The First Descendant developer Nexon has signaled the sport will get one of many most-requested options since launch.
The free-to-play co-op centered looter shooter has development techniques that gas a deep-rooted grind that in flip encourages gamers to leap into repeatable missions on laborious mode with the intention to have a greater likelihood of acquiring supplies.
At the moment, the one laborious mode content material with no matchmaking is Infiltration Operations. Exhausting mode on these Infiltration Operations gives an improved drop likelihood for sure loot, which implies gamers are inclined to play them on laborious reasonably than regular issue. However with out matchmaking, you are pressured to play Infiltration Operations on laborious mode solo, which for some gamers is not doable or, at least, slows them down.
Now, Nexon has mentioned a hotfix is incoming that features “matchmaking for public Infiltration Operation (Dungeon) on Exhausting Mode.” The information has actually gone down properly with followers who’ve praised the developer for appearing shortly on suggestions. “Kudos to the dev staff, good choice,” mentioned redditor Sufficient_Theory534. “This may improve the longevity of the sport exponentially.”
Whereas Nexon is including this much-requested function, it has remained quiet on quite a lot of controversies which have hit The First Descendant because it got here out. For instance, the corporate has but to deal with The First Descendant’s extremely aggressive monetization, nor has it defined the exceptional similarities between icons utilized in The First Descendant and Bungie’s rival looter shooter, Future.
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Nonetheless, The First Descendant is pulling in gamers, with a peak Steam concurrent participant depend of 264,860 to this point — sufficient to interrupt into the highest 5 most-played video games on Valve’s platform. Microsoft and Sony don’t present participant numbers for PlayStation and Xbox. Take a look at IGN’s The First Descendant assessment in progress to seek out out what we consider the sport to this point.
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