As a heavy gunner i see it as a Win

I like the changes overall but still feel iffy about the Quad changes. Same with Vampire. Were shotguns really so overpowered that they needed one of their few advantages taken away? At least buff them in other ways so that they don't feel just plain worse...

I wish they'd decrease the spin up speed for the minigun. Hell I'd take it as a third star.

now they need to combine Commando and Rifleman into one perk; same with Gunslinger and Guerilla along with unstacking all the pistol perks out outside agility

Had me worried about the vampire change. I'm glad follow upp attacks still stack, it would've been pretty bad if it didn't.

I see it as a win as actually aiming by hand is more challenging and most of the time more fun, I see it as a whole new skill to be able to use rather than losing something!!!

The mini gun has always been underpowered. Good for my non VATS heavy gunner. It's good to change it up when railway rifles can kill Earl in 30 seconds. Everyone is always complaining that the game is too easy.

Nerfing vampire shotguns is wild. It’s like they noticed a vampire fixer build only had more Damage AND more range AND more armor penetration AND better stealth AND better accuracy… but we better nerf vampire shotgun healing to the point of being unviable because it’s outperforming the commando builds in one niche category.

I can't wait to check all the changes out when it does come to live version. I've currently saved 524 modules in anticipation for the update!

All great news. Now, we just need the endgame enemies to hit harder. Maybe they can increase the max level for mobs to 200.

Was going to say rip shotguns, but i think now my double barrel shotgun is going to do much more dmg in vats(bcs all Pellets hit the head). Since the doublebarrel doesnt have any option for anti armor apart from the legendary effect, the head dmg bypass sounds good. I think im going to build a full hp vats shotgunner. When the new cards cone out ofc.

I have like over 1000 hours on FO76 and am close to level 1000 but I haven’t played in almost 2 years so this games going to feel basically brand new when I come back.

R.I.P to all my multi-projectile vampire weapons 😞

Would like to see how the charging Gatling Laser performs with this weak spot targeting now

The Red Terror LMG is gonna be so good with those weak spot changes

For the 2 star perks, you said nothing changed, but when you had the mini gun out, it had +25% damage, and then +25% when aiming. Is that 2 weapon damage bonuses? Or it's just one

Takeaways: Vampire's effect on the Cremator will no longer multiply with the multi-projectile barrel? VATS critical builds will still do the most damage (same damage they were doing) but non critical builds will be doing better damage because of damage reduction removal, which consequently also makes the endangerol syringer much less useful as well? Also, is Medic's effect now just healing nearby teammates (complete inverse of Vampire's) or does it count you as a friendly target (works like Vampire's but also heals nearby teammates)?

Medic's thirst zapper will go crazy

Really have to wait for live version. Current problem is bosses dying too fast, but if all this translates to 20 minute boss fights that may end up worse.

You know that means aim for the head people your ttk will be quicker.

I really like the boss reduction damage change. I like to play with commando and heavy gunner but it feels bad when I am using heavy weapons outside of vats and doing way less damage than I will be doing with my critical commando build, I dont know why some people complain a lot about this changes, it seems that they only use commando weapons all the time and especially the railway rifle that is extremely powerful. I also use commando weapons and I have the 3 more powerful railway rifles (Qffr, QE, Q50c) and I like that bethesda will nerf them a little bit so my other weapons like fixers, handmades, plasma rifles, etc, will be viable options for boss killing. I hope bethesda will do more changes to make a wide variety of options to the meta builds and weapons so everyone can have fun with their favorite weapons and contribute slightly the same in boss fighting, especially I will like to see changes to the pistol builds with I believe that they could change the 20% dmg perk cards to perception category so we can use all the amazing agility perk cards and turn pistols into a viable option, perhaps they could also add critical shots outside of vats for the people that also like to aim manually (this actually is a very popular mod in almost all fallout games). They could buff the rifleman builds to do amazing single shot damage so they can compete with automatic weapons in terms of dps (I think automatic should always win but I think that they could be a close competitor). Finally, a lot of changes could me made but my point is to give love to every build and playstile possible so everyone can have fun

I still want shotguns, pistols and lasers to get buffed I don't know why they don't get any love. I don't want to scrip my crusader pistols my g roll bloodied crit less ap😊

On that mini I think the reason you were getting those numbers is because of the second star, the second is giving you 50 percent damage increase while aiming

Hey Turtle, I notice some slowdowns/fps drops in the video, is this something you experience while playing or just the recording?

I like the change to medics, I hope they add similar changes to all less desirable rolls like exterminator or all the X Slayer rolls.

I feel like that dot healthbar change probably wont translate to public servers with lag lol it sometimes takes afew seconds for health to drop for me (always on public servers)

Thanks for the info, id love to know if the Encryptid event has been fixed or not? Does the Imposter Sheepsquatch still ignore 100% armor when it attacks or whatever?

I have so many questions about different weapons and poison damage from strangler Armor. Keep testing please and TY.

5:08 What are you doing step-hound?

