PvP is a giant a part of Dune: Awakening, Funcom’s newly launched survival MMO based mostly on Frank Herbert’s legendary sci-fi collection, and a few gamers have already discovered a busted technique that the builders wish to repair “ASAP.”
Dune: Awakening launched on June 5 for many who paid for the sport’s pricier editions (or June 10 for everybody else), and a few gamers have already reached its PvP-focused endgame–the Deep Desert. It is there the place the sport’s most treasured useful resource, Spice, is discovered, and the place gamers duke it out in large-scale PvP to come back out on prime.
As some gamers have discovered the laborious approach, nevertheless, popping out on prime might be fairly literal, as a brand new meta involving the sport’s flying Ornithopter automobiles is seeing helpless gamers crushed from above again and again. One participant took to the Dune: Awakening subreddit (through Eurogamer) and posted a video of their plight. The video exhibits consumer Bombe18 repeatedly crushed by an Ornithopter crashing into the bottom. Each time Bombe18 self-revives, they’re crushed once more, and shortly a second Ornithopter exhibits as much as make Bombe18’s life much more depressing.
The video prompted a response from Funcom’s Joel Bylos, who responded to the video by stating “Sorry about this. We’ve got individuals engaged on fixing the goomba stomping ASAP.” Bylos did not go into extra element on what precisely the repair would entail, however gamers on Reddit appear to agree that Ornithopters ought to be taking injury from ramming into the bottom at excessive speeds.
Dune: Awakening does give gamers instruments to cope with automobiles, corresponding to explosive weaponry. Gamers being divebombed by Ornithopters might additionally use a automobile of their very own to attempt to escape or hit again. That being mentioned, flying automobiles in a position to crash into the bottom with no concern for their very own well-being does seem to be a difficulty that must be addressed, so it is good to see Funcom is paying shut consideration.
For these seeking to do their very own Ornithopter diving runs, take a look at our Dune: Awakening information on unlock and craft automobiles, in addition to our newbie suggestions for surviving on Arrakis. Dune: Awakening is off to a robust begin on Steam, having damaged 140,000 concurrent gamers. Funcom introduced the console model of Dune: Awakening, nevertheless, will not launch till 2026.