Is Fallout 76 Fun For NEW Players in 2024??

[@CatalystEcho]

Also, don't worry about where you put your first CAMP. You can move it once you get a feel for what you will want around you. For a new player, I'd recommend looking for a water source (there is a way to boil water so even if you can't craft a fancy purifier, you'll be able to use the water. Boiled water is essential for crafting a lot of foods that can benefit you) and maybe a lead deposit for crafting ammo. I do have a little place I loved in the early game, but it's a lot more fun to explore around to find spots for yourself, at least for me. I loooove building, and Falloit 76 building is amazing and also SUPER frustrating sometimes.

[@djstraylight]

The MMO aspect of Fallout 76 is pretty casual. Most players in 76 are helpful. You'll see players in public spaces, public events and at camps around the map. Players also have vending machines at their camps to acquire some items you might need. A little tip to level up quicker is to join a casual team, you'll get experience quicker and you'll be able to fast travel to people in your team without any cap cost. Server hopping is pretty common, you can find servers that are have different people or spots that haven't been looted yet that day. Your Stash is pretty handy and appears in multiple locations.. at your camp, at other's people's camp, usually near vendors (train stations and whitespring are where most vendors are) and at tents. As you caught on, there is weapon and armor degradation. As you dissemble weapons and armor you are able to craft parts you learn from them. And you'll be crafting higher level weapons and armor as you level up. Eventually you'll start getting legendary armor/weapons and there's a whole set of builds around those. You'll also be collecting plans for stuff to build and recipes to cook/make drugs. Ok, the elephant in the room and why Fallout 76 gets updates... Atom shop. You get some atoms from playing the game and unlock cosmetic items for various things. But as you wander and see other people's camps you'll see cool stuff that can only be purchased from the atom shop. As far as difficulty, as you venture farther from around the central area (near the vault, etc), the enemies will get much harder. You'll probably die a bunch. You can respawn at your CAMP or nearby where you die, you're choice. The monthly subscription called Fallout 1st can be beneficial if you decided to buy it. First game play related things you get from Fallout 1st is an unlimited scrapbox and unlimited ammobox (those two can store unlimited of those items). You get a cool tent (extra mini-camp) and it gives you monthly atoms to use in the atom shop. Also you get special free items from Fallout 1st periodically. Buying it depends how serious you get with Fallout 76. I'll watch out for your live streams. There will only be certain storylines in Fallout 76 that you'd probably want to edit down into a video.

[@scottA666wignall]

Love your Frost series. Came to Fallout 76 late too (after the series) but now absolutely obsessed and level 240 already. Hoping this turns into a series

[@NameIsDamz]

Thanks so much! I’m loving it so far, I’m 100% going to be playing it again think it will be live streams :)

[@CALLOFDEATYT]

Go to the Appalachian mountains for good loot also there are brand new enemies in the game try looking for vaults and other necessities to craft better guns or trade with other people

[@Babydropzero]

Please do more of this series pleaseeeeee

[@NameIsDamz]

As the game is SOOO big and I have so much content to catch up on, live streams will be coming very soon 🫡

[@webbo35]

I just started playing 2 weeks ago and was absolutely hooked. The concept of Fallout multiplayer is great and was a big draw for me as a person new to the franchise as a whole (only played Fallout 4 after watching the TV show.) This game also has a classic Fallout feel, BUT I found that I was getting pretty overwhelmed by the sheer amount of tasks after you hit a few named locations. Plus the crafting/scrapping/script/legendary core system is completely new and quite confusing for a new player with no knowledge of what it's used for. I remember seeing I had 6 legendary cores and thought that they were a new type of fusion core for power armor. This is unrelated but I hear they are now removing those legendary cores for something different which means I'll have to learn the new system all over again. From my perspective, I'm just starting to learn a new system and now that system is changing entirely, and I like many other new players will fall behind with that. I also have run into the issue that I can't fight any good enemies cause they all hit so hard and absorb bullets like nothing. Any enemy I run into that isn't the basic ghoul or scorched, I have to spend more ammo than I would like and potentially more food and aid than I would have fighting that same mob in another Fallout game. Now I am at a higher level and have actually completed the Steel Reign quest (Brotherhood missions) so I'm not completely helpless and have fought and won against some tough enemies but there are a few challenges I quite literally cannot progress past. One quest I have is clearing out the Atrium's big 3-star legendary sentry bot to get into that vault with Foundation and I can't do it cause I can barely damage it without getting vaporized, I destroyed the turret above you while the sentry is under the stairs, I used VATS on the fusion core, and waited till it overheated before I even engaged but I just can't do enough damage with my guns. I do enjoy the game but I feel like there is a certain threshold you have to pass to really progress in this game and it feels much more time-consuming to get to that point. Then of course there are the events. Events are awesome and a great concept but I had absolutely 0 idea about what they were or what you got from them. Plus if you are under level 50, good luck doing anything at all without other people there as well even with the easier ones. The issue I'm seeing is that Fallout is a single-player quest-based game so when you introduce all these cool new game mechs the average Fallout player isn't going to spend hours doing research watching videos and testing things out in-game to find out how the new mechs work so in a way, without just figuring it out on your own or someone else explaining it to you, you wouldn't ever experience any of the new fun things cause the quests certainly don't help you understand. This doesn't mean TOO much when I think about what could be improved with the game but in Fallout 4 you could complete the main story DLCs and a ton of side quests all by level 60-80 or something. With this game, I'm level 70 but feel like a level 30 running around most of the time with seemingly no end in sight. I mean shit, I see level 1000's all the time on this game which is super cool but also demoralizing cause I know I'm not getting my ass to level 1000. At the end of the day, it might just be that I am not patient enough and need to give it some more time (which I plan on doing) but I'm stuck in a never-ending cycle of leveling but not actually getting better because of it. I hope they continue to improve the game cause it's really a great concept. I mean it is basically realistic Minecraft multiplayer in the Fallout Universe in the setting of Appalachia and who wouldn't like that?

