Well, that was… entirely expected. Fallout 76, one of history’s greatest lessons on when hype fails to deliver, just so happened to be punting an exclusive membership yesterday that would hand over a private server to a player and various other goodies in exchange for a few bottlecaps every month or a real-world dollar equivalent.
The promise here, was that any player who ponied up would be the first in line to receive and test out new features for the live service game so long as their subscription was up to date. Instead, many players have been the first to experience a wild new line of bugs, with one, in particular, acting as a metaphor for the entire experience: The scrap box.
The attraction here with Fallout 1st was that said scrap box would allow for unlimited storage in a game that was already stingy with how much it allowed you to stow away. To the horror of Fallout 1st subscribers, that infinite void in which they’ve chucked many a prized item has instead gobbled up their goods, never to see the light of day again. “Our initial investigation indicated that this was a display issue, and that no items had gone missing,” a Bethesda representative said to Polygon.
However, we have since found that a small number of players have in fact experienced a loss of scrap items after placing them into the Scrap Box and then loading into a world. Resolving this issue is currently our top priority. We are also exploring ways to restore the missing items.
Over on Reddit and the game’s support forums, those few dedicated fans who still believe in the Fallout 76 are naturally livid, especially as how their hard earned cash which was supposed to create a private server for them to relax in happens to have busted security as anyone on your friends list can scale the invite-only barrier.
Fallout 1st. First to take your money, first to break the second it’s released into the wilder world.
Last Updated: October 25, 2019
SagatatiaRZA
October 25, 2019 at 09:29
This is the Darwin Award equivalent of spending money stupidly.
Admiral Chief
October 25, 2019 at 09:41
I think they have a bet going on at Bethesda. To see how fast they can dethrone EA
Jbumi
October 25, 2019 at 15:40
Don’t forget Blizzard – there’s a hell of a race to the bottom these days! ?
Kromas
October 25, 2019 at 09:41
Man fuck this game and the company who made it.
Hammersteyn
October 25, 2019 at 09:41
Lots of people are mad, some guy even hijacked the https://www.falloutfirst.com/ domain to poke fun at them.
HairyEwok
October 25, 2019 at 10:44
Just shows you how lousy they are. They didn’t even register the domain for this cash grab.
Admiral Chief
October 25, 2019 at 09:41
Wow dude, coming from you, that is harsh, harsh words
Pariah
October 25, 2019 at 11:59
Yeah I was thinking exactly that.
Kromas
October 25, 2019 at 12:00
I enjoyed the game and could take quite a bit of taunting about it but I knew that they would never pull a stunt like this cause all content would be free. Well fuck me for believing those lying shitty bastards.
Hammersteyn
October 25, 2019 at 15:25
I’d buy you a beer if I was in town 🙁
Son of Banana Jim
October 25, 2019 at 10:43
Woah! If Kromas has this reaction, then Bethesda, you’ve “f-ed” up. You’ve just pissed off your biggest fan.
Kromie – hang in there man, I know how it feels when something you used to love, turns on you, the bitterness that follows, and then one morning, you’re standing in the middle of the N1 with a minigun, mowing down taxis and screaming “Blood for the Blood god!”…
Geoffrey Tim
October 25, 2019 at 12:11
*hugs*
Hammersteyn
October 25, 2019 at 09:41
It was endearing when Bethesda was just releasing buggy games because they were good games for the most part like Skyrim, Prey, Dishonored. They were still the good guys compared to Activision or EA. But now, this is just sad and shameful.
Son of Banana Jim
October 25, 2019 at 10:31
Yeah, that’s what’s really sad and shameful about all of this. They weren’t necessarily scummy with their broken games, because the mod community would sort things out, but now… it’s like they’ve taken the Bobby Kotick approach. They’ve lost their way…
Jacques Van Zyl
October 25, 2019 at 09:41
falloutfirst.com
sums this up perfectly.
Hammersteyn
October 25, 2019 at 09:41
yes XD
Hammersteyn
October 25, 2019 at 09:54
We can donate for hosting fees and honestly. I’d rather give my money to them than to Bethesda
https://www.gofundme.com/f/fallout-first-website-hosting-and-domain-fees
Viper_ZA
October 25, 2019 at 10:19
Vote with your wallet! It’s all about milking the customers now, to hell with the rest…
Admiral Chief
October 25, 2019 at 10:19
I’ve played some games with the whole open world survival etc etc, and lemme tell you, if my savegame was corrupt or my hard earned/stolen loot was suddenly missing, honestly, I don’t even consider continue playing anymore.
Now, if I had PAID for this, good grief, my rage would be nuclear
HairyEwok
October 25, 2019 at 11:47
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/WhichFemaleDwarfrabbit-size_restricted.gif
It just works….. to get money.
Pofadder
October 25, 2019 at 12:35
It’s like game companies are tripping over themselves to be the most hated. Everyone hates Blizzard right now, then Bethesda goes “Hold my beer and watch me piss off even more people!”. EA, Bioware, Activision, Blizzard, Bethesda, Ubisoft, Rockstar(the online side) When will it end? Only game companies I still have hope in: CDPR, and the Sony owned studios, they seem to release quality titles with cosmetic only or no micro transactions. I have no faith that Bethesda can do justice to ES6. It’s also probably going to be surprise mechanic-ed into oblivion( pun intended). And I was also hoping and waiting for a new splinter cell but Ubisoft will just mess it up.