One of the most original and unexpected classes in Dune: Awakening is the Planetologist class, which is designed for enhanced exploration and improving research abilities and speed. The Planetologists were sent to Arrakis for terraforming purposes by the Imperium, and are trained to survive in the harshest desert environments. You won't be able to choose Planetologist as a starting class, but it's highly recommended you dip into its various skill trees to enhance your exploration and research abilities, and it can also make vehicular traversal of Arrakis more effici
Specializing in the Science tree will give you access to better yield improvements, improved resource optimization, and enhanced energy/power maintenance. The Explorer skill tree improves scanning and traversal tactics, while the Mechanic tree will improve your ability to maintain vehicles and utilize specialized mining abilities. No matter your playstyle, the Planetologist skills are going to improve your survival likelihood considerably and will be a difference-maker when you enter the deep des
If you're looking forward to the upcoming release of Dune: Awakening _ , you may or may not know that there have been quite a few _Dune games created over the years with varying degrees of success. Dune is a fascinating IP in that it reaches into all corners of culture and media, largely due to its expansive and immersive universe, warring political houses, and one of the most iconic settings in all science fiction, the desert planet of Arrakis, aka Dune. However, doing justice to this universe has proven to be a rather difficult endea
While Lynch’s film is distinct for how it explores the Dune universe, there’s only so much desert players will want to explore. Whelan said his team thrived on developing the city locations that break out the rolling dunes of Arrakis. "[Developing cities] was significantly easier than making sand interesting, other than just changing the colour of the sand. The faction identity was brilliant to work on, because, like I said, they're uniq
When it comes to the giant sandworms shown in the Dune Awakening Strategy Awakening trailer , players won't be able to tackle them head-on. Instead, surviving the worms is much more based around avoiding them entirely through things like where players place their base. It's possible that fights with the smaller sandworms that populate the world are still on the table, though that wasn't confirmed in the presentat
There are a total of five different classes in _Dune: Awakening _ , each with a unique skill tree featuring different abilities and skills that come in useful in various situations. You will start your adventure by choosing from one of the four initial character class options, with a fifth class unlocking later in the game. This initial choice is important, locking you into certain dialogue options for that specific starting class throughout your journey across Arrakis. However, choosing an initial class does not mean you can only choose from that class's distinct skills, and progression across classes is encoura
Dune Awakening is just as much about interaction with fellow players as it is individual survival, with players having the ability to come together to form clans and further political initiatives. This social emphasis will be made possible through a large player population on each server. Though nothing is finalized, Bylos stated that the eventual server size goal is thousands of players each, making for a myriad of multiplayer opportunit
Specializing in the Gunnery skill tree will enhance your ranged weapon prowess, increasing damage for heavy weapons, scatterguns, and rifles of all shapes and sizes. The Suspensor Training skill tree enables unique effects from the Suspensor Belt , such as creating anti-gravity fields and enabling mid-air dashes. Finally, the Tactical Tech tree allows specialization in explosives, utilities, and support abilities, while also providing useful combat items like grenades. Troopers are built for large combat encounters and heavy weapons, though they can be viable at close range as w
"Working on movie licenses is problematic. I've worked with movie licenses in the past, and it's always hard to get information from the production team," Whelan told me. However, he said that Legendary has been "very good at keeping a connection with us. Feeding us information, giving us concepts, giving us production designs, all the way through to talking to the cinematographer, Greg Fraser. He’s a fantastic guy, really easy to talk to once I got past my fear of who he is, a double Oscar winn
The Swordmaster class is a melee-focused, close-quarters fighting class designed around the Ginaz School of fighting. This style "represent[s] the pinnacle of fighting prowess in the Known Universe" and features intricate methods for cutting through Holtzman Shields and defeating enemies with bladed weapons. As with all classes in Dune: Awakening , Swordmaster has three distinct specializations, each with an associated skill tree, which include The Blade, The Will, and The