DAUNTLESS + AWAKENING UPDATE But I Don't Waste Your Time (Things To Know Before Playing)

[@singleplayersquad1]

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[@devilmayclarify666]

Season pass and loot boxes are an automatic no for me, unfortunately.

[@domixd7666]

"Dauntless is a game where you are a Monster Hunter" is one of the lines of all time

[@KOBKStreak]

Much appreciated. I dabbled in the game many moons ago on Epic, but never hooked me the same. But I'll give the steam release & big update a go!

[@Kaicovishnival]

Just play monster hunter bro

[@KOBKStreak]

@@Kaicovishnival Already have been since 3ds days and awaiting for Wilds. Don't worry about other games being played bro.

[@Kaicovishnival]

@@KOBKStreak Nah that's not what I'm worried about I was just giving a suggestion. Sorry for the miscommunication mb

[@sinu9226]

@@Kaicovishnival dauntless is a faster paced monster hunting game, monster hunter as a series is NOT better than Dauntless but different, in Dauntless you don't need to worry about consumables or sharpening your weapon, you just hack n slash your way through and dodge through attacks, something you can't do in monster hunter. personally dauntless is better suited for me.

[@Kaicovishnival]

@@sinu9226 I've played both and I can easily say that monster hunter has much better mechanics and fluidity. The combat feels WAY more satisfying in monster hunter, like WAY more. But we are all subject to our opinions, so you can continue to think that way and I can continue to think this way.

[@ThePikeOfDestiny]

Good video but should've mentioned the talent system, each weapon is going to now have a locked special/mod, a new passive and a new legendary ability (partially recycled from old assets but they got a little creative with some of them) for example the default Axe, the fire one's special is the Triple Yeet "Relentless Onslaught" and each of these weapons will have 5 paths of skill trees to upgrade the abilities unique to that weapon as well as the passive and some minor stat buffs (which is a little boring admittedly). The coolest passive I played with was the Shock Hammer's which causes all of your ammo using abilities to shoot shock orbs at the behemoth, and every time you do a combo finisher you spawn in a tower that shoots lock on shock orbs (which you can have several of at the same time).

[@TheMrSkitzo]

I'm a Original Founder and I'm sorry to say but this isn't enough. The game will die quickly again if it even gets attention at all. The weapon swap is cool but it's just a gimmick the gameplay is still the same, the monsters are still the same except 1 new, the currency and skill trees constantly get reset and the devs could never make up their mind. This whole update seems like the same shit different day crap destiny 2 pulls. I used to play with Revvy and JAO but now it's not even worth looking at.

[@bok4822]

Founder here too. And yeah, I agree that something more is needed for this game to succeed. At least the Steam release will bring in more new players from that platform, but in terms of keeping players, this aint it. New behemoths, weapons, armor and skills are nice, but with only the core gameplay loop being in the game without anything more to do, the game will most likely die out again. Other big games with a lot of fighting, like Monster hunter or Final Fantasy 14, have a huge array of different tasks you can do on the side to take a little break from the fighting. Monster hunter has the exploration aspect of its maps that are filled with details and hidden nooks and crannies, and an actual end game with slight, but still existing progression. Final Fantasy though, in addition to the same kind of end game progression, it has soo much side content you can interact with and have fun with. The Golden saucer alone is worth several tens of hours of fun, if not more if you really wish to get most of the rewards there. And that is in addition to housing and other side professions like crafting and fishing. I really do think Dauntless needs something different to make the game feel more like a world than just a simple game, and I personally think side content like housing and/or stuff like fishing is needed. Maybe not exactly that, but something is needed.

[@TheMrSkitzo]

@bok4822 feel like once monster hunter launches dauntless will be fully irrelevant so they are going for one last cash grab

[@thayenryan7448]

@@TheMrSkitzohere’s the thing though, both World AND Rise are on Steam, including their DLCs, and have been for years. This might draw in some MH players who want to try other things, but this is probably not going to do much for Dauntless’ life span.

