Dune Awakening faces significant faction imbalance challenges, mirroring issues seen in other MMOs. Creative director Joel Bylos revealed in a recent Q&A that the beta revealed a 7:1 player ratio favoring Atreides over Harkonnen. To tackle this disparity, the team is contemplating introducing a third faction, which may debut at or post-launch. Bylos emphasized that their design approach aims to enhance balance, with potential strategies including map connectivity adjustments to incentivize balanced faction participation.
Faction imbalance is a longstanding issue in MMOs, exemplified by dominance in World of Warcraft. Dune Awakening's solution includes introducing a third faction.
In a beta Q&A, creative director Joel Bylos discussed the severe faction imbalance in Dune Awakening, highlighting a 7:1 ratio between Atreides and Harkonnen.
Bylos mentioned, 'We have a third faction in mind that we would like to introduce to the game' as a strategy to improve faction balance.
To address faction imbalance, Bylos stated, 'we can always try to population balance by connecting different maps to different deep deserts'.
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