Discord User: KARU
Hello.
There are questions about future content. Will we ever have access to a new big open world in the future where we can explore in any direction we want? So that it is not associated with expeditions.
Stephanie:
Atlantic City is open to tourists -- players will be able to explore our new Atlantic City locations without actively being on an Expeditions mission in the near future!
Discord user: Flakles
I'm sure you guys must see players in the community constantly asking if we can get a more open world, traditional fallout DLC experience from expeditions, something like Far Harbor being the constantly echoed request. And I'm sure you guys must've at least experimented with it already - My question is, what sort of things would hold a choice like that back?
Maybe definitively providing a 'why not' will put the matter to rest among the community.
Josh Moretto (QD):
Hi, Flakles. While we continue to expand the places players can visit outside our map, the focus of Fallout 76 is and remains Appalachia. That said, players will be able to visit Atlantic City for traditional story quests and exploration outside of Expeditions in Patch 50.
Discord User: SpaceLime
So are expeditions supposed to be challenging content for end game players with decent builds or is it just coincidence that they r more difficult than most content in the game?
If they are meant to be more challenging than will the newer expeditions that get added later down the line keep increasing in difficulty?
Stephanie:
Expeditions are meant to be challenging for end game players, but also accessible for lower-level players. It's a little different from Daily Ops in the sense that we also test Expeditions missions on a wide variety of builds, including lower levels to ensure the mission feels solid to all potential players. That being said, it would be pretty difficult to play an Expedition mission if you're under level 50, but definitely not impossible.
Discord User: Smitje
what builds are the devs using?
Any pistol users?
Stephanie:
More of a rifle build 👀
Brian Baird:
I split my time between a railway rifle/VATS build and a Cold Shoulder shotgun build.
And I always keep a deathclaw gauntlet handy for close up fun.
Erin Bower:
I am also more of a rifle person. I like being far away and sneaky.
Discord User: Lux, Made Man
Hello Bethesda,
I was curious about the new overgrown enemies coming with the Atlantic City update. At the moment, we know little about them except what came up in the dev dives - that they’re plants controlling the corpses of people. What I’m wondering is if any insight can be shared on what caused them, as the other two instances of hostile vegetation were caused by some pretty out there sources (vault 22’s spore experiments and vault 94’s GECK explosion for the spore carriers and strangler vines, respectively) and there’s currently no indication of where they’re coming from.
Thank you for continuing to develop fallout 76 for these last five years!
Stephanie (Quest Designer)
The origin of the Overgrown is an unknown, but there's quite a bit of speculation within Atlantic City as to what they could be. There's more tidbits of lore to discover in the near...
Read moreDiscord User: Mimori 775
Is there an opportunity for more female outfits in the game that aren't so masculine/covered up? I know there used to be the nuka girl outfit, but that was offered a long time ago and I would like to see more outfits that fit more of my style. Shorts/Low cut top/tomb raider types etc. I know people used to mod Fallout 4 to get similar effects but I feel that 76 is lacking in the female outfit variety.
Erin Bower:
we love expanding player choice in the store giving freed to be who they want in Appalachia!
We just released a Nurse Outfit based on Guinevere to the store but hear you loud and clear and will try to keep pushing more female options.
Discord User: Reca
Are there any plans to increase the camp budget? 👀
Or allow for players to even pay for more budget in all of their builds?
Erin Bower (Associate Environmental Artist)
Hello! As of right now there are no plans in the roadmap to change the camp budget. But the environment art team works diligently to make new items that are efficient and also as badass as possible. One example of this contribution is the new prefabs recently released and coming in the future. We aim to make them a single item that has the power to transform the player's camp and that can't be replicated with wall kits.
From Discord user: gogtf
I love the Auto Axe in Pitt.Is there a new weapon in Atlantic City?
Response from Fahad(Senior Systems Designer stepping in for Jae today):We all love the Auto-Axe as well! For Atlantic City we're getting a new Named Legendary pistol called the "Circuit Breaker" that will have a unique AOE effect on the final shot of the weapon! And with the second part of Atlantic City coming up soon, there will be even more to look forward to!
Hello everyone! Happy Halloween!
We've got a brand new Inside the Vault for you (copy/pasted below as well) and inside, we're talking about the upcoming Developer Q&A. The community team will be checking this thread regularly to pull over questions from you for the Q&A for those of you who do not use Discord.
Have a great week!
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Welcome back to Inside the Vault! We hope you’re enjoying chasing down Spooky Scorched and Trick – Or – Treating at C.A.M.P.s! This week we have more information on the upcoming Birthday Challenge Event and details on how you can join in on our next Developer Q&A on Discord!
... Read more External link →What does rebalanced mean re: self explosive damage?
Essentially from what I understand, the explosive damage was bypassing damage reduction perks, causing the explosive damage to be much higher on the player who threw it and NPC's. So this fix will make it so you take less damage from your own explosions. There could be more to that but that is the best way I can think to explain it 😅
I don’t use weightless armor, but what’s the logic about taking it away for SS armor?
We're going to revert this change soon, I'll update the post once I get final confirmation on how/when.
We see the feedback on removing the Weightless legendary effect from Secret Service armor, we are going to revert this change. As soon as I know what the fix looks like/when I will update you all here!
Our latest update for Fallout 76 launches today, and it's bringing a host of bug fixes, gameplay improvements, and more. Read on for a full list of patch notes for today's update.
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Design Changes & Improvements
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Read more External link →If anyone is experiencing this, please send me a DM with your bnet username, platform, character it happened on and the approximate time/date so we can dig into this further.
Can you tell us if they going to bring back plans to vendor for someone who hasn’t already learned? Sorry for bothering you.
Yes! they will be back.
Double mutations are from Thursday at 12 pm ET to Tuesday 12 pm ET every other weekend. We just started another double mutation weekend today so after Tuesday you'll have normal ones again. As for the repeating enemies/mutations, I haven't seen other reports of this so I'll keep an eye out. You may just be hitting some extraterrestrial RNG.
Soooo glad your partner is doing better! Check your DM's later when things are calmed down :)
Oh awesome. Do we get to know what the fix is? Will plans we previously unlocked be given to us, or do we have to re-grind?
You won't have to repurchase them :) If for any reason this isn't the case after Tuesday's update, our CS team can sort you out.
Dev Dive Video Part 1: https://youtu.be/LZkQ4RVjmc8
and Part 2: https://youtu.be/LZkQ4RVjmc8
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