[2020] I'll get this out while servers are down for maintenance.

Hi all, I guess I'll prephrase by explaining my situation with FO76. It begins like with a lot of you, being burned by a TriCentennial Edition preorder, and being met with a broken game, with little stash space, an empty atomic shop, and countless game breaking bugs, I reached level 25 on my own after release but couldn't play the game alone anymore, after attempting and failing to get my friends into this game, I gave up on it too. Having been a fan since Fallout 3, it was sad to see how far the franchise had fallen in terms of up front quality and polish. I then proceeded to put the controller down on this game for over a year.

Now, due to some injuries in military service, I'm permanently immune compromised. To make matters worse, I live in a western state that is being hit particularly hard by COVID-19. I've been on lockdown since this outbreak started, I haven't gone out in weeks, and I'm scared to, with reports of the virus being up to 8x underreported, it makes it much harder for people like me to stay safe. But let me tell you this, Fallout 76 has been the best thing that's happened to me since this outbreak started.

With Wastelanders hitting with NPC's, varied dialog options, and a total rework of a lot of existing NPC's, I gave it another shot, and I was able to finally convince just one of my friends to try it out and play it with me. and then another got it, and then another. Now, there's 7 of us all vying to play FO76 together, just like how I wanted to over a year ago. All because this game just didn't quit. I know the devs sometimes don't listen to you guys and maybe they don't give the best responses, but for the meantime, this game is keeping me sane, and distracted from the danger that looms outside.

Thank you for your time.