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Hello to anyone bored enough to read this,
I am an Old Slayer played this game since Thorn Borne Charrog and watched the amazing evolution of this game. (I am Portuguese so English isn't my first language so sorry if i assassinated some grammar along the way)
When i first download the game i entered into a Monster slaying almost dungeon-like game, you go for a Hunt you kill the Behemoth go back craft better weapons and armor to go kill a stronger Behemoth so on and so forth and i got hooked up on it immediately and grinded for hours on end then came the start of Escalations.
Escalations were a turning point for me and my views on dauntless before i felt like i entered a Hub to go look for some random Behemoth in a random island, i queued up for a Shock Escalation and was stunned there were no longer Random Behemoths on Random Islands they were creatures with purpose and a history for being there, after that i started looking at it as more of a world with it's own history, ecosystem , etc.
Blaze Esc too sold me more on the world itself the variants were a massive part of it because it explained the essence of aether , behemoths and the biology and gave us a bit of Lore.
Umbral Esc was the the nail on the coffin EVERYTHING from the how the new variants explained the history of the island how the character that i previously saw as just another NPC turned into actual character that were actively shaping the Lore to how the keystone tied to the Lore and the destruction of Old Ramsgate sold Dauntless as my favorite game of all time.
Terra Esc more the same thing i expected after Umbral cool new escalation island to explore, setting a new standard for New variants new concepts of missions, and overall expanding the world and the game in new fun and interesting ways.
The Reforge if Umbral esc was an amazing update Reforged become something way beyond that even if i didn't like the mechanic at first this took everything else i liked about the game and amped it up to 10 i like the keystone islands ecosystem and overall behemoth biology? BOOM Hunting Grounds and Lore nodes on which island to give behemoth purpose and a place on the world and something for me to look on which new beautiful island to learn about the history of the world.I liked how the Old Lobby was handled and give the city life? BOOM New lobby to fit that even more perfectly and a Great Story for me to learn why the switch happened? Like but didn't love the progression system in Dauntless? BOOM new progression system with clear goals and new cool things to grind for. Overall a beautiful beautiful Update.
Next came the Frost Esc same thing as Terra simply AMAZING new island with a lot of life a cool and challenging new mechanic and Keystone and cool lore nodes, incredible new variants, and overall new stuff to do and grind for.
Well here we are Echoes of the Future the update that ended the Era of updates focused around new Escalations but we didn't get a new one this update instead we got a new hunting ground island with as much lore and depth as a escalation island with the keystone inside it? SIGN.ME.UP this was a update to end the Era with a bang a cool and very challenging twist on keystones even if there were no new variants the lore and things to grind for made me forget them completely so overall a great end to a Era.
Now Wild Thunder Heroic escalation rotation with a crown as a prize to do them constantly? Simply YES Omnicells? Even if i wasn't keen on letting my disciplined builds go i was over that pretty fast after i took a deep dive find the whole nee realm of build possibilities and even if there were a issue or two loved the Subclass kinda feel they brought to the game.
The most recent Update the reveal of the Phaelanx this in my opinion marks the beginning of a new age of dauntless i went in expecting a behemoth even if using a old skeleton that was fun with a cool twist on the Shriek formula but if you treat this Behemoth and the lead up to it and what his overall existence brought to Dauntless like that oh boy you are wrong. The lead up to this Behemoth with the new island the quests and lore nodes regarding and uncovering the truth of the Ostigaard Empire i was stunned and then the Big Reveal i can't describe it The arena and the island itself the away it all ties to this Behemoth is beyond any i have ever seen its just so perfect and it feels like no other Behemoth, because after all this isn't any other Behemoth this is a man made half Behemoth half machine Bio Weapon created by a ruthless and terrifying Empire and this, if this is anything to go by on what Dauntless is evolving to and what the next updates will be... Well then the rest of 2021 and 2022 will a beyond belief year for the game i love.
Side Note: Even if i praised the game whole the way yes i had my downs with Dauntless the disconnecting problems the way Reforged had problems migrating materials how frustrating some Escalations were on release whole Week one Chronovore but after all that, because of all this problems are what made me love the game even more because for every down and frustrating challenge i faced i knew there was gonna be an amazing up and reward, without this issues i wouldn't love the game as much as i do for only when you endure the pain do you savor the good moments.
Going foward i would love for missions to get a bigger role for example a quest line that concluded in you taking a mission against a powerful behemoth (for example a Quillshot with no spikes but instead his tail spikes grew so large he fights around them like doing swiping motions and launching volley of spikes or something like and after killing it you get a cool new cosmetic like a cool helmet or weapon skin or dye like it the case of Kaltauga i really loved the concept).
On a closing note if to most people these are but mere endless lines of code on a screen for me they are a Ever-changing and evolving World that as never let me down and grew up to became my favorite game of all time.And yes i know this are my views and i am ready for the whole world to come at me on the comments telling me how wrong i am but keep in mind this is my opinion and i will happily read your replies.
If anyone remotely connected to the dev teams reads thsi i know i am a mere player but i send all my love and respect for having created something that was given and still gives me such endless hours of fun and awesome experience.
And to the people that play this amazing Masterpiece,
KEEP CONQUERING THE SKIES SLAYERS <3
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