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When Season 2 came out, fans were excited about all the new content. Unfortunately, no one expected a bunch of errors to follow it, especially crashes. The majority of those have been fixed with minor hotfixes but players still reported problems, but of a different kind. Players were miffed with the new Void Vessel reward chests and the Heavy Ion Collectors farming the most. Now, a new update is here, called The First Descendant Hotfix 1.2.1, and has brought some massive QoL changes, especially concerning the aforementioned issues.
The First Descendant Hotfix 1.2.1
As promised, Nexon released the first “big” hotfix for Season 2 on December 12. They even held a new dev livestream right before it was released, where they talked about all the changes in great detail. And now, those changes are here, so let’s look at The First Descendant Hotfix 1.2.1 patch notes.
Content Improvements
(1) Addition of Infiltration Support Function
– When starting an Infiltration, you can activate the “Other Infiltration Support” setting.
ㄴActivating this option allows you to enter different Infiltration Operations from the currently selected one, with a low number of Descendants.
ㄴInfiltration Support targets Operations that have the same Difficulty and Kill Score Multiplier as the one selected.
ㄴYou cannot carry out Private Operations when Other Infiltration Support is enabled.
– Other Infiltration Support is unavailable under the following conditions.
ㄴYou can only support Infiltration Operations that you have cleared at least once on Normal Difficulty.
ㄴOther Infiltration Support is unavailable on Hard Difficulty with the 400% multiplier.
ㄴOther Infiltration Support is unavailable if you’re in a 4-player party.
– Rewards available from Other Infiltration Support are as follows.
ㄴRewards dropped from enemies are based on the Infiltration Operation currently being played.
ㄴInfiltration Operation Success Rewards are based on the Infiltration Operation that was selected.
ㄴSelectable Rewards for Hard Difficulty Infiltration Operations are also based on the Infiltration Operation that was selected.
ㄴThe drop rate of the Selectable Rewards is determined by the score table of the Infiltration Operation that you entered.
Quests
– When clearing an Infiltration Operation, the quest progress increases based on the Infiltration Operation that you entered.
(2) Balance
– Upon entering content, the capacity of High-Power Rounds has been increased from 5 to 15.
– The base ‘Weapon Spec’ of the next ultimate weapons have been adjusted
ㄴ The basic ammo capacity of ‘After Glow’ has been increased from 6 to 12.
ㄴ The basic ammo capacity of ‘Piercing Light has been increased from 6 to 11.
ㄴ The basic ammo capacity of ‘Smithereens’ has been increased from 7 to 15.
ㄴ The basic ammo capacity of ‘Executor’ has been increased from 8 to 14.
ㄴ The ‘Explosion ATK Drop-off Range’ of ‘Restored Relic’ has been decreased from 50% to 10%.
ㄴ The ‘Launcher Explosion Radius’ of ‘Restored Relic’ has been increased from 4.7m to 8.3m.
ㄴ The crosshair recovery speed of ‘Smithereens’ and ‘Executor’ has been increased by approximately 30%.
ㄴ The ‘Firearm ATK’ of ‘Smithereens’ has increased by approximately 62%.
(3) Content
– White-night Gulch: In the Mystery’s End – Infiltration Operation on Hard Difficulty, the monster that used to spawn behind the trap now spawns in front of it.
– Updated White-night Gulch: Mystery’s End – Infiltration Operation 400% to allow you to obtain the ‘Heavy Ion Collector.’
– Improved the location of Records in the Void Vessel Record Quest to make progression easier.
– Blueprint Boxes for Keelan and Fellowes can now be acquired in turn for each tier upon completing the Void Vessel, instead of only one of them appearing as before.
– Improved Target Rewards.
ㄴThe Library now displays Target Reward info.
ㄴThe registered objective tracker on the in-game screen now includes Target Reward info.
Bug Fixes
(1) Content
– Fixed an issue where in the Sharen Descendant Quest where the Prowler, upon becoming Immune, would spawn a monster in locations that rendered it undefeatable.
– Fixed an issue where teleporting to join allies would not work correctly in the Invasion Sterile Land: Unknown Laboratory.
– Fixed an issue where the drone would not move automatically in the Vespers: Ruins Path mission.
– Fixed an issue where a Descendant in the DBNO state would be left out when teleporting to the named monster combat area in the White-night Gulch: Mystery’s End.
– Fixed an issue where certain traps would be reactivated after they were switched off in the Void Vessel on Hard Difficulty.
– Fixed an issue where the Vulgus Comms Beacons would not be displayed on the guide in the Void Vessel Quest.
