[2021] State of Dauntless # 4 | The Roadmap is dead. LONG LIVE THE ROADMAP!

Originally posted by Falminar

Eh. I liked the old roadmap, this external one just doesn't have the same sort of style.

Oh well.

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More radiant content for the rest of Hunting Grounds is nice, but you can't just leave Resca behind either! You've got the pattern going, you gotta cap it off - especially since you're expanding the Escalation system with the rotating Heroic Escalations. Don't leave this unfinished!

Originally posted by SheShaft

No Repeaters rework? It should honestly be a top priority at this point. Still no prismatic slots, still no way to interupt, forced mobility cell. What a disgrace that the team has given up on one of its weapons. No plans to add an 8th weapon, and can't fix any of the broken ones. Pike is still rubbish F tier, and so are repeaters. Strikers still need nerfed. Chain blades still can't activate their special without hitting invisible walls or straight up flying into the sky out of the map for 10 seconds. PHXL has completely abandoned their weapons. They basically just tell everyone 'pick strikers and git gud at them. Nothing else matters.' What a joke. Literal clowns.

Originally posted by Uminagi

Pretty sure that what everyone wants are the weapons reworks and weapon 8.

Originally posted by InconsistentEchidna

So you're reworking wounds but not the warpike at the same time? Just asking to clarify.

Originally posted by SheShaft

There's no possible content you could be working on that matters more than the weapons. There's nothing that players will use or experience more than they will with the weapons in their hands. If you fix or improve some aspect of the game, say, wounds for example, how does that help repeater players? What if you fix hunting grounds? That doesn't help players who grind escalations; But if you fix weapons, players will Always be using them. You take your weapon to escalations, hunting grounds, even non combat areas like ramsgate. You can't avoid having a weapon. So the only constant in the game is the tool in the slayer's hands. Don't you think that one single constant should work, function, and feel good to use? That's more important for player retention than anything else. Pretty monsters or better grinding loops don't matter if the weapons are either unfun or don't work/are unviable.

Originally posted by Charetta

Once again you've failed with your transparency. It would've been appreciated if you guys told us that the old Roadmap was gonna get deleted. I didn't even have a chance to take one last look at its really nice and unique design and maybe screenshot it to remember what it once was: a cool experience with a different kind of Roadmap.

 

Speaking of that, what's your problem with pretty and unique designs? First you replaced the old menu screen layout to something generic and boring, then you messed up with the Inventory and Armor crafting menu and now this.

You couldn't have these two pages existing at the same time? The old Roadmap for the fans and the new one as a reference for you developers and for players who wants to keep themselves updated to any single new thing in there.

I may have an unpopular opinion here but I'm once again disappointed in the lack of transparency and discussion on this beforehand. The old Roadmap was for both you and for us. Now it feels like you left out the "us" part with the sudden disappearance of the old Roadmap, which was something unique I really liked about Dauntless. Now it feels less unique. Sure, the new Roadmap is more organized and you get a zoomed out view of both development plans and issues, but it looks so dull. Like, maybe Internet Explorer level of dull.

 

Having seen the new cards on the new Roadmap, here are two more things:

Kinda interested what plans of designs and gameplay about the Elite Fauna, but before you focus more on those you should fix the Styxians (which are supposed to work as they're intended but they're currently not doing that job) and the Gruk-Gruks (you probably already heard of the issues with them). And honestly, I'd rather have the focus on creature designs for Skyfishing (I wish it was a thing already D: ) than Elite Fauna that will probably be bugged at launch and not work as they're intended.

More interested in the Trials rework, but how do the Steel Marks and Gilded Marks come into play? You mention of Stars, but there are already a max of 3 Stars earned in the Trials. Will amount of Stars be increased for the additional challenges? What's the maximum of Stars to earn all 300 weekly Steel/Gilded Marks (unless they stay at max 3 Stars)?

Originally posted by Cold_Tomorrow_7051

So not all of you are ninjas...but some of you are, right? :D

Jokes aside, I like this listed style. Little less fancy than the road map but feels faster to navigate and cleaner. Love to see "Players are running into various disconnects" and its ongoing improvements on top of the list (not that I think they are listed by priority, but still).

Also I like that weapon 8 and rework didn't make the transition: better to fix the old bugs than to release new content.

All in all, lots of good ideas, looking forward to see their deployments. Good luck!

Originally posted by Significant_Spell_96

it actually doesn't sound like you've been listening to your player base at all. We've been waiting for a new weapon and weapon reworks (Pike specifically).

There are so many QoL bugs that haven't been fixed that are flat out ruining the playstyle of certain weapons. Chain Blades for example: if there is a broken tree on the ground, broken monster part...etc...something that isn't there naturally, it creates a wall in which push/pull/backflip & attack can't pass through. Yet on the other hand you can pull right through a behemoth to the opposite side and not get reapers dance credit....the list goes on and it's all ignored.

FFS fix your game and ACTUALLY listen to your players.

Originally posted by PieOfJustice

The Favro board feels like trello. Not sure why that was needed, when trello served the same purpose.

Originally posted by shadowclone515

I have a suggestion for your hunting grounds portals experimental...

1) Make it appear in higher level hunting grounds like 14-20 hunting grounds.

2) Make it a giant portal or monolith in the middle of the hunting grounds.

3) In order to open the portal, slayers will have to charge the portal with aether or a key system that they get from slaying behemoths in the hunting grounds. Like a shared goal where everyone contributes into unlocking the portal.

4) A countdown will appear once the portal has been charged or unlock prompting slayers to gather.

5) When the portal is opened, it could be what you designed it for i.e. loot caves or it will lead to a keystone behemoth, or a monster house* behemoth house, where there are more than 2 behemoths appearing at the same time.

6) The portals will be designed for high tier hunting grounds and this design will ensure that slayers will not be alone when entering the portal.

These are just my 2 cents on the portal thingy you mentioned hope it helps

Originally posted by ze4lex

Imo the weapons are as much the lifeblood of the game as are the behemoths. Adressing the issues of the new updares is the correct course and a priority for sure, but dropping new weapons and weapon reworks just tells me that i should extend my dauntless break untill you ressume them.

The sword rework was prob one of the best uodates we've seen and im super bummed other weapons wont get the same treatment.

Originally posted by Momsspaghett0

Is there any way for me to get this roadmap set up in my favro app ?