In 'Dune Awakening', early gameplay is predominantly solo, but Creative Director Joel Bylos aims to seamlessly transition players into cooperative experiences. Inspired by Classic WoW's social questing mechanics, Bylos highlights how it naturally encourages players to engage with others. He notes that players often begin their journey alone but gradually feel the desire to form groups for tougher challenges, a philosophy that Dune Awakening seeks to replicate. This approach addresses the essential social aspect of MMOs and aims to keep players engaged well into the game's progress.
It's carefully crafted so that people can definitely get into these groups. WoW Classic is specifically kind of an inspiration, because it's a game that did this really well.
It's really good, and I'm sure it was intentional but it doesn't feel intentional. It feels like this happy accident. So that's [what we're going for] in Dune as well.
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