A new one The first descendant hotfix should make Outpost farming a much faster option as developer Nexon addresses awkward rewards and “boring gameplay.” This tweak should speed things up, but it’s just the first in a series of planned improvements to the free Steam looter shooter, all designed to smooth out the experience in Outposts and Infiltration Operations. The developer says they also hope to cut back on matchmaking further in the future with a new random queue and improved rewards.
The first descendant hotfix 1.1.7 halves the cooldown on Outposts from 60 seconds to just 30. It is a change of free steam games which should bring them more in line with the effectiveness of running infiltration operations. “Removing the delay entirely could make outpost farming disproportionately more efficient than infiltration operations, which could lead to less dynamic outpost farming,” explains Nexon.
“We recognize that the main problem with Outposts is forcing inconvenient rewards, and the long one-minute cooldown that leads to boring gameplay,” the developer admits. As such, it plans to introduce a new Fusion Reactor cultivation route for infiltration early on The First Descendant Season 2which should give you the ability to work with both modes without relying on Sharen’s invisibility to perfectly manage outposts in complete stealth.
In addition to this, Nexon is considering two important changes to the modes. For Outposts, the team is considering a major overhaul that should “completely overhaul the role and gameplay of Outposts, with the aim of improving them to become more engaging content with continuous battles.” It is hoped that this tweak will also lead to more players participating in Infiltration Operations, thereby reducing match times for the mode.
To further complement this, Season 2 will also introduce a new random match feature. This actually sounds pretty smart, as it allows you to choose a specific infiltration operation that you want the rewards from. You will then be randomly matched into any dungeon but will still receive the payout for your chosen mission upon completion. This means you won’t get stuck in long queues for more niche operations.
First Descendant hotfix 1.1.7 is out now. In addition to the Outpost change, it also reduces the button hold time required to acknowledge many pop-up messages such as party messages and achievement completion windows. There are also a number of bug fixes and minor tweaks is included in the full patch notes.
Additionally, all players affected by Defend Albion Resource quests not being registered correctly since the last update should receive 20 Supply Coins in their inbox by Sunday, November 10th as compensation.
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