NEW DESCENDANT & WEAPON BUFFS (& More!) // The First Descendant Season 2

[@Moxsy]

Yoo guys, bit awkward. I recorded this without the buff values since the game was down and then added them in post. Also they buffed the crit rate given by the Blue Beetle to 120%!!

[@Malacite]

Wow, so doesn't that make it the new BiS for Viessa? At least for her non-Blizzard builds.

[@rhanaho5679]

What if they change reactor "element" skill damage ratio modifier to "% ratio damage to elemental damage" essentially putting elemental enhancement weapon mod on a reactor. Which would turn a potentionally useless stat to a useful sub stat. What would you think of that?

[@Rinssh]

Viessa with absolute zero have 100% CHR with 3 crit mods now.

[@firdausnajhan2835]

Still don get why they dont allow decendant unique ability proc ultimate weapon ability. felt like they miss an opportunity there. As of now, i still see no reason to use other ultimate weapon. Kinda sad since the only reason i play this is to use different gun, but having no reason to do so. Like why even bother using my frostwatcher. Completely useless. Not to mentioned most high damage decendant skill are unique weapon. Such a bummer

[@jjyiz28]

please put your browser in dark mode

[@redfieldson]

Damn, I really wish they would consider these changes you mentioned to Jayber! He's a character I really like! Any chance of bringing a video of him after these damage adjustments? 🤞

[@beckyp867]

Viessa and Valby are my two favorite descendants to play. These tweaks are so awesome, hoping to use them more now.

[@Smug9991]

Massive good change after massive good change. i've never played a game where devs are this in tune with complaints and the direction the game needs to go

[@IdiawesKara]

Yeah, wish the community complain about Gley kit so they rework her asap, shes the worst to play with it, but ppl love her because shes op and have unlimited ammo ability

[@A2theC]

I tried to read the patch notes last night but I was just fading eventually, I missed out on some details. Thanks for the great breakdown! When I logged in I was greeted by all my battlepass boosts being redeemed as expected, but to my surprise they were converted to INVENTORY items, instead of auto used!! All my hoarding has paid off! I have like 50 5h xp boosts & 30+ weapon xp boosts, kuiper/gold etc, insane... now I can play at my own pace instead of feel rushed!

[@thom7557]

Nothing like entering a room then the move countdown starts and you get teleported back to the beginning of said room 😆

[@firuzimistry8984]

Not sure if you played Outriders but the technomancer in that game with his turrets was made brilliantly. If jayber can only throw down a device on the ground to summon a turret it will be alot easier than manually placing, then disabling and then re placeing turrets over and over again. Rather we just throw down a new device each time, which will spawn a new turret in its place and de-spawn the old turret.

[@BIameShawn]

Can't wait for the builds this season with all the new content and buffs. Will be keeping an eye out for your builds.

[@ichigo968]

Albian cadet and maid sharen skin ✨️

[@gureguru4694]

also, the final BP reward being a nice cosmetic is a good change of direction, overall the BP is a huge win. they are learning.

[@bluepaperclipfastens3559]

After I beat normal mode, I thought, I was going to have to do another play through on hard mode, which would have been cool, especially if they had it set up, where weapons can get slightly higher than 100. Instead, after beating hard mode I can travel anywhere and go anywhere. So I'm kinda at a loss of what to do on hard mode. I've done some farming of ultimate weapons, but the hard mode experience on the map seems like a place holder at the moment. They actually did the Colossus's right though, you start all over from the beginning re fighting them, but they are harder and feel different.

[@kamikazininja6867]

Cant wait to see what he cooks up for ultimate sharen

[@SrChr778]

Yup. I ran with Viessa today and she's now the Damage Queen.

[@stanimir4197]

Her 3rd skills has buffed over 3 times. The insanity.

[@glezard212]

Ran her in the void abyss and the boss couldn’t even keep up with me 😂. I kept out dps him to the point he was always in non damage state. By the time I realized how much damage I was doing to him he just died and the whole area was changed

[@Fjphoenix]

Luna still needs way more buffs to be competitive.

[@A2theC]

She's on the short list for more rework in Jan, this is just start for them to gather data on what else needs work.