With the relaxed Legendary rules on PTS, are you able to craft things that are normally unrollable - ie a Quad The Dragon or Two-shot Thirst Zapper?

So the weak spot on the Minigun does that apply to vats as well or only outside of vats

Is the weak spot change for Free Aim only or do VATs headshots do more damage too?

Question: does the new healer effect work with splash damage? e.g. does the splash damage from the cremator hear yourself when shot at your feet or a close by enemy?

So a non vats build aiming for headshots (which will be missing out on the VAT CRIT DAMAGE perk) will feel like you do more damage than a vats build auto aiming headshots with the vat crit damage perk?

lol now you can play as medic, idea, Enclave plasma flamer as medics wand to keep during events

I’m curious how pistols fare with the crit changes given that pistols need crits to do any damage at all.

Hi. Thank you. I think Vampires getting nerfed that way is going to really affect some choices of weapons. Bethesda really shouldn't meddle with this effect.

omg they buff the MINIGUN i LOVE IT

So Critical Damage isn’t Critical any more?

Mr. Turtle, does the medic effect also heal you? Wondering if it works on yourself with a cremator or other explosive weapon.

Thanks again for doing all this leg work and letting us all know what's to come man 🙏 Also as a vats user, I have to say I am happy to hear about the ADS balancing. I know there are many players out there who do not enjoy or ever use vats (and that's totally okay. Your wasteland, your playstyle). From what I gather, we should all be doing around the same damage to bosses now. Or at least the damage will be a bit closer together and not a 12x in favor of vats.

Turtle, Can the Holy Fire and Elders Mark guns be re-rolled or have legendary mods added to them in the PTS?

How are the legendary mods learned are they all in one pool or are they split per weapon

Question about the legendary crafting, so should I be saving legendary weapons/ armor for this update instead of scripping it right now? To scrap it to try and learn the effects or whatever?

Hello Turtle! ^,.,^ Did they also fixed the wood and Nooding Donkey collector not being able to be placed at the same time?

The DOT indicator on the health bar is SO welcome! I might switch back to minigun tho haha

I wonder if Anti-Armor is going to be a top 3 or at least a strong competitor for fighting bosses with the Damage Mitigation being removed from bosses. Will Medics work on other player's that aren't on your team but are eventmates too? It could lead to a few player's making everyone immortal. Still I'm so happy to see that even if it's just in the PTS they're allowing us to craft Legendary Gear *_the way we want to have it_* it'll take some time but we won't have to depend on RNG for the "God Rolls" and instead *make them the God Rolls*

does the “lower damage weapons are doing more weak spot damage” change affect all weapons, or just heavy weapons?

It's cool you now finaly can have a healer in your party. Does it work during events when everybody is it the same team though?

With the change to vampire I’m curious if it will affect chainsaw… Will it still heal continuously while using or will I need to keep restarting it to get the heals? Wouldn’t surprise me if it ends up being the latter even if as an accidental bug, damn thing is already bugged and constantly having to restart attacks for hits to register is annoying

I love the changes, the only thing that is not so great is the reloading change - it's ok for weapons with magazines, but it should not apply to weapons like lever rifles or pump shotguns.

What paint you have on the plasmacaster?

did you tested the 10mm pistol with automatic receiver?

So if it affects the regular mini gun will it affect the gaus mini gun too since that weapon needs a boost? Can you please test turtle?

So vampire explosive weapons won't proc twice from the explosive splash damage? Or is it just for how it stacked for specific weapons in specific use cases (shotguns and multi-shot cremator in VATS)? Either way, this looks like an overall reduction to self-healing and thus a reduction in survivability. This also makes me realize that this could affect Vampire laser weapons with the beam splitter mod in VATS. Those are functionally similar to shotguns with that mod. And then there's Quad. Who wants to stand around reloading and loosing dps? The point of quad is to shoot more and reload less, keeping the pressure going. Ammo efficiency. And it will be an absolute nightmare on weapons like the pump action shotgun, lever-action rifle, and revolvers.

removing damage reduction on bosses is a great idea. it makes all weapons equally effective against bosses and the only differentiating factor would be build and style of play as opposed to having the "right" weapon. this along with the repeatable after 100 challenge of attending public events means there's more incentive for experienced players to continue playing and events will be more populated. similarly there will be more and more boss fights with better chances for newer players to participate in them and do damage alongside others. the combination of these effects may be one of the rare examples of Bethesda reworking something toward perfection. excited to see it take shape in the final release.

What did they f*ck up mow? 3:16 - I swear, are we going to see legacy explosive weapons make a return?!

Hello Turtle, "how long have you been wandering in the wasteland?" Wouldn't you like the game to be a little more difficult?...I don't know...in this game it is not necessary to eat, hydrate, or heal wounds or illnesses...we only do it to improve according to what attributes of our character, but it is not mandatory. this is not real.... They tell me that back in the day, a long time ago, if you didn't eat and drink you could die... is that true? You do very good work... Greetings Bro

I don't recall you mentioning the hidden effect on the Headhunter Scythe. Did you notice that the movement speed was the same as if you didn't have a weapon equipped?

