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My other half said to me (as i bemoaned losing 20 minutes of game time to a server crash that reset me to before a mission, BUT MINUS THE AMMO I'D USED) that i should probably just leave it a couple of months until it's patched up and stable. Think she's probably right. It was a big patch released Monday, and if anything my experience was buggier/laggier.
 
iamwithnail said:
My other half said to me (as i bemoaned losing 20 minutes of game time to a server crash that reset me to before a mission, BUT MINUS THE AMMO I'D USED) that i should probably just leave it a couple of months until it's patched up and stable. Think she's probably right. It was a big patch released Monday, and if anything my experience was buggier/laggier.
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Yeah the patch was a complete and utter shitfest, that caused a lot of people who had been pottering along quite happily to suddenly not be able to log in, or when they did having their carry weight not register properly (which in a game that has an element of "Inventory Simulator 2018" is not a good look).

I am sure they will get it sorted out eventually, the game isn't as shit as one would think from the mass hysteria about it, it's actually really good if you like exploration in a Fallout world. The map is fucking massive - I have been playing since beta and have not even got to see half of it yet - every area is interesting, there are lots of side quests and dailies and events and lore and some weird cult shit going on which is freaky.

I like exploration (I preferred FO3 over FONV, because exploration was more interesting in the former - I did like FONV for the factions and questing though) and discovering all the little vignettes that the devs put in FO 76, the little satires and parodies and reconstruction of Manet art and Lovecraftian shitholes of doom - all over the fucking massive map, sometimes in the oddest places that don't even have map markers- there is some love in the thing, which is plain if you play it.
 
The good side to all this shitstorm is that it'll be loads cheaper after xmas or in a couple of months.
 
I doubt I've seen a quarter of it yet. Just got up to whitesprings in between crashes. Game needs a central town where the 'survivors' can congregate, and to up the number of people who can play on a server.
 
iamwithnail said:
I doubt I've seen a quarter of it yet. Just got up to whitesprings in between crashes. Game needs a central town where the 'survivors' can congregate, and to up the number of people who can play on a server.
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The central point is supposedly Whitesprings, however it is really lucrative in terms of xp and high end gear if it gets nuked - so more often that not it is in a highly radioactive blast zone in a lot of instances - just do not log out with your character at Whitesprings, because if you log back in to a nuked site you'll probably die before you can switch servers.

This could be fixed by making the area less lucrative in terms of xp and gear farming, then people would nuke other places instead.
 
Huh, interesting. I just sort of blasted through it on my way to doing something else, might double back. I"m only l19 tbh, have just done the fire breathers training.
 
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iamwithnail said:
Huh, interesting. I just sort of blasted through it on my way to doing something else, might double back. I"m only l19 tbh, have just done the fire breathers training.
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I have 2 characters at around lvl 20 to 23-ish - one is going to be a power armour melee build, the other a sniper build.
 
Went back and played it again a couple of weeks ago, still not enjoying it. Bought FO4 on the PC instead and been happily playing that instead. Looking forward to the world of mods that's possible.
 
The39thStep said:
you got a link for Frontier ?
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its finally out and somehow is now as big or bigger than the original game. If you know what to do with mods and so on theres a download here:
www.nexusmods.com

Fallout - The Frontier

Fallout: The Frontier is a gigantic DLC/New Game. As the “Courier” you start a new adventure centered around a conflict between the NCR and the Legion in the snow blasted remains of Portland Orego
www.nexusmods.com www.nexusmods.com

or there will be a steam downloadable version from monday iirc. Looks amazing.

 
This is free with PS Plus now. Played 90 minutes or so and trying to decide whether it's worth getting my head around and persevering with.
 
Not sure what’s to get your head around it’s pretty standard Bethesda fare which means after a time the suspension of disbelief dissolves and it becomes repetitive. It isn’t shit, but it’s better with the sub which makes it not free.
 
It’s pretty fun now, it’s just multiplayer fallout. Do actually recommend these days. Started playing it in lockdown. Since the wastelanders dlc was included there are NPCs and settlements and it’s way better.
 
That said, the main endgame quest is basically required to do it in coop - launching the nukes from the silo is next to impossible on your own, it can be done but it’s such a resource sink for how much ammo it costs and you have to know exactly what you’re doing every time.
 
iamwithnail said:
That said, the main endgame quest is basically required to do it in coop - launching the nukes from the silo is next to impossible on your own, it can be done but it’s such a resource sink for how much ammo it costs and you have to know exactly what you’re doing every time.
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I didn’t get that far. Got bored round about the time you have to slay dragons in that massive cavern.
 
iamwithnail said:
It’s pretty fun now, it’s just multiplayer fallout. Do actually recommend these days. Started playing it in lockdown. Since the wastelanders dlc was included there are NPCs and settlements and it’s way better.
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I remember building a house, being pretty pleased that it wasn't near some radiation shitpit, and then when I logged back in later on it was gone and some other fucker's house was there instead.

That plsu the fact everyone you could interact with was already dead and the combat didn't work in real time MMO format whatsoever
 
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