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30 Aug

Dauntless | Weapons & Weapon Swap AMA

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Originally posted by Sparky1083

Will both weapons effects be possible to activate at the same time.

E.g. The platforms for the terra embermane as well as the fountain thingy from frostwuif?

If so, how would this interact with the level 50 behemoths just as the chronovore and thrax.

This would allow for some sicckkk combos in my personal opinion, and give reason to switch between weapons. Managing the ability cooldowns between weapons would offer some new challenges.

Or, ya know. Balancing...

Some things will carry over, like the whirling blades summoned by a Kharabak UE for instance or the buff from the repeater drops. We are still balancing which exactly will carry over and which kinds of effects should be restricted to the weapon.

Creating cool new combos is exactly the idea though.

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Originally posted by DRLAR

Any work being done in showing Behemot exact HP? in numbers? or maybe in 1/10 chunks at least.. Thanks

I'm curious how many players would like this. Once upon a time, there was no HP bar at all - not even the hearts. In some ways, that adds to "immersion" but in other ways, it's hard to know how much you're doing.

Would y'all like to see big boss health bars at the top of the screen?

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Originally posted by NuraNuraPop

And will anything else be coming in this update? Such as radiant and umbral elemental effects?

On the books, definitely we will be exploring them. If we can find a fun design for these, yes - personally, I don't think dauntless will be complete without them. ;)

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Originally posted by maresa007

I have a question please.....are you going to reset all the weapons? if so, What happens to all the players who have already reforged 20+ times? I have everything in my slayers path, it is 100% complete, is that changing? or just adding more stuff? because if all this is changing why not just make a Dauntless 2 ???? I'm concerned because I worked my player off good to get where she is at.

We are 100% taking time to plan how player's progression will carry over into any new systems. The Slayers Path bonuses from reforging will remain important. And the borders earned will remain / be earned in other ways. You will not log in to find you're back at level 1, but you also will likely not be at max level for every weapon, since the overall ceiling is being raised.

Each reforge will be honored and carried over in the new system -- how exactly, we'll be discussing the plan in an AMA like this much closer to the release.

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Originally posted by Lord_Nethermore

Because the weapons are getting revamped with new and potentially stronger abilities, will behemoths have to revamped as well to counter them like higher health or new abilities?

Like Charrogg for instance is weak to wound damage and others are more prone to stagger damage. Will behemoths have to be balanced to meet the match of this weapon overhaul?

Yes, Behemoths will get slightly stronger. put another way, we anticipate encounters to take slightly longer than they do now.

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Originally posted by KorrupiKid

Will there be changes to mods and specials in this update. Some of them are really bad and underused and this seems like the perfect time to rework them.

oh yes

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Originally posted by HurrycaneTheTiger

Is the weapon swapping going to be limited to only 2 weapons at a time or be able to switch between multiple, and will this feature be unlockable from the Slayer's path or available right out the gate? On top of this will we be able to switch to 2 different weapons of the same group but different types, such as switching between 2 different swords, or 2 different warpikes, opposed to only being able to switch to 2 different weapons

You'll have two weapons equipped at a time. And it will be unlocked in the slayer's path --- relatively early, but not so early to overwhelm new playesr.

Yes, 2 weapons of similar types is a-ok.

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Originally posted by Bok408

I know roughly what the majority of the next update will be, but do you intend to introduce any proper side activities? Like I know housing will most likely never happen, but I do remember fishing almost being finished before all of a sudden being scrapped.

I just wonder if any kind of side activities like these will be implemented that have a bit of teeth to them. Slaying behemoths with different kinds of weapons and builds is fun, but eventually it does get boring. And that boredom only arrives quicker if there is nothing else to take our attention every now and then.

There is LOTS that we haven't talked about yet :D you don't know everything!

Side activities — potentially some, but most will still be related to hunting. What we are planning to focus on is making hunting more dynamic and exciting. Rather than load in, find behemoth, kill it, repeat. You may stumble across... a few other things that grab your attention ;)

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Originally posted by Swift_N_Deadly

Thank you. I have been fighting to keep this game alive and trying my best to entice new players to the game. But it's very hard somethings especially in the last year.

I'm very excited for everyone to dig in to what we're working on.

