Bethesda Bans Fallout 76 Player With More Than 900 Hrs Playtime For Having Too Much Ammo

Bethesda apparently has banned a legitimate Fallout 76 player who spent more than 900 hours in the game to farm rare materials, ammo, and other in-game loot. They banned the account for having too much ammo according to the ban report shared by the player.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Lol crazy really?

[MisterLou]

7.8/10 Too Much Ammo - Bethesda

[fiveby9]

I think the ban was for knowingly exploiting a bug in the game not specifically for acquiring ammo through normal gameplay. But still, Bethesda should not be banning someone for an exploit their programmers and QA group let be released. A bit heavy-handed if you ask me.

[bouzebbal]

Lol 900hours??? Don't think I played third of that all PS4 games combined.
Di** move from Bethesda.. Players should really stand up against this.

[Gaming101]

Yep, 900 hours of the craptastic Fallout 76.
And guess what ladies, he's single!

[ravinash]

https://www.bingeclock.com/...

[Gamingsince1981]

Banning him from the game was more of a mercy really, how any one can spend 9 hours on that game let alone 900 is beyond my understanding.

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

Lol

[RizBiz]

I imagine 90% of that time was spent idling. Or maybe it's like UPlay on Steam, where even if you exit a game it keeps logging hours. I tried to refund a Ubisoft game once and they denied my claim because UPlay logged 10 hours of play, even though I was only actually in the game for around 30 minutes.

[dumahim]

They did this man a favor.

[EliteComments123]

LOL!

[Redrex7000]

lmao
so true
who the fuk
play this game for that long

[Evolve]

They spent less than this time developing the game

[rainslacker]

Wonder who the other guy is going to play against now.:(

[Daeloki]

Yeah they're banning the few people who are actually playing, all games have exploits at one point or another. They should just focus on fixing the exploit instead of shooting themselves in whatever remains of their legs

[ElementX]

They should be banned for putting in so much time into that game

[Psychotica]

or any game for that matter. 900 hours is ridiculous.

[JackBNimble]

I have put more time then that into Ark

[AdmGenAladeen]

I got 820 in Bloodborne. It's pretty sad lol.

[notachance]

it's normal for longterm games though, like cs:go, lol, dota2, minecraft

I myself have 5000+ hours on dota2, probably 10k+ if you count warcraft 3 mod dota

[NarooN]

I have almost 4,000 hours in Audiosurf. Sure, that's over a period of like 10 years, but still. If you enjoy a game you aren't obligated to cut yourself off for some silly arbitrary reason lol.

That being said, 900 hours in Fallout 76 is a red flag I'd say lol

[Michiel1989]

Id put way more hours than that into Guild Wars 1 and old school wow, would happily do it again.

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

I’ve put way more than that into Final Fantasy 11. Like 8 -10 years worth

[Segata]

I have 800 in Xenoblade X

[dragon_rocks]

*Slowly backs out of the room avoiding any eye contact with 997 hours in Monster Hunter World*

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Its completely normal for games that are consistently supported and updated over a number of years. I have 3000 hours in Warframe.

[Necr0philiac]

900 hours is ridiculous for how long the game has been out. Ive put 900+ hours into a lot of games. I just seen that i have over 1000 on Rocket League but that is over years not months

[kevinsheeks]

smh i have 900+ in rainbow six siege . . i did shock myself with that but i do enjoy playing it . . . i like to think im active though lol >.> just enjoy muh games is all

[RizBiz]

@JackBNimble You're really generous! Not only did you pay for an ALPHA test instead of getting paid like you should be, but you gave the devs over 900 hours of bug testing.

[MrVux000]

"900 hours is ridiculous."

If you think 900 h is ridiculous...lol

I remember reaching well over 1500 hours in WoW (while the game was still good)... the most recent games i have invested quite some time into are RDR 2 (474 hours) and GOW (233 hours).

[EazyC]

I know, I guess 'one man's trash' etc

[lelo2play]

Sad to say, but I have a lot of hours in Football Manager.
Don't know if it's 900.... but it's a lot.

[nommers]

Pfft, y’all have some really short times. I put in 350,000 hours into that real life simulator that was all the rage 50 years ago.

