Dune: Awakening finally addresses its biggest issue with the new update, although this does not please all players.
What is this issue? Dune: Awakening has suffered from an identity crisis since its release. The developers wanted their game to lean more towards hardcore survival with MMO and PvP aspects, such as large clans and guilds.
However, thanks to the popularity of the Dune brand, they attracted many players who have no interest in PvP at all. They enjoy the game also because of the films and prefer to engage in grinding, base building, and PvE content.
For the developers, this quickly became a problem, as while PvP players craved competitive PvP, more players wanted better PvE content. The developers chose to cater to the majority and built their survival game into a PvE title over many updates, but now there is perhaps the biggest change.
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Bye Bye PvP
What is this change? The endgame of Dune: Awakening consists mainly of the Deep Desert. There you can find the best resources in the game, but you can also be attacked by other players. Initially, the developers added a safe zone so that PvE players could no longer be ganked – but now it goes even further.
In a post on DuneAwakening.com, the developers announced that all PvP on the official servers will be turned off with the update. At the same time, there will be two versions of the Deep Desert on the servers:
- A PvE version where you experience no threats from other players
- A PvP version that promises 2.5 times more loot but offers the usual PvP
The developers explain that players are engaged in PvE activities 80% of the time, and they want to make both sides of the player base happy.
On Reddit, as expected, there are divided opinions. The PvE faction of players is very happy about the changes, while the PvP faction believes that this takes away the last appeal of PvP in Dune: Awakening. But there is also a chance for PvP players.
What is this chance? A major new feature announced by the developers is the self-hostable servers. With the update, players can host and customize their own servers.
This will also allow PvP players to create full PvP servers that are designed for competing with other players. At the same time, the servers allow group play for friend groups. Until now, it was only possible to rent a server from provider Nitrado.
The developers of Dune: Awakening have responded to the needs of their players and have moved away from their own vision. This is probably the right decision, because if 80% of players prefer PvE, then they dictate the direction. Dune: Awakening continues to struggle with hackers: Player loses hundreds of hours of progress in Dune: Awakening because a cheater clears their base
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