https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/8/17949302/fallout-76-beta-npc-mods-private-server-support-pc-ps4-xbox-one-hands-on-preview

Let’s say it simply doesn’t work out. The justification may be sound, and the guy giving it may be revered by fans of the Fallout series. But let’s say that after Todd Howard, designer of some of the most beloved role-playing games ever, insisted this one have no human NPCs, players just aren’t digging Fallout 76.

If that happens, I asked, can the developers then go back and bring human NPCs into the game? Because not even a month after Fallout 76 was announced, players were already talking about how to “fix” this — even if it means humans volunteering to play NPC roles in the game.