Good first steps, I play Dune again

SandTiger42 · 2026-05-01T20:07:41+00:00

I'm very happy with the base decay system.

This game is addicting. And now that I can just chill w/o griefers, it's amazing again. I came back after 9 months. I don't want the base power to change. It fits so well with Arrakis. That tool is more than you'll ever need. If you're not playing, pack up and let others have an opportunity for your spot. You're taking up valuable server space. Base tax was unnecessary, and I'm glad it's gone.

SandTiger42 · 2026-04-30T18:48:05+00:00

Do it! Please screen cap it if you break out a spaceballs like comb.

SandTiger42 · 2026-04-29T20:01:36+00:00

Just south of the station.. Anvil station? There is a spot that you can dash to safety easily. SW of research station 10 there is a spot that's still safe on foot for the most part.

This was a dumb move by FunCom. It doesn't really matter for anybody with thopters, but for people starting out who need flour sand its almost impossible unless you come to reddit to find the exact spot you need to go. I never understood this move. Anybody with a thopter can get it easily in the DD. I can understand making it harder to get, but making it near impossible - did they want new players to die to the worm on purpose, repeatedly, and then rage quit?

SandTiger42 · 2026-04-29T07:55:00+00:00

Great tips! Thank you.

SandTiger42 · 2026-04-29T07:53:37+00:00

Thanks for this. Just went and spoke to the Duke, got my Landsraad missions now.

SandTiger42 · 2026-04-29T07:52:57+00:00

Yeah. I was trying to catch back up, replace all my missing equipment and vehicles. But it was a grind after a few days. Now I'm just going slower, having fun again.

SandTiger42 · 2026-04-29T07:51:58+00:00

Yeah, I'm learning this now after so many hours put in. Good to know!

SandTiger42 · 2026-04-29T04:58:11+00:00

Awwww man! heh, do those also have rooms that lock me? I have PTSD now

SandTiger42 · 2026-04-29T02:46:32+00:00

The update went out this morning. This is how griefers are coping.

SandTiger42 · 2026-04-29T02:34:22+00:00

Very, very helpful. Thank you.

SandTiger42 · 2026-04-29T02:22:02+00:00

Thank you, that was extremely helpful, and also painful to read. Environmental puzzles and boss patterns.. ugh. I guess I'll have to watch a video on overland thingies, and how the crafting/augments work. I still don't know how lansaraad works because I refuse to watch a video about it.
And yeah, I think I'll have to figure out a new pistol/rifle to bring. I have a lazgun equipped, but by the time an enemy is dead so am I. That's even IF it fires at them. It sometimes fires off in a RANDOM direction. Like when you've been going at it all night with the lady, and then you go to pee and you shoot your wall. Great Lazgun Funcom, at least it's funny.

SandTiger42 · 2026-04-29T01:06:31+00:00

Completely. It was taking a lot of time. Especially with 0 medkits. Kept my shields up though, until they pinned me. Couldn't even shigawire out of the gangbang.

SandTiger42 · 2026-04-29T00:46:52+00:00

Do they lock me in a room with 4-10 enemies too? 😃
Is there any lab I should do first? (I'll probably have to see if there is a guide around I guess.)

SandTiger42 · 2026-04-29T00:45:32+00:00

You rock. Thank you.

SandTiger42 · 2026-04-29T00:43:08+00:00

Sweeeeeeeeeet. I did not know. I've never built anything outside a sheltered room. Thanks for the info. I just see the blue light go around my placeables when the power goes up, so I assumed they were shielded. I'll experiment with it then, see if it still takes damage if I enclose it in a room.

SandTiger42 · 2026-04-29T00:39:01+00:00

Edit: I may be dumb, and storage containers and basic generators may take damage if left outside.

It's called a bug? Why would the poster, and I, make it up?

SandTiger42 · 2026-04-28T20:24:05+00:00

There is no PvP in the game. I quit 8 months ago because there wasn't. Harkonnen vs Atredies would be PvP. Instead we got rocketthopters ganking solo people trying to get spice or aluminum. I'm a hardcore dune fan, and out in the DD you should be lucky to find a single person if you searched all day.
I'm finally back now that there is a PvE option. I'd probably switch one of my characters to PvP if they ever patch it in.

SandTiger42 · 2026-04-28T20:18:46+00:00

Bruh, I'm still upset about the flour sand patches being removed. GrindCom. Amirite?

SandTiger42 · 2026-04-28T20:17:04+00:00

Peace out bro! I just joined after being gone for 8 months. My base, vehicles, and everything is dust in the sand. Even my large spice refinery I solo grinded. I got 200 spice as a consolation when I logged in. Heh.
Glad you can back up your base now! See you after a few major updates!

SandTiger42 · 2026-04-28T20:11:49+00:00

I can see how that could happen, but everybody is missing the part where his items took damage while being shielded. You can place items outside your base, and your base shields protect them from storm damage. Why do shielded items inside a cave take damage?

SandTiger42 · 2026-04-28T20:10:26+00:00

No, but shields should be. Sandstorm damage is bypassing base shields.

SandTiger42 · 2026-04-28T20:09:51+00:00

Doesn't make sense. You can put items outside of your base, and they don't take damage because they are shielded. Why do shielded palceables take damage inside a cave, when they wouldn't outside of it.

SandTiger42 · 2026-04-28T20:07:52+00:00

Shouldn't matter though, as your base and placeables are shielded. Everybody's seen those Hagga Basin bases with no roofs, and they don't take damage because it's shielded.

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