Fallout 76 - online Fallout spinoff from Bethesda - now on Steam with Wastelanders NPC expansion

[Zer0wing]

Airships arent exactly so far off of something that could be done in Fallout outside being relative "low tech" and not having the 1950's somewhat odd designs like the Avrocar but still entirely feasible within Fallout level of technology.

Yet in a b*thesda game the airship looks super retarded somehow, when the player encounters it first.

 

[PorkBarrellGuy]

...Where the fuck would you get the gas for the airship?

Hydrogen might not be TOO difficult, though there's a really fucking good reason we stopped using hydrogen for the damn things. Helium is kind of a pain in the ass to wrangle up - IIRC we get most of what we have as a byproduct of oil drilling. Oil drilling doesn't fucking HAPPEN anymore in the Fallout setting, chiefly because the shit is all gone and was gone for a while even before the bombs fell. You might be able to get helium as a fusion byproduct, but I'm not sure what kind of amounts you'd get.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

...Where the fuck would you get the gas for the airship?

Hydrogen might not be TOO difficult, though there's a really fucking good reason we stopped using hydrogen for the damn things. Helium is kind of a pain in the ass to wrangle up - IIRC we get most of what we have as a byproduct of oil drilling. Oil drilling doesn't fucking HAPPEN anymore in the Fallout setting, chiefly because the shit is all gone and was gone for a while even before the bombs fell. You might be able to get helium as a fusion byproduct, but I'm not sure what kind of amounts you'd get.

I don't think the guys using nuclear powered fighting armor would have trouble finding a fuel source.

 

[PorkBarrellGuy]

...Where the fuck would you get the gas for the airship?

Hydrogen might not be TOO difficult, though there's a really fucking good reason we stopped using hydrogen for the damn things. Helium is kind of a pain in the ass to wrangle up - IIRC we get most of what we have as a byproduct of oil drilling. Oil drilling doesn't fucking HAPPEN anymore in the Fallout setting, chiefly because the shit is all gone and was gone for a while even before the bombs fell. You might be able to get helium as a fusion byproduct, but I'm not sure what kind of amounts you'd get.

I don't think the guys using nuclear powered fighting armor would have trouble finding a fuel source.

? It's not fuel. It's to provide lift.

Helium's actually pretty scarce on Earth as a naturally-occurring gas. BoS' best bet is probably using nuclear fusion to basically generate helium atom by atom. I'm just not clear on how long that would take for them.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

...Where the fuck would you get the gas for the airship?

Hydrogen might not be TOO difficult, though there's a really fucking good reason we stopped using hydrogen for the damn things. Helium is kind of a pain in the ass to wrangle up - IIRC we get most of what we have as a byproduct of oil drilling. Oil drilling doesn't fucking HAPPEN anymore in the Fallout setting, chiefly because the shit is all gone and was gone for a while even before the bombs fell. You might be able to get helium as a fusion byproduct, but I'm not sure what kind of amounts you'd get.

I don't think the guys using nuclear powered fighting armor would have trouble finding a fuel source.

? It's not fuel. It's to provide lift.

Helium's actually pretty scarce on Earth as a naturally-occurring gas. BoS' best bet is probably using nuclear fusion to basically generate helium atom by atom. I'm just not clear on how long that would take for them.

Seems to use a mix of both.
https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Airship

The fuel source was taken from a wrecked aircraft carrier's nuclear reactor. The airship is also filled with hydrogen.

More likely, Bethesda just thought it was cool without putting too much thought into it.

 

[Metro]

In a world of laser rifles I don't think having a zeppelin is too far fetched.

 

[Pika-Cthulhu]

Really should be a big hot air balloon, heating element shouldnt be too hard to rig up to keep it all nice and toasty inside for lift

 

[RK47]

Death Mechanics: The number of Caps lost when killed by another player has been reduced from double to 25% of that character’s level.

• For example, A level 60 character who is killed in Survival will now lose 15 Caps, rather than 120. The killer in this case will earn 15 Caps.

 

[Lord Commissar Alexer]

Still suprised to see that F76 has players playing it.

 

[Angthoron]

Humans would make much worse lab subjects than rats, honestly.

 

[Gerrard]

It always amuses me how people in comment sections are bashing this POS while at the same time begging Bethesda to make another single player Fallout game.