[@The_Cholosseum]

not a competitive game tho lol

[@treizexinclaire8258]

She's slated for a buff on the first week of January

[@oryxthetakenking6495]

Grinding ultimate sharen is faster than grinding the material required .

[@nomxnomsays2263]

Jayber needs so much work. He’s a chore to keep turrets up and by the time you get them up the entire room is wiped by freyna

[@UltraStyle-AI]

My first time going into one of the rooms with the boxes you open in the void vessel, I grappled into the exit door as it was opening and got stuck in the ceiling. I had to restart. Aside from that really loving this patch, its been fantastic. Love the store additions.

[@MRnobodyAIpodcast]

Finally figured out how to use the targeted farming technique you actually have to click on the specific item and then you have to select it with r trigger 2

[@Aphexuk]

Still randomly crashing to home screen when loading to Albion, I like the rest of the patch updates tho

[@dkdx1690]

I reduced the amount times mine would crash by turning off Ray Tracing in the in game options.

[@Bumbum_Inspector]

Did they nerf Thundercage or buff enemies out in the world on hard difficulty? My Thundercage feels like it takes way longer to kill regular enemies now.

[@ichigo968]

Yeah same though

[@SirVexSmasher]

I think they buffed them

[@Jay2wavy23_]

I like that new weapon, can't stop using it🔥

[@KyleSage35]

This would all be so much cooler if the overcrowded Albion didn't cause excessive blue screen crashes.

[@jadedrivers6794]

Do you have an intel or amd cpu? The issues with 13th and 14th gen intel's are still not resolved even with the updated microcode resulting in unstable behavior in some applications. I'm running an old zen 3 on a mobo from 2017 and i've NEVER had a bsod in the first descendant. Hope you get it sorted soon though!

[@MrOntorius]

It says infernal walker is very weak to chill but his health bar does not move with max enduring legacy

[@stevendavis6157]

That means he has a billion HP lmao 🤣

[@thatguyinthechat66]

he got like 190 mil hp

[@oryxthetakenking6495]

Mind the reactor upgrade goes up to lv5 now ,I felt that Freyna is weaker in 400 dungons .

[@stevendavis6157]

@@oryxthetakenking6495 They nerfed her, cause she is definitely weak now.

[@winterknight6717]

Wdym I went into the fight solo with an Enduring Legacy and it's health was definitely going down your probably built it wrong.

[@LisaMarie042]

All of the new buffs look awesome. I can't wait to try out Ult Viessa now. For me when it comes to Luna, unless they remove the Guitar Hero style of her skills (the requirement to hit notes, while in active combat), she will never be used like any of the popular descendants, and I'm not the only one that feels this way as I've only seen a tiny number of players use her. Her 2nd, 3rd, and 4th skills all revolve are her 1st skill, and in order to activate those to make her 1st skill better, I have to hit notes. She is just not fun to play bc of this.

[@stanimir4197]

She is a buff bot for Freyna (unfortunately)

[@ChrisTowerzTV]

Did they confirm if we can hit MR 28 now with Ult Sharen and Keelan?

[@Adoii-z5k]

leveling the damn reactor is expensive

[@doriangray1935]

And its not even worth it. Like, 7% increase at 5th level or something like that

[@darthvocrum5719]

and its 100% USELESS! not even a 10% more dmg in lvl 5 lmao! this game is DEAD and the devs know this

[@glezard212]

@@darthvocrum5719if you think this game is dead try playing Destiny 2. Now that’s a dead game there😂

[@LoranDerWanderer]

The booster change is big. Got so many sitting in mail running out around Christmas and it seems the supply won’t dry up soon. Can’t really get to waste them for short evening runs. Voltia will be maxes asap tough 😄

[@Revvlyn]

before reading the patch notes i went ahead and played with my viessa in the new void vessel operations and instantly noticed the damage buffs, my q does around 900k and my v skill close to 3m , is insane, viessa is so much better now, also with my absolute zero build every single skill damage was crit.

[@cyric2010]

Its so cool that reactors no longer lock you into a specific weapon, and its now a weapon type instead. This will motivate me to try other weapons a lot more.

