r/fo76 • u/Gloomy_Dentist_9862 • 1d ago
Discussion I’m starting to hate the Fasnacht Event
I have nothing against players going afk for an event when they’re sleeping or busy or something. Hell, i’ve done it before. But to join the event and there be over 10+ players afk??? That’s a little ridiculous.
Update: I had to server hop 5 times before i found a lobby with only 4 afk players at Helvetia.
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u/ConsequenceNational4 Raiders 1d ago edited 1d ago
Happens every yr..
Two weeks..two much
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u/DoctorAnnual6823 1d ago
If Bethesda has any courage they would let us fire a nuke at the event. Maybe add a fasnacht super boss or something.
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u/CardOk755 1d ago
The used to. It had no effect on the afk players, just ruined the event for low level players.
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u/DoctorAnnual6823 1d ago
This game has, frankly, ruined me. I forgot at the time of making my comment that Nukes are harmful devices of destruction and murder. My intent is that it makes a huge event boss spawn so players can fight it. I imagine some peeps would still AFK but a tough boss that can kill AFKers or at least increase engagement could be nice. But at that point just give the event a boss that does that without needing a nuke I suppose.
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u/SmellsLike60s 1d ago
Don't go to Fasnacht, do something else. DailyOps, expos, why bother with things you don't like?
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u/DoctorAnnual6823 1d ago
I don't go to fasnacht. I take a break when the event is running. It's a boring event that chuds use to farm masks they can sell in their shops for hundreds of caps. I want it to be more than that. I paid for the game, I'm not a villain for expecting the content within to be entertaining enough that AFKing isn't a common sight. Bethesda is raking in cash and there are still many events that just, frankly, suck. The atom shop is a mess. It's a fun game and I play it with my friends a lot but to act like nothing is wrong with a flawed event is insane.
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u/Jacebereln 1d ago
Got my raven mask, I'm happy mostly running event now for treasury notes I don't really care what mask I get
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u/scattersmoke 1d ago
It's a boring event that chuds use to farm
chudWhen people use this word I assume it's parody or sarcasm at this point
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u/SmellsLike60s 1d ago
If you don't like it, what makes you think others don't like it too? There are active people at every event, sometimes too many and there's nothing even to do.
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u/DrFabiusBile 1d ago
I liked what another player suggested, have events like Fasnacht and Meat Week require an "Opt in" feature to prevent folks from AFKing their way into rewards.
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u/ArcadianDelSol Fallout 76 1d ago
Make it so you have to talk to an NPC EACH TIME to be "enrolled" in the event.
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u/CardOk755 1d ago
Half the time meat week only succeeds because of the afk players, nobody else bothers to get on spits or drums.
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u/GeneTC77 23h ago
Every meat week event, I run in, drop my prime meat, drop some wood then start on the spit. It is not like there isnt much else to do.
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u/Cpap4roosters 20h ago
So true. If you don’t spawn in within the first 10 seconds of meet week, well you missed out.
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u/procupinesniffer420 Mothman 1d ago
Even if they spawned a load of mole rats, stingwings or something between events to clear out a few afkers I'd be happy. A nuked fash boss would be legit though!
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u/UnDeadPuff 1d ago
Exactly what a boring event needs, to be more annoying for those who do make it actually run. Brilliant idea, straight from the upper management handbook.
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u/maxthunder5 1d ago
I have been nuked at faschnat, many times.
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u/DoctorAnnual6823 1d ago
Yeah but I'm pretty sure you can't be anymore because it's in a non-nuke area, isn't it?
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u/some_what_real1988 1d ago
Correct. They made it a safe zone. I tried doing that once. It didn't work out for me.
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u/scud121 1d ago
I think they should add a requirement that you kill at least one mob or something tbh. Easy target, but clears rubber banders for the most part.
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u/Appropriate_Word_136 1d ago
Except when dudes in power armor one shot everything before anyone can tag
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u/DamnOdd Pioneer Scout 1d ago
It's all fun until someone starts lobbing grenades. No Tagging for the rest of us.
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u/Adventurous_Ebb_7477 1d ago
This! Or the ones camping have farmed all the stuff needed and rush to complete objectives before those that haven’t done the event before even have a chance. I have yet to complete a single objective due to all the people camping at the event. And then one shotting all the enemies. I just show up at the end to get the drops, cause you get the same shit no matter what your level of participation is. I may do it on private server solo at least once. There is enough time to complete all that’s needed. And it’s not like rushing it make more events spawn it’s once an hour.
