The First Descendant Hotfix 1.0.6 Removes the Superconductivity Thrusters Exploit

Nexon Games surprised players by releasing The First Descendant Hotfix 1.0.6, just days after its first major update.

The biggest change in this update was fixing a glitch that allowed Kyle’s Superconductivity Thrusters to deal absurd damage.

For those unaware of the issue, Reddit user DemonicArm22 shared a brief video of Kyle essentially soloing the new Void Intercept boss, Gluttony. Since this boss must be completed through matchmaking, many users would matchmake in hopes of getting someone able to perform the exploit. It got so bad users were creating memes within hours of the problem becoming common knowledge.

Some users were fast to call foul at the quick fix, whereas others saw the exploit as detrimental to the game itself. This is something of a common problem seen in Destiny where a cheese/exploit makes things easier, which in turn means the entire community is expected to do that instead of the intended fight. 

Regardless of where players stand on the issue, KungFuMan316 saw this as an opportunity to talk about the larger issues facing these bosses. It will be interesting to see if things change in the future, but if nothing else it’s nice to see the community try to give feedback.

As an added bonus, Nexon sent every player a 30 percent boost for gold, kyper, experience, and weapon experience item. Collecting said item will leave the boost active for 72 hours. Players have until Aug. 9 to collect them.

The full list of changes/improvements can be found below.

The First Descendant Hotfix 1.0.6

Content Improvements 

– An indicator will be displayed when a slot item that already expanded the relevant slots to the limit is included as bundle content, making it easier to check.

– Also, the price of the slot item will be deducted from the overall bundle price before the purchase, if the number of the slots already reached the limit.

Optimization Improvements

– [PS5] Improved some CPU load issues.

Bug Fixes

1) Battle Pass

– Fixed an issue where the acquisition of Supply coin as a reward for Season/Weekly Challenge was not possible.

– If you completed the Season/Weekly Challenge before the patch, you will receive the Supply Coins upon logging in after the update.

2) Mission

– Fixed an issue where fewer monsters were being spawned during the “Fortress Outskirts” mission in White-night Gulch.

– Fixed an issue where outposts would start without cooldown.

– Fixed an issue where monsters were respawning abnormally at certain outposts.

※Please note that taking advantage of system errors or specific actions to gain higher benefits than intended will be considered abnormal gameplay behavior.

3) Descendants

– Fixed an issue where Jaber’s Turret removal was intermittently not possible

– Fixed an issue where the taunt effect of “Jayber’s’ Medical Turret” enhancement would intermittently not work.

– Fixed an issue where “Valby” and “Ultimate Valby”’s “Clean Up” skills would not end.

– Fixed an issue where the relevent effect would not appear around Viessa’s legs when using her skill “Frost Road”.

– Fixed an issue where “Kyle” was not able to use his skill “Superconductivity Thrusters” if his max HP exceeded a certain value when his level was between 22 ~ 25.

– Fixed an issue where “Kyle”’s damage from “Superconductivity Thrusters” would increase abnormally when using modules that apply status effects.

– Fixed an issue where “Yujin” had to equip a lower-level reactor to achieve higher healing output when the power of his skill was low, rather than using a higher-level reactor.

4) Equipment

– Fixed an issue where motion would continue if a player maintained the zoom state while the “Single Reload for Peace” effect of the “Peace Maker” was active.  

5) Module

– Fixed an issue where the “Grappling Hook” could intermittently be used beyond its range when the “Mid-Air Maneuvering” module was equipped.

6) Miscellaneous

– [Russian] Fixed a UI display error of Pyromanic Sub Quest.

– [German][French][Italian][Polish][Portugese][Russian][Spanish] Fixed an error on “Yujin”’s “Solidarity Healing” skill tool tip.

– Fixed an issue where the newly added Amorphous Material Pattern ‘MutantAA’ tooltip was incorrectly displayed as “Freyna” Amorphous Material in some languages.