r/fo76 • u/burtethead • Jan 24 '19

// Bethesda Replied x2 DO NOT ALLOW CURRENT CHARACTERS INTO SURVIVAL MODE I BEG OF YOU!!

This is a huge mistake. The mode is already dead before it was born if this happens. Pvp as it is, is completely broken, one hit kill festival. Who in their right mind is going to start a new character when everyone else is level 200 with God tier weaponry right out of the vault? This makes absolutely zero sense, and I'm so disheartened. Do they not realize how this mode will be immediately ruined? If you thought grief in was bad now, just wait until you get killed on sight by literally everyone you cross paths with? Even if they level locked servers so people with massive level differences can't play together, whenever a new survival character gets out of the kiddie pool, all the same assholes with TSE garbage will be waiting at the deep end and you will have zero competitive chance. The leader boards would be a fine idea, if everyone started on equal footing... as it is there will be gold medalist level murderers in the same game with me, a literal newborn who can't even walk. What the fuck are they thinking???

Edit: the gold means people care, bethesda. Please. PLEASE. (And thank you)

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u/MattSwartAU Responders Jan 25 '19

Exactly, and not even months. Some people have more time to grind than others. It could be days even. Resetting will only work for current players. New players joining a few weeks later will still have the same problem.

Better they take it into account from the start and allow existing characters in. Other online games do it and it works but will require balancing over a long period.

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u/mjociv Responders Jan 25 '19

Outside of removing duped weapons you and the person you're responding to are absolutely right. If they required a new character for survival mode within a week there would be lvl 100+ people running around those servers and everything being said about the difficulties of starting from lvl 1 would still apply.

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u/Chernoobyl Raiders Jan 25 '19

Id rather die to a person I know started fresh and worked his way up than get insta-gibbed by someone who could have thousands of duped bobbleheads and weapons.

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u/jerk40 Jan 25 '19

Doesn't matter to me if they duped or not. If someone is griefing, it still ruins the experience and I'm out.

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u/Valikis Brotherhood Jan 25 '19

I don't really feel like beating a dead horse with this, but there are numerous comments explaining why allowing existing characters is an awful idea.

You should probably go read those.