Dauntless Dev Tracker

Originally posted by damcrit

Guess I don't really understand the reasoning behind these decisions - how would they benefit the game over simplistic and very much needed Quality of Life updates you could be doing instead, that doesn't need the game to be put on further hiatus that it basically has been for a while now.

The State of Dauntless post isn't really giving much info to go on either, since everything that is listed there can be followed up with a question such as 'like what?' or 'how exactly?', and judging by the promises made on your Trello board in the past, on mechanics you should have improved or added to the game (and a whole array of logical improvements that I don't know if you even considered), I don't really have much hope on anything being delivered, until I actually see them.

And just as an example of QoL update over revamped mechanics, instead of you reworking a whole lot of systems to allow multiple weapons at the same time, why not just simply update to allow switching loa...

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Originally posted by WIIU_Awesome

1)Will combat finally get challenging and not frustrating? For the longest part of dauntless self healing has been op. This resulted on making hard challenging content awful...either spam stuff or one shot players. I know a lot of players use this clutch but it should never have been too strong.

2)Will consumables ever get love? Like the grenades and other consumables don't even do anything.

3)The biggest disappointment with reforge update is that we were promised island changes...what we got was rather bad...will this update actually attempt to make them better?A solution i proposed at a time was to combine at least 3-4 maps and make them bigger, more variety, more fauna. Arena behemoths don't feel interactive.

Originally posted by GENM_ACT

In the meantime, is there anything you can tell us more about the new elements? We don't want to see a repeat of the Gauntlet mistake, so I think we need to listen seriously to our players' opinions and consider our future plans.

Originally posted by Impossible-Gap6741

1.Will there be an option to pick the time of day on certain islands,  2.will certain places in ramsgate be getting an upgrade? 3. Do you have plans to do anything with the neutral element in the future?

Originally posted by GENM_ACT

You said that "events and activities continue to be plentiful in the run-up to the big update", do you really believe that? There are no attractive events throughout the year and since the addition of Radiant Escalation and Alaila it has been quite boring. People who don't speak English well or aren't enthusiastic don't check what the developers are saying on Discord. Could you please have more transparency and open communication with the players?

Originally posted by GENM_ACT

You said that "events and activities continue to be plentiful in the run-up to the big update", do you really believe that? There are no attractive events throughout the year and since the addition of Radiant Escalation and Alaila it has been quite boring. People who don't speak English well or aren't enthusiastic don't check what the developers are saying on Discord. Could you please have more transparency and open communication with the players?

Originally posted by MrHorris

Early on Dauntless was touted as a challenging game where you expressed your skill through your ability to successfully slay a Behemoth, but as time went on it shifted into a bit more of a power fantasy where slaying the Behemoth became a given and skill expression was through how well you slayed a Behemoth. Any plans to shift/embrace where the power fantasy of the game currently stands?

Originally posted by Intelligent-Tap1742

Would weapon switching affect weapon based bounties, like would simply having the weapon equipped count?I'm assuming not but I wanted clarification, like the bounty that says stagger with repeaters, there are only so many options but with weapon swapping we could do it from it just being there??

How will levelling be affected, will both weapons get XP if both or are used in the fight or only the weapon that kills the behemoth and if it goes to both will it be shared 50/50 or 100/100??

And I know it's switching from one weapon type to another but I feel like that opens up space for one handed weapons, just wondering if it's a possibility??

I know I'm technically only allowed 3 but I have a suggestion As a QoL improvement could we get more accurate behemoth health info, like in the journal, not just telling us about the behemoth but also hp, moves etc.

Originally posted by Zer0X344

Any plans to add new specials to existing weapons anytime soon? Strikers for example only have adamant bolt, and Titan Crash.

Originally posted by Distinct_Elephant_84

With the announcement of changes coming to Dauntless next summer, myself, and probably many other slayers, welcome the idea of these changes as the state of Dauntless currently is stale.

Dauntless is chucked full of potential and many players have been hoping for some time for the Devs to breathe new life into the game.

So my question is, given the state of Dauntless and how the Devs have seemingly not bothered much with the progression of the game itself, is Dauntless a project that the Devs are actually passionate about and want to see flourish?

I have played a fair few MMOs and it is does become quite apparent when a dev team may not be as invested in a gaming project as much as they could be, as this is what really makes any gaming project shine and become something that players truly enjoy, when the development team are behind the project 100%.

Originally posted by KorrupiKid

Question from cat.alva on Discord who couldn't attend the AMA

When will the next event weapon (like silver sword and golden claws) be released

Originally posted by napta682

Question 1 I understand you probably can't speak much to this, but can you give a vague idea as to what the "weapons with unique identities" will be. Will they be something similar to exotics but slightly different?

Question 2 Have the devs considered giving a category name to weapons like the silver sword and golden claws? It's a very small thing but it would nice to have a way to refer to them as a whole

Originally posted by Threef

Idea about Damage Cap (and other caps) seems controversial, but I think I like it. There was also a mention of getting rid of "steamrolling the Behemoths", which I like even more. Does that go together? Will the caps be dependent on the Behemoth we're fighting? How will it work?

Originally posted by Icy-Bee-2157

By reading your state of dauntless and seeing that you indeed plan on putting the hunting experience and the feeling of a more open world with various options into focus I was wondering:

Do you maybe think about bringing patrols and even expeditions back into the game?

Of course they‘d need to be overworked and given a new purpose but after all for the game to feel more open worldly with various things to do or to make your way through the shattered isles I think those modes might be „a vine addition to your collection“.

Originally posted by MrHorris

Early on Dauntless was touted as a challenging game where you expressed your skill through your ability to successfully slay a Behemoth, but as time went on it shifted into a bit more of a power fantasy where slaying the Behemoth became a given and skill expression was through how well you slayed a Behemoth. Any plans to shift/embrace where the power fantasy of the game currently stands?

Originally posted by saiykuu

Are we ever going to see a revamped training grounds? The capabilities we're missing like wounding, dodging and using tonics make it not accurately reflect actual gameplay as well as making it pretty useless for actually testing anything outside of just hitting the behemoth.

How will the secondary weapon play into perk summary and elemental advantage? Will the weapon's unique effect or innate perk work when the weapon is inactive? And would elemental advantage from the current weapon apply to off-field attacks from the other?

Any chance we could get routine updates on development progress until the big update is released? Something aside from an AMA which actually showcases the changes and additions that have occurred in between, to keep players interested and assure us that it's actually coming.

Originally posted by slender_kitten

Are there any plans to add weapon levels and therefore behemoth levels above level 20?

Originally posted by Xx_Sebas_Xx77

This year will we have updates that will bring a lot of content? Will we ever see more game modes? For example, a way that we are a behemoth and we play it with friends and we have to kill our friends and they kill me. (I hope they understand me)

Originally posted by slender_kitten

Are there any plans to add weapon levels and therefore behemoth levels above level 20?

Originally posted by Crumpled-Receipt

1.) will swapping between weapons have an effect? Like a parry (which would be sick) or attack speed boost. 2.) when can we expect a next behemoth? 3). How do you plan on keeping the game alive?