Dune: Awakening Dev Working on PvP and Deep Desert Issues as New Concurrent User Peak Record Is Set

Dune: Awakening developer Funcom has said it's "working on" issues that are bugging players erstwhile they caput retired into the Deep Desert, including respawn times.

Though Funcom has already confirmed there's a hole coming for players sick of getting squished by helicopters successful PvP — which is inactive cited arsenic a immense occupation — main originative officer, Joel Bylos, popped up successful the Reddit comments of 1 station to guarantee fans the squad was addressing the issue.

"We are moving connected a clump of changes/fixes to these things. Please carnivore with us," Bylos wrote.

Bylos was responding to a station by redditor rustypipe7889, who had outlined their issues with Dune: Awakening's PvP and the Deep Desert. Chief among them is the instant respawn timer successful the PvP areas ("even erstwhile you triumph a agelong winded conflict the losing squad volition conscionable re-spawn instantly successful the section area").

Meanwhile, different players person reported antithetic issues with Dune: Awakening's endgame, though Bylos is yet to straight respond to those complaints. "End crippled is simply a full mess," lamented redditor Darqsat.

"There's thing other successful [Deep Desert] to pull PvE players, truthful DD usually bare and consists lone brainsick PvP tryhards. Officially, PvE ends successful T5 with Duraluminium. And either they effort antithetic builds, oregon base-building, oregon they conscionable permission the game. Nothing motivates them to spell heavy into desert. No legendary storyline quests, nary definite PvE items similar conveyance parts, oregon basal parts, nothing."

The complaints astir Dune: Awakening's endgame travel arsenic the endurance MMO deed a caller precocious implicit the play of 189,333 players.

Dune: Awakening has enjoyed a superb launch, with a 'very positive' idiosyncratic reappraisal standing connected Steam. Within hours of going unrecorded connected June 10, Funcom's endurance MMO had clocked up implicit 142,000 concurrent players connected Valve's platform. You tin besides spot what we marque of it truthful acold successful our Dune: Awakening reappraisal successful progress.

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