Balance? What Balance? [A Fallout 76 Story]

[@ATL0NELY]

Usually I will try to defend this game but i agree with you 100 %

[@lolwtfldr3]

The more weapons the better. I don't give a shit what someone else is using as long as I'm having fun with my flavor of the month.

[@ConettaF]

I get the desire to use the most powerful weapons and armor in the game. I do this too. However, it's not necessary at all. You don't need the secret service armor set with three star legendary or thorn power armor to complete the game, let alone have fun. You don't need this or that specific set of armor and weapons to clear west tech and level up the SCORE board in 30+ hours. These things are not needed to "win" or complete the quests or clear the season score board. You can do everything by simply playing the game with normal weapons and tailoring your build to how you like to play. It's not really fun to take down a storm goliath with a auto-ax or clear the season in less than two days. It's funny, but not truly fun. Honestly it's not fun when a level 1,000+ build comes to Jamboree and you can barely tag enemies let alone kill them before Mr. Vampire Explosive Minigun clears all the waves for you. Honestly just need better teamwork not better or "fixed" gear from Bethesda. I guess what I'm say is, it's not Bethesda. If you are a player that can solo most things don't use you most powerful weapons like you are alone. Switch to something weaker, like pistols and let other have a good time. If things start going south, become the hero and kill everything. No one will complain at that point.

[@The_Overboss_76]

The way you handled yourself made you seem like you were surrounded by bottles of empty mountain dew with your stomach resting on the desk, with an exposed belly button

[@glitter_fart]

techinically for a belly button to be exposed, he has to be visable, not 4 inches in a lump of fat.

[@OnlineHipHopTV]

Automatic rifles should have higher vats cost and more forced and focus to aim. That would be the first fix. Rifles, pistols and shotguns can stay vats built. Heavy gunner is fine. It actually has lots of versatility.

[@sk8terrrwithskills]

comparing balance from legacies to now is crazy my dude. lol

[@Strategic_Warlord]

Take the explosive perks away from the Cremator. So, it cant cover the entire area in green pixels.

[@peterclarke7240]

OK... I'm not sure I agree with you, here. Look, you're never going to stop exploits getting leaked, so just take advantage while you can but accept that your time with it will be short-lived. Solving the balance issue by making every weapon do the same damage is a surefire why of UTTERLY ruining the game. The better way to handle it is to change how the perk systems work so you can keep unlocking and adding perks in the end-game. It's currently FAR more optimised to certain builds, with not enough flexibility for certain weapon types. If every 50 lvls or whatever you unlock another regular Perk point, you can specialise in more than one type of weapon. Suddenly sniper rifles become viable, because you've also specced into automatic pistols as a back up, or you have a sword and pistol build that doesn't involve you sacrificing carry weight or stealth perks. And introduce new perk cards. have strength affect bow damage and agility affect bow reload speed, for example. Introduce the ability to stack perk cards for certain weapons beyond what we currently have, so the higher level you are, the more powerful you can make a shotgun, for example, beyond it's current range. Kinda like how fallout 4 does it. Heck, just introduce new mods for gear that require a lot of specialist resources, but make your gear have really unique effects that you can then synogise (sp?) with perk cards. Other games have done this. I don't know why Bethesda have essentially put a hard-cap on our ability to increase in power above a certain level. It's absurd. We should be REWARDED for being a high lvl player. If I see a lvl 800 at an event, I should be able to assume that they are much more powerful than a level 400, but currently, all those hundreds of extra levels mean absolutely nothing, as the lvl 800 is running around with gear and a SPECIAL build that anyone can get at lvl 400. That would be my solution, anyway.

[@Crawling_Sloth]

ah yes make the bow have the same ranges as a .50cal sniper rifle!

[@giftedcracker]

The problem with your solution is there's a lot more to weapons than damage. You can make every weapon do the same damage as the fixer, but the fixer will still be the meta because it's suppressed and has a super low AP cost. There's also other factors like recoil, fire rate, ammo capacity etc etc.

[@SecretlySeven]

Here's where it works. If the range on all ranged weapons is the same suddenly the Elders Mark destroys the Fixer because the only thing holding it back was range. Yes it would be complicated but it's a place to start. An idea. We need more ideas. One of them will work.

