In Dune: Awakening players are frustrated about the same old loot they can collect in the Deep Desert. Now the developers have come up with a plan to provide more variety.
What is the loot problem? Players of Dune: Awakening are currently complaining about the loot in the game. This week, in the Deep Desert, there are again only blueprints to be found that have already been available in previous weeks.
This makes the Deep Desert uninteresting for players because they already own all the items and thus have no incentive to explore the new Deep Desert at all. However, the developers now want to change how loot is distributed.
Here you can see the trailer for the new update “Chapter 2”:
Chance instead of fixed loot
What is the plan of the developers? So far, the developers have determined each week what loot can be found in the Deep Desert. In the past, this often resulted in developers adding loot that could already be collected before.
However, since players are thirsty for variety, the developers have now decided to change the system. Instead of a fixed loot table that specifies what can be found each week, the developers want to make all blueprints available at the same time in the Deep Desert.
Thus, PvP research stations will have their own loot table, crashed spaceships will have one, and PvE stations will have their own loot. Players can farm there and will receive a random item for each completion.
On Reddit, developer “Kamil” emphasizes that some blueprints will still be reserved for the Landsraad system and specific merchants. Thus, winners of the Landsraad system can occasionally unlock extra loot for their faction.
How are players reacting? Players are sharply criticizing the current mechanics and that they are supposed to wait weeks for the big update with more loot. For example, Reddit user Hell-Fire442 sharply states:
They need to manually rotate [the loot]. Solutions will come in a few weeks when alArc and BF6 are released. Until then, my guild will no longer exist. We are one of the last remaining guilds on our server. Right now we just hope that some of the newer guilds lose interest in PvE and venture into the PvP zone.
My server is dead. People generally do not get past the PvE barrier, and if they do, they are new players who have basically never played PvP. As a veteran, it is basically bullying to fight against them.
Hell-Fire442 on Reddit
Other players also agree with him. For example, Reddit user xTauroo expresses disappointment about the same old loot in the game and shows little understanding for the fact that after such a long time there are still items that no player has ever had, simply because they haven’t been available yet.
The rotating endgame system of the Deep Desert in Dune: Awakening has been changed repeatedly since release. However, the developers recently stated that they will only change the fundamental system with the next major update “Chapter 3”: Dune: Awakening finally has a roadmap, but the biggest change won’t come until 2026
