“Performance gap between Descendants” is Preventing Devs from Balancing Meta Builds for Endgame Content in The First Descendant

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“Performance gap between Descendants” is Preventing Devs from Balancing Meta Builds for Endgame Content in The First Descendant

Even though The First Descendant might not be the hottest game with millions of players, it still has an active community. The title is enjoyed by tens of thousands of players each day, and developer Nexon Games has brought tons of updates to keep them engaged.

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The First Descendant has maintained a small playerbase. (Image via Nexon Games)

Unlike its rivals, Nexon actively listens to the community, decides various things based on feedback, and admits its own faults. The developer has acknowledged one of the crucial flaws in The First Descendant‘s recent patches and explained why it has failed to balance meta builds that are crucial to the end-game content.

The First Descendant team acknowledges balancing issues

If you’re unaware, The First Descendant has dropped a brand-new patch, and it’s called Hotfix 1.2.7. According to Nexon, this patch is meant to improve the gameplay experience and bring some new additions to the shop and some challenge events.

However, what’s really interesting about this patch is that game director Minseok Joo has opened up about the difficulties Nexon faces when it comes to balancing meta builds.

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While Nexon has managed to improve the Void Erosion Purge with the recent patch, it hasn’t been able to solve the issue of specific weapon metas at higher difficulty levels. The main challenge, according to Joo, is the performance gap that exists between different Descendants.

If the difficulty levels are balanced around the best Descendants, weaker ones will struggle hard, and balancing for lower tiers could lead to the leaderboard being absolutely dominated by a few. Nexon wants to fix this and is planning to first adjust the Descendant balance before improving the Void Erosion purge.

However, since the work is already going on for Season 2 Episode 2, these balance updates will take time. Joo has apologized on behalf of the development team and promised to share updates once plans are in motion.

It’s great to see that Nexon is upfront about the challenges it’s facing when it comes to balancing in The First Descendant.

The First Descendant‘s ultimate move to regain players

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Could this feature help revive The First Descendant? (Image via Nexon Games)

Even though Nexon is working hard to develop The First Descendant, the game has been facing a major downward trajectory. You might be shocked to know that the title lost 95% of its entire player count within just six months of release.

However, Nexon is planning to bring a change that is sure to bring back gamers. It’s called the Hot Spring update, which will include so-called “sexy themes.”

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A few days ago, Nexon hosted a developer live stream and shared its content plans for the rest of the month. The First Descendant team talked about new Descendants, features, and, most crucially, hot spring additions.

We still don’t know much about the hot springs other than all of the game’s female Descendants will be able to wear bikinis and show off the game’s newly added jiggle physics.

With that said, what do you think The First Descendant needs to succeed? Let us know in the comments below.

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