[@Strategic_Warlord]

I would rather people use fixers over 15 cremators in a single event

[@jessehumphrey8139]

Hey hey I just use what I got ammo for

[@mmacias327]

Exactly why Bloodied bum builds have no excuse to say why did Bethesda snipe the new Railway rifle. Meanwhile they know what meta is most utilized hence the Railway meta. Now you all cry. 🤣

[@ErnieFromColorado]

Balance all weapons regardless of experience, skill, perks, or prestige so that lazy newbs don't have to put any effort in ? Someone in this game really hurt bros feelings deeply 😢

[@SebbyCrook]

They took his favorite exploit

[@korykading9797]

Imo its not that its more like they need to add more perk cards for other classes. Like why should a weapon benefit from 2 sets of damage perk cards

[@michaelcluverius1296]

I hate they released end game weapons in the atomic shop. After all that time grinding for the stamps before the Atlantic city update. I put it up after seeing a bunch of lvl. 20's using a cold shoulder in lobby after lobby I hung it up. It looks good on the wall, though lol.

[@TheAsciiadam]

So how would that work? With rate of fire just by it's self being different, how could a bolt action do the same damage as a fixer. It would basically mean that a bolt action would need to one shot everything. Maybe that's ok, I'm not sure. Now don't get me wrong, a lot of weapons need a buff and some need huge buffs. At the same time, they could bring bloodied in-line as well. Make it cap at 60%. Bloodied (if done right) does not lose much survivability yet does 50% more damage than full health. (Bloodied + Nerd Rage) What if they made commando builds that are bloodied, have sever recoil to the point it almost cant be used (add it to the nerd rage card or something). That way bloodied, would need to be used with slower weapons. Then buff the rifles / pistols a bit. A fixer commando at full health is still a good build, just not "god mode" damage. I will say, I would love to use the mini gun full health but it does almost zero damage. I love the sound and the feel of shooting it but I can't justify using it on how it hits like a wet noodle. I don't know, just some quick thoughts.

[@vezdekot3941]

Why do you think Bethesda doesn't know about this? If all weapons are the same then you stop grinding and playing.. Why is there no balance in ADS and Vats? Game is overrun by 2 button commandos.. How will you balance recoil of a weapon if there is no recoil in vats?

[@ginoh007]

I think balancing this game should probably be focused around fun and do feel they try to where they can to make most weapons strong service level but yes people will meta the fun out of the game with items that are more godlike than others. Overall feel that maybe shaking up the meta sometimes and making other weapons used more would be nice and sometimes you do have to take something out if it becomes oversaturated or starts bothering the online experience. When it comes to using exploits and yes that is what I call unintended bugs being used knowingly, my opinion of that is if you into that stuff exploit early and exploit often but don't expect it to be there forever or even complaint if they take it away. It was not intended in the first place and in some online games they would even consider seeing you knowingly clock allot of hours into it to just ban you and it would be their right to do so, think you should just be happy that Bethesda does not.

[@AndrewJohnson-ih9xy]

I know one I'm not telling. Most of you know already

[@relyks8645]

Who let this man in the kitchen?

[@fluffyneedle1684]

Okay so i have watched this 2 times to make sure i get this right. First my personal biggest gripe is the bloodied inbalance which i hope will be at least helped buy the goul update which has been said will not work with bloodied builds which by far is the meta Second i feel thatt you are trying to address two things here that are separate but close which is meta and balance. You will never fix meta even in a perfectly in balanced game someone will find a 0.001% better option and THAT will be the meta no matter what. Thirdly i agree with your idea of balancing damage. However this should be a dps and calibre amongst weapon types and not a blanket every smg dose the same damage. Like my basic pipe smg chambered in .45 and my basic Tommy gun should be dealing practically the same dps with a little difference but with a small variable and my basic combat rife shoud have more range and less kick ect. But but the dps should be within a fair amount of my other .45 guns Lastly there should be more opportunities for builds to shine have things where a bloodied comando is the best option at the same time have opportunities where its not across multiple places. Like a boss that has high resistance to range attacks and a different one with melee or this enemy type heals from fire but melts to ice ect. Making multiple meta not just the meta

[@jaceofspades.]

Everyone wants t be bethesdas favorite child. Its really that way with moat online ip's

[@JohnB-mo4kq]

Funny thing is, they didn't remove all pickaxe farms, just limited them so you have to pay for FO 1st to still do it. I'm no dev, but I'm pretty sure it would have been way easier to stop them from giving modules when scrapped, instead they took even more time removing most of the spawns. Yes, you can still scrap them for modules. Other than that, I don't really agree with your other takes. Bringing light to broken weapons that ruin the fun for others at events is a good thing. Bloodied builds need to be removed as well. I do agree with you that we need balance, one or two weapons being by far the best is boring. Either way, good video.