I don't get it, Fallout 4 was the same shit as Fallout 76 if not worse but somehow Bethesda's retarded writing makes that better? Serious, people miss you walking on virtual blue neurons while the retarded villain claimed how he wasn't so evil? Or the Brotherhood of Steel traveling around on air ships like on Final Fantasy? Do people really miss that crap? Man...

at least FO4 had NPCs.

Who do you think keeps playing this one?

 

[Angthoron]

Heh, there's apparently Bethesda-related butthurt on the mobile market now, turns out whatever the shit they have in beta has some seriously aggressive microtransactions. Who'd have thunk.

 

[Agame]

Still suprised to see that F76 has players playing it.

"MILLIONS of players" - Todd Howard

 

[Lord Commissar Alexer]

In his dreams maybe.

 

[ADL]

For what it's worth everyone I know that bought it is still playing (myself included) so I believe it. Especially surrounding updates no matter how content-light they are.
Am I really supposed to not believe that millions of people continue to pick up the new Fallout game for $15-$30 at their local retailers either?

 

[taxalot]

I own it but have yet to install it.

I'm having too much fun with Skyrim already.

 

[Curious_Tongue]

For what it's worth everyone I know that bought it is still playing (myself included) so I believe it. Especially surrounding updates no matter how content-light they are.
Am I really supposed to not believe that millions of people continue to pick up the new Fallout game for $15-$30 at their local retailers either?

I bought it. I stopped playing it.

It's the same as any other modern Bethesda game. It's an empty husk. Which you can experience with other people for a change.

 

[Curious_Tongue]

I was going to try and find people to play with at some point, but I just got so frustrated managing my inventory and weight limit that I realised that I was never going to enjoy the game.

 

[Agame]

I bought it. I stopped playing it.

It's the same as any other modern Bethesda game. It's an empty husk. Which you can experience with other people for a change.

I had this fabulously optimistic idea that it could be worth playing with mods and private servers someday. But I really cant see that happening now.

 

[baud]

I bought it. I stopped playing it.

It's the same as any other modern Bethesda game. It's an empty husk. Which you can experience with other people for a change.

I had this fabulously optimistic idea that it could be worth playing with mods and private servers someday. But I really cant see that happening now.

Why not? If there is still time between the last update/dlc and their next game, they could get some media attention by releasing a version that support mods officially and private servers.

 

[Agame]

Why not? If there is still time between the last update/dlc and their next game, they could get some media attention by releasing a version that support mods officially and private servers.

Maybe, when its at the end of its life cycle. But the PR talk about F76 having private servers was imo a gigantic bait and switch to sucker in the mostly PvE oriented Bethesda drones.

 

[commie]

For what it's worth everyone I know that bought it is still playing (myself included) so I believe it. Especially surrounding updates no matter how content-light they are.
Am I really supposed to not believe that millions of people continue to pick up the new Fallout game for $15-$30 at their local retailers either?

In another thread he's extorting the virtues of ESO as well....

Can't decide if it's an advertising shill or a troll....

 

[ADL]

For what it's worth everyone I know that bought it is still playing (myself included) so I believe it. Especially surrounding updates no matter how content-light they are.
Am I really supposed to not believe that millions of people continue to pick up the new Fallout game for $15-$30 at their local retailers either?

In another thread he's extorting the virtues of ESO as well....

Can't decide if it's an advertising shill or a troll....

Is it really that ridiculous to believe that everything not produced by Bethesda Maryland is better than their games? I don't think anyone in their right mind would argue that ESO is the best Elder Scrolls game since Morrowind, not that it's saying much. ESO is like Skyrim but with much better content and mechanical depth. Fallout 76 is like Fallout 4 with better build variety, writing and an interesting worldspace that I actually enjoyed exploring and without the pretension or disappointment of being a "Fallout RPG".

 

[Cael]

For what it's worth everyone I know that bought it is still playing (myself included) so I believe it. Especially surrounding updates no matter how content-light they are.
Am I really supposed to not believe that millions of people continue to pick up the new Fallout game for $15-$30 at their local retailers either?

In another thread he's extorting the virtues of ESO as well....

Can't decide if it's an advertising shill or a troll....

After his last effort, I'd say shill, but he has a long ways to go before he reaches infinishill status.

But he is working on it.

 

[ADL]

I see you've earned your title. I don't see how it's at all controversial to say that ESO is the best Elder Scrolls game since Morrowind considering the two since have been dogshit. At least the MMO has some depth to it. A lot of depth actually.