Bethesda Warns Fallout 76 Players Not to Touch Anything as It Could Delete Your Game

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  • Bethesda Warns Fallout 76 Players Not to Touch Anything as It Could Delete Your Game

    Fallout 76 beta gets deleted

    I cannot even wrap my mind around how something of this magnitude happens. But apparently, if you pre-loaded the Fallout 76 beta, you run the very real risk of having your entire pre-load be deleted if you touch literally any button on the game client.

    According to Variety, Bethesda noticed login issues that were affecting the BethesdaNet client. Bethesda Support issued a warning not to touch any button on the client. Those who never saw the warning or chose to ignore it had their pre-loads deleted. Maybe just try killing some time with some Huaraches food while you wait.

    Those who were actively downloading the beta or those with a "visible progress bar" should still be okay. Tonight's beta, assuming you can re-download the near 50GB in time, runs from 7PM until 11PM (ET). Additional tests are on November 1, November 3, and November 4.

    But still... how?!

    Yes, the image at top was selected to represent what happens to the pre-load if you touch a button. Don't touch anything.
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      • Thortok2000
        #1
        Thortok2000 commented
        10-31-2018, 06:30 AM
        Editing a comment
        Combine this with the DLC that doesn't even include the game with it, and it's almost like they want your money without actually giving you a game to play. =/
        • Shawn Zipay
          #2
          Shawn Zipay commented
          10-31-2018, 04:34 PM
          Editing a comment
          Originally posted by Thortok2000
          Combine this with the DLC that doesn't even include the game with it, and it's almost like they want your money without actually giving you a game to play. =/
          Wait, what's this now? This is the first I've heard about some DLC issue. Last things I saw about the Fallout 76 DLC is that the important stuff will be free and only cosmetics will have a real world fee with them.
          • Thortok2000
            #3
            Thortok2000 commented
            10-31-2018, 04:48 PM
            Editing a comment
            My bad, meant platinum edition, not DLC.

            https://www.reddit.com/r/fo76/commen..._include_game/

            Could have sworn y'all did an article on it too.
            • Shawn Zipay
              #4
              Shawn Zipay commented
              10-31-2018, 05:59 PM
              Editing a comment
              Originally posted by Thortok2000
              My bad, meant platinum edition, not DLC.

              https://www.reddit.com/r/fo76/commen..._include_game/

              Could have sworn y'all did an article on it too.
              Sadly, this is pretty common with more and more premium editions of games. I've reported on other games that sold a Collector's Edition that didn't include the game. Could've honestly been those. Red Dead Redemption 2 did it, Battlefield 1, ReCore, Mass Effect: Andromeda, etc...
              • Thortok2000
                #5
                Thortok2000 commented
                11-01-2018, 05:46 AM
                Editing a comment
                Actually on further investigation, it terms out that it's a premium edition of the GUIDE to the game.

                Since now even guides come out with various editions to upsell you with and try to keep you in the physical medium rather than using an online walkthrough...
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