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Hey guys, this isn't a rant or rage, just a goodbye message to Dauntless I guess
My name is Adrian Rogue, F.K.A Soulkiller24422. I am a console open beta player, xbox player(hence my old gamertag). I started during the hidden blades huntpass or the ninja huntpass as some would know it. So I have been playing this game for a while with minimal breaks in between due to exams. I tried and played Dauntless everywhere, even on a sh*tty laptop with 3mb/s mobile network. I played this game 10 hours to 15 hours a day when I first started playing. Old veterans, do you remember weekly quests before we had bounties? Ah the fun times.
This game, with the release of reforged slowly dissatisfied the community(from lurking through the sub reddit, I noticed it) and well, I wasn't actually one of those people until the start of Frost Warden huntpass(current huntpass). The event pass... 4.5K for recycled content... Oh boy was I pissed. I didn't buy it since 5k plat costs roughly around the same amount of money as Assassin's Creed Valhalla when it first released. But I moved on and started doing the gifts(RIP my "A" button on my controller). The gifts were the only thing exciting about Dauntless(for me) since the start of reforged. More bugs arrived, more crashes, more just me not enjoying the game. Seeing how my favorite weapon, Chainblades, became butchered with bugs, I started playing Dauntless when asked to(which is once a week). The game became a cash grab and I feel so bad for saying it, but event passes with more or less the same price as regular huntpasses and locking FAST progression behind money just put a nasty taste in my mouth. I wasn't affected by this due to my abundance of resources, but for all the new slayers, I feel sorry for you. I do understand PHXL needs monetization on the game, so I don't blame them, but still, it does upsets me a bit.
Now that my bad opinion is out of the way, here is what good came to me while playing this game. I joined the Heroic Knights guild that changed my life for the better. Teaching me kindness, compassion, respect and most of all, they taught me how to be confident. I have met one of the best people on the guild and some of them I would trust my life to. The guild made me laugh, made me be more creative by giving me the privilege of hosting a Dauntless fashion show within the guild. Creating montages for them and being fortunate enough that they helped me reach T100. The guild made me a better player and person, for that, I will be forever thankful.
Besides the guild, I have met people that helped me on my journey to becoming a decent player in this game, ChangedArtist and Roboslicer to name a few. I started as a bad editor for a South African guild 15 months ago and I am going to end as a Dauntless Knight with people who value me.
To say goodbye, I usually make Dauntless montages each month and this was my final montage: https://youtu.be/cX3-BgjdtMU The montage was edited by Niloc2002, a very awesome person who I have been lucky to meet through Dauntless.
Anyway slayers and PHXL, for those who are still playing, good luck. For those trying for T100, you'll get there, it took me 16 months to reach T100. For new players, don't let this post bring you down, Dauntless is fun, just don't think about money too much. PHXL, thank you for Dauntless, the rollercoaster of this ride, I wanted to end where I remember Dauntless, the fun game, not Dauntless, the game that drained my fun.
I do apologize for my grammar in advance. Clear skies slayers.
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