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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 10.8 hrs on record (3.4 hrs at review time)
Posted: 5 Dec, 2024 @ 12:04pm
Updated: 5 Dec, 2024 @ 2:58pm

My apartment did the same thing as Dauntless. They remodeled by changing the paint, the floors, and some cheap modern appliances, but didn't fix the insulation, electrical, or anything that actually mattered...all so they could entice new buyers and force us to pay current market prices. New coating, same old broken crap.

Hunt pass use to give plat back, now it doesn't.
Cells were permanent, now they get used up and removed if u swap them.
loadouts are pointless now because cells don't change, see above.
everything is heavily monetized and the systems are built around getting you to spend as much as possible...The CEO clearly told the devs to make it a cash grab hoping to get some of that steam money...they spoonfed us the finest of wagyu beef, but now the moneys dried up and they are trying to feed us spam and calling it an improvement.

They are hoping us old players, who have 1000s of patrol keys, cells, cores, rams, and nearly every cosmetic, stick around to keep the game feeling full of life long enough for you new bloods to get hooked and stick around, because YOU are who they are targetting... They have our money, they want yours. They want you hooked on this new model because you are who will have to spend constantly....we were given everything, and you...you will get nothing unless you spend for it now. Be warned, this will clearly kill the game if you don't fall for it. We... will likely leave too, since this is a terrible update that ruins many core systems.

EDIT: Update: I just found out Phoenix Labs was bought out by a block chain company and was under contract to not reveal this information. Our new NFT overlords are the reason these scummy practices are happening. The company that bought it out is Blockchain game platform Forte Labs. RIP
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Atreides nutz 6 Dec, 2024 @ 12:07pm 
This should be more rare but it isn't. Just a rug pull without crypto. Get players hooked on the game and start bleeding them. Exactly why I avoid shovelware like this. Thank you for the heads up. All these negative reviews saved me from accidentally becoming invested in something like this.
MrBrewed 6 Dec, 2024 @ 11:36am 
Yea derdotte, I get you don't want the game to die... But the fact is many of the changes they made was toxic and was made because its a different company trying to get as much profit squeezed out of the IP they bought as possible. I would have accepted some of these changes, but its far too obvious how predatory the monetization is. If they wanted a better reception, they shouldn't have focused so hard on cash, which again, this is not the phoenix labs we know and love, THIS IS A DIFFERENT COMPANY, they skinned phoenix labs and are wearing it, they are the wolf in the phoenix labs clothing.
Kuzco's poison, poison for Kuzco 6 Dec, 2024 @ 8:02am 
The old system for the Hunt Pass didn't need to go. What they needed was to keep the game fun so people would even want cosmetics. Instead they made exotics(not just a cosmetic), part of the passes. Dauntless used to be great, and just needed more content, but the systems within it have been changed way too many times.

I was literally one of the first people ever to play this game, all those years back. When you actually had to hunt down the behemoths. I had high hopes for Dauntless.
Whoever made the decision to ruin Dauntless, I hope they understand they ruined Dauntless. For the devs, I hope y'all find decent work and don't have bosses that prey on players in the future.
Niersu 6 Dec, 2024 @ 6:18am 
I used to love Dauntless, but I swear every major update removed content and reset progress. And wtf is this pump and dump ass update they did holy shit, Dauntless will actually die now. It wouldn't even matter if I wanted to play again I'm sure everything I had was fucking taken.
derdotte 6 Dec, 2024 @ 2:00am 
There is no crypto/NFT in the game and devs have properly confirmed that dauntless will never have any crypto/NFT.

To really make it clear, old dauntless would be dead because servers arent paying for themself in a year at most, something had to happen.

My personal opinion is to give the game a fair chance because it actually is pretty fun. People have reached lvl 60 already after not even 12 hours of grinding.
derdotte 6 Dec, 2024 @ 2:00am 
There is a big difference between sustainable monetization and what dauntless previously did with the hunt pass. If it kept going like it did, the game would die, not because people arent playing but because the game wouldnt be profitable at all therefore server cost wouldnt be recouped and it would simply be shutdown. So, old hunt pass had to go.

The cell part is something the devs are taking proper feedback on and if its actually an issue then they will be doing something.

Honestly i disagree with the monetization, its the usual pay for convenience, even the current hunt-pass weapon will become available for free. If you want to pay then you can. They arent predatory about it. People just want their weekly free stuff back.
Silavire 5 Dec, 2024 @ 10:46pm 
Wow. Just wow. I left after Reforged and thought that was a bad update, but at least it was made to try something new. This is just murder.
MrBrewed 5 Dec, 2024 @ 3:00pm 
Yea, turns out the original devs got bought out by a blockchain company last year, and they then laid off 100 of the original employees... Im surprised they didn't add nfts, but hey...time will tell, maybe they will -_-
Deathfromace 5 Dec, 2024 @ 2:18pm 
I was going to come back seeing that the game on is steam....but the weapons being taken away and locked being a BP and cells being limited are are nope from me.

I didnt even play Destiny 2 for years because they made shaders limited...fuck that