10 Actually Useful Tricks | The First Descendant

[@antonisandreoulis6378]

Honestly you deserve more recognition , your videos are BY FAR the most well rounded-informative simple and effective. Thank you for all the work you're putting

[@AlphaRod69]

This means so much to me, ty

[@MrNorker77]

@@AlphaRod69 Can only concur. Short and concise information, loving it. Have to agree you couldn't have shortened it, which is a weird thing to say these days with all those creators that would've split up these tips into 4-5 10+ minute videos having lots of "filler". Thanks again, some of those tips blew my mind.

[@AlphaRod69]

@@MrNorker77 💚

[@ohnoitisnt666]

100%

[@draconois1150]

also as a tip for the reloading cancel, just hold the fire bottom down while reloading the gun will start shooting when it can, also skipping part of the reloading animation

[@DragonSkyShadow]

tried it and it doesnt seem to work for me , i tried holding down entierly till automatic reload and it went full animation i tried to hold after pressing reload and still didnt do anything

[@Arunnn241]

Holding down doesn't work but tap firing works (albeit inconsistently). ADS'ing, however, works all the time for me and is much faster since you're likely going to ADS anyway.

[@omegawolfakali589]

That first tip is crazy af. I'm definitely using that. This is a great list 👍🏾

[@MrJfgh]

Devourer aint gonna know what hit him.

[@ryancampbell454]

its so simple yet so effective

[@RennZqt]

i spat out my food on the first tip... AMAZING I CAN NOW SOLO EVEN BETTER THAN BEFORE MAN. YOURE GONNA BE MY GO TO FOR GUIDES ON THIS GAME

[@AlphaRod69]

Glad you enjoyed it :D

[@sherpagoolsbee8390]

You can add to the ammo tip that your secondary general round weapon can have the impact/special ammo conversion mod. This way, if you see special/impact ammo... Just switch to that weapon and the rounds are converted to general.

[@AlphaRod69]

TRUE! I didn't even think about doing that, definitely a useful way to generate even more general ammo

[@NanzoGonzo]

Whoa so much ammo for general rounds now

[@MrSimplyKK]

Mate ngl I got 40 hours myself in the game. Which obviously means the story is mainly completed yet I still know nothing. This guide is great, the ammo one is fantastic, the equipment farm one and having toxic, chill etc is great to know. All of it. Best video I’ve seen so far and very clear and detailed. Props to you mate, earned a sub ❤

[@AlphaRod69]

Thank you, you absolute legend!

[@AlexVechivtch]

"Obviously means the story is mainly completed" 💀 haven't got through it even after 40 hours

[@MrSimplyKK]

@@AlexVechivtch haha to be fair bro doesn’t mean anything bad on your end, my mates were secretly all racing each other offline (myself included) trying to see who could max it first. Don’t even try to ask me about the story, skipped almost every cutscene haha. I wanted to watch them but they were like “nope, next mission”.

[@hulksmash9748]

Some of the content creators just want to breeze through their videos and say what they want you to hear and not what you need to know also they don’t explain anything in details.

[@none_o_ur_bidnis]

I have a tip and trick for watching AlphaRod. Change the playback speed to 1.5x to get him talking at a normal speed.

[@web2871]

It's the Shatner pauses every few syllables.

[@BoBurnham69]

Wtf? Talk about anxiety 😂 This guy speaks *JUST* fine People that speed up vids are f***** weird

[@none_o_ur_bidnis]

@@BoBurnham69 what do you mean anxiety?

[@pillagius]

Since staying stationary is most dangerous thing to be, a cool trick for long drops and bosses that force-teleport you, like Executioner: to stop stagger from landing, start reloading your gun before hitting the ground - it will cancel the landing animation, without limiting your mobility.

[@AlphaRod69]

You can also shoot to cancel your long fall, this was originally in the video but moved it to part 2!

[@clembra1]

You can also double jump or grapple the ground to cancel the hard landing 🙂

[@matr2187]

The first tip alone deserves a sub and a like. Thank you!

[@sarcasm-83]

I've lost count how many tip videos I've seen that basically just teach about how the menus work and the access menu and where to see where items drop etc. so yeah, these were awesome :) Thank you. Gonna have to keep this open to remember especially which component gave which element effects and the hard mode thing. My co-op friend dipped out on me after 30 hours so still stuck in Normal mode soloing the bosses, just beat Devourer today.

