The First Descendant Roadmap and Compensation for Release Day Issues Revealed; Known Issues Listed

While The First Descendant just launched yesterday as a live service game, developer Nexon is already looking at ahead for the game’s first two seasons, which will come as part of title update drops. While there’s no release dates for these yet, we do know the rough outline of when each will be available as part of The First Descendant roadmap.

The First Descendant Roadmap:

Pre-Season:

Out in Early August:

• New Descendant – Luna
• New Colossus – Gluttony
• New Ultimate Valby
• New Ultimate Weapon, New Skin

Season 1:

Out in Late August (Consists of three major updates):

• Season 1 Episode – Invasion
• Season Progression
• Field Completion
• New Descendant & Descendant Story
• New Colossus and Dungeon
• New Weapon, New Skin
• New Ultimate Descendant

Season 2:

Out in Early December (Consists of three major updates):

Season 2 Episode – Ancestor

• New Mega Dungeon
• Utility Companion
• Season Progression
• New Descendant & Descendant Story
• New Colossus and Dungeon
• New Weapon, New Skin
• New Ultimate Descendant

Note that this doesn’t mean Nexon won’t be releasing updates not marked in the roadmap, as I’m fairly certain we will be seeing patches for balancing, bug fixes and improvements. The ones marked above are the major updates planned by the devs in advance.

Aside from the roadmap, Nexon has also revealed a compensation package as an apology for players who were affected by the game’s release day woes.

The First Descendant Roadmap Compensation Package for Launch Day Issues:

Recipients and How to Claim Reward

– All Descendants who login until 23:59 on 2024.07.07 (Sun) PDT will receive the compensation in their mailbox.

Mail Expiration Date

– Compensation Mail will expire at 23:59 on 2024.07.14 (Sun) PDT

※ Please make sure to claim the compensation before the mail expires.

Compensation Details

– Gold Gain Boost +30% (Duration 3 days)

– Kyper Shard Gain Boost +30% (Duration 3 days)

– Descendant EXP Gain Boost +30% (Duration 3 days)

– Weapon Mastery EXP Gain Boost +30% (Duration 3 days)

– 2 x Matte Red Paints

※ Boost items will be active immediately upon claiming them from the mailbox.

Additional Notice on Twitch Drops Reward Delay

Although the issue causing delays in Twitch Drops Reward has been resolved, we have identified an additional issue where some rewards are still not being delivered. We are currently in contact with Twitch to resolve this issue. Once it is resolved, we will notify you through a separate notice.

Finally, the studio has also outlined the list of the known issues with the game (as of July 3).

The First Descendant Known Issues (as of July 3):

[July 3^rd(Wed) ]

■ (Additional) Issue with the Partial Distribution of Beta Test Rewards

– It has been identified that some rewards for participating in the 2022 Steam Beta Test and the 2023 Cross-Play Open Beta Test have not been distributed.

– We are currently verifying the information regarding the undelivered rewards and will redistribute them as soon as possible.

[July 2^nd(Tue) ]

■ (Additional) Frame drop issues for pre-download

– We have received reports from some Descendants who pre-downloaded the game are experiencing frame drops.

– We are currently investigating this issue. In the meantime, if you encounter this problem, please delete and reinstall the game as a temporary solution.

■ (Additional) Issue where players are immediately moved after starting mission in Special Operations

– Found issue where players are immediately moved to Albion after starting the mission when entering special operations. Partial fixes have been implemented, and a complete fix is currently in progress.

■ (Additional) Issue of Players being occasionally placed into servers without other players during field transfers

– Found when transferring fields solo, players are occasionally placed on a server with no other players existing.

– Void Intercept battle, Infiltration Operations, and Special Operations matching works fine, also transferring fields as a party, all party members are placed on the same server as normal.

■ Temporary solutions for client termination issues with certain antivirus Programs

– We have requested for exceptions for The First Descendant to antivirus programs, but some have not been implemented. Below are temporary solutions for this problem.

(1) ‘Bitdefender’ Temporary Solution [FAQ]

– Go to System Protection > Advanced Threat Detection (ATD) > Manage Exclusions menu, select the file or folder for The First Descendant, and save.

(2) ‘McAfee Agent’ Temporary Solution [FAQ]

– Go to McAfee Security > Navigation > Quarantined and Trusted Items, select TheFirstDescendant.exe from the quarantined programs list, and restore it.

■ Solutions for ‘Easy Anti-Cheat’ not functioning correctly

– If Easy Anti-Cheat malfunctions, refer to the FAQ for solutions. If the issue persists, please contact customer support with relevant screenshots.

– Customer Support Access: Official Website > Customer Support > FAQ > Contact Us

■ Delay when purchasing items through baskets on PlayStation Store.

– When purchasing multiple items through the basket from the PlayStation Store, there may be a delay of the items to be delivered to your inventory.

■ Case for ‘Lethal Infection’ module. After enhancing ‘Lethal Infection’ module to level 5 we found that ‘Skill Power Modifier’ does not fully function.

– An issue where the ‘Skill Power Modifier’ does not increase correctly after enhancing ‘Lethal Infection’ module from level 4 to level 5 has been identified.

■ Unused items appearing in Access Info

– Some consumable items that have not been used are appearing in the information browsing list.

■ Sharen’s ‘Active Camouflage’ skill issue

– When using Sharen’s ‘Active Camouflage’ skill, it untargets the named monsters, switching their condition to non-combat mode, causing their HP to recover rapidly.

■ Ultimate Weapon’s kill not being counted for quests that require ‘Kill with Specific Weapon’.

– Monsters killed using the unique ability of an ultimate weapon are not being counted correctly for quests (e.g., Battle Pass challenges, Awards) that require kills with a specific weapon.

■ Weapon Module Enhancement display issue

– On Weapon Module Enhancing screen, the reduction effect of module capacity, due to socket type assignment is not being displayed correctly. Although the display of each individual module capacity reduction effect is not shown correctly, the summed amount of module capacity is displayed correctly.

■ Incorrect item drops in certain regions during Infiltration Operations

– During Infiltration Operations, destructible objects in regions other than Kingston and the Fortress area are dropping common items from the Kingston region.

■ Incorrect display of Hagios Region Dominique NPC name and description

– The name and description of the Dominique NPC in the Hagios region is mis-displayed.

■ Monster Errors in White-night Gulch

– In the Infiltration Operation ‘Bio-Lab’ in White-night Gulch, monsters sometimes get stuck in the terrain.

– In the hatchery within the White-night Gulch region, monsters occasionally do not appear when progressing with void shard activities

We are expecting a patch for the game to be rolled out to deal with some of these issues. Once that’s out, we’ll be sure to let our readers know.

In case you haven’t checked it yet, go read our review of The First Descendant here to see what we make of it so far.

[Source: TFD Alerts, Nexon (1, 2)]