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== Scouting == | == Scouting == | ||
[[File:Mentat scouting.gif|alt=An animated GIF of gameplay in Dune: Awakening, showing a player character using the Mentat Scouting ability. The character holds their hand into a fist as white lines form diamond and circle patterns, before clenching their fist to send a white scanning wave over the nearby terrain, highlighting an enemy in bright white|thumb|The mentat scouting ability in action]] | [[File:Mentat scouting.gif|alt=An animated GIF of gameplay in Dune: Awakening, showing a player character using the Mentat Scouting ability. The character holds their hand into a fist as white lines form diamond and circle patterns, before clenching their fist to send a white scanning wave over the nearby terrain, highlighting an enemy in bright white|thumb|The mentat scouting ability in action]] | ||
The first Mentat ability confirmed by a video short<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fomj21qP5sI</ref> was | The first Mentat ability confirmed by a video short<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fomj21qP5sI</ref> was scouting. To quote Creative Director Joel Bylos in the video:<blockquote>If one of your friends is a mentat, they can scout the enemy camp and reveal the locations of enemies and let you know where exactly to work as a group and how to attack</blockquote>Followed by an in-game demonstration.The character holds their hand into a fist as white lines form diamond and circle patterns, before clenching their fist to send a white scanning wave over the nearby terrain, highlighting an enemy in bright white. | ||
Not much more is known about the details of how this ability is learned or the technical details of it's cost, cooldown or levels. | Not much more is known about the details of how this ability is learned or the technical details of it's cost, cooldown or levels. | ||
Revision as of 00:44, 11 February 2024
In Dune:Awakening, players will have the option to learn abilities based on the Mentats[1] of the Dune Universe. In the canon of the books and films, Mentats are effectively human computers, specially trained to expand their intellect and logical reasoning to a superhuman level, and often act as high-ranking advisors to the leadership of the Great Houses.
Mentat abilities appear to be ancillary, to support in a battle scenario rather than as a directly offensive skillset.
Scouting
The first Mentat ability confirmed by a video short[2] was scouting. To quote Creative Director Joel Bylos in the video:
If one of your friends is a mentat, they can scout the enemy camp and reveal the locations of enemies and let you know where exactly to work as a group and how to attack
Followed by an in-game demonstration.The character holds their hand into a fist as white lines form diamond and circle patterns, before clenching their fist to send a white scanning wave over the nearby terrain, highlighting an enemy in bright white.
Not much more is known about the details of how this ability is learned or the technical details of it's cost, cooldown or levels.