It's almost spice time. Survival MMO launches on May 20, and we're all sitting here not-so patiently in our stillsuits and wearing our nose-tubes until the day we wait to finally set foot on the sands of Arrakis.
But let's not worry about tromping around on the blistering hot sand dunes just yet. In a new blog post today, Funcom revealed more information about Dune: Awakening, and most of it had to do with flying, not walking. Specifically, ornithopters, those cool dragonfly-like helicopters.
"Ornithopters have several optional modules you can craft and place onto them, one of them [[link]] being rockets," Funcom said. "This will help when you’re dealing with other ornithopters in the sky or sandcrawlers trying to steal spice in the Deep Desert. As with [[link]] other weapons, ammo levels must be managed, so make sure your ornithopter is fully loaded and armed before heading into combat."
I do wonder if the Discord user asking meant something more along the lines of, like, if someone is piloting the 'thopter while another player stands at the rear with the ramp open and shoots at people on the ground with a hand-held weapon. So, that part we don't yet know.
But you'll be able to shoot down other 'thopters with rockets, which sounds pretty cool. Maybe there'll even be an achievement for using your 'thopter to shoot down a carrier 'thopter that's carrying another 'thopter? We'll find out in May. In the meantime, you can read Funcom's .