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Outposts are arguably the least popular of all the farming locations. You can either go in guns blazing for a small chance (the dreaded 20%) of getting the Amorphous Material Pattern or use Sharen (or Jayber, if you’re feeling creative) to infiltrate the Outpost stealthily for an additional chance of getting the AM. And you couldn’t even farm those Outposts efficiently, since they had a full minute of waiting time. So you basically wreck everything in 10 seconds, and then wait a whole minute for the reset. That does not sound like much, but if you have to repeat the same Outpost multiple times, it adds up, and the players are not too happy about it. Finally, Nexon has heard our pleas, and in the latest The First Descendant 1.1.7 Patch, they halved the Outpost cooldown time.
The First Descendant 1.1.7 Patch Notes
The main part of the Patch is the reduction of the Outpost cooldown. However, more useful changes are also here, like the reduction of the “hold-X-button” time, removing the hero landing animation when falling from a high altitude, offering Supply Coins as compensation for an earlier issue, fixes to some weapons (like the Albion Cavalry Guy and The Final Masterpiece), and more.
Content Improvements in Patch 1.1.7
(1) Content Improvements
– Reduced the cooldown for Outpost content from 60 to 30 seconds.
(2) UI & UX
– We have made improvements so you can adjust Module Settings immediately after completing an Infiltration Operation or Void Intercept Battle until right before matchmaking begins.
– The hold time for buttons for pop-up messages displayed under specific conditions has been reduced.
ㄴParty Invitation Notification
ㄴJoin Party Application Notification
ㄴ Void Intercept Battle Completion Results Window
ㄴMission Completion Results Window
– Improved the Reactor info tooltip layout so the info can be viewed easier.
– Improved the Mission Results Window, including Infiltration Operations, to not display while other UI, such as the Inventory, is open.
(3) Miscellaneous
– Removed the hero landing character animation when jumping from a high altitude. You can now transit to next action more quickly after landing.
Bug Fixes
(1) Content
– Special Operation/Defend Albion Resource: Fixed an issue where Missions or Challenges related to the complete condition were not being counted correctly.
ㄴ As mentioned in the Known Issues notice, to apologize for the inconvenience, 20 Supply Coins will be sent via mail to Descendants who log in between PST 2024.11.06 (Wed) 23:00 – 2024.11.10 (Sun) 22:59.
ㄴ For detailed information, please refer to the Defend Albion Resource Compensation notice.
– Special Operation/Defend Albion Resource: Fixed an issue where Siege and Sniper monster spawn sounds were not playing.
– Special Operation/Task Squad Mission: Fixed an issue where Task Squad Missions were not being cleared.
– Fortress/Defend Albion Resources: Fixed an issue where monsters would not attack in specific locations
– Invasion: The Asylum: Fixed an issue where you could not join allies.
– Battle Pass Challenges: Fixed an issue where some challenges were not being counted when completing Infiltration Operation: Hard 400%.
(2) Weapons & Modules
– Ultimate Module “Sweeping Squad”: The Ultimate Module “Sweeping Squad” for both General Rounds and Special Rounds has been updated. The ATK UP effect of the module when defeating an enemy has been adjusted so that instead of being reset, only the “Duration” of the effect will be reset.
– Ultimate Weapon “Albion Cavalry Gun: The name of the status effect applied by ricochet has been changed from “Precise Strike” to “Stun”.
– Ultimate Weapon “Albion Cavalry Gun”: Fixed an issue where the visual effect on ricochet were only displayed on 2 enemies.
– Ultimate Weapon “Albion Cavalry Gun”: Fixed an issue where the visual effect on ricochet was not clearly visible.
– Ultimate Weapon “Albion Cavalry Gun”: Fixed an issue where this weapon’s ricochet did not activate on environmental objects in Intercept Battles.
– Ultimate Weapon “The Final Masterpiece”: Fixed an issue where the electric shock caused by the “Pulsing Shock” effect did not activate on environmental objects in Intercept Battles.
– Ultimate Weapon “The Final Masterpiece”: Fixed an issue where the electric shock visual effects of the “Pulsing Shock” effect when firing the weapon was displayed on only one target.
– Ultimate Weapon “The Final Masterpiece”: Fixed an issue where the visual effects of “Puddle of Indulgence” triggered by the “Endless Indulgence” effect disappears faster than its duration.
– Ultimate Weapon “The Final Masterpiece”: Fixed an issue where enemies intermittently became immobilized while in the “Puddle of Indulgence” triggered by the “Endless Indulgence” effect.
– Ultimate Weapon “The Final Masterpiece” & “Perforator”: Fixed an issue where some effects obstructed too much of the view.
– Ultimate Weapon “Perforator”: Fixed an issue where the burst effect of “Explosive Scanner” appeared too bright in dark areas.
– Ultimate Weapons “Smithereens” & “Piercing Light” : Fixed an issue where the “Critical Hit Rate“was displayed as “Fixed.”
– [PS]: Fixed an issue where the values in Weapon Stats were displayed incorrectly.
(3) UI & UX
– Research Status: The progress status of lower-level material research displayed in the Research list has been corrected to match the actual progress.
– “Ion Accerlator” Research: Fixed an issue where the research time was displayed incorrectly after cancelling the “Ion Accerlator” research.
(4) Shop
– Emotes: Fixed an issue where the descriptions of “Here Is Your Treat!”, “Vampire’s Leisure”, and “Ride Magic Broom” were displayed incorrectly in the Shop.
– Preview image: Fixed an issue where the preview image of the “Twisted Worship Set” in the shop was displayed incorrectly.
The First Descendant Players Happy With the Change
So, after Patch 1.1.7, you can now almost double your Outpost farming output in The First Descendant. Nexon said that completely removing the cooldown would be too much and they think that 30 seconds is the right call. Players have nothing but words of praise for this change. On X, narutoabd said “30 seconds lets go” and yano69k added “Another W patch, can’t stop winning”. As for Reddit you can see similar comments, like “Every patch a W” from Shyrshadi, and “Alright, let’s go farm some Amorphous!” from SpeechAcademic8565.
A lot of players jokingly say stuff like “How am I supposed to manage my inventory in-between now?” by Ragingdark and “aw I can’t look at my phone now” by Senji775.
All in all, another great move by Nexon. They also mentioned that they are planning a lot more changes to Outposts in Season 2. We’ll just have to wait and see.