[@webbo35]

I should say crafting and scrapping isn't new as a concept but I feel there are slightly more components to it making it seem more intimidating than it probably is. Plus I will say I dislike that I have to unlock the plans to craft items as opposed to gaining intelligence and choosing specific perks (like in Fallout 4). It is more realistic that way, but it is much more difficult for any early-game player to actually acquire, and the knowledge that scrapping weapons lets you learn their plans is not common knowledge either.

[@Baconarrow]

i just started mid last month and it hit me like a train.. haven't been this into a game since back when world of warcraft was good.

[@CatalystEcho]

I typically do not enjoy MMO's either and I did not like 76 at first. I hated it, actually. I was so disappointed with it when it released, like many players. I won't go into a long rant about it at all, many have and I don't have any new insights into why it was bad at release. It just *didn't* work. But now I really like it. 2 things right off the bat to warn/tell you. 1. This is a game set in the Fallout Universe, and it shares many things in common with Fallout games, but it is not like the single-player experiences. There are benefits to this that take a while to really learn and will depend on your playstyle (for your playstyle, based on your content, there is definitely a lot of ways for you to enjoy this). One major thing that I really like is you don't have to commit to a single build. You can gather perk cards and, once you are a certain level, get a special item for your camp to build and switch between different playstyles. Once you get into building and crafting, you'll want one for that and another for exploring/questing/combat/events. That way your combat/world build isn't cluttered with cards that only benefit you for crafting/building. There is a lot more to this but I can already tell this will be a loooooong comment so I'll just point you in the right direction by letting you know character builds can be changed for now. 2. I also enjoy the survival playstyle you mentioned in your intro. You can play this way in 76 and it makes questing and solo exploration fun. But you may also want to check out how to use teams for your benefit. A couple notes on teams. 1. No one uses a mic, really, so you don't have to worry about that if you don't want to (as a content creator, this may be a relief for you because you shouldn't have to worry too much about what people will say while you are recording since no one really says anything). 2. There are many types of public groups you can join for bonuses. I recommend casual teams for the intelligence (XP) bonus. You gain a bond very quickly that will be +1 intelligence for each person on the team with you (4 total potential). Once you are further along, expedition and daily ops teams are also VERY useful. I have occasionally made use of the role playing and event team types. Role-playing teams give a charisma bonus (this is very useful for a specific purchase you'll probably want to learn about after you hit level 50 -- serum plans) and events teams give extra experience for completing events so if you are planning to do that, this helps you find people to do then with and gives a bonus for completing them. What else? There are actually a LOT of quests now. Some are hidden, some will just come along the way. I am still finding little quests to do. So that is some super basic tips. I am just getting back into 76 after a very long hiatus and would be happy to answer any questions you have. I'm not an expert but I love your content and helping you with this is a way I could give back for the entertainment you have provided for me!

[@NameIsDamz]

Thanks so much for all the tips I really appreciate it!! I think that the initial bad launch launch put a lot of people off for a very long time (me included) but you can really see how much the game has improved over time! I'm so glad I have finally given it a try, I'm hoping it now doesn't take over my life as I can imagine I have a LOT of content to catch up with!

[@CatalystEcho]

@NameIsDamz One of my favorite aspects of 76 is that there isn't a huge rush to catch up. The game is reasonably new player/low level friendly, and most of the community is as well. You can take your time with it and dedicate only a certain amount of your gaming time to it without fear of being unable to participate/play because you're too far behind, at least for a while. Unless you're a plan hunter (like me) and decide to become a CAMP builder/ equipment crafter. In that case, my condolences in advance. I have routinely found myself building/doing events until 5 am. on weekends getting things Just So, trying out new techniques I've learned, plan hunting rare or limited time events, etc. But you don't *have* to do any of that, even in end-game. I *like* earning everything through gameplay.... But even with that life-overtaking aspect to my personality, I have been learning ways to become more efficient and economical with my time. Building is really the main thing that overtakes my life, but I'm not always doing that. TL:DR -- The daily challenges and questlines aren't so serious that they will take over your whole life unless you actually want to let them for a little while. It's casual-friendly, and hyper focus friendly.

[@malaizjandejesus2779]

Before you get to level 50, weight mgt is an issue. You will be able to do it. Also, if a high level is emoting a present or shooting at your feet, they dropped something for you to have. Most higher level players are happy to help out. Check out all the reddish donation boxes as well as suitcases at train stations. Players leave stuff in them for others. Join events. But don't start them until there's enough players and it's under 2 minutes left. Nobody is going to be mad if you show up at level 5. It helps level you up faster. Also join a Casual team, extra intelligence equals to more xp earned which equals to gaining levels.

[@JBranr]

Not really a MMO, since there can only be a maximum of 28 players in any given world, so the "Massively" part of MMO is definitely absent.

[@amandaunknown1681]

anti armor legendary weapons.

[@bankaiiibankaaa4573]

From Bethesda games, the one that I like the most is fo 76 and the one I dislike the most is starfield. So the short answer is, yes, it's good, fo 76 is a really good game and you can by it very cheap when it's on sale.

[@makiskanyt9269]

the answer is always no, i've wasted time in fallout 76 and i don't like it's multiplayer aspects