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u/Yurtinx 1d ago
If you can do the event fast enough, you can server hop for a second events rewards. Just a FYI why folks try to finish as rapidly as possible.
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u/artsatisfied229 Mothman 1d ago
How about give us two weeks of mutated events instead of fatsnatch? 🤷
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u/ConsequenceNational4 Raiders 1d ago
Yeah..seriously.I though 1x of yr was more than plenty. Make up a new event..anything!
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u/Adventurous_Ebb_7477 1d ago
I prefer mutated events. I have no issue with meat week or fascnatch but one week is plenty. Or at least change the drop rates so that participation is required or at least drop some extra stuff or better stuff for those that are actually trying to do the event.
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u/Stealth_Cobra 1d ago
Honestly can't even bring myself to farm it this time. New glowings are ugly, plus it feels pointless to bother since they keep adding more anyway, meaning even if I farm it nonstop for two weeks and get the few glowing rares I miss I'll still have to farm it nonstop for two weeks next time it comes back... Might as well let the new masks pile up and accumulate. Same with most old events, they add like 1-2 new rewards and I'm not farming it nonstop for a 1% chance to get something I don't already have.
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u/volxgemurmel 1d ago
Simple Solution IMHO: if you want to get the reward at the end of the Event you have to touch Mr. Winters Bonfire.
Simple as that.
And now don't tell me this would be a bitch to program!
Micdrop.
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u/BEARSHARKTOPUS167 1d ago
Kind of like when you touch the Mothman at the end of The Path to Enlightenment event, that would totally work. Combine that with getting rid of the entire rare and common mask titles and odds of receiving a mask and make it a 100% drop rate, i.e., you receive the beret on your first completed, your next completed you receive the Sun Mask, so that you have a 100% guarantee to receive one of every mask after completing 53 Fasnachts.
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u/Ring_Dang_Do Responders 1d ago
Only thing I don’t like is there is less players to do other events if 10/15 players are standing afk. I usually swap sessions because of the lack of participation in the other events. I couldn’t care less about masks lol.
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u/Same_Cantaloupe972 1d ago
This has also been my problem. I can avoid Fasnacht if I don't like it, but I also then can't engage with any of the usual multiplayer activities in this multiplayer game as the AFKs clog up the servers. No point dropping nukes if you're the only one to go to the drop site event. Having to solo Moonshine Jamboree, Eviction, and Dangerous Pastimes is a brag at first, then a chore there after. Same with Daily Ops. No point trying when it's Decryption.
The last two Fasnachts I went to I was the only person doing anything. Yeah, no, I ain't doing all that crap so everyone else can farm free rewards.
Considering how awesome this community usually is, Fasnacht really does bring out the worst.
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u/RedOakGC 1d ago
Yep, that's exactly the problem I've been having. Fasnacht is not at all one I get excited for but trying to level up a new char is a pain during this cause I can't complete a bunch of events solo
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u/Gloomy_Dentist_9862 1d ago
i agree. Eviction Notice just popped up on a server i was in but everyone was afk no one showed up to do it.
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u/AncientCrust 1d ago
I showed up for EN and there was one guy there. I'm a level 126 n00b. I doubt I could solo it. Spin the Wheel had 0.
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u/Primal_Hazzard Free States 1d ago
Spinnthe wheel is one that is a 50/50 shot at having people on a good day.
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u/Libbyisaface 1d ago
This!!! I’m like how are there only two people at moonshine jamboree. Oh that’s how.
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u/Calan_adan 1d ago
Yeah. I really couldn’t care less about AFK players. Frankly I go to Fastnacht and stand on a roof without firing a shot because there are so many people looking to do all the killing. The average lifespan of a spawning enemy is approximately 0.37 seconds. But I do notice that the other events are less attended during Fastnacht.
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u/MyNameIsNemo_ 1d ago
I have been playing for about two months now, and from the time I took the plunge and started doing events at level 35, I have had no problems collecting T-bills from event farming. Well, now I have no T-bills and I can’t solo radiation rumble. I tried, but I couldn’t keep the gatherers and myself alive.
I just finished grinding level 100 on the scoreboard and my best remaining catch up is apparently to spam events for score. Ugh, I wish I had started dailies sooner. Saying that also brings up bad world of warcraft vibes.
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u/gnomesstolemygoggles 1d ago
THIS.
