The First Descendant - Pre Release Basic Beginner's Guide

hi everyone how's it going on this video we'll be talking about some tips guides and a bit of explanation of the stuff I've discovered during the previous beta test for the first descendant I would also like to put this as a disclaimer first whatever data I've gathered from the crossplay open beta and the final technical tests will most likely be subjected to a slight change for the official release on July 2 so with that being said let's move on to the video first up selecting your first character at the start of the game you will be given three characters to choose from from left to right we've got VSA lepic and Ajax let's talk about VSA first via's main role is a debuffer her abilities allow you to slow down or freeze enemies in place which is very useful in team fights or solo gameplay her abilities allow you to defend objectives and keep enemies off your back when facing a horde of enemies and you can also use her to slow the enemies down to deal more consistent DPS using her weapons or her other abilities there are a few more Pros to using Vasa like her movement speed buff that also increases her defense and leaves an ice trail that imposes the ice shackle effect on the enemies that touch it and she has a somewhat decent damage potential with her abilities there's not much cons to use using her other than the slightly lower damage output compared to lepic and a constant need to be on the move like bunny just to make the most out of her second ability Crossroad to maximize the area where enemies can come into contact with her debuff overall she requires an active play style which some people might prefer or if not that might be a con for you moving on next we have lepic Lep's main role is an AOE damage dealer his abilities are tailored for clearing multiple enemies and grouping them up for an easy finish the second ability in particular is quite useful for increasing his skill power modifier and adding the burn effect to enemies hit by both the grenade and Overkill abilities the pros to using lepic are his high damage output crowd control ability skill damage increase buff the multiple sources of Dos or damage over time in his kit and he's also really good at clearing out large hordes of enemies during the up time of his Overkill ability there are a few cons using lepic which are the high coold down timers for his abilities the high MP costs the long animation time for activating his fourth ability and three of his abilities are slow moving projectiles and a slight lack of good base defense stat that being said lepic has his passive ability called close call which lets you shrug off fatal damage once with a cool down of 5 minutes during during battle and with that let's move on to the last starting character Ajax ajax's main role is as a tank dealer which means he can both soak up damage and dish it out at the same time Ajax can boost certain stats like Shield him out or reflect damage proportional to his defense when the abilities are in their enhanced state for example knocking back enemies will increase Max Shields or blocking enemy fire with his barriers will reflect damage on hit the pros to using Ajax is his ability to keep himself in the fight long enough for your allies to Tin out the herd or for you to eventually kill them all with your weapons he's got a decent AOE range you can stun enemies and shorten the distance at the same time knock back foes when they're at close range and reliably defend objectives and your allies by using your barriers the con using Ajax is that there's a lack of damage boosting buff in his kit relying on getting hit by enemies to charge Event Horizon which is dangerous if there's a hard- hitting enemy just to charge his void energy meter there's no reliable way of pulling aggro for a large group of enemies and the heavy Reliance to weapons for a continuous source of DPS which becomes a negative when there are no ammo supply drops or when fighting a bullet sponge enemy like a Colossus your choice of characters will signific ific anly impact your gameplay experience mostly during solo gameplay there are always open lobbies that you can join into so pick the character you think you'll enjoy or like the most since getting a different character requires you to unlock a certain part or portion of the game to be able to farm for them well there's always an option to just buy them from the market so you do you this next set of tips will be all about Mastery Rank and since there's a bit of information to go through I will try my best to compress the information as much as possible firstly mastery rank is the collection of points given to your account to increase its level and it's gain through leveling up equipment characters and completing Mission or Mission quests Mastery Rank experience can only be gained once per weapon character and Mission note for weapons the weapon level is completely separate from the Mastery level you can only gain weapon weon level by transmuting a higher level weapon into the one you're currently using and Mastery can only be gained by obtaining experience through kills on your weapons and also by shared experience from your squadmates for characters or descendants however descendant and Mastery levels are simultaneously gained and at an equivalent rate through getting kills from abilities weapons and shared Squad experience the only difference is when using a crystallization Catalyst which re resets your character's levels to gain a slot polarity it does not include a reset to your Mastery level for Missions Mastery experience can only gain through completing the mission for the first time doing the same Mission over and over again will not give you any extra Mastery experience points in many ways mastery rank is significant to your gameplay experience since it increases your inventory capacity storage capacity module capacity and your maximum module level therefore it is advisable to increase your Mastery