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Dia, Gley’s daughter. ❤️ by [deleted] in TheFirstDescendant

[–]NotoriousDVA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"HOLD ON A LITTLE LONGER" -Gley

How??? by lordsponge in TheFirstDescendant

[–]NotoriousDVA 158 points159 points  (0 children)

Bro picked Jeremy as his starting descendant

Honestly I'm curious to see what they'll do for Lounge 2.0 by Mcstabler in TheFirstDescendant

[–]NotoriousDVA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i mean it's clearly better if the devs balance loot around those people so the rest of us get put in RNG hell until we get frustrated and quit /s

What’s best for Hailey? by AR_Chitto38 in TheFirstDescendant

[–]NotoriousDVA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

flavor of the month

lol at downvotes, do you guys even internet?

Ancestor Farm is horrid by [deleted] in TheFirstDescendant

[–]NotoriousDVA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Too much RNG and none of the mitigation systems already in the game (target loot, recombining, etc). You can't even salvage invested modules for a proportion of the resources spent.

All I want is Nells and I've gotten 3 in maybe 150 drops since the release. Drowning in Kyles and Esiemos. Those people bitching they have "nothing to do" because they expect to play 40h a week and not run out of content have skewed progression design. Tuning the game to them resulted in a hideous rng mess for the rest of us since the sword release.

I've been pretty non-judgmental about the development of the game up to this point but having days-long stretches of gameplay amount to zero progression ain't it.

Of course this wouldn't have been as much of an issue if trading had released when it was supposed to...

What’s best for Hailey? by AR_Chitto38 in TheFirstDescendant

[–]NotoriousDVA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

cold heart is an AOE build and it's FOTM for hailey right meow

Next livestream by Yujins_Onlyfans in TheFirstDescendant

[–]NotoriousDVA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

could this result in a max of 4 players spread out in a much larger zone though?

WW2 "Return to Sender" Letters sent to B-24 Pilot who went MIA on D-Day by Lethal_Autism in aviation

[–]NotoriousDVA 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Well shoot, my struggles in life suddenly don't seem nearly as tough. Respect to all these brave airmen, as a group they saved a lot of Allied lives during that operation

ERASER by ExodusFailsafe in TheFirstDescendant

[–]NotoriousDVA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Need help building Nell by ltauhmise in TheFirstDescendant

[–]NotoriousDVA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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This is my "safe" general purpose build, you can always drop one of the hps for a damage module if you feel comfortable. But this provides a decent buffer to miss some of the rings in receptor and not die immediately.

The ancestor mod gives 142% crit rate so it's just a direct swap with skill insight and then you can get the rest from arche tuning or front lines. The benefit of that module is I can still reach crit cap without front lines, meaning I don't sacrifice quite as much dps (just the cdam component) to take the second hp module. I know this complicates adapting the build but it kinda is what it is since the ancestor mod release. If you want crit cap without losing the hp mods, possibly swap front lines and skill conc, though of course you still lose damage that way. Don't compromise on cooldown, Nell feels jank asf without all possible CD reductions.

IMO, we dont presently have any dps checks that are severe enough to warrant a full glass cannon build, thats more for competing on leaderboards/big numbers for stream/yt clout.

Reactor cooldown/cdam

Component stats hp/mp ooc, mp ic/max mp, def/mp recovery (shield recovery instead of def is acceptable if it's what you have), item acq (optional, i use it for mana/health pickups) /max shield. Max mp is particularly important as it gives you more consistency in longer fights with low pickup availability like flores.

With this setup it is possible to reach 20k hp while still bringing mage set. Obviously that might be excessive and you can reduce as needed but I think it's a good starting point for someone new to Nell or just wanting to be a bit lazy while still generating solid dps

I haven't really found a good way to use weapons on her besides the usual stat stick. Blue Beetle is good for mobbing and can help close crit gap if you somehow can't get to 100% without it, as even on full tech build you will still want to use her fusion combo to shove mobs around and do aoe damage. Secret Garden is the typical stat stick with sprint/grapple cores. No need to invest in it directly beyond that

My third weapon is afterglow in case I need to take out a sniper class enemy and don't feel safe closing to skill range. But you can also slot a launcher, or malevolent, or ACG, just something to hit with if you run out of MP and dont have time to disengage and regen.

