I tried three separate times to get into it and had to walk away in disgust every time. The netcode is and has always been terrible. The last time, the time when I knew it would be the LAST last time, was when my teammates fast traveled to me and caused all the super mutants I had just cleared out to respawn. Then the super mutants started phasing through doors I had closed to stay hidden. I couldn't think of any reason to ever play again. It was almost as if the game achieved sentience and hated me. Or perhaps it loved me and wanted me to spend my time better.

I play it, maybe one longish session a week (2-3 hours) with my brother. We'll bounce around to events, sometimes just pick a direction and start walking. Can usually find some detail we haven't seen before, or get into some sort of dust up with a bunch of monsters. We don't worry about min-maxing our characters, and I've never felt the need to put money into it, although my brother has a subscription. We've played since shortly after launch, and he felt like it was worth his support.

I liked the game much better before they 'fixed' it by adding NPCs- before that the desolation was just creepy, and there was a lot of storytelling in the notes and tapes you'd find. But it is pretty much just wandering around an open world- there are grinds if you want them, but mostly I've just used them to guide our meandering. And the main quest line is ok, it's just not as extensive as doing 3 or 4 with all the dlc.

What is weird is that people who don't like it just can't accept that it's just not to their taste, and that maybe they're not as big Fallout fans as they think- every post about it has people who act like it's a crime against humanity, whether they've played it or not.

It improved since launch (much less bugs, NPCs added, less PvP focus). I liked the story and exploring the world but I find the combat to be too grindy compared to 3/4/New Vegas. I also don't like there is no way from the UI to pick a server or make free community servers.

However I would say if you liked fallout 4 then current 76 is worth it on sale especially if you have a friend to join.

At launch it was terrible. But these days it actually is pretty good. If you treat it like a single player Fallout game and not bother with the multiplayer or microtransaction stuff. It's basically just more Fallout 4, but with new quests.

I do level 89. Got a camp setup, sell stuff. Scrap stuff to make ammo... Explored most places but still areas on map. I don't play it too much but yeah. I like running into lower levels and giving them stuff.