[2pacalypsenow]

To be fair, he was banned for exploiting a glitch.

So it’s not just for “Having too much ammo”.

[UltraNova]

A glitch is the devs fault, so instead of banning him they should have stripped that player from all assets gained through that exploit and a last strike warning. But Bethesda is not one to make ahem...the right choices these days.

[ziggurcat]

while that may be, the onus is still on the user to not exploit those bugs to gain an unfair advantage in an online title. there would also be no way to determine how much ammo he would have attained through the exploit. he's also being disingenuous by saying he was banned for simply having too much ammo.

[UltraNova]

Agreed. But if its just a cut and dry case of a glitch exploit then banning that guy was too harsh.

[DJStotty]

No Ultra, knowingly exploiting or glitching any game, you get whatever the developers seem justifiable.

I knowingly exploited another game, and rightly got banned for 2 weeks.

[UltraNova]

@DJ

What? Why does it have to be the "death penalty", why so harsh? The glitch exploit is the dev's fault! So with that in mind they should have punished the guy proportionally.

[Palitera]

The devs made the player abuse the glitch? Wow, some powerful devs out there.

[2pacalypsenow]

If it's in the TOS, he violated that agreement.

They also banned him until that glitch it patched, its not a permaban.

[Cobra951]

Anything a game lets you do is fair. If the devs don't like how their game behaves, they need to change it, not blame the user for what they did.

[DuckOnQuack35]

I've quit many games because people were using exploits like crazy and it ended up ruining the game economy and game play because people suck and can't play the game how it's meant to be played. I mean think about it do you think that devs have all the time in the world to check every single little thing to make sure there are no bugs? It's hard and plus most devs have so much pressure from publishers. I think a ban will make it so more people won't do it.

[Razuel]

Not even that, just take the ammo. If the devs cannot support their game then that is on them not the players looking for !@#$ to do. This sounds alot like division 1 baloney.

[rainslacker]

Personally, if a glitch exists, and people use it, then that's on the devs, not the player. Fix the glitch, and call it a day. Reset people's ammo if you need to, or some other relevant action, but don't ban them because you didn't do proper QA, or fix something quick enough. That's just punishing the customer.

It's the nature of online games, especially big ones, that when you have lots of people playing, they're going to find ways to exploit those things. But it's just wrong to ban people because of it.

[Baza]

So what, Bethesda should fix their crappy broken game

[2pacalypsenow]

Yeah go luck with that.

That's like robbing a bank and saying, well maybe if they fixed their security, I wouldn't have robbed them.

[rainslacker]

Skyrim is still a glitch fest after a decade and multiple re-releases, not sure if Bethesda even understands what optimization of fixing is.

[yellowgerbil]

"Go anywhere, do anything" another Todd Howard lie

[NSANiTY]

What I'm wondering is if he did actually use an exploit. Doesn't appear that they did. The letter seems to say that they think he did, but Only because of the amount of items he aquired in 30 days. But the article says that the reason they got that much ammo in 30 days is because he traded over 100,000 ammo with a secondary account.

The person being banned never said they exploited the game, just that they played so many hours they aquired piles of ammo. Might be Bethesda in the wrong here.

[froy402]

The ban was a blessing on his soul.

[INMATEofARKHAM]

While I agree with the thought, it was honestly my first, this guy obviously found fun in the game and he shouldn't have lost his account if everything was on the up and up. That said he exploited a glitch so he's at their mercy.

[notachance]

it's an act of mercy on bethesda's side

[Fluttershy77]

I disagree with the entire tone of the article... When you are exploiting a glitch you know what you are doing, you know that is wrong, and know or perhaps suspect what the consequences might be...
(That doesn't mean Bethesda is not without blame here... They should fix their glitches)

But because of him having "too much ammo" that he got by glitching (not by spending 900 hs legit) he had an advantage over other players; and he spoiled the experience for those other players... What about them?

Gamers shouldn't be treated as babies... In life there are consequences for your actions.