[@Malacite]

MASSIVE W this patch, geez. I especially love that you can just do dungeons to get the amorphous for Ultimate Sharen, the new content is really just for Keelan and Fellow. I wish they would implement the smart loot for Reactors already, but what we got today is still pretty amazing. The only thing I can't find any info on is how to use the new pity system.

[@Mentally_Vile]

Oh i was wondering why i was still getting mixed elements on my reactors i was legit excited to farm proper reactors but no i still get a gold toxic skill power on a electric reactor but at least they made it so the reactor optimization is even more simple since now to get the extra dmg off your reactors you can use whatever weapon as long as it's part of the gun category pike beam riflss or smg on the ultimate reactors

[@dr12evil]

What is smart loot

[@Malacite]

@dr12evil exactly what it sounds like, intelligent loot - so in Diablo 3 for example they made it so that each class would stop finding gear for other classes. In TFD's case, I mean for Reactors to stop dropping with rolls that are incompatible, like getting Fire on a Chill reactor, or Dimension on a Fusion reactor because that crap is frustrating AF and I hate seeing it whenever I pick up one with two Golden stats.

[@Mentally_Vile]

@@Malacite yup it's the worse getting a gold god roll but on the wrong reactor

[@Malacite]

@Mentally_Vile exactly, I have had too many to count where I had the exact right stats and weapon mounting but the wrong damned element

[@Soturnox1]

I just tested it here, Viessa with Absolute Zero + Skill insight and Emergency Measures, gets 100% skill crit hate without reactor lol. Holy shit, i'm loving play with her now

[@Revvlyn]

yessss! im having a blast with viessa now, having 100% crit rate with insane damage is fun af. thats something she really needed.

[@deejmateo832]

I feel like the viessa buffs make her damn near bunny/freyna tier. She feels so much stronger now and I didn't have to change my absolute zero build at all.

[@twitchhounds]

they did dirty on the ultimate bundles increasing them by 1k caliber and then saying oh its discounted for 5k...

[@HelloStarCitizens]

NEXON, bro

[@semenella]

Its always been 6k

[@doriangray1935]

Yea they thought we wouldnt notice

[@wuzupyou3509]

Thats why you should farm

[@Unknown-pm6hf]

The price increased is due to the back items and spawns being sold separately now, as before they only relied on the bundle as a set price, now that they are sold separately with a fix price and they couldn’t just increased the bundles so they took the opportunity to make it a discount as the items if you buyer separately will actually cost 6k. they just didn’t want the items sold separately to be any cheaper so that was there solution.

[@SirVexSmasher]

Wish they'd buff Blair

[@carmen5372]

I love Valby Boing, Boing, Boing,

[@BluSkadoo232]

I am in love with valby. Boink, Boink, Boink.

[@Briiiannn02]

🤣😭

[@Briiiannn02]

@@BluSkadoo232🤣😭

[@StarlingTFD]

😂😂she cute

[@SimplySoulius]

To be honest I think Jayber needs a complete rework Freyna style, I think he needs at least these things. 1. Turrets are no longer on timers, they simply have health and the unique weapon is for upgrades/healing them 2. Once you upgrade the turrets they stay upgraded 3. You don't need to un-summon your previous turret before placing a new one, it simply replaces your old turret

[@iamsidney2479]

I just started playing this game, and moxsy is making videos on it. NICE

[@thatguyinthechat66]

Farming the dog is an insane grind. Same with keelan, just gotta be lucky. Too bad you gotta farm one mission a billion times. Let's hope for a new decendant slot tomorrow for eta. Nice to finally have something to do in the game again

[@dr12evil]

What does the dog do exactly while we are mobbing?..does he bite the vulugus enemies?

[@thatguyinthechat66]

@@dr12evil I don't know, still like halfway to get it after getting all the blueprints. Don't think the dog can attack. Just collect stuff and auto-dismantle

[@trashpanda003]

I think the big thing is that it auto breaks down equipment

[@MrXOveryouX]

Good morning my friend, great work, thank you, may we all have much peace, great work.

[@awesomeadi2]

I love playing Viessa and Valby. Now they are going to hit like a nuclear missiles, Im super excited!

