We’re used to play beta builds just for the sake of it, with servers being wiped out completely so that everyone can start the complete game at the same level and without anyone else getting any kind of advantage.

Anyway, for Fallout 76, which is the first Bethesda Game Studios title to feature multiplayer and PvP, things might work a bit differently, as director Todd Howard is apparently thinking about the idea of not wiping the beta servers out at launch.

“I think it will be released in multiple phases and our hope is that the beta is the final game. We’re not sure yet, but we’re hoping to avoid resetting the servers post-beta. Our hope is that it will be the final game,” he told the Italian website Multiplayer.it during a recent interview at GameLab.

Another interesting thing Howard discussed in his interview is the PvP side of the game, which to many is a bit of a disappointment as Fallout has always been a solitary experience.

Anyway, in order to prevent griefing and other crazy stuff people do in online games nowadays, Fallout 76 won’t allow characters below level 5 to be killed, and camps can be only damaged, not entirely destroyed. Also, it won’t cost very much to have your camp repaired in any case.

“There are various countermeasures we are implementing to prevent other players to do such things. For instance, currently, you cannot kill another player until his character gets to level 5. Maybe we’ll change this rule, but we’re aware of the risks because we don’t like that stuff either. But we’re not afraid to try new things and leave players the complete freedom to fight at their discretion or to avoid that entirely if they’re not interested,” he said.

“Other players can damage the camp, but not destroy it. Repairing the camp is also cheap. The reason why we’ve made it susceptible to damage is that you could conceivably trap another player in your camp, and if said player wasn’t able to break free that would be a problem. That’s why we made camps destructible, not because we want to incentivize others to attack your place but because we want to avoid players using their camps to bother others. It’s really easy to repair, anyway, and it disappears once you disconnect from the game.”

Fallout 76 is coming November 14, 2018 for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. The beta is releasing first on Xbox One.