[@bok4822]

@@TheMrSkitzo Personally don't think so. Wilds is going to require quite powerful, and therefore expensive, computers unless you have a console that you can play the game on. Dauntless will always stay free to play regardless, meaning that people who want to play MH, but can't due to resons like not powerful enough hardware, can actually play something. I think Dauntless has it's own little nice place, but we'll have to see whether the devs manage to get Dauntless rolling again or if the players really do decide that it's not worth playing any more.

[@TheMrSkitzo]

@@bok4822 dauntless has been around for years and al it's done had lost players, I don't expect anything different I expect the same results as Paragon relaunching all the time with a different title, it'll just die

[@luci_1152]

The cell idea is more than likely gonna be complete garbage

[@mavrontjonakon7119]

Facts I wonder how long this new "era" last before they starve us for content again

[@luci_1152]

@ im guessing within a month or two here’s gonna be zero content updates

[@SoExKat]

@@luci_1152 your toxic

[@luci_1152]

@ how? I’m being realistic about what’s gonna happen with this game I love it but the devs have starved us of content for a while now and I don’t exactly have the most faith in them that they won’t do it again

[@leaf8396]

@@SoExKatyou’re*. And the term is pessimist. Also nobody cares what you think of him.

[@thesheepwhisper5068]

Quick, concise, and easy to understand. Thanks for the breakdown. 👍

[@lurakin88]

01:00 and just like with Destiny this means that many players will never experience this, because there are basically no ingame tools for teaming up with players aside from a chat that is silent 90% of the time. There is a guild system, but no way to find or apply for guilds in the game aside from the aforementioned chat. No, a discord server does not count. These tools should be ingame and not require me to add another mostly pointless server to my list.

[@Wint9rification]

Lowk, the stuff about one cell per armour is lame asf. We are getting a new loadout system, and then being discouraged to not make any changes to our loadouts? I feel like this is only happening to give us something to grind for as with "weapon tokens" theres no reason to hunt monsters which is the whole point of the game... (for weapons only atleast) I hope that they see inbetween the cracks on these massive changes and listen to feedback. As well as update minor areas of the game like the horrifically outdated settings customization we have.. no DPI setting? Seriously?

[@williamedwards4151]

As usual, my time was respected. Thank you.

[@lly-17]

Okay, I’ll sub lmao straight to the point 🙂👍🏽

[@BaconVonStrip]

I am disappointed they didn't change the open world system. I miss when this game actually felt like hunting, instead of just running from spawn point to spawn point

[@joey2765]

Thank you every video about this update was a waste of time except yours🙌

[@Ima9ineBreak3r]

As long as my current set of gear doesn't get made non-functional by the new system, I'm happy. I literally just got it the way I wanted yesterday.

[@LeonLJ]

That's literally what will happen.

[@Ima9ineBreak3r]

*disintegrating emoji meme*

[@lurakin88]

02:16 the hunt pass has existed for years, how is this new?

[@masonmason22]

Nice video. Thanks for covering it. Watching this makes me so glad that monster hunter doesn't have all of these season pass/lootbox mechanics. Edit: It also contains kernal level anti-cheat. Yuck.

[@jennilewis6203]

Might give it a try again

[@TyroskiHudson]

I've been playing it for a while it's pretty good but the update should be good but ut could lose alot of players

[@poopikins]

@@TyroskiHudson Coming to Steam for the first time? I suspect a big boom in players. If this update makes for a good experience, I don't see why the numbers would drop soon after launch.

[@brycemoose7026]

Not a big fan of the changes to the gearing system especially cells being a one time use now that’s very wierd. Also moving cosmetics to loot boxes is kinda lame but hopefully they don’t get to greedy

[@bok4822]

Don't really think cells will be a big problem though. We'll probably get loads of them like before, we just need to plan our builds a little bit more in advance. I might be wrong though and they will just put a stick right up our asses.

[@mightaziez]

releasing on 5th of December when Poe2 beta is opening on the next day is craaaaaaaaaazy move. what were they thinking?!