[JokerBoy422]

Except the players in this case should not be held accountable. Bethesda launched a broken game that they knew was broken and still is broken. The entire industry called them out on this before it even came out. Due to beta testing it was easy to see there was never going to be a balanced and fair community for this game. If you sincerely expected anything else from this game, you need to rethink your whole life as im betting you are prone to making bad life choices. That or you hadnt read a single article on this game before it launched.

Also unrelated, take note that the reason their games are so glitchy is due to them using an engine that was made in the late 90's. They've been patching it to keep it current for so long now that its become a Frankenstein of code. Thats why every game they launch with that engine looks very dated and runs like shit. The company also claims they have been refused the finances to build a new working engine, so dont expect Elder Scrolls 6 to be any better than Fallout 76. If anything it'll be way worse.

[Cobra951]

Right. It disheartens me to see so many here defending a ban for doing something the game allows you to do. Games set their rules internally. If Bethesda wants to change the de facto rules, they need to patch the game.

[2pacalypsenow]

OK so If the Terms of Service clearly say this will happen, then what? Are you going to use the "It's not fair" defense?

[SegaGamer]

It's their glitch, so it's their fault. He was just playing the game that they designed. Tough s*** is what I say. Bathesda are just being a*******.

[2pacalypsenow]

Lucky for them they has a TOS that says otherwise.

Ignore the fact that it's Bethesda, this would apply to any company.

You signed an agreement before playing the game that you would not exploit glitches, so the no matter how broken the game is and how much people don't like Bethesda (im one of them), the guy that got banned is at fault here.

[Fluttershy77]

No. He was playing online the game that they designed, an effing other people's legit fun.
I don't play this, I am a Dark Souls PVP player. Remaster kept all the glitches of the Original game ... Do I blame FromSoft? Yes, for being greedy and giving the Remaster to QLOC who did the most cheapest terrible job you could make...
Would I be happy if they ip ban every last damn glitcher in this game? Yes, please, do so! An online glitcher is just a cheater in disguise...
They don't really ruin the game for me, because I know what they are doing, I know they are cheating... But What about beginners? inexperienced players, that happily come to this game and play it legit... That nooby probably will never play again, because he thinks: oh people are just too good for me... But No! they were cheating...

I'm all in for criticizing Bethesda when they knowingly release glitched games... We shouldn't buy their games anymore...

But I definitely won't criticize them when they decide to ban a cheater... I applaud them

[Outlawzz]

So your telling me this guy spent more than a month of his life playing this game. How can ppl do this? I assume there's some issues to be resolved there lol

[Relientk77]

Banning one of the only people left still playing Fallout 76 lol

[stuna1]

People playing Fallout 76 before the ban (1).

People playing Fallout 76 after the ban ((0).

Lol, I kid.

[JokerBoy422]

But youre not wrong lol

[jelloaceomega]

https://youtu.be/btCySWQWq5...
"You can say that he is the one."

- Morpheus
:p

[DillyDilly]

How long before the servers are empty & shut down ?

[Abnor_Mal]

Gamestop snuck the the ammo into his account. /s ofc.

[Inzo]

Him being banned is a good thing. Get girlfriend bud.

[boing1]

So I guess they can close the servers now, since they are finally empty.

[JokerBoy422]

And people still support this company. Wow.

[AdmGenAladeen]

Good job Bethesda. You banned the ONLY person still playing this game!

[Bleucrunch]

Sooo why not patch the glitch on what is arguably one of Bethesda's worst games ever released. Its funny, what does is say about Bethesda to make such a decision on something that they themselves have the power to fix.

IF there is a bug in the game...I don't know..."Patch" the glitch, therefore no more exploit...They some punks for this one.

[Vetalka83]

thank god i stopped at 300hrs for now.

[demonicale]

Does this person have no life, jesus some people!

[crashtestnl]

So Fallout is en game for Communists.

[windblowsagain]

Ban the game for being a total pile of dog shit and then slap the people who bought the game knowing full well what a pos it is.

[Stanjara]

Again, rewarding their biggest fans.

[Tross]

Someone put that many hours into Fallout 76? Perhaps they should be banned just for that. On the flip side, someone actually enjoyed the game so much to put that many hours into it, so shouldn’t Bethesda be praising them? I mean, this isn’t a good Fallout so I doubt there are many more such players.

