Dune: Awakening dev update sets Chapter 2 and The Lost Harvest DLC for parallel release, with Landsraad rebuilt as the endgame by Chapter 3
- Funcom says Chapter 2 and the paid The Lost Harvest DLC will release in parallel, with details at Gamescom, and admits neither targets the endgame because both were planned and started before launch.
- The identified core problems are loss of items and vehicles, players feeling forced into PvP, exploits and cheats, and a lack of endgame content or grind.
- Short-term fixes include a vehicle salvaging system to recover lost vehicles, more detailed logs that name who took items from base chests, reduced cobalt paste volume, more Assault Ornithopter inventory slots, a Carrier Ornithopter cargo container, and instanced Deep Desert Testing Station loot.
- Base status will be pushed out by email notification so players do not have to log in to check power and taxes, and quality-of-life additions cover renaming vehicles and storage containers, more reliable ornithopter rockets, and a hotkey to swap vehicle seats.
- Longer term, faction progression gets tied to the Landsraad toward Chapter 3, with activities switching from delivery-based to contract-based to remove the stockpiling problem, plus more activity types beyond testing stations and shipwrecks.