I have a few questions on Fallout 76,  and please only if you are playing now or very recently.  I came across some current youtube vids where people who used to utterly despise the game are now praising the heck out of it so it piqued my interest.   But there is one question I can't find the answer to.
 
So Fallout First is a paid prescription that lets you play on your own private world, ignore others and just do the story missions.    I like to play MMOs with story campaigns like SWTOR where I'll get a subscription, play as much as I can for 30 days and then cancel, and usually I'll be gone for six months before I return for another month only. Rinse and repeat.
 
Can I do this with Fallout 76?  If I sub and start on a private server and build a camp but then cancel the sub, will it just go inactive and it'll be there when I re-sub or will it destroy my camp and kick me over to a public server?   Thanks.
 

The RNG for certain aspects of this game continually drive me away from it. Don't like the power armor at that location? Just logout and login until you get the pieces you want. It was a shrewd move to tie private game instances to the subscription. Interaction with public people in this game has always been a dumpster fire for me.

Just goes to show that an amazing single player series can be a dumpster fire when poorly implemented for multiplayer.

I used to be pretty addicted to this one as well. :S Videogame addiction is a thing!

I can't see any reason why not

s.roberts
I still have the copy I got for PS4 in the wrapper it came in. Might have to bust it out

Maybe, keep it there for a few months more....

yaggaz
If I sub and start on a private server and build a camp but then cancel the sub, will it just go inactive and it'll be there when I re-sub or will it destroy my camp and kick me over to a public server?   Thanks.

Short answer: Yes. You can subscribe/cancel/resubscribe and you will not lose your camp or character progress.
 
Longer answer: The way camps work in Fallout 76 is by placing a C.A.M.P. 'workbench' that acts as the center of your camp. As long as you place it in a valid location, you can build in a radius around that center point.

• You can move your camp to another location by picking it up and placing it down. If there are no collision issues in the new location, then it's essentially a cut-and-paste. If your camp doesn't fit with the terrain of the new location, you can "pack up" your camp by storing all the objects in the camp inventory and then replacing them manually. 
• Your camp follows you whether you're on a public or private server. When you log into a server, your camp will spawn on that server where you last placed it. If this spawn-in will collide with another player's camp, then you will have the choose to either pack it up or look for a new server.
• Bethesda is also adding the option to swap between multiple camps soon.

If you ask me, the Fallout First sub isn't really worth it unless you REALLY want a private server. Players are pretty spread out on the map even on public servers, so you don't often run into them if you're not looking for them.

Same here lad.

I keep wanting to get back into it. However, I can't stand that they added level scaling. Same reason I dropped ESO.

The major issue with F76 was console performance. Many open world PC games ported to consoles tend to have major issues(Cyberpunk 2077). Not an issue for PC owners. But it was absolutely stupid for these crybabies to rag on the gameplay. There is nothing wrong with the gameplay as F76 is basically Skyrim that you can play solo or co-op with a side dish of miniscule pvp. It's another Bethesda game, not great, but entertaining enough. Having multiplayer definitely increased the entertainment factor. Playing solo without sub is not a problem at all.

MrVegan
The major issue with F76 was console performance. Many open world PC games ported to consoles tend to have major issues(Cyberpunk 2077). Not an issue for PC owners. But it was absolutely stupid for these crybabies to rag on the gameplay. There is nothing wrong with the gameplay as F76 is basically Skyrim that you can play solo or co-op with a side dish of miniscule pvp. It's another Bethesda game, not great, but entertaining enough. Having multiplayer definitely increased the entertainment factor. Playing solo without sub is not a problem at all.

 
Yeah I came to learn that it's fine on a public server.   The griefing has been zero for me but one thing where a private server might be good to hop onto is those daily challenges for say "Kill 15 Mole Miners".      A couple weeks back I spent five hours trying to find them at spots where I know they are.   Either corpses or totally empty as everybody else hunting them.  When I had the subscription I could just hop on the private server to go bag them without others taking them all.
 
There's also the immersion factor bonus of a private world.  Not having to see "kZ9237236235189KAPOWWWWW" jumping up and down in front of me while I'm crafting in my camp.

kbertling353
By all accounts they cleaned up a lot of stuff in f76. But the concept just isn't great. Fallout isn't minecraft, it's supposed to have NPCs and set quests

Yeah I agree, the whole construction thing is annoying.   Buying set decorations for houses and being done in 1 minute in Oblivion and Skyrim is about as far as I like my "construction" to be.