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Fallout 76’s jolly Fasnacht robot parade is back onEveryone disliked that
Everyone disliked that
TheFallout 76clown car continued its strange journey this week, as the recently semi-redeemed MMO stumbled over another technical hitch.
Based on areal event, Fasnacht Day runs every hour, encouraging players to hunt for decorative trinkets, and culminates in a parade of jolly masked robots. That parade is inevitably attacked, and players who defend the march are rewarded with rare masks based on the number of survivors. Alas, the repeatable event barely lasted a single run before a creature spawning problem made it near impossible to get started. Bethesdaannounceda fix late last night, extending the date until the 9th of June. There’ll also be a giveaway on the in-game Atom store, though details on that aren’t expected until “later this week”.
Fans reacted more strongly to the delay than I’d expected, re-airing multiple ongoing complaints on the subreddit and official forums. I wouldn’t call much of it unfounded. It seems the success of Wastelanders got people’s hopes up that some old issues would be addressed, and the news that this event fell apart has burst that dam.
Damningly, players have been complaining about the bug that scuppered the parades for some time. One Reddit usergathered a dozen threadswhere players reported it several weeks ago. Anothercompiled a small catalogueof repeat complaints, particularly from players who’d subscribed for premium accounts. Player display cases and vending machines also remain deactivated after 12 days in response to an item duplication bug. Bethesda posted a brief update about that oneon Friday.
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Between the hefty Wastelanders and therecent announcementof a seasonal update system, Bethesda appear to be committed to turning the game’s cursed fortunes around. But it doesn’t take the most withering gaze to see that it needs a lot more work.