[@BoBurnham69]

Video length doest matter AT ALL for a lot of people, you just do ur thing, good sir! I will watch it no matter what and *WITHOUT* speeding up, im not a impacient freak like that 💯 top tier vid

[@MKP2W]

Holy moly that double ammo reserves trick is so good thanks dude.

[@sergiohtx9600]

Thank you so much for including timestamps for videos like these they are always so helpful to jump ahead to stuff that is want to know about

[@Cert1f1edM1dget]

I never subscribe to gaming videos because I don't want to get bombarded by youtube with recommendations BUT I HAVE to subscribe to you. Most of the content creators for this game are just repeating what every other content creator is saying. Every video I've watched from you has had information that no other creator has. I came into this video expecting to get the same information everyone else is saying but a lot of these are new to me. Your other videos have helped me tremendously in this game.

[@AlphaRod69]

Reading this honestly made me smile, the fact you took the time to comment this means the world to me as well. Thank you so much for the kind words, seeing you and everyone else respond so positively to my videos makes me want to continue making more and even higher quality content. Again thank you man. ❤

[@johnevenstar5885]

Came here to say the exact same thing. Going to go check out his other videos now as well!

[@ValorantRivals]

you can subscribe and turn off notifications

[@DK-sk4cv]

This guy gets it... and is right these videos are quality compared to alot of others

[@BoBurnham69]

Same here! This good gentlemen is a beast 😎🍻💯

[@user-et6hg3yv1w]

That ammo tip is by far the best tip I’ve seen from a content creator. Nice mate. Nice.

[@rekrn12345]

Seems like an exploit honestly so expect it to get changed.

[@GhostZaith]

Best tips video yet ! If you get anymore tips, please do a part 2.

[@whogivesaxxxx2594]

Deserves a comment for the first tip alone. You are correct, all of these tips actually helped me progress. Thank you, can't wait for the next one!

[@Counterfactual52]

This is a genuinely unique video with useful advice ive never heard! earned a sub

[@la7era1u54]

The reload cancel only seems like it is faster, but the remaining reload time is actually the same amount of time as your roll. That's why you have to wait longer for longer loading guns. You are not really gaining any extra time. The grapple might actually be a slight decrease in load time

[@AlphaRod69]

During testing of my Eternal willpower, the entire reload takes 2.8 seconds, as the threshold is 50% I can reload cancel at 50% (1.4 seconds) using the grapple technique which takes ~0.5 seconds. Meaning I can start shooting the gun, fully reloaded after 1.9 seconds, almost cutting a full second off the reload. This only is possible because I use the mod which increase reload times, if I wasn't then the reload time wouldnt be long enough to warrant cancelling. Definitely a by-case situation but can be beneficial in some places!

[@MillerTheOriginal]

This is actually really helpful. I watched last night and this evening I've actually been looking forward to sorting my external components now I know how they work. As you said, who doesn't love a kuiper multiplier. Easy sub

[@Windder]

that ammo tip is crazy. Also, thank you for this video. This one covers more that aren't just recycled tips like other videos.

[@BUZZKILL109]

The first tip was insane, looking at your channel now I can see you post consise and informative videos. Thanks for not wasting people's time, you've earned +1 Sub

[@auzz95]

i absolutely love you for that first tip with the ammo. i’m CONSTANTLY running out and my one major gripe was why isn’t this common white ammo common at all

[@AlphaRod69]

glad I could help :D

[@AnnsFusionPwN]

FINALLY SOMEONE WITH ACTUAL USEFUL TIPS!!!! I've got 65h in the game, the ammo tip is mindblowing, plus the external components resistances are also new to me, this game would benefit a lot from an actual working wiki. Sir you have earned my sub!

[@_Super_Dad_]

Its really good tips .. you were right, 60h+. in game abd still didn't know half of those tips👊

[@AlphaRod69]

Always more to learn!

[@stevepaul5812]

that first tip is already great

[@mikeD1234]

As someone just starting out yesterday, this helps. Well done and sub earned. I won’t be so anal retentive about saving low lvl rolls now. Dismantle all, here I come! That alone is a massive time saver.

[@AlphaRod69]

Glad I could help you! I had a TON of weapons I thought would be great sitting in my vault only to realise none of would be worth it at max level.

