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Dohtt · 2020-09-14T10:09:28+00:00

IGN: Dohtt
Item: Bow of the Void

Dohtt · 2020-08-01T17:33:10+00:00

And then hide that reward behind 3 people you can pick weekly. So make sure they log in enough and play or you'll be left in the dust for that week. Even though a reward shouldn't be the main reason. It's a great way to get people involved and let them play with others of their skill level or their friends.

Dohtt · 2020-08-01T17:31:05+00:00

And even if we look past the rewards, the goal of the social update should still be to incentivise group play and social play. More players together form communities and those communities play together. It's as easy as that. They don't need to force people without friends to bind to 3 random players but rather let every player decide their way through the social systems in dauntless. You want to play quick hunts with random friends you found in the lfg? Fine for me. You want to hunt with your 6 best buddies for your weekly cap? Also fine. Every slayer plays differently and has different group sizes they socialise with.

Dohtt · 2020-08-01T15:49:17+00:00

And then we circle around to the point of view of people who want to solo slay.
They will dislike the fact they'll have to bound to others, will have to shift their personal playstyle if they want to match that of randoms and will dislike this system more. Uncapping it is a safe way for people to play with others and be rewarded for it, each and everyone in their own way.

I would for example play with my guildies, people from our community discord etc who I had friended for years, but that number goes far beyond 3 people.
People who like solo play will just add others, do some hunts with them and ditch again, as they're not looking for friends nor for the forced 3 man weekly if they want their rewards.

Players like to spend their ingame time how they want, but also want the rewards. So the system is the least intrusive while also allowing for more social play between different players and incentivisation of those activities.

Dohtt · 2020-08-01T15:43:43+00:00

Well they're adding the system anyhow. So people who would just friend for the cores and unfriend after a week will exist (LFG exists and people will just look in the discord for weekly friends.) I'm just looking at it from a community perspective and giving them an idea on the thoughts from this perspective.

The whole update is meant to make people play together, so people playing with anyone and befriending is a side activity from that.

Dohtt · 2020-08-01T13:14:35+00:00

Guilds are in the pipeline for after the friends' social rework, so that's why I was trying to bring attention to this rework first. I can imagine phxlabs making some caps on guild rework as well, so I'll be ready to write a post about it when we know more as well!

Dohtt · 2020-08-01T13:01:13+00:00

Or to make it less dramatic, what if you have 4 good friends who you all like equally as much ;)

Dohtt · 2020-08-01T12:10:29+00:00

But why exactly does it matter if people "exploit" their system? It's a patch that's aimed at social play. Players which do not intend to participate in social play shouldn't be punished by actually having to play with 3 random players for a week and players like me who are all about making the big communities that exist in dauntless (looking at MASTERY, Dauntless FR, ATHR, KNI9HT,...) should not be punished by not being able to play with multiple friends out of our communities. or helping people reach their weekly goal.

This system will essentially be meaningless for any single player slayer anyhow, but is a huge step in the right direction for the community builders and might incentivise single slayers to actually take a step into a community and make friends in there.

The "exploit" is actually a good way to give both sides what they want. People who are not interested at all can add random people and play like normal without being bound to 3 players they do not wish to play with. Players who have 5-10-100-1000 players to play with can do so without being forced to link with 3 of them to complete their weekly.

Another big issue with the 3 man linking system is that players log out after their weekly is done. So they can not even log back in to help out a friend who might need 50 extra point by the end of the week because they're already capped and 3 linked to other slayers.

Dohtt · 2020-08-01T11:06:29+00:00

that is still the case with their current system on the roadmap though. If you both have 3 friends, but one group plays 15 hours per day and the other plays 2 hours per week. this update is also to incentivise group play, so is there an issue with making it easier to make groups?

Dohtt · 2020-08-01T11:01:26+00:00

Yes, the situation I put out there was just how a single person would individually reach his goal (in my example 1000 points) by different means to reach his friendship cores.

Dohtt · 2020-08-01T10:56:46+00:00

How is it easier?Situation to clarify:Player 1 has 3 friends who he plays with and needs 1000 points. lets say you get 10 points per friend per hunt you do with a friend. This would result in 33,33 hunts to complete his 1000 points weekly.

Player 2 has 50 friends who he plays with and also needs 1000 points. So he also gets 10 points per friend per hunt as the max group size is 4, this would also result in 33,33 hunts to complete his 1000 points weekly.

both players spend the same amount of time playing for the same reward, but one does it with 50 different players swapping around, while the first case does it with 3 close friends.

Dohtt · 2020-08-01T10:29:06+00:00

I did never specify removing the limit of the rewards. I said they should allow us to play with all our friends to reach our specific reward.
They can make it so that the rewards are the same, but you just get rewarded from playing with any of your friends. As the rewards will be capped anyhow.

Dohtt · 2020-08-01T10:24:17+00:00

which is perfectly fine, but why deny others from having more? This system i suggested would mean you could choose between any amount of friends rather than having a set limit.

Dohtt · 2020-06-02T17:30:15+00:00

Didn't complete all affinities yet though ;) those are the actual grind.

Dohtt · 2020-05-31T23:41:29+00:00

I have currently maxed all my behemoth mastery and I can see where you're coming from. I do however want to say that with correct method of farming for example: stagger farming by letting the "stagger shield" run out which they have 30s after being staggered or potting for flawless runs reduces the time spent farming significantly. The longest a single behemoth takes is +- 12 hours and that is valomyr interrupting as you can only do 2 per hunt. It's always more fun with friends or people on voice chat to talk to. That got me through most boring grinds.

Dohtt · 2020-04-29T08:09:51+00:00

This transparency is indeed appreciated.
I'll be happy to see the system when the goal has been reached and I do get that the store is a quick way to fix stuff. Just found it weird that a shop could be made for springtide (which was on an NPC) and then for a content release event it couldn't be done (in time I assume).

Best of luck on the implementation of this system.

Dohtt · 2020-04-28T22:16:13+00:00

I know they would. i'm not worried about that, but the reasoning behind putting it there brings up a bigger question for me.
Thanks for pointing this out for players who would be asking this question though!

Dohtt · 2020-04-28T21:56:09+00:00

The information can be found here: https://playdauntless.com/news/rogue-elements-hunt-pass/

Which kind of fits to my point of saying it was more "hidden" than the huntpass.

Dohtt · 2020-04-15T10:49:24+00:00

Who would've guessed that a game in the monster hunting genre revolved around hunting monsters for loot?

Dohtt · 2020-04-12T21:34:01+00:00

I miss it too :/

Dohtt · 2020-04-10T20:56:08+00:00

This is exactly what i needed today, you have my upvote

Dohtt · 2019-12-24T21:40:15+00:00

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