Summary
The First Descendant’sSeason 1 is here, bringing a raft of changes to the game and a brand-new Descendant, Hailey. Alongside Hailey, the game will receive Invasion Dungeons, Inversion Reinforcement, two new Ultimate Weapons, Ultimate Freyna, and a new seasonal progression system.
Ahead of Season 1’s launch, the game’s producer, Lee Beom-jun, and director, Joo Min-seok, discussed the future of their title with the Korean websiteInvenand shared how they plan to add more diversity to the Descendants used.
“The Overall Experience Efficiency Is Scheduled To Be Updated”
When questioned on whether they felt that players spent so long leveling up certain Descendants that others were being pushed aside, the Nexon developers said, “We didn’t have any in-game events during the preseason. Starting from Season 1, we plan to promote growth externally through in-game events, and the overall experience efficiency is scheduled to be updated. I think the growth speed will be more flexible than during the preseason.”
We plan to promote growth externally through in-game events.
This will be welcome news to the community, which recently thought an XP farming route was receiving a major buff, only for it to bea translation error, and has found that the DescendantBunny is being heavily overused.
The team also shared their plans to get more players using the standard Descendants, as currently, the ultimate versions are being heavily favored. When questioned about the issue, the duo said, “This is an issue that we consider quite important as it currently requires an update. This is a part where you are guided to experience and utilize the regular Descendant first and then move on to the ultimate, but since it is inferior to the ultimate at the final point, most people do not touch it in the first place and wait for the ultimate. The exact method has not been decided yet, but I think it will be in the form of retroactively applying the growth of the regular Descendant to the ultimate Descendant.”
Given that the game has lost70% of its player base since launch,will be hoping these changes and the launch of Season 1 will give The First Descendant the kick-start that it needs.
The First Descendant
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The First Descendant is a next-generation third-person co-op action RPG looter shooter featuring high-quality graphics created in Unreal Engine 5.Players become a Descendant whose mission is to combat alien invaders – The Vulgus who crossed dimensions over 100 years ago and brought with them the devastating Colossi and destruction – for the survival of humanity and to protect Albion and the continent of Ingris. Players will encounter spectacular stories of forces fighting over the Iron Heart as they grow stronger through various missions and raids.Encounter features that make The First Descendant’s gameplay unique: a variety of characters with unique concepts and combat styles, massive boss battles with up to four player co-op, free movement and coordinated action with grappling hooks, a variety of weapons and compelling customization options.