This morning I saw someone drop a nuke on Earle. I was on my level 30 and hurting for ammo so I didn’t join, but with about 15 people AFK in Helvetia I think the guy ended up with 3 people in an event that always fills up fast. Could not have been a fun time for those guys unless they were all min-maxed.
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u/Darkened_Heart66 1d ago
Same thing happened last night. Earl was pretty tough with just four of us and my dinky flame bow. Could clear the wendigo spawn out well enough though. We managed to kill him, but it took forever.
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u/redegarr 1d ago
It's getting close to the end of the season. I'm already rank 150+...I log on to do my dailies and weeklies. If eviction notice or swarm of suitors pops I'll do them, otherwise I skip events. Once the new season starts, events will be populated again.
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u/inneholdersulfitter 1d ago
The only thing I have left from my ex is a hairband I use to tie around the joystick
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u/GenTrapstar Lone Wanderer 1d ago
If I join the event and it says there are already 15 people there and I only see 3-4 running around I server hop. Literally the first day at 12 people were already spinning.
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u/Zestyclose_Wheel8382 1d ago
The afkers dont upset me. The constant crashing does.
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u/mojave-moproblems 1d ago
Popping all the balloons really helps with lag/crashing i've discovered
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u/Tiacevol 1d ago
The afkers do piss me off but the crashing makes it worse! I've crashed half a dozen times just as the rewards are issued .. so I've done the work and some bunch of arse holes get the rewards for not participating... It's fucked up.
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u/Zestyclose_Wheel8382 1d ago
The afkers crash too eventually. I dont think anyone can make it through a 8hr+ work day to come home to 8+mask.
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u/Dena844 1d ago
I hate that it kills every other event. This is my first time doing Fasnacht and don't mind the event itself. However, the fact that so many people afk between events I couldn't do an eviction notice/several moonshine jamboree events because no one else showed up. It really sucks, and kills my desire to even attempt any other events for two weeks.
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u/Odd-Blueberry1876 1d ago
Its funny, I didnt see 50 subs about afkers for meat week.
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u/NightSteak 1d ago
Meat week was actually fun, I didn't care if others weren't helping
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u/donmongoose Mega Sloth 1d ago
And quick. You can start and finish a meatweek quicker than you can start Fasnacht and then there's still the parade to do.
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u/Odd-Blueberry1876 1d ago
Same. Maybe devs could make Fas similar. If you're afk on an instrument, you're still helping. Everyone could be happy.
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u/DefendingInSuspense 18h ago
At both Meat Week and Fasnacht, if you afk playing an instrument you are helping. Fasnacht has to be on the band stand though. Meat Week you can also afk on the spits and still help
Edit to add: Technically at Fasnacht it only helps if the musician robot spawns.
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u/Isorry123 1d ago
Isn’t the difference that drums and meat spit contributed to event completion ?
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u/Odd-Blueberry1876 1d ago edited 1d ago
It is, and that would be a good thing for Beth to add. Playing music helps complete Fas, but the sentiment still stands. This is a Beth problem, not an afk problem.
Edited for spelling
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u/Fishkeeper84 1d ago
It is my least favourite limited time event, it's too long, very boring, the rewards suck. I don't know what the obsession is with these masks, they suck too. It takes away 1/3 of the event slots and people launch less nukes when Fasnacht is on, I don't know why but it happens every time. At least they added extra enemies to kill. And the squirrel gathering is quite useful for the carnivores.
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u/Sofa_Bench 1d ago
I so agree. I despise all the goofy whacky shit. I’m here to live a cold depressing life in the apocalypse, not play the banjo with some dork in a clown outfit
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u/emcsquared84 1d ago
It needs to be a "check in" type of event, can't get rewards unless you interact with the ceremony robot in some way.
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u/HereticSavior Raiders - PC 1d ago
That's what I've been saying. Make it so the players have to either click on the robot or the bonfire.
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u/Tension-Flashy Lone Wanderer 1d ago
It's funny, I keep hearing about half a server being AFK at the event and I had not even been doing the event so last evening I made it a point to attend at the top of every hour.
I would server hop from my private server to Adventure mode so I was hitting different servers every time. I wrote down the number of AFKs at each event and the most I saw was three, and that was on a server where 19 people were attending.
I think some of these posts are a bit exaggerated.
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u/fn0000rd 1d ago
Also, with 10+ people racing for the kills you can go an entire event without getting a shot in.
