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The First Descendant players are criticizing Nexon over Season 1 content drip feed, but the devs are listening

Nexon recently unveiled Season 1 "Invasion" for The First Descendant, later clarifying that its three updates spread over months. Now, plans are changing following backlash.

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The First Descendant Season 1: Invasion Launch Details Revealed

The First Descendant's Season 1 rollout faces criticism for extensive timegating, impacting player experience and community engagement.

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Embark's next shooter is ditching free-to-play so devs can 'focus more on the fun' and not 'encouraging players to make purchases'

Arc Raiders will be $40 when it launches next year, but a playtest is coming sooner.

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The First Descendant Season 1 is unveiled with Ultimate Freyna, new ways to power up, and so much more content

The First Descendant's debut season is just around the corner with two new Descendants, new seasonal progression, and a ton of brand-new content.

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New The First Descendant update makes playing the game less of a headache and teases a new Descendant

The First Descendant 1.07 is now rolling out to all players with the list of quality-of-life improvements we expected, plus some tweaks to Weekly Challenges.

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The First Descendant already has a new update dropping two days after the last one, showing Nexon doesn't relax

The First Descendant 1.06 is a minor hotfix built on the previous major content update released two days ago, but still features some important fixes.

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The First Descendant's first major update turns on the gold and XP boost tap for 3 days as devs delay a new hotfix

You'll have to manually activate it from the mailbox though

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The First Descendant dev promises "a more rational and satisfying farming experience" days after nerfing the looter shooter's Destiny-style loot cave

The Valby run is no more, but Nexon is working on improving The First Descendant's farming system

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The First Descendant's biggest update ever brings a ton of new content and enough improvements to make Alpha cry tears of joy

The First Descendant gets its first major content update for its pre-season, adding two new Descendants, a new Colossi, more weapons and modules, and a whole lot more.

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The First Descendant's next major content update is now coming even earlier, and we got our first look at the new Descendants

Nexon has revealed that Update 5, the first major content update for The First Descendant, is now coming a day early (and showed off some of the content).

Windows Central

Let's ignore The First Descendant review discourse and talk about what Nexon can do to make this game amazing

Nexon's free-to-play, MMORPG looter shooter The First Descendant has struggled to attract positive criticism like many other live service games, but that doesn't mean it's bad.

Windows Central

The First Descendant executes total U-turn on the promise of endless loot caves, blames 'mistranslation' and weirdly insists 'there have been no reversals'

Look, it's Elvis!

PC Gamer

A new The First Descendant update gives players what they want — more space, less waiting times, better rewards

Nexon has released a new The First Descendant patch, bringing some much-appreciated quality-of-life and farming improvements ahead of the next content update.

Windows Central

The First Descendant update nerfs its Destiny-style loot cave but keeps its reward efficiency "significantly higher than originally intended" thanks to its popularity

Outpost cooldown times have now been reduced, though

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(Update) The First Descendant decides nerfing the best weapons and patching fun exploits is for lame live service games, adapts a different approach

Nexon had committed to protecting player creations and discoveries in The First Descendant, but now it seems that Nexon told us wrong... Several times.

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The First Descendant dev apologizes for translation snafu, says rewards at its Destiny 2-style loot cave will be adjusted to be in line with other farming spots

Nexon has clarified what changes are being made

PC Gamer

The First Descendant players have discovered a Destiny-style loot cave but, rather than 'simply nerfing certain content', the devs are leaning in and making every cave a loot cave

The so-called Valby Run is "our own mistake" said the developers, but they "do not wish to suddenly remove it."

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The First Descendant names and shames thousands of players in its first "crackdown on abusive users"

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The First Descendant changes Destiny 2 lookalike icons, but Nexon still won't say how they ended up in the game

Problem solved, but I'd really like to know how the problem started in the first place.

GamesRadar

The First Descendant updates the icons it was accused of ripping off from Destiny 2 to reflect the looter shooter's "unique identity"

Whatever that might be

Windows Central

The First Descendant's next big update with new weapons, Luna, and Ultimate Valby now has a release date

Hotfix 1.0.3 is now live for The First Descendant, but more exciting is confirmation on when the next content drop is happening. Hint; it's soon.

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Destiny 2 and Warframe who? The First Descendant hit a massive player milestone in just 7 days

Nexon has revealed that The First Descendant, its new free-to-play MMORPG co-op looter shooter, has reached over 10 million unique players in just seven days.

PC Gamer

The First Descendant will change its in-game icons following accusations that it swiped them from Destiny 2

Nexon says it will "make adjustments to ensure that the imagery that may appear similar clearly reflects the unique identity of our game."

GamesRadar

The First Descendent isn't secretly messing with your drop rates, and Nexon is taking steps to prove it's not lying

"We are currently working on various measures to ensure the community can trust the dev team"

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The First Descendant hits 10 million players in a week despite rough start with 52% positive Steam reviews: "We will do our best to bring you great experiences"

Initial server issues clearly didn't put players off too much

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