[@tonys7341]

tbh if poe 2 servers can hold out on the first day i would be very surprised

[@CaduceusLB]

Loved the game but sadly the menus, UI and content navigation still felt and looked like placeholder assets tossed together. Note that this game released in 2019

[@ft6205]

Used to main this game till they did the wpn rework... Trying to prolong the game but introducing mechanics that give minimal buffs... More of an annoyance really.... Had a great run.. but not supporting the way it's going...

[@Esty568]

Now lootboxes too? And they stick to the garbage Hunt Pass, where you don’t get anything from the free track? Yeah… there they are as I remember them 😒

[@BossKrusty]

Did they add the bow that was in testing tho?

[@mavrontjonakon7119]

they should just have done what the players ask for I've been playing for 4 years and all the fans asked for was more monster combos animation ect they could just have went the Monsterhunter 3rd or frontier route it would have kept the game alive instead we get a striped down weapon version

[@thayenryan7448]

I heard about the update and as soon as I saw that they’re reducing the weapon count to, what…18? That just…rubs me the wrong way. That totally destroys any feeling of adaptability, now everyone will just throw themselves at the monster with the meta combos.

[@Dana-be8ox]

I just started playing like a month ago. Just finished up reforges for all weapons so i can get the crown. Ive been mainly war pike so its sad to see all my stacked reforges go. But this should be cool. I hope they keep sturdy/rage cells unchanged. I loved being able to tank hits and regen with lifesteal. The dodging invul window seems very slim. Id always dodge a bit too early so i said fuck it

[@Dana-be8ox]

I do have a question though. Is the reward cache from hunt pass levels the same? I've been farming for the pirate set and I'm missing gloves. I think I'll be able to get them in time, but it'd be a shame to be missing 1 piece after the patch. Also. Since aethersparks are retired. Should I save chest keys until the patch?

[@Krieger-m6f]

Im the same as you but i was farming reforges and cells for some specific builds i wanted to try For example with the axe I wanted to have a grim onslaught that hits for 50k dmg to see how funny it would be and then I went to the mailbox in game and stopped playing. I just hope I can still have something after the update

[@yagizc3842]

that was the quickest and a pretty good teaching

[@violentcat345]

I felt like my time was so respected I left life, this comment and subscribed because mvp's like this channel don't come around every day.

[@andrewler13theundeadwarrio51]

Currently still olaying it, trying to level up 2014thLegend to get 1 reforge before reforge season ends and the new update comes out.

[@lurakin88]

Please tell me Canisters doesn't replace the Reward Cache where you could choose exactly which cosmetic you want to get.

[@Ar0474]

Holy cow, its finally coming to steam so im in! I played this the first couple of months in released and that was even before Epic! I love these Hunter-likes and wish more devs would incorporate fun weapon and armor crafting to a giant monster game! So far we only only got God Eater, Toukiden, Freedom Wars, Wild Hearts, and Soul Sacrifice! All good game series but i feel like we need more!!

[@dragonriderabens9761]

Really liked this back when it was on its own launcher instead of an Epic Scams exclusive Hearing it was getting a Steam release actually got me a little hyped…then I saw on the Steam page it requires an Epic Scams account to play Whelp, so much for THAT idea

[@ThePeachteats]

Nice, I’m going to give this a try!

[@dokutah7374]

Escalation never felt like a rougelike mode to me, half the options just don’t do much

[@zevo8293]

Great video keep going man

[@pricefieldx]

Dang i was excited just to find out they axed pursuits coming back because the current tiny playerbase were crying about it. Guess I'm not coming back afterall, and no legendary pursuits don't count to me i wanted that experience for all of them not just legendaries.

[@AlexA-is5hj]

Straightforward is what i'm excited about

[@schnader]

Played the game all the way back before it even came out on the Epic Store. Might jump in for a bit to see what they've changed over the years and if the UI is still as janky as I remember it to be. Besides, it seems like a good timewaster and a decent way to get back into the Hunting game genre until MH Wilds releases. Sure hope I can recover/connect my old account to Steam, I want to flex my alpha/beta tester goodies.