– Fixed an issue where the Laser Drones would spawn even after destroying the Surveillance Drones in the Void Vessel Quest on Normal Difficulty.
– Fixed an issue where using Luna’s “Stage Presence” skill on a destructible Drone Station object would cause the Unique Weapon to not target correctly in the Void Vessel.
– Fixed an issue where the Season Level Purchase pop up screen would be displayed after reaching Battle Pass Lv. 96.
(2) Descendants
– Fixed an issue where Sharen’s “Release Cutting Force” skill would not deal any damage to enemies or objects protected by a “Legion Shield”.
– Fixed an issue where Jayber’s Turret would not be retrieved when pressing the Skill button while jumping.
(3) UI/UX
– Fixed an issue where the item information tooltip scroll in the ‘Access Info’ did not function properly.
– Fixed an issue where using the shortcut for researching ‘Ion Accelerator’ in the Dimension Analyzer’ led to incorrect research details.
– Fixed an issue where outdated Ultimate Reactors (optimization condition reactors for each weapon) were displayed in the ‘Access Info’.
– Fixed an issue where clicking the button to unpin a ‘Target Reward’ in the Item Acquisition Info tab would apply the action immediately.
– Fixed an issue where the item name was incorrectly displayed when clicking “View Details” for the Ultimate Sharen ‘Elite Assassin’ body skin in the shop.
(4) Miscellaneous
– Back Attachment: Fixed an issue where it was impossible to paint Prepared Speedster.
– Grappling Hook now retains its initial speed when re-used.
– Fixed an issue where using the Ecive after killing the “Infernal Walker” would display abnormal info at the top of the screen.
– Fixed an issue where a Fellow’s jump animation would often freeze when there were items that could automatically be picked up.
– Fixed an issue where switching to the Shop menu during a Spawn/Despawn animation preview would cause an unnatural camera transition in Customize menu.
– Fixed an issue where it was possible to change equipped Modules during a battle by using the Module Recommendation feature.
– Fixed an issue where the levels were not displayed correctly for the “Reach Hagios Sheepdog Level” awards under the Fellow category.
ㄴ If the award levels do not update even after reaching the required Fellow level, please unequip and re-equip the Fellow.
Great Changes
The two main changes here are the Other Infiltration Support and the one about Void Vessel reward chests. Now, with Other Infiltration Support, you can select the Infiltration mission and its rewards, but you may get assigned to a different one, depending on the “demand”. When you complete the mission, you’ll get the rewards from the Infiltration you have initially chosen. That will make farming (especially for those pesky Heavy Ion Collectors) less tedious, as you won’t have to repeat the exact same mission dozens of times. Additionally, on the topic of Heavy Ion Collectors, they have been added as a reward in White-night Gulch: Mystery’s End – Infiltration Operation 400%, to spice things up.
The other great improvement is for Keelan/Fellow chests. Before this update, you would either get one or the other as the reward, and that was a real problem if you were farming specifically for, for example. Fellows. And as luck would have it, you’ll more often get the chests that you don’t want. Now, after the 1.2.1 Update, the reward chests will be mixed, ie, if you manage to get at least three (by completing the mission fast enough), you are guaranteed a choice between both types of chests. If we understood correctly, if you manage to get all four chests, they will be evenly spread: two chests for Keelan rewards, and two for Fellows, and then simply pick the one you like. Additionally, each time you get Gold as a reward, it will count towards your Target Reward (if you have set it up).
Another change worth noting is that Ultimate Weapons using High-Power Rounds have been buffed a bit. You now start a mission with 15 rounds, instead of five, and a lot of the Sniper Weapons gained increased ammo capacity, Restored Relic got a buff to its AoE, and Smithereens got a significant increase to its ATK.
Fans Love the Update
As Nexon is against nerfing (as much as possible), naturally, the players are thrilled about these changes. They really had issues with reward boxes and Ion Collectors, so a hotfix released this fast is commendable. “Thank you @FirstDescendant devs for listening to community feedback regarding gameplay issues and fixing them so promptly.” said Papofries, “Oh my lord thank youuuu” said Crush5873 about the Void Vessel rewards, and “Good fixes and QoL improvements.” said nyts90, but adding that there are still problems with the banned word in the chat.
Hopefully, those will get fixed as soon as possible. The devs revealed that the next update is scheduled for December 19 (it sounded a lot like “nine” in the devstream, but since that is impossible and probably just a slip, take this info with a tiny grain of salt) and it will be the last one for this year.