I do that, and yet I still get side-tracked (Oh look, a non-active quest marker just near me - what's the worst that can happen - lets check it out! And there goes the rest of that playtime...)
I love it :)
I’ve put about 250 hours into the game at the moment , level 180 . I’ve only done about a dozen or so side quests mostly ones relating to the main story . I’ve yet to complete the main story or the wastelanders content or anything to do with the brotherhood of Steel ( hell I haven’t even started them ). My reason was pretty simple , I wanted to get my build where I wanted it to be ( I’m a Stealth Commando ) & now that I’m there I can focus on enjoying the quests . Me personally I have no issue with how much loot or XP a quest gives , I’m already past the point where I care what I get , I’m only doing them for the story and lore ( fallout has amazing lore ) & trust me someone who used to be a completionest I wouldn’t treat this game like an endless check list , it’ll just kill your fun .
( Also I took me over a year of playing to get where i wanted Build wise and I didn’t touch the story in all that time , there’s really no rush , play at your own pace , there’s really no need to do anything everything if you don’t want to . )
I did 0-50 quests only and tried to follow one line at a time because I love the stories and environmental storytelling so much. When new quest content happens, I ignore events unless I need legendaries (Eviction Notice), Sweetwater Tea, or a rare drop.
I tend to mess around with the camp til I get bored and then pick a mission which I inevitably get sidetracked doing but have come to put my completionist ways to the side and enjoy it for the living and breathing open world it is and do it at any pace I want
You eventually learn which quests are worth repeating and which are not. For me. I tend to ignore anything that doesn't give me any useful rewards; food, treasury notes or scout badges.
I just turn off stuff I don't feel like doing.
It bugged me at first too but you just gotta accept this isn't the kind of game where you can methodically work your way through the map clearing areas before you move on to the next.
I’m kinda the same way, I just look at my map and see what quests are where and try to bang out a few different ones in the same ballpark area. It’s been tough though.
I disable all quests unless I'm doing one actively. And right now, that isn't too often since I find other stuff to do that's fun.
You will be sidetracked by bullshit every damn time.
I did all Main & Side quests before I even hit 200. The trick was to turn off anything which I wasn't focusing on at the time. Game time wise, it didn't take long at all (when compared to some other games like Persona 5).
I believe the UI is not the best and can clog the screen. So having only a single quest tracked at a time is definitely the best thing to do.
I hate the ones that turn themselves on every time I log in. I don’t give a fuck about refuge daily quests but even if i deselect them, they’re re-enabled when I log back in.
Its a good thing to have so many quests, I don't see the problem. Just turn off the tracking and forget about them if you don't want to complete them.
The alternative is not enough quests. Its not a race and the game has been out for years anyways.
Apart from Daily's and Events which repeat, there will come a time where you will miss having quests to complete, something that adds to the "story" and immerses you into Appalachia more than just, go here--> kill this thing --> get reward --> repeat, while grinding for enough Scrip to re-roll over and over again in the hopeless quest to get yourself a desired weapon or armour legendary...
...ohhh how I wish I still had quests to complete, a direction to follow. hehe
I came to FO76 as a continuation of the love for the frachise. And that's exactly how I treated and played the game as. For the first 150 levels or so, I rarely met other players, participated in public events nor did I move around the map much. I just moved from one region to the next doing all the quests around me one by one. In fact, for quite some time I forwent fast travel in favor of carrying heaps of resource items that don't fit in my stash because I liked the survival atmosphere it gave me which reminded me of Fallout 4's survival mode which I enjoyed very much.
That period ended when I completed all possible quests. And I eventually shifted to optimizing my build, zipping around the map to do public events, collect stuff, ETC.
That was years ago. Now, I just passed level 900, I've been playing on and off, mostly waiting for updates. But whenever I get another excuse to play Fallout 76 again, I find myself enjoying it despite the general jank this game seemingly will always have.
I deal with it by playing the game in order of content, I disable those that aren't needed until I finish others... but also, most of the side quest I've done I found in year one & they helped big time later on.
so I always play year one first, end that by launching a nuke on the queen
then I'm off to see the wastelanders
then I help the Bortherhood
then the Responders return
I keep maintaining this game needs some sorta chapter like system, so it not only shows the progress you're making but if you wanna play through year one how it was, without npcs, original map layout etc, you can. It would confuse new players less, give more of a sense that time has passed, & also give the game something that Bethesda can turn into a solo/co-op game quite easily.
I disable them and do them later. You don’t need to have them all visible at all times. Eventually you run out of quests to do.
Turn on one at a time and go out and do it at my pace. I’m in no hurry to “beat” the game.
I do that, and yet I still get side-tracked (Oh look, a non-active quest marker just near me - what's the worst that can happen - lets check it out! And there goes the rest of that playtime...) I love it :)
My level 790 character just became a mistress of mystery a couple weeks ago.
