In Dune: Awakening griefers have found a new way to ruin the day for innocent players. They are now reaching out to the developers, but so far without success.
What is the problem with griefers? Griefing in Dune: Awakening has been a major issue since the release:
- A griefer has blocked another player’s vehicle so that they cannot access it and use it.
- In one example, griefers also teamed up to bring down other aircraft in the PvE area and then let them be eaten by the worm.
- Using an exploit, griefers have stolen other players’ aircraft and placed dozens of them in a base to annoy other players.
With their new method, the nasty trolls are causing trouble again.
Here you can see how things are supposed to progress in Dune: Awakening in the future:
Transport to the PvP Area
How does the new method work? As the user SpooN04 shows in a video on Reddit, griefers have found another new way to annoy their fellow players. This time, they use a large transport thopter that is actually meant to take the large spice crawlers into the deep desert and pick them up again before a sandworm arrives.
However, the cargo thopter is being abused by the griefers. Instead of towing friendly players, the nasty trolls use it to bring innocent players into the PvP area. Once there, they position their aircraft in such a way that the victim’s ornithopter is directly underneath and cannot escape.
Then they get out and destroy the aircraft and the player inside, stealing the lootable items and resources.
Here you can see exactly how the trick works:
Why can’t players defend themselves? Once caught by the cargo thopter, players have no way to break free from the connection. Only the griefers themselves have this option, allowing them to decide what happens next. The only way to fend off would be to take out the griefer in the PvP area with their own character, but the trolls are also prepared for that.
What do players say about the new method? Players of Dune: Awakening are annoyed by the many griefers and are demanding action from the developers. The affected player has reported their griefer multiple times but has yet to receive a response to their inquiries.
The community, on the other hand, has a simple solution to the problem: they demand that players who are docked should be able to easily break the connection with a long button press. This way, anyone could simply escape without having to deal with the griefers and their new method.
Even if the developers fulfill the players’ requests and implement the new feature, the nasty trolls will likely find new methods to rob innocents of their enjoyment of the game. How players want to address the fundamental problem remains questionable, especially since there is a zero-tolerance policy for cheaters: Dune: Awakening bans hundreds of players, developers announce: No mercy for cheaters
