I haven’t played Fallout 76, but from what I gather, it appears that premium players and the poors are fighting each other online.
It seems that Bethesda added another tier (another class) of players that one can pay into in order to receive advantages in-game, as well as certain cosmetic benefits such as proprietary dances (emotes) that only those players can do. Regular players hate this and call it “pay to win”. Also, the premium players (called Fallout First) get a special badge that announces their exalted status to the filthy unwashed. Resentful at this gross inequity, the proletariat have responded by enacting class warfare.
I mean, holy shit but this is gold. The Twitter thread above has screenshots from the game’s Reddit community, but I’m reproducing some choice comments:
Fallout 1st players are being targeted in adventure mode
People are ganging up on Fallout 1st players in adventure mode and grieving anyone with the icon lolFallout 1st players! We need to assemble and build gated communities for ourselves! Piss poor 76ers are targeting us! 😠
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We need to come together and shield us from these animals! They will tear us apart and they will never be satisfied.Reddit user KATheHuman commented on Oct 26 2019:
I got beaten up when I decided to do the Mothman emote in Vault 51. At least 5-7 people in teddy bear costumes kept punching me.Standing up for FO1st or otherwise invalidating our outrage makes you a scab