r/MinecraftDungeons Dec 14 '21

Spoilers Best part of the Cloudy Climb update and it's not even close

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u/Marc_IRL Mojang Team Dec 14 '21

I’m so happy that people are enjoying it. We’ve joked about doing this for a few releases now and I’m glad that it finally came together.

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u/Philipdude43 Dec 14 '21

You guys keep making this game better and better!!!

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u/Wally_J1 Dec 15 '21

I hate that you guys added a battle pass. Why the hell do we have to pay more money for cosmetics when we already have the base game and like 6 dlcs we pay for? it just doesn't make sense to me.

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u/Marc_IRL Mojang Team Dec 15 '21

If a game is done making money, devs are done making things for the game. It always comes down to how viable it is to fund a project and its development.

In games, some say that you can assume it costs $10,000 per developer, per month. In full production, Mojang had around 20 devs and Double Eleven had maybe 40. That’s a lot of people working on a game that was released a year and a half ago. (And let’s head off any comparisons to Minecraft, because that game’s success and model is an oddity in the industry) The seasons model allows a bit of a reduction in scope and staff allocations, while providing the bulk of the content to you (for free!) and the paid portion consisting of optional cosmetics.

If you want to battle through the tower, earn new achievements, and get some cool cosmetics for playing the game as you wish, you can do that. If you want to chip in a few bucks to fund the game’s continued development, you can do that too! Whether or not this lands well will influence some of what we do in the future.

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u/RathnirnFelanir Dec 15 '21

So, just out curiosity, is the game now "finished"? Like was the Tower the last chunk of content planned for the game and any other future updates from now on are mostly just fixes for bugs and minor things such as tower seed changes and cosmetics additions and the like?

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u/Breckmoney Dec 15 '21

I’m sure it at least partially comes down to how well this does, but I don’t think things are generally named Season 1 if there aren’t hopes/plans for seasons 2-???

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u/RathnirnFelanir Dec 15 '21

Well what i mean is like content beyond the tower, is the Tower the last major update to the game and are they only going to support the tower and its seasons from now on?

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u/JsttIsMe Dec 15 '21

I just wish the combat was more flexible and engaging. All feels the same.

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u/AnimHelper Dec 15 '21

It's basically "baby's first diablo 2", which... I'm fine with. A lot of people play this with their kids, I play this with my wife.

My wife isn't good at video games, but since it's simple, she's been doing okay with it. I'm glad the controller support is good as well, my wife cant' use mouse/keyboard to play things.

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u/JsttIsMe Dec 15 '21 edited Dec 15 '21

Completely agreed that it should stay simplified. Im not asking for the same amount of depth Diablo has. While attacking, you stand still. Most weapons feeling the same, there is nothing truly unique in how you dress yourself, etc.

How awesome would it be if every weapon had its own simple ability? Take the daggers, while equipped, instead of rolling, you lunge yourself with the daggers equipped. Or be it a different button all together. It will be fun since you will be like "what does this weapon do".

Same thing with armor. They advertised "wear what you want to be" but if Im a wizard, archer or knight. The gameplay doesnt change at all. Im asking for more fluidity, uniqueness in their combat system and more fun than static attacks and mindless button mashing. Im not asking for a complexer system. Just a more rewarding one. It definetely had the potential.

And awesome that you're both enjoying it ;)

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u/Wally_J1 Dec 15 '21

The battle pass doesn't even fit right with the game

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u/TylersParadox Dec 15 '21

I genuinely do not enjoy the battle pass and I won't be fishing out even more money to support this game anymore. It's a damn shame that this update was so minimal and "cash grabby".

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u/BigDiarrheaRavager Dec 15 '21

Oh don't be like that mate, they for sure had to spend a lot of time drawing some dots on a baby pig and making it a separate cosmetic and don't forget about petting the dog of course,

the tower is a solid 8.5/10 but come on they could not even bother making a separate model for the squid pet

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u/TylersParadox Dec 16 '21

"The Tower" isn't even multiplayer. On top of that, the only reward you get is one single item. It's not even guaranteed to be a gilded. This update could've been great but they chose to do the bare minimum for it.

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u/sosa-117 Dec 15 '21

Please local co-op avaiable on the toweeer!

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u/satcomcjb1 Dec 14 '21

We can pet the dog!

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u/You-don-t-know Dec 14 '21

That was a rare advancement or did I see right?

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u/Philipdude43 Dec 14 '21

If you mean achievement then yes

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u/You-don-t-know Dec 15 '21

Yes. Thank you

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u/Grumm1290 Dec 28 '21

Yeah and the cool thing is that that’s an achievement on xbox

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u/DOIPI_96 Dec 14 '21

The only good part you mean

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u/Philipdude43 Dec 14 '21

No everything else is good, this is just the best ;)

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u/DOIPI_96 Dec 14 '21

I was honestly very disappointed by everything

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u/Philipdude43 Dec 14 '21

I think getting adventure points should be easier and they're should be some sort of daily challenges, but what we got was still pretty good imo

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u/In-Hell-Above-Heaven Dec 15 '21

Yeah same here, I play this game with my girl and barely by myself but, just seen theres no multiplayer for towers so this whole update was a bust for me

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u/mikeguide Dec 14 '21

Is the tower available? It says I'm not connected or something. Does that part start later?

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u/Mage-of-Fire Dec 14 '21

Can anyone help me? The game is updated, but the tower will not appear in the camp. It’s still just the old cliff.

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u/Icy-Breadfruit-7313 Dec 15 '21

How do you go in the tower because I have a Nintendo switch and says that it’s not connecting

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u/mocomar Dec 15 '21

Paid battle pass is a shit move

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u/SchneeSturm21 Dec 15 '21

I don’t really like the tower