[2019] Came back to Fallout 76 during the free week after 6 months to see how it changed; I am not disappointed

I had quit the game in December, although being active in the game

, because at the time I felt like there were too many issues with it, however mostly due to balancing, pvp-mechanic abuse, and the otherwise quiet/dull in-game interaction with other players. However, during the free week, I find myself playing and stunned with how much better the game is and how much there is for me to do and catch up on, now.

I spent some time rebuilding my CAMP, in an area for newer players to come visit, played around with the new Vendors, and helped a bunch of new players out. It's great to also see how nice and welcoming many of the other long-time or returning players are, especially to the new folk! Here's a video tour of my new camp for those interested (Video quality is low since I run the game on an 8 year old laptop, and I have to run it on lower settings just to get playable FPS while recording the game).

However, I met myself some really interesting and new friends, and we had a blast just from me showing them the game. I took them to the Alpine River Cabins (spooking them in the process due to it's haunted nature), we preached the sermons of the Mothman Cult

after visiting the Mothman Museum

, and had a blast at our CAMPs, just dorking around (I gave out a bunch of outfits and we became a bunch of freaks

). One of them even got to see the Legendary Sheepsquatch (which I myself haven't even seen yet!). A big shoutout to the guys I met, you can watch them over here! I really hope that we get more cool streamers for this game.

Anyways, I really hope that a lot of the people trying the game out stick around! The game has improved a lot since release and I can see the direction they are taking with this game is really great. I expect that before the year ends it'll be alongside ESO as one of the great turnarounds from it's launch, especially after this teased Wastelander's update (not to mention we'll eventually get to host our own servers). It's so incredibly lively right now, and I can only imagine that when it builds momentum after this week, we could expect many more to join.

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