[@KeyGameUniverse]

Awakening will launch with legend hunts if i m not mistaken

[@Setuaro]

Dauntless has always been interesting as a Monster Hunter alternative but my biggest gripe is that the gameplay loop has never felt actually satisfying. Yes you were working your way to bigger monsters but never felt like there was a real reason to progress. Going around maps too is incredibly bland and singular in purpose. To find the monster. All this ends up being is a monster killing sim and only that. There are no in-between steps that make it interesting or fun to repeatedly go into hunts. The only satisfying thing is when you land a big hit on a monster, break a part or craft a new piece of gear. Which should be satisfying of course but should not be the only 3 things I can think of when I think of what made Dauntless fun.

[@killjoydod4937]

Seems like a stripped down, simpler Monster Hunter experience!! Just what I was looking for, and it only cost "free 99" to play!! I'll be checking out the Steam release!!

[@ArcMageXe]

Is it Linux compatible ?

[@XenoCake]

Thanks!

[@GintoGento]

i like you,pls do more content : )

[@vitsavicky]

"You can't take out a cell without destroying it." Nah, I'll pass...

[@mattb9054]

Steam is getting the update but consoles are not ?

[@AndreasDerBomber]

am so hyped for the steam release. I hate the Epic games launcher

[@alejandrozapataq]

i was so interested until i saw battlepass and lootboxes, good thing this mf's reviews go to the point fast and short

[@midegola5623]

wish i could get all my stuff from xbox to the pc.

[@VitchAndVorty]

I wished it was released on my region's PS4.

[@nonamex6370]

The amount of grinding I did on this game on xbox just for it to be "changed" they better give out items and other things for everyone who played the game before the update or alot of people will be pissed

[@imtrash2812]

wow it still alive.... really surprise me

[@EmixmaBts]

Love to render !

[@RyanOlsen]

Nice and succinct

[@autodidacticpoly]

they've confirmed cells being destroyed is a bug in the beta.

[@TheeTippp]

Wait they are taking away my frost sword that I had to level up during the event?......

[@bigmemer4398]

The silver sword is staying

[@alivegman3155]

If you’re talking about The Silver sword, that sword isn’t going away, and you’ll be able to use it at the level you grinded to

[@Daniel-xv3nw]

i am suprised this game still has support

[@silkwind7618]

I'd only play game if it wasn't Live service. Items and equipment that are not cosmetic being behind payload is a huge letdown. Even the OG Monster Hunter and its 1st major knock-off God Eater only does cosmetics for DLC.

[@Loganmccoy1996]

I hopped back in and it’s a lot better it still has no longevity like Monster Hunter but I’ll actually finish the story this time.

[@mrbryan8752]

Underrated game

[@Screwypone]

I feel like with the Monster Hunter Wilds demo, they are copying their new mechanics. But it also seems like they are also adding something else different. I did play this for a while during the down times from Monster Hunter World. Really didn't pick it up after that week. Glad to see they are at least trying something different, even if they look to be copying more from their inspiration

[@nypron]

Good lord i thought this game died on release on the ps4

[@eusouonumero232]

I played this game since its early days, i played MH a lot too, and as a monster hunter like game, this thing lacks a lot, no real reason to do anything, no story, no nothing, armors, weapons and combat all half ass made, the maps are very empty, just an big arena with some boxes to open, an u running from spawning point to spawning point to mechanic kill the behemoths, and the season bs omg, trash, this game needed more than some half ass update to be bigger, but the devs dont have much brain to actually listen to community.

[@m.a.w.4120]

Gotta say nice update

[@TyroskiHudson]

Idk man

[@icalculi]

wow this game is still alive?

[@AzzRushman]

This is a good game. A great middle ground for new players who aren't sure if they'll enjoy Monster Hunter. If you are already a fan and current player of any Monster Hunter, you won't see too much value here, except for its much more arcade nature.

