Players enter a downed state before death and can be revived by another player
Mutations: Susceptible to get from rads and can cure through radaway
Better character customization with ID badge and photo mode
Endurance now also affects resistance to disease
Charisma affects the sharing of higher point perks, rewards from group quests and the price why you barter. Good for group players. But also good for loners, such as the lone wanderer perk or some aid perks.
Intelligence now also affects the durability of crafting and scrapping return
Luck now also affects durability and condition of loot
Perk cards have "point costs" for certain specials, stronger cards require more points. These
points are the level of the special that the card is in
Crossbows
Ammo has weight
Start out with all Specials at 1
Vendors and bartering
"Exotic weapon mods"
Mysterious Stranger is coming back
After level 10 you get Card packs every 5 levels
Perks for hearing directional audio when in range of a bobblehead/magazine for finding them
Swappable perk cards
You can get cards that you can unlock at a later level
Special Point cap at level 50
Bethesda will continue working on the game for years
Cap reward based on opponents level
When killed, you can get revenge and get double the cap reward
When killing someone who doesn't engage in combat, the killer becomes a "wanted murderer" and receives no reward (Caps nor XP), is marked in a relative area on the map for all players by a red star. They have a bounty on their head from their own caps. The killer cant see players on their map.
They are "Turning assholes into interesting content"
Death also results in losing caps
Safe stashes in CAMPS and stashes in the world to store junk
Fast traveling to vault 76 and nearest point is free
Pre-ordering Fallout 76 is the only way to get access to the B.E.T.A. Visit fallout.bethesda.net/buy-now to pre-order the game from your preferred participating retailer or digital platform.
They also have some pre-BE.T.A that a select few will get access to help with balance issues.
Steam takes 30% of sales so it seems they wanna save some money and with them having their own launcher they can also distribute and sell mods via their launcher.
Fallout 76 PC version will be available only via Bethesda.net , NOT via Steam (So via the Bethesda launcher) .
B.E.T.A ( BREAK IT EARLY TEST APPLICATION ) will start in October.
Progress made in B.E.T.A will carry over to the Full game on release.
B.E.T.A will cover the entire game.
It will not have a NDA so you can share information about it from day 1.