PvP is an enormous a part of Dune: Awakening, Funcom’s newly launched survival MMO based mostly on Frank Herbert’s legendary sci-fi sequence, and a few gamers have already discovered a busted technique that the builders wish to repair “ASAP.”
Dune: Awakening launched on June 5 for individuals 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 realized the exhausting method, nevertheless, popping out on prime may be fairly literal, as a brand new meta involving the sport’s flying Ornithopter autos is seeing helpless gamers crushed from above over and over. One participant took to the Dune: Awakening subreddit (through Eurogamer) and posted a video of their plight. The video reveals 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 reveals 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 folks 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 needs to be taking harm from ramming into the bottom at excessive speeds.
Dune: Awakening does give gamers instruments to cope with autos, comparable to explosive weaponry. Gamers being divebombed by Ornithopters may additionally use a car of their very own to attempt to escape or hit again. That being stated, flying autos capable of crash into the bottom with no concern for their very own well-being does appear 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 guide on how to unlock and craft vehicles, in addition to our beginner tips for surviving on Arrakis. Dune: Awakening is off to a robust begin on Steam, having broken 140,000 concurrent players. Funcom introduced the console version of Dune: Awakening, however, won’t release until 2026.