Developer Nexon has launched the primary post-launch replace for The First Descendant, which brings some much-needed enhancements to the sport after its tough launch.
Hotfix 1.0.1, out now throughout PC, PlayStation and Xbox, improves efficiency on PlayStation 5 particularly (the PS5 model has important frame-rate points), makes gameplay tweaks and numerous bug fixes, and fixes the emblem sound quantity on recreation launch.
On gameplay, knockback and knockdown restoration instances have been sped up by 1.5 instances, and the utmost utilization of the Eterllick protect ability per part has been diminished from two instances to 1 time. There aren’t any adjustments to The First Descendant’s closely criticized monetization, nevertheless, which some have referred to as “microtransaction hell.”
Nexon’s free-to-play co-op centered looter shooter, a type of fusion of the likes of Warframe and Future, launched on June 30 and has seen enormous participant numbers on Steam (Sony and Microsoft don’t reveal participant numbers on PlayStation and Xbox). On Valve’s platform The First Descendant has seen 239,513 peak concurrent gamers to this point, sufficient to place the sport in Steam’s high 5 most-played video games. Try IGN’s The First Descendant assessment in progress to search out out what we consider the sport to this point.
However the launch has endured important issues, together with the aforementioned frame-rate points and crash issues, with plenty of gamers nonetheless ready for promised rewards together with Twitch drops. Nexon has issued a number of apologies and dished out compensation within the type of in-game sources and objects, however that hasn’t stopped the complaints. Nexon even needed to ask gamers to cease shopping for the identical merchandise a number of instances via Steam or the PlayStation or Xbox platform shops as a result of gamers weren’t getting what they paid for.
The First Descendant hotfix 1.0.1 patch notes in full:
Platform & System
- Fastened the difficulty the place the emblem sound quantity was too excessive when launching the sport.
- Server and consumer stabilization has been carried out.
- (PS5) Eliminated unintended components that have been degrading efficiency.
- (PS5, XSX) Fastened the difficulty the place FSR Upscale was malfunctioning.
Content material Enhancements
- Knockback and knockdown restoration instances have been sped up by 1.5 instances.
- The utmost utilization of the Eterllick protect ability per part has been diminished from 2 instances to 1 time.
Bug Fixes
(1) UI/UX
- Fastened the difficulty the place the again button didn’t work after closing the capability exceeded popup within the module enhancement UI.
(2) Descendant
- (XB1) Fastened the difficulty the place the heads of different gamers sporting skins would intermittently not show.
(3) Module
- Fastened the difficulty the place the ‘Ability Energy Modifier’ quantity was not utilized accurately after degree 5 enhancement of the ‘Deadly An infection’ module.
- Fastened the difficulty the place the last word module drop animation was used when the traditional module ‘Excessive-Energy Rounds Capability Improve’ was dropped.
(4) Area
- Fastened the difficulty the place object destruction animations didn’t seem within the Strategic Outpost.
- Fastened the difficulty the place the identify and outline of the NPC Dominique within the Hagios area have been displayed incorrectly.
(5) Tools
- Fastened the difficulty the place the Guided Spherical of the Final Weapon ‘Restored Relic’ didn’t apply the ‘Historic Fireplace’ standing impact.
- Fastened the tooltip error for the Fireplace Ability Energy of the ‘Lively Volcano’ Exterior Parts 2-set impact.
- Fastened the tooltip error for the Weak Level Harm of the ‘Frozen Coronary heart’ Exterior Parts 4-set impact.
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