Bethesda fell into the same trap many other MMOs fell, by listening to the usual vocal minority. "OMG THIS GAME IS SO EASY I NEVER DIE PLAYING WITH ONE HAND EATING A SAMMICH LOL! MOM BATHROOM!"
Now their fancy bloodied builds get 1-hit-killed by mudcrabs everywhere, of course their reaction is "you just have to adapt your playstyle!". IT'S FINE!
They certainly won't get many
new customers this way judging by the internets. New chars running around naked and out of ammo after 10 levels... First test showing a hillarious HP bloat, while weapon damage grows to approximately double value from lvl 1 to 70, enemy HP is at increased least 7 times as high. Also sneak attack is not working most of the times.
#SawyerApproves
Considering how people complain about having to repair everything so often now, despite having no "cost efficient way" of getting the resources, basically entering a downward spiral, I wouldn't even put it past Bethesda having done that in the hopes of players buying more repair kits now. None of the new events drop any. I am curious if they have removed them from the queen as well....
But it's entertaining. When I read posts like "PSA! For all of you struggling now, get the plasma flamer!!!", I can't help but laugh. People complain about going through ammo fast, spending far too much time farming that, and his solution is to use the one weapon in the game that goes through ammo faster than his mum through boyfriends. With expensive ammo.
That's like telling a bum under the bridge he should only carry 100$ bills with him, because they are worth more.
Welp, if that guy is a representative of FO76's remaining core population, they deserve whatever tricks Todd plays on them.
I couldn't even try it myself, because changing 50 MB worth of leveled lists apparently require me to download a 20 GB patch, since they could not be arsed to write a patcher.