First Descendant’s rough launch continues, with players reporting significant framerate drops on PC and consoles.
Nexon’s free-to-download looter shooter launched big this week with high concurrent players on Steam, but user reviews are “mixed” in response to what some are calling “microtransaction hell” as well as various performance issues and rewards. Check out IGN’s ongoing review of The First Descendant to see what we think of the game so far.
The main performance issue revolves around frame rate drops across all platforms, which can cause gameplay issues for an action game. Nexon recognized this and proposed a solution.
The developer attributes these frame rate issues to those who pre-downloaded The First Descendant and suggested that if you experience the issue, delete and reinstall the game “as a temporary solution.” Meanwhile, Nexon said it is investigating further.
Players are reporting mixed results using this workaround, some say it helps improve frame rates on PC, but those on console still seem to be struggling.
That’s not the only problem currently affecting The First Descendant. Nexon offered to compensate players for launch issues that caused promised rewards to fail to appear. Some players say they also didn’t get the premium currency they paid real money for.
For Nexon, here is a list of all current The First Descendant issues that the developer is working on:
[July 3rd (Wed) ]
â– (Next) Problem with partial distribution of beta testing rewards
– It was found that some rewards for participating in the Steam 2022 beta test and the Cross-Play 2023 open beta test were not distributed.
– We are currently verifying information about undelivered rewards and will redistribute them as soon as possible.
[July 2nd(Tue) ]
â– (Other) Issues with dropping prefetch frames
– We have received reports from some descendants who pre-downloaded the game that frame drops are occurring.
– We are currently investigating this issue. If you encounter this problem in the meantime, please delete and reinstall the game as a temporary solution.
â– (Additional) Issue where players are immediately moved after starting a mission in Special Ops
– Fixed issue where players are immediately moved to Albion when entering Special Ops after starting a mission. Partial fixes have been implemented and a full fix is ​​in progress.
â– (Additional) Issue with players occasionally being placed on servers without other players during field moves
– When soloing fields, players are occasionally placed on a server where there are no other players.
– Void Intercept Battle, Infiltration Operations and Special Operations matchmaking works fine, also fields transfer as a party, all party members are placed on the same server as normal.
â– Temporary fixes for client termination issues with certain antivirus programs
– We requested exemptions for The First Descendant from antivirus programs, but some were not implemented. Below are temporary workarounds for this issue.
(1) “Bitdefender” workaround. [FAQ]
– Go to System Protection > Advanced Threat Detection (ATD) > Manage Exceptions, select a file or folder for First Child and save.
(2) “McAfee Agent” workaround. [FAQ]
– Go to McAfee Security > Navigation > Quarantined and trusted items, select TheFirstDescendant.exe from the list of quarantined programs and restore it.
â– Solutions for “Easy Anti-Cheat” do not work properly
– If Easy Anti-Cheat fails, please refer to the FAQ for a solution. If the problem persists, please contact customer support with the relevant screenshots.
– Access to customer support: Official website > Customer support > FAQ > Contact us
â– Delays when purchasing items via PlayStation Store carts.
– When purchasing multiple items via the PlayStation Store cart, there may be a delay in the delivery of items to your inventory.
â– Case for the ‘Deadly Infection’ module. After upgrading the ‘Lethal Infection’ module to level 5, we found that the ‘Skill Power Modifier’ does not fully work.
– Fixed an issue where the ‘Skill Power Modifier’ does not increase properly after upgrading the ‘Lethal Infection’ module from level 4 to level 5.
â– Unused items shown in Access Info
– Some consumable items that have not been used appear in the information browsing list.
â– Problem with Sharen ‘Active Camouflage’ skill
– When you use Sharen’s ‘Active Camouflage’ skill, it untargets the named monsters, switching their status to non-combat mode, causing their HP to recover quickly.
â– Ultimate weapon kills do not count for quests that require “Specific Weapon Kill”.
– Monsters killed using the ultimate weapon’s unique ability are not properly counted in quests (eg Battle Pass challenges, awards) that require a specific weapon to be killed.
â– Weapon Module Enhancement display issue
– On the Weapon Module Enhancing screen, the effect of reducing module capacity due to socket type assignment is not displayed correctly. Although the display of each individual module capacity reduction effect is not displayed correctly, the total size of the module capacity is displayed correctly.
â– Items incorrectly dropping in certain areas during infiltration operations
– During infiltration operations, destructible items in areas other than Kingston and the Stronghold area drop normal items from the Kingston area.
â– Hagios Region Dominique NPC name and description displayed incorrectly
– The name and description of the Dominique NPC in the Hagios region is displayed incorrectly.
â– Monster Errors in White-night Gulch
– In the ‘Bio-Lab’ infiltration operation in White-night Gulch, monsters sometimes get stuck in the terrain.
– In the hatchery in the White-night Gulch area, monsters sometimes do not appear when you progress with empty shard activities.
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