Bethesda taxed custom vending machines in Fallout 76. Some players are outraged

With the release ninth update from the Wild Appalachia series Fallout 76 custom vending machines have been introduced, making it easier to sell items to other players. Gamers have been asking for this feature for a long time, but not all of them were happy in the end. The reason for the dissatisfaction was the 10 percent tax that Bethesda imposed on the profits of such stores.

The ability to trade items with other players was originally in Fallout 76, but shops have made it easier. The gamer can install up to four machines in his camp, select items for sale (no more than 30 individual or groups), set prices (items are sold for caps) and go about their business. Other users will see the new outlet on the map and, if desired, will be able to instantly be near it using fast travel. When someone makes a purchase, the owner will receive a notification.

Some users were outraged by the "10% token fee", which Bethesda claims "ensures a healthy economy for the game and helps fight inflation." Caps cannot be purchased with real money: they can only be earned in the game itself by killing enemies, as well as selling items to robotic robots and other players. The tax is considered unfair, because it is not so easy to get them.

“How does removing 10% of our caps help support a healthy economy? — inquires Reddit user Panickedsoul. Do you know what this will actually lead to? This will force us to raise the prices of the items to make up for the loss. I'm very interested in how this can help the players at all."

Players have really begun to include collection in the cost of items. user femiwhat even was a short guide to markups for merchants who are afraid to make a mistake. Gamers also recalled that Bethesda also imposes a kind of tax on fast travel, and if for high-level users a couple of dozen caps for traveling from Vault 76 to Whitespring is an insignificant waste, then for novice players it can be tangible.

But there are also many who sided with Bethesda. “Using multiple ways to move caps from one player to another helps to reduce the total number of caps,” said aburple. “A tax on fast travel and vending machines helps to achieve this goal. Personally, it seems to me that additional ways are needed to reduce the amount of this currency.” Users - who are joking, who are serious - offer donate the proceeds to build a home for the itinerant super mutant merchant Grahm.

Players really have a lot of caps, even though the ability to earn them in a specific time period is limited by the number of game events and replenishment of automated stores. Many fans who have been sticking with Fallout 76 since its release and developing multiple characters at the same time have already reached the 25 cap limit. As the journalist points out Kotaku Ethan Gach, one of the biggest problems with economic regulation is that the game always connects users to random servers, and each time they risk being surrounded by either "rich" or "poor".

In addition to assault rifles, the latest patch has added a new quest line that offers to get used to the role of a pioneer scout, challenges and events related to it, backpacks with customizable appearance and the possibility of modification that allow you to increase the maximum weight of carried cargo, devices for exchanging legendary items for certificates (for this currency starting from May 16, it will be possible to buy goods from the Supplier), and also brought some changes to the CAMP system and workshops. More information about the update can be found in official blog

Fallout 76 was released on November 14, 2018 for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. In March, development lead Todd Howard saidthat the company is very pleased with the sales of the game and plans to support it for many years.

Source: 3dnews.ru