[@w4rds555]

Keep it up, didn’t know about that first tip. Definitely super useful having the extra ammo for the bosses.

[@AlphaRod69]

Thank you sir, glad the tip helped you!

[@darkyy_5188]

finding videos of actually good info are very hard, and this is definetly one of them

[@JAOResnik]

You can also reload cancel by quickly jumping and doing an air melee, dealing extra damage in the process if the enemy is close

[@TonyFleury]

Amazing clarification on reload canceling. I thought I had it figured out but you proved me wrong. Earned my sub.

[@AlphaRod69]

I always try to provide all the information you need in 1 video, glad I managed to prove you wrong!

[@drolingink]

Very informative video. Thanks for the tips. Especially breaking down the reload canceling system and grappling, those are huge! Keep up the good work Descendant.

[@AlphaRod69]

💚💚

[@oscarmike47]

honestly. this is the first video that actually has good tips and tricks. its full of stuff that is really usefull as a beginner player. well done man. all those other videos show you how to maximize this or that once your already level one million and completed the story quest.

[@LuifiP77]

You got a sub mate, was saving weapons with legendary perks and I ended up upgrading some of them and realize that I lost the legendary perk. Save me a huge amount of time, keep it up, cheers!

[@retrobeast475]

Never comment on videos. However, this game has a lot of things to look out for and I thought I had it all figured out. The extra weapon for ammo mods was such a good call! Thanks a lot. New subscriber!

[@driedpoptart6419]

First tip already blew my mind such great tips my man

[@AlphaRod69]

Thank you!

[@herbertcoxe3601]

I really don’t care how long a video is just make sure the information is accurate and actually useful and I’ll watch all of it lol

[@BoBurnham69]

Absolutely! And *without* speeding up, im not a impacient freak like that 🤣

[@stanp120]

Outstanding tutorial with useful stuff - watched dozens of videos to get a portion of information that you collected here… and there was information that I wondered about, but couldn’t find answers to before Thank you

[@AlphaRod69]

Legend 💚

[@Steve_Norris]

Great video! Respect for keeping it strictly informative. A couple notes I'd want to recommend: The tip for ammo economy, I'd add on and say that in addition to increasing max capacity, I'd also recommend an ammo conversion mod, like Special to General. Once you get to the mod's final upgrade (which is still fairly cheap) the efficacy JUMPS from requiring 3.6 special ammo to make 1 general, to only requiring 1.2 special ammo. IIRC, it's only 7 mod cost, and this mod along with one of the max capacity ones should solve any ammo problems you may have. Note you do have to hold the weapon when converting. Also, the 9:45 tip about bonuses scaling with level; they do, but the stat color (blue/purple/yellow) is determined by the stat roll within set ranges. Two level 100 items can have yellow stats but slightly different numbers. Fun fact on the topic: Skill Cooldown on reactors is bugged and reversed, the best bonus is a blue stat, and the worst is yellow. Finally, and I'm still not too sure about this, but me and some others have started thinking that Equipment and Module drop rate stats on your external equipment may actually compete with and lower the consumable drop rate, like for Code Breakers. It requires further testing, but if that's what your farming for, you may want to take off those bonuses. EDIT: 10:20, levelling a gun doesn't necessarily set the stats to grey, but the game reclassifies them bc the level difference is so large. You can level a 95 gun to 100, and the stats may stay all the same colors, but you should know that they can get higher if you reroll them.

[@Unretro]

this is such a great video, i didn’t expect these tips to be so unique & valuable

[@justkeepmoving1448]

Oh my dude you definitely earned a sub. Top tier tips and nothing like what everybody else is putting out. Good on you

[@ImanisZone]

Respectfully, I didn't even finish the video before I liked it. I appreciate the hard work put into this. Thank you kindly, man.

[@AlphaRod69]

thank you man

[@ForgottenShinobi11]

Yo the ammo tip is insane now i have 800 reserves for my thundercage, gone are the days where the hard devourer would heall full cuz i had 0 ammo :S

[@themajesticrice]

Def worth to note when leveling up your sub module, you can catalyst that spot since they all share the same module symbol and get an extra +5 capacity.

[@frankhansoniv4118]

I just started playing the game have less then 20 hours in and feel like i’m so far behind, this video helps tremendously but i wish i had someone to play with because im more of a do it in the game and retain it type of guy. Thanks for video man! Earned a sub

[@AlphaRod69]

There are plenty of people over in the first descendant discord that are looking for groups!

