As much fun as Dune: Awakening can potentially bring, the struggle for survival can also cause a lot of frustration. In addition to griefers, cheats, hackers, and dupers also torpedo the gaming fun of many players.
What is the concrete problem? Apparently, various players in Dune: Awakening are using unauthorized external means such as hacks or exploits to gain significant advantages on Arrakis. This can manifest, for instance, in the victim’s Ornithopter being stolen while transitioning to the Deep Desert.
Last week, Known_Writer_9036 reported another severe case on Reddit. In his world Hyperion, a single cheater is alleged to not only steal vehicles in the Deep Desert but also empty entire bases and adjust the permissions there.
The damage caused by this cheater is said to be so great that the entire guild wants to stop playing Dune: Awakening until a sustainable solution is found. According to Known_Writer_9036, they were just in the process of building an alliance with other communities for further large guild operations.
To emphasize his experience and clarify that this is not an isolated incident, Known_Writer_9036 provides 5 links in his post to further reports about the cheating problem in Dune: Awakening.
The release trailer for Dune Awakening:
“Hacking is the game killer”
How does the community react to the report? With over 2,600 thumbs up and more than 415 comments.
- ChapterDifficult593 sums it up on Reddit: “Hacking is the game killer.”
- BlindMancs reports on Reddit about a personal case: “I just lost a base in the Deep Desert. […] Outside, no damages. A door was replaced by a wall – probably so they could go in when needed. We’re at the end.”
- lWinkk doesn’t understand on Reddit: “I don’t understand why anyone would want to hack in a role-playing game. That’s really sad. These real-money trading clowns ruin games on a large scale.”
- 42mir4 writes on Reddit that he knows it well from other games: “Reading that gave me chills. I have many bad memories of Red Dead Online, where hackers and menu mods ruined the game for the average player. To this day, they still roam because R* refuses to do anything about it.”
In the Reddit section of Dune: Awakening, more and more reports and posts about hackers, dupers (who are said to exploit a glitch to duplicate items), and cheaters can be found daily. kam1sh reports on Reddit that he has been regularly reporting a cheater on his server for 21 days. So far, nothing has happened.
SherpaGoolsbee would love to see permanent bans for every exposed cheater (via Reddit). Additionally, the protection software BattleEye urgently needs updates to reliably detect things like speed hacks, according to the wishes of various players.
What has your experience been with cheaters in Dune: Awakening so far? Is your gaming experience already suffering from cheaters and hackers? Share it in the comments! Fortunately, there are also heartwarming feel-good stories from Arrakis. Here’s an example: Players from Dune: Awakening build a gas station with free access: “The sign is great, I have never seen anything like it”