Rank whenever it is available next up here are some tips or guides for inventory management why am I doing this well it's because I've messed up multiple times and I don't want you to experience the same thing first up always keep one copy of the weapon you get as a loot in your inventory for common Rarity weapons this will be fairly easy since there's no substats to min max 4 this advice is is pretty useful for cases where you want to increase your Mastery levels and you don't want to farm for new weapons it is also a good idea to keep a few weapons with the highest levels in your inventory or storage box since it can be used to transmute its levels to a new weapon with a better substat also especially if it's the one that you're currently using and you already put an activator on it always dismantle weapons and accessories you do not want or need instead of selling them to a vendor dismantling weapons gives you the resources for weapon transmutation and weapons crafting dismantling accessories gives you the resources to craft enhancement materials for your reactors and trust me sooner or later you're going to need all the resources you can get since you'll need different reactors or reactor types for each descendant pressing shift opens up a separate tool tip window which lets you compare the weapons or accessories you have equipped with the ones you're hovering your mouse on pressing and holding shift lets you select all weapons and accessories in your inventory and designate them as junk items this is useful for quickly dismantling or if you want to sell your Surplus items fairly quickly on that note if there's a particular weapon reactor or sub accessories that you want to keep and you don't want to accidentally sell them or dismantle them you can hover your mouse cursor over to that specific equipment and it will show you which hotkey to press to register it as a favorite meaning it'll exclude that item from the designate all as junk action in The Case of the final technical test it was you on the keyboard but bear in mind this may change during the official launch next up before going into a mission or a dungeon always make sure that you have enough inventory slots for new loot if the important weapons and accessories that you have are taking a significant amount of space in your inventory you can always transfer them to your storage box in albian the amount of times I've lost good loot since I didn't have enough space in my inventory is too many and too painful to recount and now let's briefly or not so briefly talk about modules the modules are stored separately from weapons and accessories and modules don't need invent inory slots so you can hoard them as much as you want I will not go through the classifications of modules and their different properties in this guide but I will share some tips as to how to manage them and what to do with your extra copies modules can be dismantle to acquire resources needed for module upgrades dismantling modules requires you to go to a specific NPC named silon an albon where you can enhance dismantle or combine your modules you can also quickly dismantle all spare copies of your modules by pressing and holding shift on your keyboard or you can manually select the modules you want to dismantle by pressing left click do take into account that using select duplicate modules action will only leave one copy for each module type in your storage so if a separate copy of a module you have is enhanced and it is not equipped in any weapon or descendant it will also be included in the select duplicate modules action but where not if you happen to dismantle it by accident all the resources used in the enhancement of that module you just dismantled will all be refunded andless of course the devs Chang this for the official launch so it might be best to move with caution when using the shortcut since we're in the topic of modules there are currently three ways of increasing the quality or quantity of modules you can equip on your weapons or your Descendants the first option is to consistently increase your master rank which as I've stated earlier increases your module capacity and it also gives you an additional module slot depending on the Mastery Rank Milestone you reach the second option is to use a crystallization Catalyst which is a onetime use item on your descendants or weapons take note this action is only possible if your descendant or weapon is at the maximum level or Mastery if you equip the mod module on a slot with the same symbol or polarity the module drain will be decreased by half and the third option is to use an activator an activator can be used for both your weapons and descendants but take note that it is also a one time used item like the crystallization Catalyst that being said the good news is we can farm for the ingredients for it and then craft it and for all you Wills out there yes you can also buy them from the market do keep in mind that you can only install it once per weapon or descendant meaning you can only double your module capacity once and if you're wondering how it works on weapons even if it's the same weapon and weapon type and all that you will have to install a new activator if you want to switch to your new one so make sure you like the weapon sub stats before installing an activator on it Well for now folks that will be all for this guide I would love to discuss the numbers and efficiency for the weapons and Descendants on this video but sadly I don't have the data and information required for that and also it will be more accurate if I just wait for the official launch for now my friends have a wonderful day please like share and subscribe for more gaming content and news also comment down below what you think about this video this is ninjax signing off [Music] [Applause] aah [Applause] [Music]

Channel: NiijiMAX

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Length: 13min 13sec (793 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 17 2024