[@frankhansoniv4118]

@@AlphaRod69 I’ll check it out! Thanks man

[@Zazafe3101]

That ammo tip at the begging blew my mind

[@3vilclown892]

Good stuff, did not know about the max ammo capacity swap. That's pretty dope. Sub

[@gamingmotivation7778]

Love your detail and humbleness, you earned a subscriber

[@ero_baka]

Ty , u were really patient and informative, unlike other content creators who speak like high school girls with information flying all over the place . Much appreciated.

[@AlphaRod69]

Thank you man, I appreciate it

[@mattyeye8176]

For the ammo tip. As a added tip which is something I do. Also throw on a ammo conversion mod. Special or Impact ammo to General Rounds. IF you cannot find a general round drop pull out the backup gun and run over special or impact whichever you have modded and get general rounds for your main gun. Then just switch back. BOOM ammo obtained. Ive been running double general rounds with your 2 mods and the conversion mod since the 2nd day of the game. Havent run out of ammo since then. Also for the reload cancels. Each gun can reload cancel when your descendent puts a new mag into the gun. You can skip all the racking portion with grapple/roll. Thunder Cage for example throws in a new mag really early (the 20%). Watch the slow mo he has in video and youll see its right when the mag goes into the gun.

[@GOMD77]

Very useful tips especially for a casual player like me. I would have never found these out. Thank you

[@AlphaRod69]

❤

[@traps198]

This is such a useful video, many parts of this game confuse me such as the modules and all the different weapons. This video helped me so much. Thank You so much for the great work. Keep it up mate. ❤

[@Reece589]

My subscribes are truly earned. Solid video earned my Subscribe because of the quality of information and I can tell there will be more high quality content in the future. Best of luck!

[@AlphaRod69]

❤

[@waidan]

Got me subscribed just with the 1st trick. Super great information

[@exenify1206]

damn dude how do you not have more subs this feels really high quality definitely a underrated creator

[@Idcidancecool]

That second to last tip was amazing. I played war frame so I was looking for god rolls you saved me so much time

[@AlphaRod69]

I had a level 50 gun with all legendary perks and was so excited to level it up, only to see everything turning to common. I had to warn people!

[@dalle5840]

jeeeeeezz that first tip🎉

[@Terrencify]

Tip on the reload cancel. If you need help just watch your character put the mag in and reload cancel

[@DarkPhoenix1515]

you can reload cancel with punch as well. very useful in melee range. a better indicator of when to reload cancel seems to be after the fresh magazine has been inserted into the weapon.

[@curbris]

This was super informative, thanks!!

[@AlphaRod69]

💚

[@FractalFab]

Some things were familiar because I'm used to Warframe but some others were really nice especially the trick for ammo. Nice video and well presented.

[@howbob4118]

Sees the mag increase tip. Is a gley main. Surely I’ll need this

[@ComfyPyjamas]

Dude thank you so much, those tips were phenomenal! Also you have a very pleasant and soothing voice!

[@Blank-tu6fl]

for the reload cancelling, you can cancel the reload when you put the magazine in the gun

[@AlphaRod69]

true! I didn't notice this until after editing

[@viel12]

You have earned that like sir.

[@daviidxog1492]

Love the actual help on these videos very goated

[@IthaaRiru]

Very nice tips, the last one about hanging onto the colosus was specially interesting, and all the rest were very good tips too, i'll be looking forward for the part 2, and you sir, have just win a subscriber :P

[@AlphaRod69]

💚 Thank you!

[@WoodlandDrake]

I didn't know catalyzing crystals worked that way... I held onto the one I got, knowing it'd be something I would want to farm for eventually, but now that I know I need to grind levels all over again means that I feel less bad about using it because I am going to be grinding anyway, and having a stockpile of crystals will do me almost no good.

[@AlphaRod69]

Glad I helped! definitely not the most obvious system

[@stalliontv8788]

I’m mastery level 17, got a ult Lepic catalysted about 5 times. That Ammo tip is awesome dude. Keep it up.