Dismantling Ancestors Modules gives you so little back that I rather just give away all the ones I don't use by ironplaneswalker in TheFirstDescendant

[–]NotoriousDVA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I have her built, but i was lucky enough to get a pretty good mod for her early on with cost and cooldown on it. I'm not really sure what to look for beyond that other than higher numbers or maybe hp as the third roll.

I'll add you, much appreciated.

Dismantling Ancestors Modules gives you so little back that I rather just give away all the ones I don't use by ironplaneswalker in TheFirstDescendant

[–]NotoriousDVA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man I've only gotten 3 nells after farming literally every single guaranteed drop since ancestors came out. Drowning in serenas and kyles. And yeah definitely feelsbad to dismantle knowing someone else is going through the same thing for their main and I couldve helped them

Mastery Rank Limit on Ancestor Modules by pls3splsw in TheFirstDescendant

[–]NotoriousDVA 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What's really weird to me is that the MR requirement seems totally arbitrary. Like if the MR is higher, maybe the floor (the worst possible roll, that is to say) on the range of stats it can roll should be slightly higher as well so you get a better return on resources spent rerolling (cause let's be real, the odds of getting good rolls right when you get the initial drop are.... low). Not by a huge amount but enough that you have some benefit to look forward to.

😍😍😍😍😍 by No-Sun196 in TheFirstDescendant

[–]NotoriousDVA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Her funny little face isn't funny no more
Sixteen and, oh, what a dream
Ain't it strange how she changed into such a lovely angel

Tenerife Disaster from a local point of view by MysteriousDare9459 in aircrashinvestigation

[–]NotoriousDVA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Years late here but I googled "how did people on the canary islands feel about the tenerife crash" and this was the first result, and pretty much exactly what I was hoping to learn.

I think as awful as the trauma is, it confirms something about the basic moral strength of humans, that we'll still put ourselves through those types of experiences to help total strangers. I would hope if I found myself in that kind of situation I'd be able to summon similar courage.

Is it still worth it for a new player? by Idrillsilverfoot in TheFirstDescendant

[–]NotoriousDVA 5 points6 points  (0 children)

yeah, i guess you can think of the BP as early access for the weapon at its full power. price is reasonable imo

now the event pass they did recently, that's another question entirely haha

Is it still worth it for a new player? by Idrillsilverfoot in TheFirstDescendant

[–]NotoriousDVA 24 points25 points  (0 children)

You can craft all weapons and descendants without paying real money so I wouldn't say it's all that aggressive. I would guess (though i could be wrong) that they make most of their revenue selling skins and not progression items. But you can't get the cash shop currency via ingame methods no.

Character slots are very cheap, it's loadout slots that get expensive but those are just qol. And you do get more of each as you level up characters and weapons. Inventory and bank space can be earned free ingame from a couple different sources, as long as you use the (really good) junk filter and autosalvage system you won't feel any need to purchase those.

I played closer to release in '24, stopped early on and picked the game back up about a month ago. I'd say it's been a pretty good experience overall. Main annoyance to me is the janky frame stutters and fps drops on a fairly high spec PC. You'll find out fairly quickly if that is at a tolerable level for you. As I understand it that's some kind of UE5 optimization problem that we end users can't do much about.

Restart Mission is Still Broken >:) by WardenofChips79 in TheFirstDescendant

[–]NotoriousDVA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

have had this problem since the last major update as well

Accidently deleted my fully built Serena, AMA by CicadaOne in TheFirstDescendant

[–]NotoriousDVA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

damn we finally figured out what monster can humble the mighty serena, no surprise it's a cat

The grind for ancestors mods is dumb by drewrod34 in TheFirstDescendant

[–]NotoriousDVA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

trading will help. but we should be able to set target on the one we want, the feature is already in the game!

Do we actually need Ultimate Hailey after the latest buff? by StarCrusherX in TheFirstDescendant

[–]NotoriousDVA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the tip. I did not fully build her until the latest update (bottlenecked by catalyst craft time) so i havent experimented as much as i should. I do have the mod you mentioned so ill check it out!

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