Thanks to QuakeCon 2018, there are now loads of smaller Fallout 76 details doing the rounds on the internet, but it's the mention of the game's overhauled perk system that has people wondering about micortransactions and how they'll feed into the experience.
Microtransactions were confirmed for Fallout 76 a while ago, but supposedly, they'll only feature cosmetic items, so let's back up a little. This new perk system uses perk cards, which you acquire every time you level up. You get these cards in card packs, so as you'd probably expect, people are immediately questioning whether you'll be able to buy packs with real money.
Thankfully that won't be the case, according to Bethesda. A tweet on the matter states you "earn Perk Card Packs solely through levelling up", strongly suggesting that you won't be able to buy your way to victory. Bethesda's Pete Hines backed this up, replying to a fan on Twitter. "You just get them when you level up," he reiterated.
[source twitter.com]
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Hopefully cosmetics wont be exclusive to microtransactions and we can earn everything in game, a huge part of an RPG in this format is looking how you want to, the PvP is a minor part of the game so to suggest 'only cosmetics' 'but its not pay to win' is meaningless nonsense.
Oh no, not card packs.
Hopefully Bethesda doesn't go back on their word comes release.
I don't think they want to deal with the stuff that EA did with Battlefront 2.
After Battlefront 2 I thought the collective World governments banned level progression tied to packs of cards in our $60 games.
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi Elite Dangerous did this. All cosmetics are paid for while the whole bloody point of the game is to upgrade your ship.
@NintendoFan4Lyf I’m one of those people but not by choice, my son is always wanting Fortnite V-Bucks to get those Battlepacks which include stuff like different types of emotes and gliders or whatever. It’s ridiculous but the other half says as long as he’s happy, I tried explaining what a waste of money they are, that they do nothing for him playing the game, it’s just purely stuff to look at. She says she thinks me buying dlc for games is a waste of money, she actually drew comparison to Fortnite’s V-Bucks to the Witcher 3’s season pass 🤨 yeah she’s clueless who also thinks video games are for kids, which sums her up on the whole subject.
Anyway on topic, I’d be surprised if Bethesda only limit the microtransactions to just cosmetics but also would want to be careful to avoid a backlash if they implemented microtransactions to pay to progress faster.
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