Factions

🏛️ Faction Alignment & Rewards

• The major available factions (Houses) are: Atreides, Harkonnen. A third one is also planned to be released
• Each major faction has it’s own city as primary hub. Arrakeen for Atreides, Harko Village for Harkonnen
• Player-created guilds align themselves with a specific major faction, working towards common objectives set by that house
• As you rise through the ranks of that faction, you unlock new opportunities and rewards in:
  • Faction-Specific weapons, armor, and tools that reflect the aesthetic and technological preferences of a House
  • Unique vehicles, such as ornithopters or ground vehicles, styled after your chosen house
  • Unlocking blueprints for specialized building components that allow you to construct bases with a distinct architectural style
  • Cosmetics, unique emotes, character customization options (transmogs), and color palettes (swatches) to showcase your allegiance
  • Special privileges or discounts within their main city hub. This could include reduced trading costs or access to unique vendors
  • Access to unique Deep Desert rewards, encouraging exploration and competition for valuable resources and control points

⚖️ The Landsraad & Politics

• The Landsraad is a political body representing the unification of ALL houses (factions) in the Dune universe, serving as a counter-balance to the Emperor’s power. In-game, participation in the Landsraad voting system requires players to be part of a guild that is aligned with one of the major factions first. You may complete certain objectives counting as votes for the Landsraad.
• The Landsraad voting cycle takes one week to allow players to complete objectives before the points (votes) are tallied. The faction with the most votes towards the Landsraad, wins major perks for the next week’s cycle. This is a server-wide decree that affects an entire “world” (PvP & PvE) and benefits only one faction
• The Landsraad’s weekly voting-cycle is synchronized with the “Shifting-Sands” PvP event. At the end of the same cycle, the Deep Desert (PvP) map resets with new resource-locations due to a Coriolis Storm. The map is wiped (including player structures) and new resource-locations are revealed.
• The Landsraad’s next weekly decree can affect both PvP & PvE zones in things such as: Increased resource gathering rates, reduced crafting costs, enhanced item drop rates, special vendor access or discounts, combat buffs, increased experience gain, faster travel speed, enhanced outpost production, control point bonuses (PvP), specific enemy debuffs, increased spice production/yield, changes to environmental hazards
• Due to the Landsraad system unifying all houses, the game doesn't permanently lock players into a single faction or territory. Overlapping objectives from different Houses through the Landsraad might cause players to form temporary alliances or agreements with opposing factions within a greater strategy
• Due to the Landsraad objectives, guilds will compete with each other even as allies of the same house. This will be perceived as "backstabbing" by some and that’s how the developers plan on re-creating the politics of the Dune Universe inside the game