[@_monoman]

Guys, Sharen' s "Shock Nuts" skill is very good now! It does and explosion-like damage. I could one-shot those mini bosses in the outpost. Great!

[@Sckysz]

dude they COOKED with this season, like so many QoL updates, small tweaks, BIG tweaks, cosmetics, etc.

[@MrCoolio10]

Viessa is great for the new Inferno Walker boss solo! Only character I can beat him with. Good ability damage and able to stay mobile to dodge attacks

[@___David__]

I main Viessa and I'm almost sure they NERFED her instead of boosting her. 'cause my Absolute Zero build is considerably weaker than it was pre-update.

[@stanimir4197]

Her 3rd (coldsnap) was overbuffed to no end, and the passive too. Realistically her only build is cold bloodiness, still -- even more.

[@alexlane9099]

I'm a Viessa Main I was hoping they would increase her range rather her damage. It's a welcomed change. (I don't have Jayber) I waw hoping they would mechanically change jayber. Like having 3 turrets rotate around Jayber acting as an offensive shield. Blocking damage and shooting, or have a floating turret to shoot the enemy, or shoot out sentries to seeker and destroy. Make Jayber mechanically better.

[@garrettfunk6816]

Has anyone figured out what the point of the "targeting" system is? You can't target actual items or blueprints. You can target the amorphs they drop from, which already have 100%.drop rate in infiltrations.... Wasn't the point to address the frustration of running 20 intercepts with 20 amorphous materials, only to get your 32nd blue beetle blueprint?

[@lordmar9077]

Viessa is def hitting way harder now, i played in a group with my absolute zero build and i did a little over 280million in that mission, i never did that much with Ult viessa in the past, granted i did have her holding Blue beetle all the time for the buff but i was basically skill spamming almot no bullets. i was like a snow elementalist.

[@Hollow_Ichigo]

YO MOXY! What boss drops the boss theme armor they said it drops!?

[@IzanagiO]

Great changes all around. Wish Luna got an encore effect. Like have a chance to only reduce her insp gauge by half on enhanced skill use like some some singer characters in Arknights.

[@jaredsmith4919]

Cue the epic music for the boss fight! Elsa from Frozen, "Let it go!...."

[@cgreenwood95]

I soloed Devour with your hydrobomb Valby build and was able to get him in 20 something secs. Was not possible before only supply moisture can get him around that time before season 2.

[@Llynethil]

I still wish Viessa's passive and Frost shard ability shot a laser instead of a projectile, I still hate how they can fly through an enemy you just shot and they end up hitting a wall, making them instant hit would be a nice QoL change, that and the projectiles hitbox is still iffy, sometimes it clearly did not hit a corner or edge of a platform but still counts it as a hit and it explodes right in front of you. That and make the damn passive stop trying to shoot enemies behind a wall or box, hate when it does that.

[@artaizen1613]

I hope the Jayber changes is just like a temporary fix, and not the whole rework they talk about

[@ChrisDavisWorks]

They made the Defend Albion Resources mission in Fortress straight unenjoyable lol did they make all of them insanely difficult now?

[@DovahVokuna]

So how about the caliber they promised returning after you bought multiple armours for different characters?

[@iatepacman745]

Right? I was wondering where my refund is😢

[@mordconfessor1060]

i like how they increased the price of some items and ultimate characters and slashed down to the original price and labeled it as a discount LOL

[@Fymn251]

Still waiting to hear something amazing worth playing the game nothing yet

[@zartius]

Viessa updated for season 2 build maybe? i hope you make a video soon ty :)

[@fammud1192]

Very disappointing that weapons like divine punishment are still just terrible. Was hoping they would actually buff this eventually, but it still fires blanks.

[@pooolish334]

Yeah let's nitpick on the one thing they didn't do and completely bypass all the other good changes

[@fammud1192]

@@pooolish334 My point is they "buffed" it, by only changing its special ability. It's still terrible as a weapon and it's unlikely to receive another buff, that was it. Same with the other underperforming weapons they buffed in this update, they're still useless. But yeah, I guess weapons don't matter anyway, cos "all the other good changes" don't include actually having enemies to fight in the game cos freyna. True!

