can i play FO76 without online and/or PvP hassle?

[askobilv]

looking to buy this game as a fallout fan, played almost all previous titles
can i enjoy this game in a single player mode without competitive elements?

[Ryvucz]

You can only play online.

Fallout 1st subscription you can play solo or with friends.

You can still enjoy most of the game alone even on public servers.

I play it without much PvP and enjoy it. I played most of the game solo.

[Zekh]

Short answer is yes, you can play F76 without being harassed or impacted by other players. On the contrary you might be glad someone saves your ass or gives you supplies without warning.

[insert food here]

As an online game it can only be played online. You can however get the expensive Fallout 1st sub to play alone or with select friends on your own world. It is not needed though.

You can play alone but on a world with others. Most of the time you don't even see other players much at all while you are out questing unless you go to someones camp or they are in the same area as you.

Honestly though playing with other players around is a lot of fun. This is the first fallout game that makes you feel like you and all your fellow vault dwellers are out there together.

Griefing is very limited, if that was one of your concerns, I have only seen it once or twice in 1900+ hours. There is a pacifist setting that means if you ignore other players you will take no damage unless you retaliate against them. The exception to this is workshops, where pacifist is disabled for all. The game tells you this when you are claiming a workshop for yourself.

Also as mentioned, the community is on the whole very generous and tries to help new players with helpful gifts. Plus you cannot get revived at an event or out in the wild if you seek to play purely alone on your own world. I was not excited when the game was announced as online multiplayer, but I have come to really enjoy it.

[Knavenformed]

It's always online but PvP is not mandatory or recommended at all.
The game would be worse if solo anyways since you'd miss so many opportunities to show off your buildings and miss the chance to buy items you may need from others.

Though the trading system doesn't actually need any social interaction.

The main point here is that this is not a Fallout game in the sense if you're looking for another mainline one, though it has a better role playing questline than Fallout 4.

[RMPyro]

There is no competition, its not a game you trying to be the best. PVP can also be turned off. You can play the game casually like fallout 4. Its allways online however.

[askobilv]

thanks, appreciate all the kind replies from you nice people
you have definitely eliminated my concerns

[Jacky]

Enable Pacifist Mode in game and you should be fine. I play alone and also with a team. The multiplayer components actually adds on a little spice to the game.

[Phantom]

Yes and no but mostly yes

Like they said

Pacifist mode (now enabled by default) prevents MOST *TM* instances of PvP

You can encounter PvP with it on in

1 - Workshops

In addition you can encounter PvP with it on

2 - Perks having adverse reactions vs player bases
3 - Players intentionally abusing PvP with each other using bases to destroy you
4 - Players intentionally abusing PvP with each other to destroy you
5 - Players intentionally abusing the wanted system to enter PvP with each other and destroy you
6 - Players using cheaply sold hacked weapons that ignore the PvP settings and instantly kill you
7 - Players abusing griefing techniques to create bases that can kill you
8 - Players absuing griefing techniques to use various things to kill you

And finally

9 - You turn pacifist off intentionally and encounter someone else with it off
10 - You dial into to hunter/hunted on the pipboy and enough people join


IMO

1 - Semi - Rarely occurs, most high levels who want the area will ask you to leave, if you don't then they might end you... generally only a thing if you are taking them during a holiday scorched event (as collections can gather presents and each workshop = one more collectron doing that)... Otherwise I've rarely seen select ones where high levels bully lowbies out, and generally they've stopped once I or any other high level guy shows up [just join a team with anyone of high level and say help]... OR if they have the workshop and YOU contest it to take it from them that tends to prompt justified retaliation

2 - Happens frequently if you have the wrong perks on, Perks do occasionally make friendly NPCs hostile to you (richochet is often the cause) and some others can trigger player bases to designate you as hostile and attack

3 - Happens rarely, nothing you can do
4 - Happens rarely, nothing you can do
5 - Happens rarely, nothing you can do
6 - Happens quite frequently, nothing you can do, bethesda won't even ban them
7 - Happens rarely, nothing you can do
8 - Happens rarely, nothing you can do
9 - This is an intentional choice on your part, still pretty rare to encounter someone else with it off at random so you can pvp
10 - This is an intentional choice on your part, I've LITERALLY never actually had a full group dial in EVER

[GoreTiger]

pvp can almost be 100% avoided. If someone tries to attack you, just ignore them.

Only time pvp is forced is if you own a settlement and someone wants to take it. I believe there may be 1 or 2 events that are also pvp focused but they're all 100% avoidable.

You DO have to be online to play tho.

[99Random]

Funny thing about players contesting a workshop is that that are rarely interested in the materials and are just trying to goad you into pvp. They are doing this because they are bored and just looking for a laugh.

The last three times someone has done this to me I just merrily ignore them and go do other activities. After about 20 minutes of them camping waiting for me to come to the workshop they get frustrated and log off and I go and claim the workshop back.

[GoreTiger]

Originally posted by 99Random:

Funny thing about players contesting a workshop is that that are rarely interested in the materials and are just trying to goad you into pvp. They are doing this because they are bored and just looking for a laugh.

The last three times someone has done this to me I just merrily ignore them and go do other activities. After about 20 minutes of them camping waiting for me to come to the workshop they get frustrated and log off and I go and claim the workshop back.

These are usually those pvp tryhards from the hardcore server days. Upset they spent all that time getting the most OP pvp gear only to have it be mostly useless now.

[Bobby Digital™]

there ain't no gd pvp hassle, but you have to be online to play

[WreckADEV]

I only payed $20 for this game. I suggest buy this game for $20 or when it becomes f2p.
The always online to this game just is awful. They finally added npc ch where the world feels lived in. If they added complete offline and moding support $59.99 is what i would say the value of this game. But at the state is now $20 or free. I hope this help you with your decision before you make one.

[metalsingh]

@WreckADEV
I'm new at THIS part of the Fallout franchise, had played over 3000 hrs in part 4 (mostly modded), and enjoing to play this one as a single player too, until now!!
It has cost me plus the Wastelander Upgrade 12,95 EUROs and I'm playing it on Steam with the Bethesda.net Launcher.
I only wanted to write here, because I like your comments and wish to support you in your opinion. Against all odds!