Fallout 76 is not a PvP game. Don't get me wrong: it could have been, if its players had wanted it to be. Buried in Bethesda's MMO is an elephant's graveyard of mechanics dedicated to handling impromptu firefights between players. There are resource-stuffed workshop locations all over West Virginia, designed to encourage strangers to scrap over territory. At one point, there was even a battle royale mode: Nuclear Winter.
But who are we kidding? This is the MMO beloved by Bethesda RPG lifers who show up to build corrugated houses with their friends. If you want your wasteland brutal, you go to Rust. Out in Appalachia, peace has already triumphed.
