Watched the latest Video about Bases and Shields

[D'Harhan]

Does anyone else think the Game creators didn't pay enough attention to the Books or Films these are based on?

"A Shield will save your Base/Home...etc"

Sand Storms vs. Shields = Destroyed Shields

Shields on Arrakus will attract a Worm; and Worms travel on the Surface during a Storm

[Seiso]

Personal shields dont survive storms and attract worms yes.
House shields (think atreides palace in arakeen) are massive structural shields that can withstand bombardment as well as storms.

The worm will very much eat your house if you build it on sand - it doesn care about the shield - hence you build on solid ground

[Sk8tr Rake]

Incorrect. The House Shield of the Atreides didnt take damage from the storms because it was behind the shield wall (mountains around Arrakeen)...when Paul used the Atomics to blow a hole through the shield wall it disabled the Emperors shields on his Command Ship/Palace.

House Shields would most certainly fall to a storm and would attract every Worm in hundreds of miles...

[Seiso]

Originally posted by Sk8tr Rake:

Incorrect. The House Shield of the Atreides didnt take damage from the storms because it was behind the shield wall (mountains around Arrakeen)...when Paul used the Atomics to blow a hole through the shield wall it disabled the Emperors shields on his Command Ship/Palace.

House Shields would most certainly fall to a storm and would attract every Worm in hundreds of miles...

Mhm trueish - highly gamified id say in dune awakening.
again if on rock base is safe cause worm cant get there.

normal storms dont break shields in the game, the weekly coriolis storm however will - but that one only destroys deep desert structures - cause hagga basin is within the shield wall and as such is safe as you pointed out.

[SirusTheMadDJ]

"They didn't read the source material!"

- Guy that misspells the planet's name, and forgets they build on solid rock.

Hey, you can give me points all you want, sport. It's still not spelt with a U.

[Venthus]

The OP is right as there are no shields protecting huge structures in the books. This was added in the latest film, I believe.

A sandstorm does not affect a shield’s performance, and sandworms are not attracted to shields specifically; rather, they are drawn to the rhythmic vibrations of people and machines. The concept of shields driving sandworms into a frenzy was added in the latest movie.

But I wouldn't really worry about it, as they simply needed to include a gameplay mechanic that fits within the canon.

[Raze]

Damn. Can't play the game now because of this.

[Seiso]

Originally posted by Venthus:

The OP is right as there are no shields protecting huge structures in the books. This was added in the latest film, I believe.

A sandstorm does not affect a shield’s performance, and sandworms are not attracted to shields specifically; rather, they are drawn to the rhythmic vibrations of people and machines. The concept of shields driving sandworms into a frenzy was added in the latest movie.

But I wouldn't really worry about it, as they simply needed to include a gameplay mechanic that fits within the canon.

80's movie had base shields too tho they looked.. 80s :D

From the book:
"The mewling sound was louder here. It came from ahead and down the side passage to the central room where they had installed the main shield generator for the house." ...
"Yueh stood in the open door of the generator room. His face reflected yellow from the light of a single, brighter suspensor above the door. There was stillness from the room behind him – no sound of generators.

Yueh! Leto thought. He’s sabotaged the house generators! We ‘re wide open!"

Originally posted by Raze:

Damn. Can't play the game now because of this.

Bases are for offworlders anyway - live in the open desert friend!

[D'Harhan]

Issue with Building on the Rocks is; Sound is amplified. Which was why a Worm could sense Paul and his Mother.

The Fremin (Sorry if THAT is misspelled) line their "Bases" with deep sand ( I am not going to attempt to spell their homes)

Originally posted by SirusTheMadDJ:

"They didn't read the source material!"

- Guy that misspells the planet's name, and forgets they build on solid rock.

Hey, you can give me points all you want, sport. It's still not spelt with a U.

That wasn't misspelled it was a Typo; if you look at a keyboard, the "U" and the "I" are right next to each other.
I seriously cannot believe that was your take away though.

[crzyfsh123]

It didn't make you look too smart.

[Joe_The_Swed]

they built onto the rock formations, if you remember they had to get into the rocks from after their crash. Also the worms would go after the harvesters because it was a steady repeated vibration, a shield generator would produce the same thing. They used the nukes to blast a whiole in the shield wall, which was rock with energy shields to allow the worms in