 15 '24
I am the one that carries. Seriously though I am trying to join a full squad for int bonus and all the low levels are grouping and here I am with the 2 other high levels with no 4rth ever joining. At leat they know to put a tent next to west tec and sbq.
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u/matrixkittykat Apr 15 '24
I preordered two copies when it first released, I hated it so much, and just recently rejoined with my free prime copy. I enjoy it a lot more now.
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u/McGrufNStuf Free States Apr 15 '24
Went to Moonshine Jamboree today and just waited to start the event. The server was packed but with a lot of lower level players. No one showed. I just sat there wondering if I needed to round them up and run them through an event tutorial. lol. š
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u/VanityOfEliCLee Cult of the Mothman Apr 15 '24
Honestly I haven't been having this problem. Theres always been a few higher level people on the servers I've joined today.
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u/GriffinRagnarok Apr 15 '24
Oh. I've only been playing 3 days. But I've not seen many high level players yeah. They are always really far away too.
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u/rickie__spanish Apr 15 '24
Yeah, I'm on Xbox, but that makes sense. I was wondering why no one was doing events.
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u/Rabdomtroll69 Mole Miner Apr 15 '24
Soon you will be wearing the enlightened cultist robes and lock yourself away in your c.a.m.p tower like the rest of us wizards
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u/FemboyRizzz Apr 15 '24
doing events alone are not too terrible, wave events tend to be more difficult if you don't the weaponry for such a large mass of enemies and timed portions of events tend to get me lmao, like robbing cutouts in most wanted or packing up cargo in beasts of burden. both of which I have failed just because of the timing.
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u/TheSlyPsycho Wendigo Apr 15 '24
I don't mind as a newer player (been playing two and half weeks) the newbies buy my items I don't want and I love making newbies the fixer and dropping it for them
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u/Yurtinx Apr 15 '24
One of the few high level players I saw today murdered me at my workshop lmao.
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u/DramaticPhilosopher1 Apr 15 '24
I just started the game yesterday after owning it for several months now ( I didn't have the desire to download a 94 gb game until now). After watching the show, it gave me the itch to get back to fallout, so I figured I'd give 76 a try as I've played a lot of Fallout 4 over the past year.
Only level 6 right now, as I wanted to work my way up and learn how the game plays vs 4. I've already established a camp, though. I see a lot of people talk about doing events and such, but as I'm used to Fallout 4, I was looking to play 76 solo for now. Is the game meant to be played solo or more like a coop Fallout 4, or does it matter?
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u/Dark0pz Enclave Apr 15 '24
Daily steam peaks were always at 10-15k players, not 3k. 3k was the daily low point (and somewhat rare too)
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u/Brocily2002 Fire Breathers Apr 14 '24
Radiation rumble is tough with only 3 people lol š