[@firegaze1.090]

Definite like and subscribe, I’m super tanky , but found everyone of your tips extremely useful and didn’t know, THANKS A BUNCH

[@varsinzo4844]

Great video. I have over 30 hours in The First Descendant and I feel like I'm still a noob, I haven't finished the game yet (i unlock Bunny, Freyna an bought Valby) I don't understand a lot of its mechanics, but Im like this game a lot. This tips are quite useful, I hope you could make a guide on how the character reactors work what does technician, mechanical, and all of that means cause I don't understand anything, and which one is better for each character, I find that part of the game confusing, same with character modules. Anyway great video. 🐰🙂👍

[@AlphaRod69]

Definitely have that video in the works, and there's a lot to cover!

[@Loukingree]

Burh first tip and I'm blown away already

[@AlphaRod69]

❤

[@circusdigo]

For your first tip, instead of sacrificing an entire weapon slot to fit 2 mods, you could actually just use a refinement mod on the weapon. it's a 7 - 8 cost mod when fully upgraded (depending on the ammo class)

[@pandattax]

golden tips, thank you

[@IronDragoon01]

On the assigning a module type to a socket on your Descendent: if you do this on your sub module, I believe you gain an additional 5 capacity at max level.

[@endless7025]

Holy shit man! Thank you! This clarified so much for me!

[@AlphaRod69]

glad I could help!

[@MotherSwifty]

I'm glad to be a warframe player, it has helped a ton to understand stuff quickly in this game, as there is a lot of similarities, especially with the mods, and the equivalent of potatoes and formas. Great video too, lots of helpful tips!

[@redmonkey6430]

Finally! a great guide video, please do more first descendant guides

[@Brandon-sc3rz]

i paused when you said “all you need to do” at 3:09 because i know what you’re gonna say. i figured it out randomly today how useful it is. i didn’t know the mods stacked tho. an additional, unrelated tip that i have is that you can bypass the movement penalty after firing a sniper by dodging. also cycling dodge-shoot-dodge-shoot will get shots off significantly faster than waiting for the bolt to action.

[@RyakesXX]

That first tip tho 🤤

[@AlphaRod69]

It's so nice

[@edwarddavis4576]

Thank you for this video. I really hope to see more like this. I have learned alot from watching this.

[@smokeboy604]

Great vid! Very informative. I just learned a trick that’s not necessarily powerful or game changing but I thought it was pretty cool. You can do a sub charge attack (melee attack) as you’re getting pulled when using your grappling hook. If you land the hit, it can knock down mobs with a cool animation lol

[@EONN_BLUE]

dude sick video. Its nice knowing these things early before hitting late game

[@V1pergaming83]

Nice vid, definitely had some info i didnt know about look forward to the next one!

[@AlphaRod69]

Glad you learned something!

[@kyleflores838]

S tier Ammo tip omfg. Farming kuiper now to upgrade those mods

[@AlphaRod69]

Glad you enjoy the tip. hope it helps you out!

[@KrsJin]

Loved the descriptions and application of the tips. Thanks for these!

[@mr.TMLong]

Really appreciate your time and effort behind this video

[@saitamaonepunchman8176]

babe wake up we have destiny 2 reserve swapping in the first descendant

[@AlphaRod69]

ngl as a Destiny 2 player that's how I figured this out.

[@Moldosvaitar]

Finaly an random dude what don t waste our time with meanigless bla bla bla bla.... and straigh spit the info in our face! thx man keep it up!

[@AlphaRod69]

Legend

[@Moldosvaitar]

@@AlphaRod69 btw all the tips more then apreciated! One more thing maybe you can enlight my from the darknes you can lvl transfer for reactors or external components how you do with wepons? Or its not posible.

[@robertcharnock345]

thank you, great tips

[@danmcleod8120]

Great tips! Look fwd to 2nd vid

[@davidtolmay5825]

great tip bro much appreciated

[@Terik732]

Very helpful 🎉

[@ushireborn]

thank you! Great tips.

[@jeremykabashi3826]

Reload cancelling can be done by spam aiming too

[@JonathanAllain]

That was an excellent video. Subbed!

[@AlphaRod69]

Legend!

[@kylemoss3363]

Very clear and useful video, sub earned! It's time to check out your other vids. That ammo tip is WILD.

[@AlphaRod69]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@edwardgem9587]

Please do an energy activator guide! Thanks for all the tips!

[@AlphaRod69]

I am very sick at the moment and have about 3 videos lined up which I am currently working on. I am going to try start the energy activator guide in around 2-3 days time, hopefully!

[@christopherwilliams4621]

Thank you. All great tips that I was unaware of.