Atreides vs Harkonnen

[slayerofdiablo]

I wanted to see everyone's thoughts on what houses they will be joining in The Landsraad! It doesn't look like too much has been revealed for the houses. It looks like you might need to join a guild/ create a minor house and then ally with one of them. I'm hoping you get some kind of strength to support a play style by joining one or the other. I also see speculation that it may just give you some cosmetic features.

[De Vilks]

I think ill go with the third faction that will be balancing factor. If it won't be present at launch, Ill go just with whoever seems to be lacking in power. I don't really feel connected to either Harkonnen or Atreides.

[🕹️Mr.Griffin]

Whatever our Discord group votes for the most is what we will play.

But we will need to divide ourselves into two groups, playing over two basins maybe, so it's going to be a bit of a hassle at first no clues at all, Haha!

Anyhow, I will do a solo play-through as well and probably take the other side to see if the story is any different and to check out the other tech and building pieces.

It all depends on server pressure as well as location since we don’t know if there are different servers for the US, EU, or RU. I hope so, but we’ll see!

[GGThatsAllFolks]

From what i have seen in different Dev videos they have only spoken briefly of different skins. One of the presenters said they would mainly go Harkonnen for the Ornithopter skin - it wasn't shown, another said they wanted the Atreides building skins. Another part of a video said wouldn't you be locked in if you chose one or the other and the Dev said, in a very RP fashion - you could change at some point and betray everyone in your faction if you are that way inclined to get the different skins and stuff.

They did say you don't need to join a guild, or, it's recommend you might even just want to make a guild of 1 if you play solo and want to add to end game politics (no matter how small that influence might be)

*Edit
I also remember them saying whoever the ruling faction is could possibly apply buffs/debufs to their faction or the opposing faction, I guess like laws/doctrines etc

[slayerofdiablo]

Messaggio originale di De Vilks:

I think ill go with the third faction that will be balancing factor. If it won't be present at launch, Ill go just with whoever seems to be lacking in power. I don't really feel connected to either Harkonnen or Atreides.

Nice! I didn't even consider you would be able to ally with the 3rd faction. That would be pretty cool.

[slayerofdiablo]

Messaggio originale di GGThatsAllFolks:

From what i have seen in different Dev videos they have only spoken briefly of different skins. One of the presenters said they would mainly go Harkonnen for the Ornithopter skin - it wasn't shown, another said they wanted the Atreides building skins. Another part of a video said wouldn't you be locked in if you chose one or the other and the Dev said, in a very RP fashion - you could change at some point and betray everyone in your faction if you are that way inclined to get the different skins and stuff.

They did say you don't need to join a guild, or, it's recommend you might even just want to make a guild of 1 if you play solo and want to add to end game politics (no matter how small that influence might be)

*Edit
I also remember them saying whoever the ruling faction is could possibly apply buffs/debufs to their faction or the opposing faction, I guess like laws/doctrines etc

Nice, I looked on the wiki and that's where I saw that there would probably be class cosmetics. I know cosmetics for the DLC will be big like it was in Conan. I do like the Idea of house specific cosmetics just because the houses definitely have different looks to them.

I watched one of the devs talk breifly about the landsraad and the ruling faction will affect votes that affect things like spice trade prices which will impact how much you need to pay in taxes to maintain your structures and things like that.

[slayerofdiablo]

Messaggio originale di -=Mr. Griffin=-:

Whatever our Discord group votes for the most is what we will play.

But we will need to divide ourselves into two groups, playing over two basins maybe, so it's going to be a bit of a hassle at first no clues at all, Haha!

Anyhow, I will do a solo play-through as well and probably take the other side to see if the story is any different and to check out the other tech and building pieces.

It all depends on server pressure as well as location since we don’t know if there are different servers for the US, EU, or RU. I hope so, but we’ll see!

yeah the 40 player Hagga basin is an interesting choice for how huge it will be. I saw that even guilds will be limited to 32 players. It sounds like you have a lot of people to roll with. I am definitely in the solo crowd. I am planning on just selling Point of Interest info for money and doing a little PvP before making any decisions on joining guilds. If joining a house gives some kind of buff, that will definitely sway the decision. I like the Idea of allying with the balancing house too. Seems like there will be money to be made going that route.

[crzyfsh123]

Are there any mega PvP guilds playing here? I'd like to avoid them.

[slayerofdiablo]

Messaggio originale di crzyfsh123:

Are there any mega PvP guilds playing here? I'd like to avoid them.

I don't actually know of any but I just assume it's unavoidable. I don't think we need to worry about it too much though. Most of the game is PvE and from what I have heard from the beta, the sandworms are the biggest threats.

[ColdFather]

Harkonnen will reign supreme. The filthy desert rats will not stop the flow of spice.

[Talvrae]

Messaggio originale di De Vilks:

I think ill go with the third faction that will be balancing factor. If it won't be present at launch, Ill go just with whoever seems to be lacking in power. I don't really feel connected to either Harkonnen or Atreides.

It won't be a launch that's already confirmed.

I'm as yet undecided, i'm waiting to see the building sets.

[GGThatsAllFolks]

Messaggio originale di crzyfsh123:

Are there any mega PvP guilds playing here? I'd like to avoid them.

I looked on Dune Awakaning community wiki - https://awakening.wiki/Player_Guilds

As you can see some of the guild numbers are idiotic and aren't individual game based, but thats what happens in some games. Then Guilds with the same name and a number or sister guilds and stuff #Guild 1 #Guild2 #Guild3 you hope it won't happen here but sadly it does. Then they wonder why games get boring or there is lack of pvp etc when they "control" it.

I'll be primarily solo and just be looking to sell myself off for services or RSS as I waste hours farming RSS in most games >.<

[slayerofdiablo]

Messaggio originale di GGThatsAllFolks:

Messaggio originale di crzyfsh123:

Are there any mega PvP guilds playing here? I'd like to avoid them.

I looked on Dune Awakaning community wiki - https://awakening.wiki/Player_Guilds

As you can see some of the guild numbers are idiotic and aren't individual game based, but thats what happens in some games. Then Guilds with the same name and a number or sister guilds and stuff #Guild 1 #Guild2 #Guild3 you hope it won't happen here but sadly it does. Then they wonder why games get boring or there is lack of pvp etc when they "control" it.

I'll be primarily solo and just be looking to sell myself off for services or RSS as I waste hours farming RSS in most games >.<

The numbers there are actually pretty funny considering they either won't be able to play together or they won't be able to play against anyone else. They will have to pvp each other lol.

[Kyutaru]

Server population:

Independent: 327 players
Harkonnen: 47,285 players
Atreides: 7,428,572 players

[De Vilks]

Messaggio originale di Kyutaru:

Server population:

Independent: 327 players
Harkonnen: 47,285 players
Atreides: 7,428,572 players

Oh come on :P . Its not gonna be that bad. You underestimate how many people will join the weaker side just to have abundance of targets in the deep desert. I can assure you Ill be joining weaker one just for this sole purpose.

[Krome Skulz]

For me it comes down to which has the cosmetics I like more. Otherwise it is which side is the underdog.

I've been on the underdog since my 2007 WoW days playing Horde and BG's. And than later on in PS2 where I played TR (Terran Republic) and VS (Vanu Sovereignty) never having played New Conglomerate. Normally I would log into whichever of the two, TR or VS, had the lowest pop. Not to mention I liked the look of all the factions I've played over the ones I didn't.

Worst comes to worst I just become a scav/recon and do things for a profit while avoiding all the political BS. Maybe there is a way to rotate my allegiance. Kind of like a merc for hire to the lowest pop faction at any given time.

To each their own.