Patch 11 for Fallout 76 has landed and introduced a slew of quality of life improvements, including reduced rates of spoilage, difficulty reductions for low-level characters (including higher disease resistance for level <15 characters and lower fast travel costs for <25 ones), as well as a heap of changes to power armor functionality meant to address various bugs and smooth out the experience.
Bethesda continues to support and work on Fallout 76, trimming the fat and making it work (better). April will see the continuation of their first major content drop, Wild Appalachia, as well as a number of new gameplay features coming in with Patch 8 on the 9th of this month.
Despite a rocky launch and a slew of teething problems, Fallout 76’s team seems determined to keep the game alive. Apart from the usual optimizations and balancing changes, players exploring Appalachia will get to take a walk on the wild side: Over the next three months, Wild Appalachia, the first content drop for Fallout 76, will be added to the game, introducing new gameplay features, game modes, events, and even Vaults.
Fallout 76 is very much a game where you'll be expected to know how to build things if you want to make any progress. It builds upon the very same crafting and base building seen in Fallout 4, so if you spent some time with it there, at least you aren't starting from scratch in Fallout 76. For everyone else, you'll want a refresher as far as what you need to do to build your own camps and settlements in-game so that you have an efficient safe haven of your own to come back to.
The long-running Fallout series has traditionally been a single-player affair, pitting players up against the nuclear apocalypse and the various ne'er-do-wells and hazards that go along with it. Fallout 76 is the latest entry in the acclaimed RPG series, and it's turning the whole franchise upside down.
Ever since the end credits rolled in Fallout 4, fans have been patiently waiting for their next glimpse at what was next for the post-apocalyptic RPG franchise. Though rumors flew left and right about whether we'd see Fallout 5 or something new entirely, the days leading up to E3 2018 changed everything with the announcement of Fallout 76. Though Fallout 76 isn't releasing until November, thanks to Bethesda's E3 press conference and post-E3 interviews, we have plenty of details on what players can expect come launch day.