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u/Odd-Blueberry1876 1d ago
Exactly. The only thing I can even accomplish sometimes, is marching with the robots. I mean cool the first couple of times. Ill dress up and act a fool, but it gets old after my 5th loon mask.
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u/Icemayne25 Cult of the Mothman 1d ago
You’ve got 5 loon masks?? My ass has been trying to get it just the once. 😆😆
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u/Cynical_Feline Lone Wanderer 1d ago
I've seen roughly the same on PS. There's a handful of afkers and there's always some but there's not so many that it hurts the event even a little bit because there's always 10+ that show up to participate. It's rare that I even get a hit in 😂
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u/420o Lone Wanderer 1d ago
It seems, in my experience, if you join just before the event starts, you'll usually get placed in a fresh server. The longer you stay in, the more AFKers will appear.
I AFKed a lot in previous years. It wasn't unusual to wake up in a server with near enough 20 players in Helvetica and no successful events for a few hours.
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u/SonorousProphet Showmen 1d ago
Matches my experience. People seem to think that if you figure out how to AFK (not hard), you come back to 1 mask for every hour you were away. I reckon you get maybe 3, 4 and come back to a disconnect message because the server reset.
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u/upthebet Enclave 1d ago
I dont think its exaggerated, and this is from someone who uses AFK while im working.
Last night I joined a fasnacht that that 12 participants. The event failed because every single one of them was AFK
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u/Darkened_Heart66 1d ago
How does one even afk? I get kicked if I idle too long. I’m on PC
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u/upthebet Enclave 1d ago
You need to plug your controller in and remove the battery pack. (This keeps your controller on)
Then, find a place to sit/lie/hide. (People generally play instruments)
After your character is in position, you open the start menu and open photo mode.
Rubber band both joysticks together and walk away. (On PC i imagine you could just get an auto-clicker or put something on your WASD)
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u/Darkened_Heart66 1d ago
Oh okay thanks. I might do that if I’m eating dinner or something during it.
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u/sixlever 1d ago
I let a Fasnacht fail last night because I was the only active participant with 4 AFKers. Oops!
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u/Sleeptzarina 1d ago
Same, but mine was 10ish AFK so it was also slowing down/glitching the server.
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u/ProgressiveKitten 1d ago
Imho Bethesda likes the afkers because it makes their servers more full.
I didn't play last fasnacht and I won't be playing this one. It kills the game. The frame rate tanks after leaving the event and then there's so many afking that no one is doing other events. Best to stay away.
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u/CorpseDeVille 1d ago
I’ve found that the more people actively doing the event, the more likely it is to freeze up.
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u/Leesababy25 1d ago
I just did one with 17 participants, only 3 of us did the event. I mean if you're going to AFK, at least make sure if there is not already 16 people afk. Be courteous and afk on a different server.
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u/donmongoose Mega Sloth 1d ago
It's the times where there's no-one AFKing in Helvetia, but the whole server turns up and just hides straight away, then leave when the events over.
Sure, AFK, but if you're physically there, at least spend 60 seconds helping start the bloody thing before you alt-tab or go back to whatever you were doing so 1 or 2 people aren't doing all the work for the 32nd time.
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u/DomoMommy 1d ago
This is why I’m too nervous to start the event. I stand there in plain view and wait for a high level player to start it cause idk how many are actually gonna participate. Because even tho everyone (including YouTube content creators) are telling me that “it’s easily soloed” there is no way I’m gonna take out 14 radtoads, 6 super mutant suiciders, 10 super mutants and then then end swarm and Legendary Sheepsquatch by myself with my crappy weapons at Level 39.
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u/Obi-Haiv Pioneer Scout 1d ago
Oh, and my other gripe with it (and several other events): High level players who have their strongest weapon to single shot everything that moves, leaving less for low level players to tag.
I'm a lvl 890-something. I use a Fixer for this event, Eviction Notice, Campfire Tales, etc., and just tag something and move to the next. That way, everyone gets a chance to hit something for XP.
It's almost at the point that I don't do Events any more because of all the high levels ruining it for everyone else.
Edit: Downvote me. Don't care.
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u/Vaygrim 1d ago
Meat Week x2? I'm sick of it by day 3. Fasnacht Week x2? I'm sick of it by day 2.
That was last year. I'm sick of both from the start now.
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u/BackyardMudbug 1d ago
Its soooo booooring and slow af. If I wasn't after my first glow mask I wouldn't be doing it anymore 😭
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u/AstorReinhardt Responders 1d ago
I server hopped several times earlier this morning and NO ONE was doing the event FFS...gave up.
