I always thought I wanted Beth to make a real stab at Survival gameplay. But after my last tour of Skyrim....I dunno if they really are committed to it to the degree it warrants. I know the idea is that Beth would set the standard for survival mode and everyone's mods play off it but....if vanilla gameplay is any indication modders will just redo all their work anyways. If whatever nutrition system Beth comes up with is still based on poorly balanced food items, lack of weight values for shit that matters, and if all the game elements that support survival are still focused on providing a gamey experience", I don't see their version of survival really being superior to one built from the ground up by modders.
Cause right now I have over 300 Stimpacks. And 100+ Radaway. And 100+ of every drug pretty much. 50+ of pretty much every food item in game. That's with only really using shit as a I need it. If I'm sustaining those kinds of numbers in Survival mode....it's not really survival in my book. Then again it's always been the problem that too much shit in FO and ES games is just lying around and it's too hard to remove it from the entire world so supplies actually feel scarce.
It's an experiment funded by Vault Tec to see how long it takes for the average person to stare at a computer screen before they gouge out their eyeballs in frustration.
Considering how settlement attacks work, yeah, I can see that being royally fucking frustrating. Strolling along the Glowing Sea when "Starlight Drive-in is being attacked!" Welp, so much for having a prayer of participating in that fight.