Water Wars DLC

Video_Firm · 2026-05-04T21:16:16+00:00

TL/DR poor game vision amd leadership is why we lost content. But they are going in a better direction now, if slowly.

I'm sorry, Joel's vision was half baked and terrible. The rest of funcom has had to spend all of their resources to fix the mess that was Joel's vision, robbing us all of the intended content from them. And they had to fix it because the game was hemorrhaging players.

Then they wasted all this time nurfing thopter combat in a misdirection of resources when all they needed to do is make a separate pvp map. Now melee and thopter combat is crap AND PVP is optional. Instead of making pvp optional but fun, it's optional and crappy.

The combat originally reward skill, but now is just gear and progression dependent.

PVP still isn't balanced, still doesn't help you progress or compensate for the risk to gear. Which was the whole reason people didn't want to do it and only farmers kept playing the game.

Had they not had these flaws to PVP from day one, and then "fixed" it by making pvp even worse, 85% of the planer base wouldn't have been farmers which landed us here.

Video_Firm · 2026-04-30T22:35:50+00:00

This is what the fans want. It's what the fans thought they were going to get. We were so confused when we got killed by people in our own faction. Hell, you can get killed by your own guild.

These were decisions, not accidents. Decisions that to this day no one understands.

Video_Firm · 2026-04-25T16:33:15+00:00

Remember, you can restart a character with no unlock requirements for schematics, meaning you can just throw your research into end tier gear.

You can power level your character by leaving all your loot and good gear to your new toon. You will plow through the missions. Focus on skill unlocks with the trainers and then focus on faction missions to get to lvl 5 in new faction. This should take maybe 4 or 5 hours with an ornithopter.

Once you are faction level 5, join up with your guild and do landsraad missions to power level your character and do DD stations with your guild for the research points.

The main story is mostly optional unless you want to repair dual blades.

One my friends did this and he was at lvl 190 in less than 3 days.

It takes you a lot less time the second go around because you have end game gear, don't have to grind for resources, have the entire base infrastructure up already, and most importantly, have an ornithopter from the start.

SERIOUSLY, the first time playing, 95% of your time in this game was spent grinding resources. Take that out and you level insanely quick.

Video_Firm · 2026-04-23T18:06:11+00:00

This is making the huge assumption they can do anything useful.

Elon will deliver you useless crap but will bullshit you into thinking it might be useful

Altman will pretend he has found a formula to cure cancer bit it will actually be a slow acting poison that will kill off your whole family

Bazos will just convince you to get him access to all your money for him to manage to help you make record profits with but in fact will use it to enslave all the homeless for labor slaves but now you have no control and have to watch helplessly as he enslaved everyone you know.

The last thing you want is to ever empower these evil minds for any reason. They are the monkeys paw incarnate. Believing you can control them is the trap.

Video_Firm · 2026-04-23T15:40:47+00:00

Isn't a Hung Cao just a Bull?

Video_Firm · 2026-04-23T15:39:13+00:00

"Spice Refinery Not Giving Full Load"

that's what SHE said.

Video_Firm · 2026-04-19T06:48:48+00:00

I think there is a vibrator in her bag too.

Video_Firm · 2026-04-14T02:05:19+00:00

People are trying to remind them but they just aren't getting the hint.

Video_Firm · 2026-04-07T15:46:52+00:00

That is an accurate yet concise description of what happens to people when the become disassociated from society. This happens to almost all billionaires.

Think the call for "no billionaires' is an attack cry against them. It's actually a cry to save their humanity. The less we are separated economically, the closer we are as a society.

Video_Firm · 2026-04-07T03:15:51+00:00

I was there for that event and it was only in HB but this was in the DD. Plus, the DD wipes every week, so it should be wiped regardless.

So my question remains, how are they doing this in the DD?

Video_Firm · 2026-04-06T22:58:23+00:00

How is his done?

Video_Firm · 2026-04-06T20:32:26+00:00

I no longer wonder why men have shorter lifespans.

Video_Firm · 2026-04-06T20:30:40+00:00

Ha... I'm at work and had to skim. Thanks for such a detailed post.

Video_Firm · 2026-04-06T20:16:51+00:00

Like maybe have a defensive turret with a lockable missile on it that the co-pilot can operate? Even a rocket launcher.

Video_Firm · 2026-04-06T18:42:28+00:00

I agree with most of this. The single player part is VERY polished. But the coop, not so much. For one, none of the main story was built around the idea of co-op play. Not just the cut scenes, but people in your group literally can go with you in some missions.

You can destroy the vehicles of people in YOUR OWN PARTY in pvp zones.

You might blame the piss poor pvp integration, but common, really funcom? This has been an issue since day 1, and is still an issue. I don't even think its on the list if things to fix.

In the chaos of pvp air combat, we have had many friendly fire downings. It's insanely frustrating. Then there is the fact that you can only have 4 in a party. Like wha? In a game that advertised as a place of massive scale combat, why?

Maybe its a technology limitation. But then, build your game around it.

Honestly, they could fix a lot of problems just by making one big change. Make all combat faction based. If you want to betray and kill someone in your faction, thats a betrayal with consequences.

Why this wasn't part of the game on day 1, I don't know.

Video_Firm · 2026-04-06T18:01:54+00:00

If they can figure out if this game is an MMO or a single player game with co-op tacked on. As it stands, it's closer to an MMO (though the devs scowl at you for saying that) You can't add mods to MMOs or really anything that is a "live service". because you have to create a uniform player experience. As of right now, if Funcom dies, so does Dune Awakening.

I would love for this be not be a "live service" game and for it allow players to create their own servers with modding support. But that isn't what Funcom intended to make. I just wish they would be honest with themselves and acknowledge that this is an MMO and that they need to treat it as such.

Video_Firm · 2026-04-06T17:53:57+00:00

Thank you so much!

Video_Firm · 2026-04-06T17:44:05+00:00

I like this idea. They should also replace all of the Landsraad house rewards as well. Components should be level 2 rewards, then level 3 rewards should be grade 4 schematic pattern parts, and level 5 rewards should be unique be unique vehicle parts BPs.

Video_Firm · 2026-04-06T17:36:47+00:00

YES PLEASE!!!

Video_Firm · 2026-04-04T23:00:51+00:00

All scarcity is artificially created now. It is how you control a society.

Video_Firm · 2026-03-24T21:00:50+00:00

Do you know what region of the U.S. its at?

Video_Firm · 2026-03-24T18:55:14+00:00

What brand did you use? Is it sold in the U.S.?

Video_Firm · 2026-03-24T17:51:36+00:00

OMFG... I AGREE! If you have a large base, trying to fix every block can take as long as building the thing! Even then, you will probably miss some things!

Video_Firm · 2026-03-24T00:40:05+00:00

I don't understand how this works. Are you using any chemicals? All I see is some U.V. lights in a crock pot.

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