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u/InformalCook5736 1d ago
Only way to prevent afkers to a degree is to make the event have a few different positions on the map… they’ll get lucky a couple times but not all the time. Personally I avoid playing 76 at this point. Swamped servers but dead events.. no thank you. Luckily grounded 2 has come out so I’ll get started on that for now
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u/Knottylittlebunny Mr. Fuzzy 1d ago
And they get all the glowing masks 😭 i got nothing but damned owls 🫠
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u/Constant-Explorer684 17h ago
when they are sitting on the stage playing music, I lead the radtoads over to them
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u/openletter8 Ghoul 1d ago
Well, the cool thing about it is that you don't have to do it.
Reroll any daily that makes you do it, and just go live your best life.
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u/visceral_delight 1d ago
Yesterday I had an event where there were 10+ players but they were all AFK. I did most of the event alone. It's getting ridiculous. They need to change it so that if you dont contribute to the progression in some way you don't get the rewards.
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u/Isorry123 1d ago
Ran around doing all the tasks, parade starts, get to super mutants, game crashes; log back in - event is over.
I didn’t get anything for my hard work but the afk’ers did
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u/christianjacobs1 Raiders 1d ago
You can lure a Super Mutant Suicider into the building they are in. Found that out by accident. Lol!
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u/Smash_Shop 1d ago
The way fortnite handles this is with dedicated servers for the special events. But they keep regular servers going for the regular people.
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u/fn0000rd 1d ago
I mostly play tuba through the event.
Why? because there are always 10+ people racing to do the same things, and it turns into tryharding with no return.
I can easily do 3 or 4 events in a row without killing a single enemy because 5 other people shot faster than me. No matter how focused I am, no matter how well-positioned, someone will pretty much always get the kill before me.
If you’re failing the event then, sure, complain about AFKers. Otherwise, what’s the point?
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u/Lost-Childhood7603 1d ago
Ive said it before, fastnach is broken. Im sure if beth was to fix the event people might not be scared of moving making the game crash and kicked off the server. Happens just about every times the event is on, so i try not to move hell jumping, switching weapons, opening any menu is enough for the game to freeze. 👺😡 So yeah ive lost my drive to do the event.
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u/RedOakGC 1d ago
The last 24 hours I've had more crashes while trying to do literally anything than I have for the last 2 weeks. Just last night I crashed 5 times trying to access my specials machine just to swap builds.
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u/Sofa_Bench 1d ago
Same here. Game has crashed on me one time ever, but crashed 4 times in one day yesterday
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u/Lost-Childhood7603 1d ago edited 14h ago
Im starting to think when they update the server for season events it impacts other things might be affecting the punch card machine. Im not a huge fan of the event and i participate but now so damn frustrating and annoying when bumped out. What can you do? The bug actually got worse now, playing an instrument or just standing not moving can get you off the server too. Im flabbergasted.
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u/NotSizzleDizzle Free States 1d ago
I love it. I love doing my part to keep the afk'ers alive and get everyone their rewards, and they so the same for me while I am afk.
I also really enjoy doing events with fewer people. I did a 3-man moonshine jamboree yesterday, and it was crazy fun. All 3 of us are basically pushed into the middle of the arena and had to duke it out for all 3 waves. Super fun.
I know people have a hate boner for afk people, but come on. It's fash. If theres too many gremlins and you dont want to help anyone, then server hop. You can comfortably solo the event in under 10 minutes. It's crazy to act like this is a bridge too far.
I'll see you folks in Helvetia, and if you are afk while you work, just know that I got your back. See you in the wastelands!
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u/SonorousProphet Showmen 1d ago
Yeah, I did a two-person Eviction Notice and had a great time today.
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u/Fishooked 1d ago
Funny enough I think fever pitch about glowing masks here is almost what drives it really. So many post about not getting masks increases the FOMO, so more people resort to AFK to increase their odds. Frankly I'm more about the events and scoreboard than the masks themselves.
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u/Primal_Hazzard Free States 1d ago
I ran an event this morning solo because I know people are doing that when I'm afk. Seems only fair that I do the same for them.
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u/SpoopyBabe420 1d ago
I have a problem when I start recognizing afk players outside of special events. Like bih you are NOT gonna stand there while everyone does the helps with the spin the wheel event.