[@Keyshawn13]

They need to buff the base stats of guns thats where most of them lack stats

[@TheBester94]

@@pooolish334hush

[@Finesse0916]

As Valby main I know it's a big difference in her damn damage. Not so much for Luna but The cool down is a little faster, however the mini game still an issue. Hopefully the devs 's completely remove it from Luna kit

[@Robstar0]

All these buffs are great to level the descendants potential, but I do hope they will buff the enemies next cause they were already dying kinda easily.

[@StarlingTFD]

The game is too easy still

[@JasonPeters-s9z]

Why is the dog so hard to get. I’ve gotten nothing but Keelan chests at the end of the horribly dull Void Vessel missions

[@RawJuice_]

they should've removed the mini game for luna

[@prosketch95]

Thats her whole gimmick😂

[@RawJuice_]

@prosketch95 but it's horrible

[@zzzzzzzzzPP]

10:13 straight up the ivara augment lmao

[@DragonK-rt3uh]

Did the Fallen Hope buff go live cause I don't think it did. Sorry if I'm wrong.

[@bengagnon6947]

Does anyone know where to get the Dog pattern called "White Heart"? Or any of the other patterns for him... is it not released yet????

[@eliteladieswrestling232]

The only thing I really didn't like, is that they only had christmas skins for 3 female characters, and not the rest of them. Would of been nice if the christmas skins could be worn by all the female characters, and not just 3. Also, not to mention, the increase in game crashes when in Albion is kinda annoying as well.

[@rolemodel9404]

Anyone else had a problem with some descendants losing their catalyst?! I forma'd my hailey 6 times and i log in an she's unforma'd

[@fahminordin4658]

Similar but different. I lost blueprints. I was pretty sure I got them before the maintenance. Needed to farm them again

[@expensivepain1565]

Hey y’all. as someone who plays solo, what should I be focusing on? I know the intercept battles are kinda end game stuff, but idk what to do after that

[@talonhamand3904]

Character build / gun build

[@thehumanstunlock7588]

okay, so what i wanna know, is why is my freyna's poison ticks seemingly stuck at around 60 to 80k? am i missing something somewhere in my build for a HUGE damage buff?

[@DonOsterman]

Reactor level 5 enhancement

[@thehumanstunlock7588]

@@DonOsterman what's the damage yield from that looking like?

[@dreaminghusky6821]

When are the twitch drops

[@cristianmontes1272]

when you upload the keelan build?

[@bayouninja48]

Viessa main here I'm super happy they buffed her

[@dr12evil]

Vanilla viessa or ultimate?

[@bayouninja48]

Ultimate ​@@dr12evil

[@John-on8ld]

the mp module is broken and no longer procs correctly. You'll get mp back from 1 kill, but after that it will not work. Tested with guns and abilities and the results were the same.

[@lucyarmy8879]

I honestly choose jayber so I coukd use his 2 turret so I can also heal other players if I play with them

[@EcchiOtakuTM]

Can you also link what you're discussing in the description?

[@csiyan]

Could you please make a video showing how to use Target Rewards system?

[@jordankibbee3441]

Would it be beneficial to decrease duration on viessa 4?

[@MSusername69]

Well the new season reminded me of how much I HATE the invasion disruption missions and grinding out ironheart particles. They are such a pain in the ass.

[@karl-ottodunner7862]

Hi Moxsy! All I hear is Increased, Increased and Increased. That's why I'm a little bit skeptikal. If I make something better with a Multiplikator of 0,00001% I can also say we have Increased this. If I don't feel something had Changed in my Gameplay like this strange Buffs from the Iron heart Partikels which I can't notice if there on or off then it doesn't matter for me. Maybe I'm already too strong to notice something had changed, I don't know.

[@wollsmoth69]

Skeptical* Multiplier* Particals* Carl*

[@arditi6986]

So is the fallen hope still bad? Or do I need to wait even longer before playing again? 😂

[@lightthiscity4974]

Wait, can we paint ultimate skins too? Or just default regular version skins?

