Honest question : What's the gameplay loop? What is there to do?

[Takk806]

Hi!

So yeah, I'm not trying to start a debate or rants or nothing. I'm genuingly asking a question.

I played the game at launch then stopped after a month or 2. During the holidays, my gf and I decided to both grab a copy and got back to play the game.

After doing some quests, roaming around, some small events and getting to only lvl 25 (at least I can now respec), I'm starting to wonder what's the goal here.

I know that F76 can be seen as a MMO and that the end goal is what you make of it and bla bla bla. I'm just realizing that I can do missions with lvl 1000 randos in my party since mobs lvl adjust to yours so that you never feel under/over-power and I'm getting loot. What's the hook? Is it getting to a certain lvl? Is it getting legendaries? Is it building a shop?

Like I said previously, I'm not here to ♥♥♥♥ on anybody who likes the game at all. I'm just wondering if I'm missing something is all.


Thank you and happy new year!!

[Wack-A-Mole MLRS]

To Save the World, play and do things. It's just a game . No winners Trophy or Leaders Board. (What's the hook? Is it getting to a certain lvl? Is it getting legendaries? Is it building a shop?) Yep,Yep and Yep.

[lockwoodx]

This game is exploring, shooting, looting, and crafting in that order. The story mostly caters to meat and potatoes fallout fans with a few annoying woke characters thrown in you wish you could shoot (trust me I tried). There's more... "padding" around the edges of this game going out of its way to hold your hand and give the player every possible out from a screwed up character. Casual players can go explore and never have to worry about being rich or powerful while sweaty players put together old fashion raids against mmo bosses in order to score collectables and crafting materials. Travel isn't that big of a hassle but hoarding crafting mats is which is why they offer the unlimited stash in the month subscription, a must for the end-game established.

[NIkto Barada]

at first you will want to rush bullions for secret service armor. legendaries picked up alon g the way will make that easier. once you got SSarmor and good builds/legendaries you can slowly empty the various faction bullion items and start on stamps too.
after that? whatever you want. im amassing items that are normally untradable like SS armor parts from various drops to save inc my rl friends ever need a quick boost.
ive slowly amassed excav , union and hellcat with at least 4 parts with weapon weight and variouos other mods.
ofc i worked on unlocking craftables , some cellectrons.etc.
now its placing cores in donations stations. max weight limit means i can have dozens of guns but legendary cores and other stuff will fill it up soonish. canceling F1st made me less of a hoarder and broouht back the backpack game.what to sell, what to buy with the caps.
inbetween im collecting any thing fuzzy themed bc his acolyte at camden park at the entrance converted me to his awesomeness.
new useful camp items are always welcome and i bought an extra camp slot.
the extra perk loadout slot was a disaster .
nowadays i can loadin , do dailies and then whatever i feel like b4 doing the same in my other games.
afaik f76 is nice to main or secondary. only the scoreboard unlocks are fomo atm.

[lordoftheapes79]

At it's core, it's a looter shooter. There's a lot of stories out there to see, but they don't take forever, so once they're done, you're just killing things and looking for gear and or plans to build a cool CAMP. It's a completionists' paradise, but for the average player, you'll find more enjoyment out of it if you play until you get bored and move on, give it time to get some updates, then come back in a year or two.

[eric]

get to level 10,000

[Mooman]

Eventually the game will stop telling you what to do and you have to make your own fun. This isn't a cop out answer, it's the nature of the sandbox.

If you ask all the long term players what keeps them motivated you'll get almost a different answer from each.

Some will hunt rare items in the world, some will hunt other players, some hunt for the perfect gear, some hunt for items to sell, and others hunt for the perfect camp or a mix of all these and more.

The endgame loop is all about personal motivation. You choose what you do. The game itself isn't so difficult or complex like a true MMO (this is a MOG) that staying up to date with the current tier of gear is necessary. A new player isn't so far behind a beta player.

So in a way... there is no loop (aside from scoreboard challenges). What you do log in to log in is entirely up to you, nothing is forced as it's all optional.

[Zeoplez]

I personally did all the quests and maxed reputation. Then all that's left is dailies and rng events. Some people also choose to give themselves goals so they have something to do.

[Senator Armstrong]

Originally posted by Takk806:

Hi!

So yeah, I'm not trying to start a debate or rants or nothing. I'm genuingly asking a question.

I played the game at launch then stopped after a month or 2. During the holidays, my gf and I decided to both grab a copy and got back to play the game.

After doing some quests, roaming around, some small events and getting to only lvl 25 (at least I can now respec), I'm starting to wonder what's the goal here.

I know that F76 can be seen as a MMO and that the end goal is what you make of it and bla bla bla. I'm just realizing that I can do missions with lvl 1000 randos in my party since mobs lvl adjust to yours so that you never feel under/over-power and I'm getting loot. What's the hook? Is it getting to a certain lvl? Is it getting legendaries? Is it building a shop?

Like I said previously, I'm not here to ♥♥♥♥ on anybody who likes the game at all. I'm just wondering if I'm missing something is all.


Thank you and happy new year!!

It's a MMO. You have to make your own fun after the short campaign is finished. Explore the map. Grind for the best loot. Complete the scoreboard for the best camp items.