Summary
One experiencedFallout 76player has recently taken to social media to bemoan the fact that the only way to acquire the entirety of the game’s seasonal rewards is to acquire more in-game currency than it’s actually possible to spend. Their grievance underlines yet another perceived issue withFallout 76’s new battle pass-like Scoreboard.
How the Old Fallout 76 Scoreboard Worked
The old S.C.O.R.E. system has been in place for nearly four years, having been initially introduced in June 2020, a year and a half following the game’s debut. Over its first 15 three-month seasons, players were able to complete a variety of tasks in order to gain points that would help them rank up. Their progression followed a linear path, with each rank offering a reward that was visible in advance. Additional predetermined rewards were given out at special milestones: rank 25, 50, 76, and 100. Bethesda replaced this system with a multi-page, choice-based Scoreboard inFallout 76Season 16, which went live on March 26. The final page of the new rewards board requires reaching an S.C.O.R.E. rank of 150 to unlock.
Fallout 76 Collectionist Frustrated With Season 16 Scoreboard
Fallout 76 Season 15 vs Season 16 Scoreboard
While Superbeast1983 attributed this to “greed,” some other fans characterized it as poor planning on Bethesda’s part. Regardless, this particular complaint is also a reflection of a larger issue in that the new system is even more grindy than the previous one. As Reddit user Mrkoekie put it in response to this grievance, “[the Season 16 Scoreboard] does not respect my time and catching up is impossible.” At least hundreds of other players have voiced similar concerns since March 2024,making the newFallout 76Scoreboard quite a controversial topicamong the fandom.
[The Season 16 Scoreboard] does not respect my time and catching up is impossible.
Bethesda previously said this revamp was meant to give players more agency when choosing how to be rewarded for their activity. But withuniversally belovedFallout 76seasonal rewardsstill being few and far between, some players are now saying they prefer the more linear system from the previous 15 seasons, which required less interaction to take advantage of.
Fallout 76
WHERE TO PLAY
Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Skyrim and Fallout 4, welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fell, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers—chosen from the nation’s best and brightest – emerge into post-nuclear America on Reclamation Day, 2102. Play solo or join together as you explore, quest, build, and triumph against the wasteland’s greatest threats. Explore a vast wasteland, devastated by nuclear war, in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story. Experience the largest, most dynamic world ever created in the legendary Fallout universe. Expand southward to Skyline Valley – a brand-new region of Appalachia. Investigate the cause of the electric storm circling overhead and unveil the mystery around Vault 63 and its dwellers, including a shocking new Ghoul type – The Lost.