[william_cade]

1 down and 10 to go.

[mastershredder]

One gamer...supposedly... not all the details....was escalated for more info...

It’s news.

[InTheZoneAC]

If we're going to flag down articles with mentioned satire then why is this falsely reported article allowed to be published?

[Wha_gwaan]

Not sure which is worse; banning him or spending 900hrs on this garbage.

[DimensionalSound]

What a shit show.

[Bluemaster77]

So they banned the only person that liked the game. cool

[Blu3_Berry]

Ok, really bethesda? REALLY? What kind of game company are you? You're really turning into EA, no you're being worst then EA.

[Orionsangel]

I guess you can say he had a falling out with the company...

[DarXyde]

They euthanized his account.

Probably the sweetest thing Bethesda could do for them.

Maybe fix your bugs rather than getting upset with gamers for finding a way to take advantage, yeah? It's quite common for people to say "it's in the game, so it's not cheating".

They're a mess. I am thoroughly convinced that they are making these bad moves deliberately in hopes of being acquired by a bigger studio.

[BrettAwesome]

Lol. Has the game even been out for 900 hours yet?

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Like OMG Bethesda! What is with you? I don't even believe you're the same Bethesda that did Fallout 3 and Oblivion! What have you done with her?!

[Segata]

Why would you put more than 9 minutes in that game let alone 900 hours?

[XxINFERNUSxX]

Bethesda I would like to see go out of business. Shit company, used to be good now shit. F U Bethesda I will and have torrented all your single player games. From Elder Scrolls III to Fallout 4, and all future single player games you put out I will get also for free. You will not get a penny from me. muhahahah. Theres an old saying "never bite off the hand that feeds you". Looking at you to EA, though I already have my share of games from them for free \o/ Any other company that wants to fuck around? I'm ready lol.

[Razzer]

I think they will somehow survive without you.

[TexasTrey92]

This is just wrong. To punish a player in that way who is obviously an avid fan is just disgusting imo. There are so many alternatives to letting him know to stop, especially given his dedication to their game.

[S2Killinit]

Was he cheating? If not then WTF Bethesda?

[Rambokind]

They did him a favor. He's obviously addicted and needs to step away from gaming for a bit. 900 hours? I mean, that's how much I game in about 5 years.

[DafunkyRebel]

Having too much ammo is LITERALLY how most players play Fallout 3

[SlagWolf]

I’ve never seen a company nose dive so fast before

[steven83r]

People saying they put more hours into gaming need to understand their games are old. I dont believe this person put 900+ hrs into 76. Game released Nov that's 4 months. That's roughly 7.5 hrs every day since release. This person needs help.

[tonyjames404]

HAH... typical... seems all they want to do is restrict their player base

https://cogpoweruppodcast.p...

[xPaYDaYx]

They banned him because they're trying to save him from wasting more time lol.
It's a joke people, relax.

[bootyCheese116]

Lmaoo, how you ban your most dedicated players tho

[DaveZero]

Was it a ban for forcing his way into the development area and abusing that part of the game that isn't sposed to be accessible??

If so I have no sympathy because while alot cheat or abuse games where ever possible and gain an upper hand over those who play fairly, in an online environment it should be stamped out.

[Sophisticated_Chap]

They banned their only true fan of the game. Not a very good business plan.

[oakshin]

Xenimus.....F**k YOU EJ Tayler years and years 900 hours is nothing

[GameHead85]

But still, 900Hrs + Looted lets say: over 1000 rounds altogether of every weapon type of each game the player played = AHELLEVA lot of ammo!

[Kubark]

Lol, this guy is a masochist. What's next? 500 hours of Crackdown 3?

[Warpaint]

Why the fuck would somebody play 900hrs of this? Some people will really eat anything a corporation throws at them

[Chocoburger]

Mercy ban. He should be thankful.

[UniqueGuy91]

Someone who spent over 900hrs on this game deserved to be banned from the platform itself in which he play the games on. xD

[Mister_Wolf]

900 hours. Jesus. 37 days. 37 fucking days. Definitely doesn't have a job.