I'm really interested to see how the change to vampire effect works on flamers and Holy Fire. If the change is per shot, how will this affect them as a flamer and Holy Fire can be one continuous spay of the flame, not individual shots? I'm glad to see that mini guns are now getting some love. They should have always been more deadly and now it looks like they may just be.

i like the idea of the medics weapons but i would like to see some kind of perk card (opposite of friendly fire) that will allow you to heal i love vampire weapons and friendly fire perk so i would like a bit of both worlds at the same time which is why im currently running around with a vampire flaming auto axe.

does this mean we are getting energy weapons like laser rifles, plasma minigun etc to have the explosive effect again like back then with legacy weapons?

Hey Angry Turtle so what happens to Legendary cores now? are they still being used for legendaries?

When shotguns lose their ability to stack vampire will that also affect their effectiveness to cripple? If I understand correctly that is also from multiple pellets hitting.

I like most of these changes, but I do wonder if non-automatic rifles are getting any support, currently commando builds seem to be typically better and while low damage, high fire rate weapons like the minigun being better is a good thing. What about the hunting rifle and black power rifle? I'm really hoping we get the anti-material rifle as a season weapon to fill the void that currently exists in this weapon class. Additionally, single fire pistols probably deserve some attention too.

thanks god the cremator is not completely ruined..... i love that gun.. :D

When does this update go live? Is this the same update that will add the new legendary crafting changes?

In order to make the 2nd star Explosive balanced, for single shot weapons have it at 15% weapon damage per shot, but stuff like laser rifle/gatling plasma with splitter mods, it needs to be the shotgun explosive of 3% so its more balanced (instead of legacies where it was 15% per)

What about Explosive on Vampire weapons? Did they change it to where it’s only the projectile that heals, or will the splash damage from the explosion still provide healing?

How do the boss changes anti armor and executioner ? Is Aa even better then before ?

Would be interesting to know if Cold Shoulder got hit with the quad nerf or not. Maybe is has a bit of a different effect? Or will it also get nerfed alongside all quad weapons?

It does seem like there's a lot more good changes compared to a couple bad changes.

I suppose it's time to stop searching for that perfect rolled choo choo I've been searching for for months :(

Has the legendary crafting changed for armor as well or just weps?

-30% reload on quad is crazy. I hope that doesn't stay. But it seems most other changes are good for legendaries.

that 4x damage will dominate that I wouldn't care about quad, just hope it works with vats, if not, it's a mess.

Much cool stuff, very odd they are not boosting all the weaker weapons though.

The cremator only shoots one shot in vats. I wouldn't think this is intended.. if it is what's the point of multi canister

Let's see how bad they're gonna butcher the .50 cal.

i think this is a good direction. also this might mean pistols, especially stealth pistols, will be viable for everything?

good changes, man are we getting fsr or dlss in game?

So. Vampires Auto Axe and Holy Fire should be widely unaffected from the effect change, yes?

Energy Weapons with Explosive Effect? Legacy weapons Return?🤯🤣

This is not a bad thing. Though I'm a vats build myself, people have been complaining about our build for a long time.

Hey Turtle, quick question. Can you now add legendary effects to thorn armor now? Amazing vids buddy!

I love to see this game still get so much love.

Sounds positive overall. Even as someone who flips between vampires shotgun and stealth commando builds.

7:25 I like this keep testing everything until it breaks

Well the only thing I like to make changes, they are all good but the mag cap for some of the guns like the handmade rifle and the assault rifle should have some mag to 30 or so and the drum to be a bit more like say 50 or 60 worth.

What is your main reason for fighting bosses when the drops wont matter anymore? Just a question.

I played as a comando for a long time and still think that this is a good direction. Tired if being forced into one build. Great direction. Now untie exp gain from INT or give us idiot savant so non bloodied builds can keep up in exp

Im wondering how this could affect rifleman builds since they are in a pretty meh spot rn (unless you are playing stealth)

Not bad changes, going to give my lazy heavy toon quite a fun boost! Thanks for the video!

Love the improvements! Hopefully this will reduce the amount of bullet sponge complaints from vocal players who have bad builds

I really want to see some love given to the underwhelming legendary effects. Glad to see the rebalancing medic for example..

So then what happens to our current legendary cores and legendary modules?

TBH the updates look spicy. legendary reworks are amazing. legendary crafting is amazing if they fine-tune it correctly. It should be right between "good for casuals to get god-rolls, but still diffecult to obtain" Boss changes are huge! Now my non-vats builds actually stand a chance compared to the others! And vats changes... Long time comming

They should add a perk that lets you Vats your team memebers so the medic's weapons and healing flames will be worth more to use.

About 3 years ago they tried to nerf the vampire effect for shotguns but changed their minds. I think they may have broke Enforcer when they did it. Can you please check Enforcer still works and hasn't been nerfed by 8 pellets counting as 1. On PS5 so can't check myself. Thanks. Great videos.

so their making everything worse while trying to act like their doing the game and players any justice lol