How welcoming is the community for new players?

[The_hand_of_fate]

*Title* I'm just curious how much the existing community is towards new players.

[Vinnolo]

hope you step on a lego

[AbsynthMinded]

Originally posted by OutsidR:

Agree with all the above posts, but then again you are all "fresh meat" lol.

If you say so.. I'm probably the saltiest fresh meat you've ever had.

[Mooman]

"We're still doing a lot of work, obviously on Fallout 76, and we see the community, so many people going into that game and kind of rediscovering it and just so happy with where that game is at. It really does, and I mean, this has one of the best communities in all of gaming. Surprisingly, it's a very, very nice apocalypse..."
--Todd Howard.

[Thorin]

i have my base built right down the road from the wayward. new players passing through can stop in grab scraps (from F.e.t.c.h the scrap dog), food (mirelurk steamer), Purified water and use the work benches of course that's as long as someone hasn't cleaned it out just before you pass through lol.

A tip to new players also, because i see you all stop in check the store then leave. Play the games and the instruments you see in other players bases/camps. They give you a buff to your stats i think its after 20 seconds of use? The hot tub works like a bed giving you the well rested bonus too, which gives bonus XP buff i beilieve.

I also like to run down there and put stuff in the donation box too when i begin to collect an excess of med things, ammo, food etc...

[Fortescue]

Not interacted with anyone but heard good things

[donwag43]

"Lets get em boys"!!!

[Agny]

I've seen different kinds of comments about it. But my own experience has been fantastic so far. I've been given stuff as a newbie, now I try to leave stuff in donation boxes and such as well. It's been really wholesome for me.

[Chronocide]

Originally posted by The_hand_of_fate:

*Title* I'm just curious how much the existing community is towards new players.

Well, in the context that players can't really communicate very well with eachother in-game, due to zero text options and infrequent mic use, the community hasn't "said" anything to offend me yet....

The ingame groups are there, but the game itself works against your ability to be social. It's better to think of this as a single player game, that just happens to feature other players in the background, sometimes.

For more specifics, the grouping system is capped at 4, so you can never include everyone in your game on the same team (24 people per server), which means you can never remove the possibility of PvP.

As mentioned, you can't type messages to anyone.

Lots of unhelpful emote options...

Mic use, even when used, is limited to "nearby area" or "team", so you can't just coordinate between teams unless you are all close to eachother.

There's zero official mod support (and threats of banning for those that do mod), so can't improve the chat options.

That said, players don't attack me, I don't attack them. They sometimes show up at events to help me, as I them. As far as I can tell, PvP is basically non-existent in this game, despite the game itself encouraging it.

[Starempire42]

one of the nicest communities out there, probably will encounter a lvl 500 that gives you 300 stimpaks

[Hammer Goblin]

You are new? I am the spreader of communism, I give unto you the food of kings and you give me nuka cola and blood packs. [Please]

[AlexSledge]

There are a few bad apples lurking around just like the rest of the internet, but you can generally spot them by their usual trolling and spewing hate for Fallout, instead of just going away.

Most of us though, we're great!

[CynicalMT™]

One of the best gaming communities ngl, i forgot the game even has pvp cuz no one engages in it, its that friendly.

[Chronocide]

Originally posted by CynicalMT™:

One of the best gaming communities ngl, i forgot the game even has pvp cuz no one engages in it, its that friendly.

"best gaming community" is the right way to say it.

They are more indifferent than friendly, but that's better than them being hostile. And because they can't talk, nobody says anything negative or hostile...

[Pakratjr]

Originally posted by Thorin:

i have my base built right down the road from the wayward. new players passing through can stop in grab scraps (from F.e.t.c.h the scrap dog), food (mirelurk steamer), Purified water and use the work benches of course that's as long as someone hasn't cleaned it out just before you pass through lol.

A tip to new players also, because i see you all stop in check the store then leave. Play the games and the instruments you see in other players bases/camps. They give you a buff to your stats i think its after 20 seconds of use? The hot tub works like a bed giving you the well rested bonus too, which gives bonus XP buff i beilieve.

I also like to run down there and put stuff in the donation box too when i begin to collect an excess of med things, ammo, food etc...

I haven't had much of a chance to visit other camps yet but I did find one a few days ago that had a pretty nice arcade type setup.
I was there for a while playing with everything

[Balanse]

A guy helped me out and just gave me a gun and another guy gave me like 10 fusion oores out of nowhere so pretty friendly.