[@godweeb308]

i miss the old days of Dauntless when we needed to farm elemental crystals to level up the armor and weapons, since the rework on weapons with levels and that stuff the game is not that enjoyable anymore....and now we cant have the bosses weapons with the cells and stuff, and every weapon you have has the bosses legendary abilyties such a downgrade....

[@bleach6930]

I played this game on xbox it was incredibly boring and grindy. I haven't played in a while to say what it's like now, but i doubt it much different now

[@legodude39]

where are the pets??

[@Darklordn0va]

Destroying cells is the most brain dead thing I've ever seen from this team, they have made some stupid decisions since I played when it released but this takes the cake

[@jobetraymundo6071]

Are you British or french

[@johannesnagengast7643]

Still didn’t convinced me trying the game.

[@raventhorX]

not an mmo but still a live service game.

[@philipdrainville3592]

So returning player are heavely punished nice

[@zayon0170]

MH wilds release on february... i mean, lol

[@rimuru-tp-1509]

Cool

[@Cristian-hp4gg]

this video is really good like WOW I’ve played this game on and off since beta and this video still taught me something😅

[@aoikuroyuri6536]

And most importantly they decided that it would be smart to launch this 1 day before PoE2 early access so we all know how well the revival attempt of this game is gonna go *Also February 28 this game will be dead again

[@petercottantail7850]

they probably aren't even thinking about poe2 this is an attempt to milk the mh fan base as an alternative while they wait for wilds. the timing is perfect cause 3 months is a dreadfully long time without something to fill the void, and is the only reason im considering trying it out.

[@baconx6476]

This game really should have went the way of Wayfinders and make it a one time payment as an offline single player game with Coop feature. Good luck with this when POE 2 and MH Wilds is so close.

[@Setuaro]

I disagree. Dauntless is incredibly boring after like 3 hunts playing solo, this game was definitely made for being a multiplayer experience but even then it feels like it's flawed or having multiple people serves no purpose other than extra damage. Wayfinder aswell was made originally as a MMO experience but was turned Singleplayer due to peculiar circumstances and I still am certain that it would serve better having an actual open world to come across people than the current depressingly lonely experience it's become. But yeah, when Wilds releases, this game's playerbase will plummet further yet

[@TyroskiHudson]

Theyre going to ruin this game

[@bigmemer4398]

That's what I also think but the morons on the subreddit seem to swallow this shit up It's about to be a trainwreck

[@Mahdi.Z.J]

Dawg this update looks so bad I like the current dauntless better it’s gonna draw back old players who stole playing because the game was done in the first place and the same thing is going to happen again we play, finish everything, get bored

[@ragefright7453]

Loot boxes seriously? The old cosmetic system was so much better, I brought every battlepass since ps release because VALUE and they were quick to finish so if I ended up not liking the season I could still finish my BP and leave in a day.. I hate RNG micro's they're stupid and quite literally are there for that % chance you don't get what you're looking for nothing more, nothing less.

[@y0shii154]

Dead game lmao

[@richardjecooke8036]

Game has kernel-level anti-cheat and required 3rd party Epic account

[@joeltoledo6022]

monster gacha

[@KhaosElement]

Ah, free to pay garbage version of Monster Hunter. Massive no thank you. I'll stick with the GOAT.

[@Delarunee]

A good free-to-play version of MH*

[@samuelbacina7946]

And with much smoother combat

[@victorhelliott]

as someone who enjoy boths. i gotta say that dauntless combat is more fluid and fun. though the fights themselves are not very hard

[@teyvatvillager136]

You should try dauntless but don't expect it will be GOTY like MH series, however... I tried dauntless myself like maybe hundred hours. It's have own charm and unique but it will not compete MH in every way

[@petercottantail7850]

ironically we have mhnow and now another mh free to play was just announced. I'm sure you left the same comment here as you did for them on announcement videos 🤭