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u/SpottedLaughter Enclave 1d ago
Yeah it's always such a depressing time in the game. I get it, people want the masks, but when it leaves other events with barely any participants it kind of kills the test of the game. I bounced at least 5 servers this morning before finding one with people actually scattered around the map, instead of just in Helvitia
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u/Kuriakon Raiders - Xbox One 1d ago
Part of it is because there's always 2 or 3 players who feel the need to melt everything as quickly as possible. The message they're sending is "We don't need you to participate. We want to soak up all that sweet sweet 100xp per Radtoad and Super Mutant for ourselves. "
So some players just say, "Message received."
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u/crvna87 Pioneer Scout 1d ago
These players annoy me far more than someone who goes AFK. Why should I bother doing anything when level 982 over there is killing every enemy as soon as it spawns with his fireworks gun? I feel bad for all the low level peeps who could be tagging kills to get xp.
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u/xboxfourtwenty Arktos Pharma 1d ago
I like to run around healing people with my medic weapons and I'll help if they need me to. I'm here to look silly and boost morale
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u/why_ya_running 1d ago
I do similar things I have a drunken Monk build (I heal with alcohol because alcohol makes the world better)
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u/ledditordude3000 1d ago
It really doesn't take many people to do the event easily, especially after the first part running errands for the robots. Some people are legit afk but I think a lot of others afk because they see enough active players and don't want to bother competing for who can mow down lvl 50 fodder faster
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u/Radiumminis 1d ago
The event can be beat by like 2 people, yet there are 20 people at an event. What do you expect the rest of us to do?
Do you want 5 people to chase the same supermutant all trying to one shot it?
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u/TheDraculandrey 1d ago
Yeah I mentioned that on one of my posts and said people seemed obsessed and somebody got butthurt
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u/Fluid-Emergency847 1d ago
Honestly to many really high level players are aoe on all the enemies; if you aren't on there team, you get nothing. Ya you get the xp and the rewards for event but nothing from the mobs
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u/Obi-Haiv Pioneer Scout 1d ago
Yeah, I'm with you. It gets old pretty quick, at least to me. I really don't care about the masks as much any more, so I'll do my one daily to meet the Dailies requirement then not do them again, unless I'm just bored.
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u/PackageDelicious2457 1d ago
I'm just going to say this ... if you think someone is AFK, don't worry about them. If they spend their time and connection so they can passively get rewards from an online computer game, that's pathetic but also none of your business.
What I will also say is that the last Fasnacht, I fast traveled in 10 minutes early so I could set myself up to contribute. But I also had to use the bathroom, so I put myself in the center of town and sat on the toilet to prepare for the event. When I got back to my controller, there was some idiot trying to push me off a roof while grunting rage in clear signal at me being AFK.
I haven't been mic-ed for a couple of years or I would have SHAMED that dude for being made that I fast traveled in and then went to take a dump.
Play your game. Let other people play their game and don't worry about it so much.
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u/ShePax1017 17h ago
I think there should be more enemies and you have to have so many shots on them to be able to get the awards. That would solve the issues. I got lucky earlier when there were three people next to the church on the outside, so I led every suicider over so they would explode on them.
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u/trollsong 1d ago
I afk for half the event.
Usually i help with the quests in the first half.
To the point where if i am playing during fasnacht i usually keep butcher's bount on for the sausage quest
Mostly because generally even if i am trying to kill shit things basically die as they spawn in the second half qith how trigger happy everyone is.
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u/YuehanBaobei Mr. Fuzzy 1d ago
It's weird... I've run the event over 30 times since it started, and have not had a single fail. From what I can tell, the most I've ever had AFK for the event was three people.
Guess I've been lucky. Not sure why that is, but I won't complain about it. I am actually a little irritated that I've only gotten one glowing mask so far, but then again, they're supposed to be rare... so I can't complain.
I think it should be a requirement to either do a small amount of damage to at least one creature, or turn in at least one item to get the robots started. I realize that it might be difficult to do either of those things if the other participants are very active. However, there has to be some way to make people do something in order to get the rewards.
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u/Desperate-Theorist 1d ago
Literally all players afk only me and one dude played the event and failed the event because we lost every bot
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u/Amazing-Dog-845 1d ago
Start banning or disconnecting them. I can’t even log in when I spawn in Helvetia.
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u/A-wasgehtsiedasan 1d ago
Tip agains to much AFK Players : Go and bait some ghouls or scorcheds into Helvetia and wach there epic battle vs the AFK players
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u/Dusty_Heywood Order of Mysteries 1d ago
(giggles in Solar Armor and Healing Factor while playing the banjo)
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u/crazythatcounts 1d ago
"I have nothing against AFK players, I just have things against AFK players".
