Platinum
In today's Fallout 76 news, I am rendered utterly speechless
DredgenMoonMoon
what now?
Platinum
They're banning players who use mods
Platinum
And
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“If you would like to appeal this account closure, we would be willing to accept an essay on ‘Why the use of third-party cheat software is detrimental to an online game community,’ for our management team to review,”
Shard
...
Shard
Modding has been part of the backbone of the Fallout series for YEARS.
Platinum
Basically, Bethesda considers any Fallout 76 visual enhancement mod to be a "third-party application, which provides an unfair in-game advantage, while logged onto Fallout 76."
Platinum
Their anti-cheating technology cannot tell the difference between cheats and mods
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I don't know what to say
Platinum
I'm just
mischief maker
Platinum
why on God's green earth would you alienate
Platinum
just
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help
6LilacMimeLions
for fuck's sake
6LilacMimeLions
that "write an essay like a naughty schoolchild" bit is just [chefkiss]
mischief maker
i'll get paid a management level salary to read essays, fucking sign me up
Platinum
I just don't understand
Platinum
Do they think that they got their money and that's the end of it?
Iggy
What... that can’t be real..
Iggy
If anything mods were the only that that’d save the damn game
Zita
Honestly I'd laugh if it were not a fallout game because fuck cheat engines in multiplayer games. But maaaaan.
Platinum
At least three different people have reported identically phrased e-mails.
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“This account has violated the code of conduct and terms of service by cheating. The account was detected to be running a third-party application, which provides an unfair in-game advantage, while logged into Fallout 76.
Platinum
If you would like to appeal this account closure, we would be willing to accept an essay on ‘Why the use of third party cheat software is detrimental to an online game community’ for our management team to review.”
𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙙
honestly i'd send them a paper on why bethesda is a failing company and cite my sources
Iggy
God so many articles have this like smug veneer of “well it’s a mmo and mods are cheating”
Iggy
Nobody wanted an online multiplayer of fallout to start with!!!
mischief maker
Here's a source.