In Fallout 76, there is a PvP system that punishes griefers and trolls harshly. If you kill players without them agreeing to a duel, you will be placed under a bounty that must be paid with caps. But what happens if you are broke?
PvP is one of the most challenging topics in Fallout 76. After the announcement, many wondered: Can this go well? There is PvP in Fallout 76, but the system is quite simple and goes hard against griefers. After all, who wants to be chased by other players while just trying to explore the world?
Those who cannot pay receive a debtor’s penalty
Now players are amused by how the penalties for such trolls and griefers can turn out. Whoever is broke will be punished twice. Because as soon as the player dies on whom the bounty was placed, it will be paid from their pocket.
What if I can’t pay the bounty? Reddit user TommyBoyTC has already experienced the consequences firsthand. A bounty of 30 caps was placed on him, but he only had five. After his death, he was therefore imposed with a “debtor’s penalty.”
This is how the penalty affects you: Whoever receives such a penalty only deals 50% of the actual damage in PvP for four hours. So be careful which containers you empty; it could be another player’s workshop.
The bounty mechanism in Fallout 76
How does PvP work? When you attack another player, you initially deal only minor damage. The attacked player must fire back first to properly initiate the fight. A normal player death has little consequences. It is possible to kill someone with reduced damage, but this has consequences in the form of a bounty.
This is how bounties work: If a bounty is placed, you are marked as a murderer for everyone on the map. Any other player on the map can now kill the murderer. There is also a PvP mode on the radio, which sends you on a targeted hunt for other players.
Bounties can also be obtained differently: TommyBoyTC was apparently doubly unlucky. While looting the game world, he accidentally emptied a container that belonged to another player’s workshop. This caused him to be marked with the 30-cap bounty.
Fans are amused by penalties, but not everyone is satisfied
How does the community react? In the Fallout 76 subreddit, most players respond with humor. One player wonders whether the turrets at their own camp also attack thieves.
User Jae-Sun has an idea to trick players: “Oh my God, I’m going to place a chest with items in the middle of the street and hide turrets in the plants at the edge of the street.” He apparently wants to make players unwitting thieves who will then be attacked by the turrets.
IllStudyYou is already looking forward to the hunt: “If this is true, I will definitely be a bounty hunter.” Some are reminded of the regulators from Fallout 3, a faction of bounty hunters.
Some other users find PvP in this form unnecessary. User PalwaJoko writes: “At this point, I feel like they should completely deactivate PvP. It seems to me, […] that they just want to keep PvP to satisfy a certain group without recognizing the downsides of PvP.”
BlackedRobedMage wonders why one can even deal damage before the other player agrees to the duel: “The game has so many penalties for PvP; I just don’t see that many people will get along with such a system. I’m not sure why they even allow unwanted PvP.”
Do you like the system in this form, or should it be revised?
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