Fallout 76 has a new end-game Caps sink for players, as well as a fun new repeatable activity, the Milepost Zero Caravans. However, this new activity has hit a few bumps in the road, causing quite the controversy over on Fallout 76’s community social media platforms. Bethesda has already addressed some of the issues, with a patch targeting these issues coming sometime in October 2024.
No matter the game, escort missions have developed an infamous reputation, typically for having NPCs with slow movement speeds, pathfinding issues, or both. In the case of Fallout 76’s new Caravans Public Event though, the controversy surrounding the new Caravans activity goes well beyond the usual issues that plague escort missions.
Fallout 76’s New Milepost Zero Caravan Update is Causing a Controversy
Part of the reason why fans are so unhappy with the state of the new Caravan Public Events in Fallout 76 is that the update that introduced this activity was delayed, presumably to resolve some of the issues that are present in it. The Caravans event was initially expected to be released when Fallout 76’s Season 18 started on September 3, as per the game’s current community events calendar. However, a surprise announcement just days before then revealed that Caravans were being delayed to a later date, which ended up being September 17. Now that Caravans are finally released, players expected this two-week delay to have been spent giving the activity the finishing touches it needs. However, this event still faces many issues.
Another reason why Fallout 76’s Caravans update is causing such a controversy is that this activity was available in Fallout 76’s Public Test Server prior to its official release, where some of the issues that it currently faces were made well-known. So, after a two-week delay and explicit feedback from community playtesting, caravans releasing with a variety of issues that can ruin the fun of the event has given this event a bad reputation.
Players who own Fallout 76 on Steam can participate in the Public Test Server for free to playtest and provide feedback for upcoming updates to Fallout 76.
Known Issues for Fallout 76’s Milepost Zero Caravans
- Poor rewards for contributors
- Caravans failing immediately after starting due to Pack Brahmin dying before any players can arrive
- Pack Brahmin pathfinding issues
- Some of the Pack Brahmin upgrades from the Milepost Zero Brahmin Tamer have no effect
- Event progress sometimes doesn’t register, causing the time limit to eventually fail the event
- Turrets from player CAMPs in Skyline Valley can target Pack Brahmin
This is a summary of the community’s latest feedback, not an official list of the known issues for Fallout 76’s Caravans activity.
Bethesda Responds to Fallout 76’s Caravans Controversy
After a few days of Caravans being available in Fallout 76, players began taking to the game’s social media platforms to voice their concerns about the event and the many issues that it faces. Not long after, one of Bethesda’s community managers acknowledged the controversy in a post on the r/Fo76 SubReddit, encouraging players to continue sharing feedback and that an upcoming patch scheduled for October will target some of the known issues for the event as well as other general bugs unrelated to the Caravans activity.
The Reddit post doesn’t acknowledge all the community's concerns and known issues related to the new Caravan activity, but it does target a few major ones. Namely, improving the rewards for contributors and fixing the progression triggers in the event to prevent unavoidable failures.
Ultimately, these issues present in Caravans would normally be cause for concern, except the prior delay and the Public Test Server feedback have fanned the flames of this situation, turning it into a proper controversy for Fallout 76. For players who don’t have the Caps to spare, it might be best to hold off on running any Caravans in Fallout 76 until upcoming patches resolve some of the issues present in this activity.
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