For Dune: Awakening, an extensive “Ask Me Anything” session took place on June 19, 2025, where players could ask their questions to various developers from Funcom. MeinMMO summarizes the most important points for you.
Who was present at the AMA? On Reddit, interested individuals had the opportunity on June 19, 2025, to pepper several Funcom developers with their questions. The following were in attendance:
- Joel Bylos, Creative Director
- Scott Junior, Executive Producer
- Viljar Sommerbakk – Senior Game Director
- Ole Andreas Hayley – Lead Producer
For about 2 hours, the developers answered questions from the community. Accordingly, a lot of information was gathered. MeinMMO summarizes the most important points below.
The release trailer for Dune: Awakening:
The current state of Dune: Awakening
- The developers knew they had a good game. However, the feedback has been much more positive than expected. Moreover, many players are online for long periods, which is always a good sign.
- Some players are having problems with the class quests. Corresponding hotfixes are in the works.
- Since the final examination is not instanced, queues can form there, and some are said to have already died from thirst. Unfortunately, due to technical limitations, this cannot be changed in the near future.
- The developers have received a lot of feedback about the Landsraad. Some tasks are completed too quickly, others are too difficult for solo players. Based on this feedback, various improvements are planned to ensure that everyone who wants to participate in the Landsraad can do so.
- The developers admit that they did not explain the Landsraad system well enough, especially to the PvE fans. Additionally, they do not want to forget solo players and aim to make the endgame progressively more accessible for them.
- The PvP still raises some concerns. The developers aim for players to make clear decisions before entering PvP situations: What will I bring, how do I equip myself and my vehicles?
- PvP battles need to be reliable, responsive, and easy to understand. Moreover, technical deficiencies (like rubberbanding) must not determine the outcome of battles. The developers are working on this.
- Furthermore, the focus of PvP in Dune: Awakening is currently heavily on aerial combat. They want to improve the balance here – while reducing the effectiveness of armed scout ornithopters. However, PvP zones in the deep desert without access to ornithopters are not planned.
- Another issue: PvP does not feel rewarding enough yet.
Plans for the future of Dune: Awakening
- The developers are currently working on an update that will be released early in July and will mainly bring improvements for comfort and quality of life on Arrakis. There will be a testing phase before the release.
- Alongside the planned DLCs, new PvE and story content for Dune: Awakening will always be released. The developers are aiming for a content update cycle of 3 to 4 months.
- Dynamic encounters, new dungeons, and quests for the game world are planned to bring more variety to the daily life of Dune: Awakening. The objectives for the Landsraad will also change regularly.
- The developers want to use the overworld map to gradually open up more regions that should serve as alternatives to the Hagga basin (including for obtaining endgame resources/equipment).
- Base/resource management should be improved, for instance by allowing players to name storage chests and vehicles. There could also be new ways to stack storage chests. Additionally, there should be options to store or withdraw all items (or even water) at once.
- In the future, players should be able to replace built parts with others without having to destroy them first.
- A dueling function is planned.
- Elevators and other building styles for player bases are planned.
- The social interaction should be expanded, new emotes and outfits are in development. There should be even more reasons to visit the game’s capitals in the future.
Unfortunately, there are still no details about the third faction that is expected to expand the game in the foreseeable future and disrupt the balance between Atreides and Harkonnen. However, there are already hints about which faction it could be. More on this here: Dune: Awakening – Crysmesser aus dem Zahn eines Sandwurms ist die tödlichste Klinge auf Arrakis, hat jedoch einen Haken
