After surprise server shutdown, Dune: Awakening devs squash bug that cost players 1,000-hour bases – and promise "adequate resources and item packages to cover any losses incurred"

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It's been a rough few days for the Dune: Awakening community, from a big base-destroying exploit to a subsequent surprise server shutdown from developer Funcom – but, thankfully, it seems like things might be looking up.

Following the recent Chapter 3 update, fans discovered a soul-crushing exploit that allowed players to grief others' bases and raid them for loot. Funcom responded quite quickly, taking action yesterday with a massive server shutdown – one that left folks worried as it was so close to the weekly Deep Desert reset (the Coriolis Storm).

The devs have followed up since, however, with both a reassuring message and a hotfix.