Scrolling by way of the Fallout 76 subreddit final night time, I got here throughout a put up that was just a little completely different from the remainder of the excited followers eagerly ready to meet their first NPC wastelanders in the new update.
“Best thing about Wastelanders,” it mentioned. “I’ll actually have a steady non-rotten food supply. This post made by Cannibal Gang.”
This consumer wasn’t alone, both. Their post was met with chants of “cannibal ganggggg” typed out by varied customers beneath it. Intrigued and mildly terrified, I made a decision to leap straight into that rabbit gap to seek out out extra. That’s how I discovered myself in a Facebook group chat with no fewer than eight cannibals.
Not actual cannibals (I hope)! They’re a part of the Establishment of Appalachian Taste Testers (or EATT, for brief), a roleplaying neighborhood who take their cannibalistic existence in Fallout 76 very severely. And a number of of them instructed me how shocked they have been that the brand new NPCs don’t actually appear to thoughts when you eat somebody proper in entrance of them.
“I was amused when I was able to eat an NPC and was waiting for an NPC reaction and nothing happened on their end. With older games, you garnered a response for your palette for flesh,” one member mentioned.
“I murdered and ate the guy robbing the Wayward in front of Duchess with no actual response from the NPCs,” one other added. “But I’m still having so much fun with Wastelanders, I’m okay with those details not being quite there yet.”
EATT’s founder, Kris Ghaul, doesn’t suppose that is any form of bug, or ignored element on Bethesda’s half, nonetheless. Rather, he believes this can be a signal that their rising cannibal society is turning into extra extensively accepted on the earth of Fallout.
“Our goal is to remove the stigma surrounding the ancient ritual of cannibalism, and it seems we’ve made an impact if the NPCs do not mind if you chow down in front of them,” he instructed me.
The replace appears to be going even additional to assist normalise their taboo consuming habits, too, as there’s a brand new NPC who’s a cannibal himself. I received’t title him to keep away from any rapid spoilers, however EATT seem to have blended opinions on this settler – some are fairly welcoming and think about him a brand new voice for his or her trigger, whereas others see him as competitors.
“It’s eat or be eaten,” says EATT member Mallary. “In the apocalypse, you have what’s on your back. Trust no one, especially if they crave the same thing you do. Survival of the fittest.”
I’m unsure how Mallary matches in with the Appalachian Taste Testers given her outlook, however I suppose it’s good sense to look at your again round individuals you realize would fortunately eat you.
Before the Wastelanders replace, there was already loads of meals for this lot. With the cannibalism perk you can also make a meal out of enemies like tremendous mutants and the scorched, now there’s only a bit extra selection to the menu.
“Finding food is far easier now,” says Ghaul. “I’ve noticed that my camp now has a ‘human garden’ outside of cultists. Pleasantly surprised. I’m just glad EATT Headquarters now has free meal delivery.”
An straightforward feast isn’t the popular lifestyle for many cannibals although, as lots of the ones I had a chat with favour looking player-characters.
“It is not as satisfying to me, personally, to eat NPCs. The ultimate thrill is using the execute button on downed players,” I’m instructed. “I refer to my PvP days as ‘hunting’, and try to execute the downed player every chance I get, but often leave CAMP in search of non-player enemies to cannibalize for the role play of it.”
Consuming NPCs apart, EATT go away me with one final harrowing thought.
“The return of NPCs itself will have the effect of luring in more new players to either eat or recruit… or both. So no matter how you look at it, there’s gonna be a lot more meat in Appalachia.”