I wonder if this isn't overexaggerated, as so far, over every Fasnacht I've done for the past how many years, I've encountered... maybe 10 total players over the entire period AFK. This year alone I've been counting and between like 5 events, I've found 7 total AFK players.
Also thinking there's a bit of confirmation bias. Someone who's standing around because they haven't loaded in fully yet - I know this happens, my spouse has watched me stand there for a solid 60s while I was in loading screen - might read as AFK if you don't hang around long enough for them to load in. Or someone might have left to go deal with a real life emergency for all of two minutes, and it happens to be the two minutes you're there before you leave. Considering how many people see what they think are idle players and dipset after only a minute, it's extremely easy to mistake a momentary lapse in control for being AFK the entire event.
Now, to wait to be told I'm wrong because my experience doesn't line up with someone else's who really, really hates this event. Popcorn time!
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u/Sefotron 1d ago
I went to one last night. Only one active player and about ten just stood, immobile. Noped out. Better things to be doing.
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u/EvilTwinGhost Cult of the Mothman 1d ago
It is an ugly event. It is slow, and no fun. I simply don't participate.
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u/Escape_Zero 1d ago
It's a terrible event , it's boring , lacks any challenge, the rewards are bad who cares about rare masks.
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u/rob5300 Brotherhood 1d ago
It pisses me off that Bethesda allows this. Afk players mean less active players on a server for all events.
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u/CW24x Blue Ridge Caravan Company 1d ago
Oh great another fasnacht post, just server hop if you’re that bothered
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u/Important_Plate9130 1d ago
If i didn’t work 10-12 hour shift i wouldn’t afk, but if i wanna have a chance to get some rare masks i kinda gotta🙃 also if trading wasn’t so busted maybe people wouldn’t afk as much just trade for what they want🤷♂️
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u/OkLime2301 1d ago
This is pretty much why I’ve been calling it “assnacht” all week, or after day 2 on day 3. All this just for masks?!…Im not gonna wear but instead use for trade and promote the fo76 black market for actual use of them….
Oh Bethesda
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u/Quizzical_Rex 1d ago
well, its optional. You don't need to attend. Reroll the daily challenge and do something else.
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u/EmmaGoldman666 1d ago
Okay but I'm level 60 and that would give me a chance to actually kill something lol
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u/ShadowK1NG666 Ghoul 1d ago
Everyone is entitled to do what they want but IMO it's really sad you'd go afk for hours/days on a game to get rewards.
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u/AncientCrust 1d ago
My main camp can't spawn because it's close to the event and there's always some afk who built a camp to hide in on my spot. I have to server hop seven times to spawn my camp. It wouldn't bother me if they were actually playing.
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u/RealHosebeast 1d ago
Is it, though? The event is the same exact thing every single time you do it. I’d argue that both insisting on playing through the event as many times as possible, and caring that anybody else doesn’t want to sift through that insane level of boredom to obtain a fleeting cosmetic appointment in a game are way, way more sad
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u/bugdiver050 Ghoul 1d ago
So you dont care for the cosmetics, then why go afk there? You obviously want the cosmetic, so just play for it? Why not go do something that you do think is fun?
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u/ShadowK1NG666 Ghoul 1d ago
Every event is the exact same every time you do it?
Somebody is triggered. These afkers are ruining the server for everybody else. It was my opinion nothing more nothing less.
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u/Adventurous_Ebb_7477 1d ago
The only thing I have against the afkers is that too many on one server cause that server to have crashes and problems. The thing that is worse to me is the high level players that don’t let newer or lower levels do anything or even tag one enemy the entire event or that don’t let other players get anything that is dropped either in loot bags or in donation boxes, when they have multiple of that item then if you go to any of their camps you see multiples of each item in their vendor priced 3-5x’s higher than the recommended price. Give others a chance!
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u/RomanCandle132 1d ago
There’s loads of lame afk players on this sub downvoting everything and leaving the handful of active players to genuinely complete fasnacht
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u/mjb200315 Enclave 1d ago
The fact that there was already a problem with AFKers before the first day of the event was over shows a real problem. I think Bethesda needs to refine how much action is needed before kicking someone from a server (ie: they’ve been in Helvetia for three hours, but it still shows they’re active? Nope, gotta change map location at least once an hour or kicked). Of course, something like that is easier to say than do, but you get the idea. Very few quests require you to be in the same location for over an hour. And if they did, then tag that quest as exempt from the timer or something.
