Last month, hackers stole Fallout 76 gadgets from participant inventories whereas they had been contained in the game, literally pinching the shirts from their backs. Bethesda’s resolution has been to create clones of affected gamers with their pre-theft inventories intact. If victims wish to hold the gear they’ve gained because the hack and never change to a month-old backup, Bethesda are providing an uncommon expertise: they’ll log in as your clone and meet you in-game handy all of it again, face-to-cloneface.
Fallout 76: the present that retains on giving.
Theft sufferer and Reddit consumer “JedediahJedi” shared his email from Bethesda, the place they defined the state of affairs. Other Reddit users say they’ve additionally been contacted.
“A clone of your character (with a modified name) will be restored on January 22, 2020,” Bethesda stated. “Once restored, this character will have the entire inventory of items, gear and scrap (100% of your stuff) that it possessed on December 20, 2019.”
“Additionally, Bethesda Customer Support can be providing a ‘Secure Trade’ service to help you in merging your characters(s) inventories and safely buying and selling gadgets between you characters must you require help.
“If you would like to take advantage of this service, please respond to this ticket and request a ‘Secure Trade’ transfer service. A CS Agent will then work with you to arrange a time for you to login to Fallout 76 and join them on a private server to facilitate the ‘Secure Trade’.”
What a delightfully Kafkaesque resolution. It’s baffling that Bethesda can’t simply place gadgets immediately in folks’s inventories, and should as an alternative resort to surreal and fiddly trades between gamers and staff carrying the pores and skin of their previous selves, however I’m right here for it. I wish to reside in a world the place all videogame tech issues are handled by staff awkwardly assembly up with gamers and letting them rife via their pockets.
Bethesda are additionally handing out varied quantities of the premium in-game forex, Atoms, to affected gamers. The authentic thefts had been a part of a wave of straightforward to make use of hacks from a cheat web site, which additionally let players spawn items and NPCs. Bethesda introduced the servers down for a bit on December 23rd whereas they patched in additional safety.
Bethesda have previously said the thefts solely affected a small variety of PC gamers.
JedediahJedi has determined he doesn’t want lots of the duplicated gadgets he’s wound up with, and is giving them away on Reddit.