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Originally posted by maresa007

I have a question please.....are you going to reset all the weapons? if so, What happens to all the players who have already reforged 20+ times? I have everything in my slayers path, it is 100% complete, is that changing? or just adding more stuff? because if all this is changing why not just make a Dauntless 2 ???? I'm concerned because I worked my player off good to get where she is at.

We are 100% taking time to plan how player's progression will carry over into any new systems. The Slayers Path bonuses from reforging will remain important. And the borders earned will remain / be earned in other ways. You will not log in to find you're back at level 1, but you also will likely not be at max level for every weapon, since the overall ceiling is being raised.

Each reforge will be honored and carried over in the new system -- how exactly, we'll be discussing the plan in an AMA like this much closer to the release.

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Originally posted by DemHows

Will there be switching specific mods/specials/cells/amps/UEs or switching effects (i.e. switching to Axe gives dmg% or switching from Strikers gives whatever) in general?

This is something we're certainly talking about. Effects that trigger on swap. Depends if its fun to play once we get into it.

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Originally posted by Coffeethirst

Will you be adding elemental debuffs for radiant or umbral? Even something like doing less damage or taking more damage would be cool. Less accurate attacks could be nice. Or even something unique like affecting behaviors, maybe how long rage/aether lasts.

We've got these in the plan - but don't have a solid design for yet. I don't think Dauntless will be complete until we get them, personally ;)

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Originally posted by SilnCalroshi

Sorry for the off topic question, do you have plans on expanding the development team? Can fans help you build features, even for free?

To be honest, you all help by participating in these chats. We always come away with more insight into what's important to you - and sometimes your questions trigger great conversations that lead to new features or better ideas!

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Originally posted by hyde360

If you have your weapons in different levels, how is the swap going to work when you are on an island with a weapon level cap?

you will be instantly yeeted into the sky and land back in ramsgate.

Just kidding, if you're on the island you're good

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Originally posted by PokeStarChris42

That sounds pretty damn cool, would love to see it happen

Check out the videos in the blog post linked in the post!

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Originally posted by Sparky1083

Have you thought about making exotics just a weapon class of it's own?

Like the current exotics would be in that class, but you could also make new, weapon variant exotics.

E.g. Excalibur, a slower sword with higher damage Or a spear instead of a pike, allowing you to throw and retrieve your spear.

Could be cool, could be crap, 1 way to find out

Most weapons will feel more like the exotics of today

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Originally posted by med000000000000

will weapon swapping be swopping between two loadouts or two weapons in the same loadout?

Just the weapons

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Originally posted by NinjaMaster231456

Omnicells have a linked element (Tempest - Shock, Revenant - Umbral, Bastion - Neutral, etc.) except for Terra. Are we gonna get a 7th Terra themed Omnicell in the future

Bastion will be terra ;)

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Originally posted by Falminar

if weapons will be crafted from multiple behemoths now, then does that mean the number of weapons is getting reduced? (and if so, are there any plans to compensate progress on existing weapons, is there any reason to craft or powersurge any existing weapons?)

and since weapons are now compiled from multiple behemoths, will there still be anything thats rewarded from hunting only a single behemoth?

weapons are supposed to be highly unique after this update, but are you willing to share to what extent theyll be the same? you gave as a loose example "a frost sword that uses the old sword moveset and a blaze sword that uses the new sword moveset", which is probably not accurate, but if it were true then the two weapons wouldnt even be recognizable as swords beyond aesthetics. how many combos do you expect to be shared between two weapons of the same type on average, what will tie them together as both being swords and not entirely different things?

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Likely, especially at first, less weapons total - but more unique playstyles than the current suite of weapons.

Yes, we are 100% planning to make sure everyone is fairly compensated for their account's progress when things change.

How much is the same — depends on the weapon. In the video in the blog you can see the Umbral sword has a totally different set of combos than the frost one. But there will likely be a sword that has the same combos as the frost one but different special abilities or passives.

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Originally posted by Wizard_Weed

How will this affect balancing with monsters and weapons? I mean will monsters be stronger or weapons be weaker in any way and if so how?

Expect Behemoths to be stronger overall than they are right now. I expect total fight times to increase slightly across the board.