[@willyates6266]

Yes you can paint ultimate skins

[@TheMan21892]

But will they make it easier to get Enzo’s ultimates? ‘Cus I straight up quit playing after days wasted farming and not getting anything to show for it.

[@stanimir4197]

They did - combine modules. Just get red modules form Pyro (fastest to kill imo) dude or 400%s. Also they made so precise (not just ultimate) vaults drop them. Use module drop rate boosting aux if you go for them. I do still think the base rate for the vault is 2.5%... even with 20% boost is 3%. Hence, opening 50 vaults leaves it you at around ~80% chance of getting a mod

[@Argaitlam]

Can someone explain if I'm missing Descendant loadouts somewhere? I have to rebuild the descendant every time I switch. I'd like to build one, weapons, mods, reactor, etc. And then be able to save that build. That way I can switch Descendants and still have that build saved when I want to return. Is this not a game feature or am I blind? Please help.

[@Jarod-o9c]

"Preset". On the left, below your weapons in the general menu.

[@GrimMorningstar]

New Viessa build video soon?

[@fartdonkey8290]

My viessa in town has 46% skill crit rate, when I start a mission or go to lab or just enter a world area, she has max 100% crit rate. Any idea why or how?

[@schlagen2986]

Absolute zero mod got a crit rate buff

[@Gregair13]

So many improvements. Again I say this but every update things get better. Heck ya. Glad I’ve spent money on this and will be spending more

[@FlashesSoccer011]

Its surface level bullshit. They haven't added anything meaningful. There is nothing to do in this game.

[@pikapiiiiiiiiiiiiika]

​@@FlashesSoccer011except the no end extremely boring farming :/

[@ClarkHamilton-y9e]

That’s cap so far these missions been the same shit over and over

[@FlashesSoccer011]

@@pikapiiiiiiiiiiiiika true. How could I forget that wonderful content.

[@pikapiiiiiiiiiiiiika]

@@FlashesSoccer011 that was your mind tryin to 4get about it,can't judge😅

[@artaizen1613]

we have hailey now valby with supply moisture gonna be rainley

[@KhallStream]

Missing any info on when and how they’ll allow upgrading from normal descendants to ultimates to carry over invested upgrades.

[@dr12evil]

If they give us 2 energy activators instead of a 100% exp and catalysts transfer I would take it and just grind all over again..the energy codes are to hard to get

[@Keyshawn13]

Obviously not anytime soon cause they don't know exactly what they're going to do...

[@talonhamand3904]

Did the new weapon modules drop yet or is that the next update?

[@thatguyinthechat66]

it's here now

[@w4yne3d61]

What’s happened to the targeting loot system?

[@dredgen0268]

Absolute Zero with Viessa is fuckin nuts.

[@theovirgil4612]

So when does sharens “rework” actually drop?

[@MRnobodyAIpodcast]

I talked to another player there's still an audio glitch that keeps happening with the audio gets crackly

[@Zxeppa]

@moxsy plzzz make a valby guide updated or something that does damage cuz HOLY COW EVERYTHING HURTS IN HARD MODE AND SOOO TANKY AND MY VALBY BUILDS ARE MAXED FROM LAST SEASON

[@insanearcadesmen8752]

did they change how freynas damage is applied?

[@lucadcphoto]

Did anyone get the materials back yet for the reactor optimization conditions?

[@winterknight6717]

Yo Moxsy did they nerf Freyna cause some commenters are saying she's nerfed. Imo she still does the same damage and can still room clear with ease. Anyone else can chime in cause she still feels the same to me.

[@Mar10K0ng]

They didn't nerf her.

[@TrillQGming]

They didn’t nerf, mobs just don’t have 1hp anymore lol

[@stanimir4197]

No nerfs but she is just beyond boring on a par with bunny when it comes to mobs.

[@albertoortiz6850]

Ata bot doesn't work , r they gonna patch this out . I have tried everything yet still nothing

[@falatalane]

How to get those gold vouchers for Sharen skin ? I asked multiple streamers and no one know yet.

[@Mar10K0ng]

You got to log in for 14 days?

[@billvanrassel6441]

That Easter egg hunt Quest is so annoying. I'm stuck on 7/8 records for hours now. Maybe just go back to Division.