Dauntless Dev Tracker

Originally posted by NickyNicklas

Are you bringing patrols back? Or something close to how patrols felt?

I'll admit that the reason to why i first started getting hooked on playing Dauntless all those years ago was the fact that we actually had to look for the behemoths and hunt them on the map itself, not knowing which one it'll be (Specifically in patrols).

When the hunting grounds were introduced i felt that the game definitely lost that charm and just became mindless and boring. Having the behemoths constantly respawn and show up on the mini-map ruined the feeling of actually hunting a dangerous monster.

I also felt like the game lost the CO-OP element a bit too. Yea you can hunt together on the hunting grounds, but it'll never top the excitement of being the first to find the behemoth and sending out that flare making people group up and defeat it was exciting.

I love grinding in games, but playing a game where that's the only you do will eventually make people lose interest (w...

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Originally posted by peetar

I never liked "tracking" the Behemoths. It just wasn't fun to load into a big map (that you had memorized from playing dozens of times before). And spending the first few minutes spreading out and running to one of the 4 or 5 pre-generated spawn points. It felt more like a chore, than a hunt. And then if you didn't kill the behemoth fast enough, you'd have to repeat the "hunt" all over again. Any plans to change how the start/interludes of pursuits work?

Originally posted by Due_Extent2124

will we get any new dodge animations?.
i mean... the war pike one was pretty cool.

Originally posted by Due_Extent2124

will we get any new dodge animations?.
i mean... the war pike one was pretty cool.

Originally posted by YoursTrulyHuntty

I have been scrolling down and reading the other comments and have came to ask my own.

With the possible return of pursuits, Should the hunting grounds stay along with the pursuits? It would diverse the community between Hunting grounds and Pursuit.

Originally posted by KorrupiKid

Please tell me about the map

and we are currently working on a world map that will finally show off the frontier of the Shattered Isles in a way you have never seen before!

This is by far the most interesting thing mentioned in teh blog post if you ask me. I have a lot of feelings and concerns for the map.

First of all how will the map work?

The shattered isles are ever changing and islands don't stay in one place. We know they move around which is why we've previously been told there it's difficult to make a map.

What will be on the map?

The blogpost mentions the word "frontier" leads me to believe it will only include Ramsgate and the various islands we hunt on. Ramsgate is said to be a frontier town fighting off the behemoths closest to the Maelstrom. It's hard to tell what the world is like now ever since the skyquake messed up a bunch of stuff, but I imagine the stu...

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Originally posted by FrikityFrock

1. Are there going to be dual-type Behemoths? Whether it be new variants of existing Behemoths or new species altogether?
2. Will weapon elements have more substantial effects on multiple behemoth types? Like instead of blaze weapons only being effective against frost types, it is partially effective against, for instance, umbral and shock, but also partially resistant by radiant, terra, and neutral?
3. There was mention that random island events where AI slayers could be fighting behemoths. Is it possible we could have enemy factions of slayers that side with the behemoths? Even potential PvP?

Originally posted by EmberKoi

I'm pretty sure I speak for almost everyone when I ask, when is a new weapon coming??

Originally posted by peetar

I never liked "tracking" the Behemoths. It just wasn't fun to load into a big map (that you had memorized from playing dozens of times before). And spending the first few minutes spreading out and running to one of the 4 or 5 pre-generated spawn points. It felt more like a chore, than a hunt. And then if you didn't kill the behemoth fast enough, you'd have to repeat the "hunt" all over again. Any plans to change how the start/interludes of pursuits work?

Originally posted by Saphir_blue

Hello, do you intend one these things below: - monsters gaining stackable buff atk for instance + can apply some debuff to slayers (minus atk/def) along with other malus (poison, fire.....) - revamp rewards for gauntlet: uneven distribution (used pots x efforts) + add a way to have some free platinums - raid mode

Originally posted by PrinceUldrenSov22

Will Pursuits also include Lore and secret Side Quests along with Hunting Grounds?

Originally posted by Icy-Bee-2157

So sadly I won’t have the opportunity to be present during the AMA so I am going to ask my questions now and hope they‘ll get answered:

First of all again the things you brought up in the block just sound incredible. I mean honestly one of my questions for this update blog was if we will get a world map like in open beta and boom there is the confirmation…this is just incredible and will bring more clearance and lore to the game and how this world is structured….just thank you so much…if it is any like the map we had back than it’ll be great…

So on to my questions:

1.Since this mode will be substitute Hunting Grounds I am assuming all those maps will be transferred over to this new mode am I correct?

1. Are original Island Models like old ember Thorne cove, the prototyp for restless sands or boreal outpost returning? I mean I like the new models as well but since hunting grounds they just went out of the game and to have much variety in the new...

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Originally posted by Efimity

This is more of a suggestion then a question but, will we have a way to still go for random behemoths in hunting grounds and I was thinking wouldn’t it be cool if we can create a pool of behemoths ourselves while going for randomized pursuits so it can make it more fun for end game players just fight the behemoth they like with still a bit randomization.

Originally posted by Falminar

how will this system interact with the islands that are already established to exist - will each pursuit have a random island like they used to, have the same island for the same behemoth always, or?

will some of the existing islands established by the hunting grounds be cut, or are you expecting to be using all of them in this mode?

New encounters may include things like other wandering Behemoths and other adversarial creatures you can fight, Behemoths attacking NPCs or structures on the island, shrines, and more!

you just gonna randomly drop the word "shrines" with no elaboration?

Originally posted by ninekpinek

Will you bring back desperado outfit in store or any other way for players to get it? Im also wondering if there are any plans to make a new omnicell or to add a new type of range wepon in game any time soon?

Originally posted by HoxtonNotHouston

Is the new gamemode a redesign to the old Hunts (from before Hunting grounds)?

Originally posted by Kensekaru

- Are Arcstones coming back?
- Can we expect to see behemoths running away from arenas again?
- Will pursuits be able to contain multiple monsters in hunts? Kind of like a hybrid between old pursuits and the current hunting grounds.

Originally posted by Gullible_Drive823

what is inside the black meteor in gauntlet?

Originally posted by chaddykev

Will patrols be reintroduced in anyway

Originally posted by BerriesPicking

Are hunting grounds being replaced completely? Or is it just another game mode? After coming back to the game after a few years I like that I can continuously hunt behemoths without having to go through load screens every time compared to the pursuits when the game first came out. Getting rams and weapon xp is so much more doable