While initially lauded as one of the greatest survival games to date,Dune: Awakeninghas seen growing player discontent over the weeks since its launch.
Within a few days of release, the endgame Deep Desert section of the game washeavily panned by gamers, forcing developers Funcom tomake some major changes, including creating PvE-only areas in the region. Even then, though, players weren’t safe, withgriefers finding a way to ruin things for others. There have also beenproblems with hackers,item duplication exploits, andvehicle interaction, all of which have culminated inan awful lot of empty bases on Arakis.
Players have found numerous reasons to drop the game, at least until the developers fix the issues, but it’s likely that at least one will never return, as a story has surfaced of one solo player who was raided so badly that they temporarily crashed the game’s economy.
One Server’s Spice Prices Dropped By Almost 50 Percent Following A Dune: Awakening Heist
The story was firstsharedon the Dune: Awakening subreddit by Alternative_You452, a member of The Spiral community Discord, which reports on the happenings in the Deep Desert. It’s claimed that one player has quit the game following a raid that resulted in them losing 4,000 Spice Mélange, equivalent to 300,000 Spice Sand, or 1.2 large Splice Plumes. That’s between 7.6 million and 24 million Solari, Dune: Awakening’s currency.
With so much Spice on the market, the post claims that the server’s economy crashed, with Spice prices dropping from 3,300 to 1,900, a 42 percent decrease, before settling at 2,300, still 30 percent lower than their initial value.
The player in question reportedly shared their disgust at the situation, saying, “Well, GG guys, I’m quitting this game. These bugs are bulls**t, these devs suck.”
These bugs are bulls**t, these devs suck.
The player’s means of acquiring so much Spice on their own has been called into question, following the report.
As a solo player using only a Medium Refinery, 4,000 Spice Mélange is a lot, and there werequestions raisedas to whether they earned that amount legitimately, or whetherthey used one of the game’s duplication glitches. Given they had such a strong reaction to the heist, many were willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.
It just goes to show, though, followingfears that Dune: Awakening’s endgame wasn’t solo-friendly, you might just be alright playing alone. Just don’t get raided, of course.
