Fallout 76's troubled launch, as well as many other woes, earned the game a negative reputation online shortly after launch. While Bethesda has taken steps to improve the game, going so far as to add NPCs in the Wastelanders update, it still has its fair share of trouble, as multiplayer games tend to do. However, a developer was recently hit by a prominent bug at an inopportune time.
While playing Fallout 76 during a QuakeCon at Home stream, Associate Community Manager Devann McCarthy was hit by Fallout 76's fast traveling bug live on stream. The bug essentially has players go through the fast travel process without moving players to the new location, forcing them to repeat the process over again.
Unfortunately, it's a fairly prominent source of Fallout 76 players' woes, having been in the game for quite some time now, and occasionally forcing players to try to fast travel multiple times before it works. Luckily for McCarthy, it appears she got it to work on the second try, being able to fast travel with just a brief delay. To her credit, she plays off the bug very well, simply repeating the process and trying again.
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Complaints about the bug stretch back months, many complaining that Bethesda has neglected something so frustrating. Fallout 76's moves to reduce its negative perception have ranged from major updates to its inclusion on Xbox Game Pass, but with some basics elements still suffering frustrating issues, the player base still regularly vents about what needs to change.
With any luck, the mishap will bring more attention to the issue, but with the recent launch of Fallout 76's Brotherhood of Steel content, Bethesda may still have other content to focus on, rather than squashing this particular bug. That being said, content roadmaps do change, and if fans remain vocal, Bethesda may put an emphasis on fixing it.
In general, QuakeCon at Home has brought plenty of new announcements for fans of the company, including DLC for DOOM Eternal, and other bits of information for the company's other titles, like next-gen ports for Elder Scrolls Online. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, it's shifted to a digital format, but that hasn't seemed to slow it down.
New stuff aside, hopefully, Fallout 76 continues to improve. No Man's Sky was able to win back fans despite its troubled launch, and if Bethesda works at it, the developer may be able to achieve a similar feat.
Fallout 76 is available now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.