[@SecretlySeven]

Bringing light to Bethesda is good. Bringing light to all the malicious players that otherwise wouldn't have known isn't.

[@claudelowings4878]

Great take

[@natepiercii]

All i wanted was true balance, stake your claim in the waste, more survival, and actually being able to make your own factions

[@SebbyCrook]

All i heard was "i was using exploits, someone made a video about, and it gets patched out" "Glitches and exploits are only an issue if you tell people about it" Also had an issue with the statement "ruin the game for other by using a specific gun" Yes classes should be a thing but who the fuck cares which is better, have fun get over it lmao

[@ee-yh6ps]

I’d agree yo until you got to how YOUD fix the game. A good MMO requires diversity within builds, that’s where Bethesda is obviously failing, since everyone starts loving their same big heavy gunner build / auto axe shit. Would it really be difficult for them to maybe tweak perk cards to make crossbow/bow builds decent? No. Could they make gunslinger cobwoy builds decent with maybe better perks? Yeah. Heck, they could even offer SPECIAL weapons/armor to help give an edge to the less used weapons.

[@ee-yh6ps]

My point was that sacrificing the games diversity of load outs isn’t needed, and would quite honestly make the game incredibly stale. Bethesda just needs to learn that they can buff things as well as nerf them.

[@Blade77869]

I'm honestly quiting again did last season and got to 62 in this season but all my complaints from 2 years ago are still the same ones now i like the game but it's just boring anymore

[@SecretlySeven]

Thanks for telling us lol

[@cthulhucultist8872]

My only problem is everybody is just running around with holy fire and the cremator annihilating everything in the events and nobody else gets any XP, I can't wait until they Nerf the flamers, fuck armchair gamers

[@kasskruemmel5341]

So when you say every weapon should be the same dmg and theres no difference between any weapons at all, why should there be more than 1 weapon in the game? This video is absolutely hillarious in all respect, this games not perfect everybody knows but this idea is like there is no competiton in the game at all. Nobody says u should use a fixer, simply play what you want u can kill almost every type of monster with any weapon in the game.

[@Parthenox]

What a crappy way to "balance" the game.

[@Freestylemirror]

Just quit the game

[@SecretlySeven]

Why would I do that?

[@Freestylemirror]

This is the most unrewarding game i ever playd . Nothing ever change. Hens quit te game .invest in a game that care's about the player's

[@SecretlySeven]

@@Freestylemirror you should do that. Sounds like you don’t like the game!

[@glitter_fart]

he's a whale with no life, bitching about people using the same weapons as he does. He's probably spending an extra hundred dollars a week and crying cus people who arent as simple as he is ( his own words )

[@YaegerWon]

Sounds like a bunch of bitching to me lol, if the game makes you this miserable literally quit.

[@glitter_fart]

he literally suggests making ALL guns and weapons do the same damage, he's literally delusion whale.

[@SebbyCrook]

I stopped playing gta 5 for this reason. I realized It was more stressful than fun

[@lordstorm8555]

You do realise, full balancing cuases games to become garbage in a multiplayer world, you dont know your history bud.. You should look into multiplayer/mmorpg history and research before opening your gap. Chaos and unblance makes a game more popular and fun over completely balanced games. In a single player aspect that would make since but in a world with other players making everything the same kills the game

[@SecretlySeven]

It's a wild concept I know but two people can have different opinions. You can even talk about them without being petty.

[@ninjaface2435]

cri moar

[@SecretlySeven]

Hey if it's what you want!

[@claudelowings4878]

I agree

[@Crawling_Sloth]

yea true the people view farming/reporting pickaxes are dumb mofo's. is shit is good keep it out of the developers ear.

[@ClownShoe24]

Really shitty take tbh

[@Agent_Solace]

yeah

[@SecretlySeven]

Fire up OBS and let's hear yours.

[@Agent_Solace]

@@SecretlySeven salty response because someone didnt like your take🤣

[@SecretlySeven]

@@Agent_Solace I'd love to hear yours too.

[@Agent_Solace]

@@SecretlySeven easy answer is that mine is different to yours.

[@sgtgiggles7296]

He's right you know. Meta been stale for 5 years with only occassional hiccups, autoaxe flareup will be shortlived like the others. Mouthy toolbags ruining the fun for everyone, bethesdas little pr stool pigeons.

[@AshamedTripod2]

Your opinion sucks here lmao