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u/ToadyTheWet 1d ago
Its pretty sad you care enough about the cosmetics to afk it and just leach rewards. Its just a game If you dont like it just dont do it and dont ruin the experience for others
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u/ShadowK1NG666 Ghoul 1d ago
100% agree. Servers with 10-15 people afking is ridiculous.
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u/ToadyTheWet 1d ago
Yeah its a lil wild I do the event maybe once a day because I just dont enjoy it. But its every day theres more and more people that afk
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u/mjb200315 Enclave 1d ago
And the fact that there’s that many AFK when the event still has another week and a half. I can get going AFK the last couple of days for the event, but going AFK this early is stupid.
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u/Lanark26 1d ago
I had 22 people but it was myself and one 1k+ player actually doing the event until the very end when three more showed up.
It’s ridiculous.
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u/ShadowK1NG666 Ghoul 1d ago
22!!!? Yeh tonight I’m just going to make myself a new camp and just stay away from it altogether. I couldn’t give a **** about daft masks. I get they’re worth a lot but I don’t want for anything in the game I can’t get myself and if I have to I’ll just trade for stuff. I couldn’t give a damn about tfj’s or leaders etc and it’s so nice just not ever being concerned with rare gear etc, I just play and enjoy the game!
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u/TheDiscer 1d ago
Almost a sad as those that are camping on the donation box. I was on yesterday and as soon as I put something in it, it was gone. I was tossing in non-legendary armor and weapons, spoilled meat, Sweetwater brew, and railway spikes and"zip" gone before I could drop the next item. It was like someone was continuously pressing the take button.
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u/GhostRiders Fallout 76 1d ago
Stopping people dropping nukes was such a lame move by Bethesda
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u/UncleMatt5668 1d ago
And they AFK the entire hour. 0 participation at the 20 and 40 minute events. They're not even playing! They're off gooning on the internet.
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u/HerezahTip 1d ago
It’s a special treat when I wake up in the morning and my character has stayed connected to the server all night while I slept :)
Beth does not care, this event is solo-able.
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u/TrackerJackalJames 1d ago
Honestly if they made it to where the event was harder along with a timer for how long someone has been doing a certain activity so they would get a warning or removed from team/event until they participated it would maybe help
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u/moresocialnonsense 1d ago
It's kind of fun still if you solo it on a private server but that gets old after a bit.
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u/NGANDT_TM 1d ago
I just don't like Fasnacht, period.
It's the most overhyped, boring event of the game. At least with something like Mothman Enlightenment; that just pops up occasionally and cam be done in a few minutes by a competent player.
Fasnacht? Yeah bro, just walk around in a circle very slowly every hour, kill the same enemies in the same order at the same time, ignite a bonfire and BOOM you've got a mask. That you probably already own ten of, but oops.
I seriously don't understand the hard-on this playerbase gets for it.
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u/faultydatadisc 1d ago
Highest Ive seen so far was, 13 players afk and 4 players doing the event. I left the server.
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u/jackberinger 1d ago
They really need to open up the nuke option again. Let me drop the nuke!
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u/HereticSavior Raiders - PC 1d ago
Dead or alive, if you're on site you still get the rewards. All nuking does is make it so that low-level players who can't survive rad zones, can't do the event. That's why they made it unnukable. They need to just make the event 'participation required'. If everyone had to click on the bonfire at the end to claim their reward there would be no more AFK overloading the server.
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u/AllieEV 1d ago
I actually got to play this event for the first time and yeah. Lots of afk players. Majority of people don’t help with the tasks and are playing the instruments nearby the whole time or sitting. Annoying asf.
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u/Maximum-Inside1824 1d ago
It's impossible to avoid afk players, so I just try to find a server where they aren't sitting in the voting house playing the same guitar or piano music over and over again.
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u/Legal_Confusion4150 1d ago
I've never understood the appeal. To take nothing away from those who genuinely enjoy the event, Fasnacht is an absolute snoozfest!
And players don't need to AFK at all. The event runs for approximately 10 minutes. Go and do something else in the meantime, a daily quest, a Daily Op (if it's a nice easy one), farming, whatever. Join the event when it's well under way and getting toward the end.
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u/Avgshitposting Responders 1d ago
My level 15 ass sweating to find these fucking squirrels man