Fallout 76: Outlook update, repair kits (in the Atomic Shop) and "millions of players" despite many problems

The eighth update of Fallout 76 should be released on April 9th. With this update of the Wild Appalachia series, the quest "The Misery Lowe" is introduced. In addition, adjustments are made to merchant factions and turret damage (details). Articles can be renamed soon.

The lying lie: "This new quest line is full of secrets, scams and rumors about a wild cryptid raging in wastelands, whose confirmed details are rare, but we know that a woman named Susan is the key to the truth: she is looking for her brother Calvin, who disappeared before the Great War, and judge, according to the posters that she keeps hanging, that the legendary "Sheepsquatch" could be responsible – a legendary Woolen, West Virginia should terrorize. "

A little later, after the update n ° 8, repair kits must be installed, allowing to repair the weapons and other equipment en route. Repair kits will be available in two versions: a simple repair kit and an improved repair kit. They can not be abandoned, sold or traded with other players. Simple repair kits can also be purchased with real money in the Atomic Shop.

• Simple Repair Kits: Simple Repair Kits are disposable consumables that will instantly take you back to any of the items in your inventory. So, as long as you have a repair kit, you can order equipment anytime, anywhere, without any manufacturing equipment. Open to the use of your Pip Boy, first select the item to be repaired, then "Examine" and finally the new "repair kit" option. The good room is like new and you can immerse yourself in the action. Use every workbench and workshop, in your camp or around the world, you can unlock simple repair kits in the Atomic Shop with atoms you can buy or win through the challenges of the game.
• Improved Repair Kits: Enhanced repair kits use them the same way and are only usable once. However, they repair so much that the condition of an article reaches 150%, better than nine. You can certainly use this extended life in battles of wastelands. Enhanced repair kits are rare items that you can get for various activities. For example, as booty for killing a queen of burned animals.
• Simple repair kits at the Atomic Shop: We have read many reactions and suggestions from the Fallout 76 community, who have regularly called for repair kits. We also felt like we could try something new, both in the game and in Atomic Shop. We are also thinking about how we could implement other community ideas in the future, such as CAMP refrigerators, ammunition and food converters, and even the ability to ship. salvage items in the storage box while on the go. Repair kits are our first attempt to create a new tool of this nature and we plan adjustments based on your feedback. Please let us know if the kits come into play later this month. "

From 16 April, you can venture into "the caves" (dungeon). The SnapMatic camera! Will also be launched the same day. The developers describe the changes like this:

• "The Caves: On the way to the metro: from April 16th, the bravest of you will be able to venture into a new dungeon: The Caves, incite your team and follow in the footsteps of the Brotherhood of Steel in the oppressive darkness under Harper's Ferry Today, we'll leave it there for you to educate your characters and find out more about The Caves in the next issue of Out of the Vault & # 39 ;.
• The SnapMatic camera !: Every shot is a reminder: smile, because April 16, the SnapMatic camera! Come in. This is a new item on which you can put a weapon. Only you do not shoot bullets, but pictures of the Appalachians. Fill your photo album faster than ever. The camera offers a new quest and new challenges. It can even be modified with additional goals. Before you can make a beautiful picture, you must get a SnapMatic! get.
• Players' vending machines are set up in patch 9: when Appalachian trading robots learned that we wanted vendors to manage vending machines, they were not happy with the new competition. In fact, we wanted to publish this feature with patch 8, but we still need a little more time for something … persuasion. As a result, reader vending machines are moving to patch 9, which is expected to be released in May. More details when this date approaches. "

At the Bethesda Game Days 2019, group leader Todd Howard said a few days ago that the game had succeeded despite multiple problems and that it had addressed "millions of players" . They still have big plans for the game in Bethesda and see it as a "spin-off platform" that evolves over time. But they would continue to develop clbadic Bethesda games.

Todd Howard: "Fallout 76 is a whole new novelty in our studio, we knew that we would have a lot of problems with the game and we certainly had some – some of them much more persistent than expected we are still doing. other more traditional things, as I would call them, Bethesda games, we are very happy that the game has really worked really well. (…) We have a huge player base, millions of players, we get tons of returns, our goal is to build a kind of miracle platform, we have tons of ideas, this has been a kind of wild trip and we are excited about what a lot cool content will come. "

Latest video update: Appalachian Wild Trailer