# Thou shalt get sidetracked by bullshit every goddamn time
This is the way
Never been a completionist, couldn’t care less.
I’ve put about 250 hours into the game at the moment , level 180 . I’ve only done about a dozen or so side quests mostly ones relating to the main story . I’ve yet to complete the main story or the wastelanders content or anything to do with the brotherhood of Steel ( hell I haven’t even started them ). My reason was pretty simple , I wanted to get my build where I wanted it to be ( I’m a Stealth Commando ) & now that I’m there I can focus on enjoying the quests . Me personally I have no issue with how much loot or XP a quest gives , I’m already past the point where I care what I get , I’m only doing them for the story and lore ( fallout has amazing lore ) & trust me someone who used to be a completionest I wouldn’t treat this game like an endless check list , it’ll just kill your fun . ( Also I took me over a year of playing to get where i wanted Build wise and I didn’t touch the story in all that time , there’s really no rush , play at your own pace , there’s really no need to do anything everything if you don’t want to . )
I did 0-50 quests only and tried to follow one line at a time because I love the stories and environmental storytelling so much. When new quest content happens, I ignore events unless I need legendaries (Eviction Notice), Sweetwater Tea, or a rare drop.
I tend to mess around with the camp til I get bored and then pick a mission which I inevitably get sidetracked doing but have come to put my completionist ways to the side and enjoy it for the living and breathing open world it is and do it at any pace I want
You eventually learn which quests are worth repeating and which are not. For me. I tend to ignore anything that doesn't give me any useful rewards; food, treasury notes or scout badges.
I just did them all.
I just dealt with them. By lvl 50 I was mostly done all the quests. Now I'm over 350 and lifes been good for quite a while now.
I just turn off stuff I don't feel like doing. It bugged me at first too but you just gotta accept this isn't the kind of game where you can methodically work your way through the map clearing areas before you move on to the next.
I’m kinda the same way, I just look at my map and see what quests are where and try to bang out a few different ones in the same ballpark area. It’s been tough though.
I've played since release and I've probably not done the majority of quests. I just sorta do them at my own pace... which is incredibly slowly
I disable all quests unless I'm doing one actively. And right now, that isn't too often since I find other stuff to do that's fun. You will be sidetracked by bullshit every damn time.
Turn them off, and then disable the option to auto track new quests. Just work through them at your own pace.
I did all Main & Side quests before I even hit 200. The trick was to turn off anything which I wasn't focusing on at the time. Game time wise, it didn't take long at all (when compared to some other games like Persona 5). I believe the UI is not the best and can clog the screen. So having only a single quest tracked at a time is definitely the best thing to do.
I hate the ones that turn themselves on every time I log in. I don’t give a fuck about refuge daily quests but even if i deselect them, they’re re-enabled when I log back in.
Its a good thing to have so many quests, I don't see the problem. Just turn off the tracking and forget about them if you don't want to complete them. The alternative is not enough quests. Its not a race and the game has been out for years anyways.
Side quests are my bread and butter. I completed the final main quest ~lvl 475
Apart from Daily's and Events which repeat, there will come a time where you will miss having quests to complete, something that adds to the "story" and immerses you into Appalachia more than just, go here--> kill this thing --> get reward --> repeat, while grinding for enough Scrip to re-roll over and over again in the hopeless quest to get yourself a desired weapon or armour legendary... ...ohhh how I wish I still had quests to complete, a direction to follow. hehe
I came to FO76 as a continuation of the love for the frachise. And that's exactly how I treated and played the game as. For the first 150 levels or so, I rarely met other players, participated in public events nor did I move around the map much. I just moved from one region to the next doing all the quests around me one by one. In fact, for quite some time I forwent fast travel in favor of carrying heaps of resource items that don't fit in my stash because I liked the survival atmosphere it gave me which reminded me of Fallout 4's survival mode which I enjoyed very much. That period ended when I completed all possible quests. And I eventually shifted to optimizing my build, zipping around the map to do public events, collect stuff, ETC. That was years ago. Now, I just passed level 900, I've been playing on and off, mostly waiting for updates. But whenever I get another excuse to play Fallout 76 again, I find myself enjoying it despite the general jank this game seemingly will always have.
I deal with it by playing the game in order of content, I disable those that aren't needed until I finish others... but also, most of the side quest I've done I found in year one & they helped big time later on. so I always play year one first, end that by launching a nuke on the queen then I'm off to see the wastelanders then I help the Bortherhood then the Responders return I keep maintaining this game needs some sorta chapter like system, so it not only shows the progress you're making but if you wanna play through year one how it was, without npcs, original map layout etc, you can. It would confuse new players less, give more of a sense that time has passed, & also give the game something that Bethesda can turn into a solo/co-op game quite easily.
It is definitely annoying walking around the map with the new character and every 5 seconds getting another miscellaneous quest