Bethesda Speaks! Changes and Fixes to Fallout 76 Are Coming

After a historically bad launch, Bethesda apologizes for staying quiet and outlines plans for how they aim to improve Fallout 76.

Fallout 76 has seen a launch not unlike the opening of vault doors to a wasteland of problems and mutated bugs trying to eat your face. But unlike the calm and confident voice of the Overseer, Bethesda has been silent on the community’s vocal outcry for attention to the many issues plaguing the title. Until now. The Bethesda Community team has finally provided an update via Reddit about its plans for updates over the coming two weeks.

Bethesda Apologizes for Lack of Communication

Perhaps more aggravating to the community than the issues plaguing Fallout 76 was the apparent radio silence by Bethesda. This was addressed in a post on Reddit today, with the Bethesda Game Studios community team starting with an apology.

We know you’re frustrated and angry at the state of things right now, whether it’s the issues you’re running into in the game, or the lack of communication about fixes, updates, or news. To be clear, this account is run by us, Bethesda Game Studios community team. Yesterday we posted to let you know that we’re still here gathering your feedback and, more importantly, working to get info from the team we can share. We didn’t want you to think the silence meant nothing was happening. We’re sorry and understand this was not the right approach, and we’ll work to make a better bridge between you and the dev team at BGS.

An acknowledgment of problem is always a good start, but a plan to action would help gamers get some idea when they can expect things to get better. To that end, the team also announced high-level areas that the next two patches will address.

Fallout 76 December 4 Update

The first scheduled update will add some quality of life features and address some of the more severe bugs.

• Stash Limit Increased: The stash limit is set to be increased from 400 to 600.

• Boss Loot: Players should correctly receive two to three items after taking down a boss, depending on the creature’s difficulty and level.

• Cryolator Effects: Players hit with the Cryolator are now Chilled, Frosted, or Frozen depending on how many times they are hit. The duration of movement speed reductions applied by these effects has also been decreased from 2 hours to 30 seconds.

• Respawning When Over-Encumbered: We’ve resolved an issue affecting players who die while over-encumbered that only allowed them to Respawn at Vault 76. Now, over-encumbered players will be able to respawn at the nearest discovered Map Marker.

• Stuck in Power Armor: We’ve addressed an issue in this patch that could cause players to become stuck inside Power Armor.

Fallout 76 December 11 Update

The following week, some much-needed PC features are scheduled to arrive, including push-to-talk and ultrawide support, and even a FOV slider.

• PC Additions: A Push-to-Talk setting for Voice Chat, 21:9 resolution support, and a Field of View setting are all being implemented on PC with this update.

• SPECIAL Respec: After level 50, you’ll be able to choose between a new Perk Card, or moving a SPECIAL point you had previously allocated.

• C.A.M.P. Placement on Login: Your C.A.M.P. will no longer be automatically blueprinted and stored if someone is occupying your location when you log into a server. Instead, you’ll receive a notification that your space is occupied. If you decide to find a new home for your C.A.M.P. on that server, it will be free to do so. However, if you don’t attempt to place down your C.A.M.P., you will be able to switch to a new server where that spot is vacant and your C.A.M.P. will be fully assembled and waiting for you.

• Bulldozer: This is a new C.A.M.P. feature that will allow you to remove small trees, rocks, and other obstructions, so it’s easier to create and place your C.A.M.P. when and where you want it. You can also use the Bulldozer to clear these items from the surrounding area to make your C.A.M.P. feel more like home!

While these are only high-level bullet points provided by the Bethesda community team, we hope that these two patches will plug many of the technical and design holes we’ve encountered in Fallout 76 so far. The much-anticipated cooperative survival experience has been entertaining with friends but has been far from satisfactory.

If you are enjoying your time in the Appalachian wasteland, you can check out our Fallout 76 Guide Hub for some helpful advice.