Fallout 76 receives repair kits, and fans say they pay to win

Fallout 76 Update 8 arrives on April 9th ​​and offers a new type of item in the game. Repair Kits, which you can earn in-game or buy at the Atomic Shop. These single-use items can be used anywhere to repair any equipment, eliminating the need to return to a workbench and use your own collected materials.

According to an article on the Fallout blog, basic repair kits will instantly restore all inventory items to 100%, while upgraded repair kits will go further by restoring items to 150%. If you have some in your inventory, you can use them by opening your Pip-boy, clicking Inspect the item you want to repair, and selecting the new Repair Kit option.

This is surely a handy tool to use in a game about survival in an uncultivated and hostile land, but some fans are not happy with the way the repair kits are included in the game. They say that these kits are going to against Bethesda's commitment in the run-up to the launch of Fallout 76 that microtransactions would be used only for cosmetic items.

Although upgraded repair kits are expected to be rare rewards for difficult activities in the game (like killing the Scorchbeast Queen), basic repair kits can be purchased using Atoms, the Fallout 76 in-game motto that you can buy for real money.

This is the point of contention for players flocking to the subreddit of Fallout. Before the launch of Fallout 76, players were worried about its use of microtransactions, and Pete Hines of Bethesda reassured him in an interview with Gamespot that the game would not pay off.

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"If you do not want to spend money at the Atomic store for cosmetics, you do not have to spend money," he said.

Now you can use Atoms to buy items that provide a decisive advantage in terms of play. With a stack of repair kits on hand, you will not have to worry about the durability of weapons and armor. Although you can win these items playing, it will be much easier to withdraw a credit card.

Bethesda says that the repair kits are based on the community's suggestions and that in its first attempt with an article like this, it will rely on community feedback to make adjustments to the implementation of these kits over time.

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