Summary of the March 10 (Tue) Developer Live Stream
Greetings, Descendants!
We sincerely thank all Descendants who joined us for the March developer livestream.
During this broadcast, we shared various updates, including Sharen's balance adjustments scheduled for the March 12th update, the new Legion Laboratory infiltration operation, new weapons and modules, Keelan's new skill modules, the Descendant Mission Board, Axion Infiltration Support, QoL improvements, new skins and events for March.
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※ Some content revealed during the broadcast may be subject to change upon actual release.
■ Monthly Balance Update: Sharen
- Improvements have been applied to better reflect Sharen's assassin concept.
- Key Skill Changes Guide
Category
Description
Cutoff Beam
Changed to a dash skill, dealing additional damage to powerful enemies like elites or commanders.
Active Camouflage
Changed to a location designated skill. Instantly teleports to the designated location and goes into stealth. When 'ambushing' enemies while in stealth, gain additional effects based on the enemy's tier.
Shock Nuts
Applies the 'Assassination Target' effect to a damaged enemy. If multiple enemies are attacked, the enemy with the highest HP is designated as the 'Assassination Target'.
Flash Shortsword
Deals increased damage to the 'Assassination Target'.
Category
Description
Release Cutting Force
Inflicts 'Negative Charge Leakage' effect on the target. When Sharen fires at an enemy with 'Negative Charge Leakage', additional damage is dealt proportional to the distance.
Overcharged Edge
Performing an ‘ambush’ grants the 'Overcharged Edge' effect. While under this effect, shields are consumed, but melee attacks deal additional damage proportional to the skill's power.
Focused Edge
The name of the 'Void Domination' module has been changed to 'Focused Edge’. This change allows for setups for the 'Focused Attack' skill.
■ New Content: Legion Laboratory
- The ‘Legion Laboratory’ Infiltration Operation will be added in Axion.
- Through the infiltration operation, players will engage in combat against the head of the laboratory, the 'Sculptor'.
- The new ultimate weapon 'Crime and Punishment,' Keelan's new skill module, and new ultimate-tier modules can be earned in the ‘Legion Laboratory’.
■ New Ultimate Weapon: Crime and Punishment
- The new ultimate melee weapon, 'Crime and Punishment' will be added.
Category
Description
Crime and Punishment
A dual-wield weapon that builds combo stages from E to S with normal attacks and earns 'Execution' bullets that enhance the next normal attack.
■ New Trigger Modules & Ultimate Modules
- Two new Trigger Modules and three new Ultimate Modules are added.
- 2 New Trigger Modules
Category
Description
Tactical Disruption
Deals damage to enemies within range when a ‘Concealment’ type skill ends. If a Colossus/Commander is within range, grants Combat Readiness to self. If no enemies are nearby, restores Rounds for the currently equipped weapon.
Blood Deployment
When HP is consumed by taking damage from enemies or using a skill, gains ‘Blood Drop’ effect. ‘Blood Drop’ stacks, and using an Arche Enhancement type skill converts it to ‘Bloody Edge’.
‘Bloody Edge’ consumes stacks and deals additional damage during melee attacks.
Category
Description
Barrier Collector
When defeating an enemy, instantly recovers some Max Block Gauge at a certain chance.
Honed Blade
When the Maintain Blcok Gauge is above a certain number while blocking, increases Melee Weapon Critical Hit Damage by a certain amount of Block Efficiency.
Barrier Overload
While Blocking, increases Maintain Block Gauge Cost by certain amount and Melee Weapon additional attack damage is increased.
■ New Skill Module: Keelan
- Two new skill modules for Keelan are added.
- New Skill Modules
Category
Description
Fierce Attack
Improves gameplay by altering the way damage is dealt when charging directly into enemy lines.
Septic Torrent
A module that rapidly charges toward the target upon skill activation, dealing damage to surrounding enemies.
■ Monthly Weapon Balance
- Balance adjustments will be made to Wave of Light and the King's Guard Lance.
- Two firearms have been improved.
Category
Description
Wave of Light
Reloading and firing creates a 'Solar Halo'. Firing at the 'Solar Halo' generates an 'Auerole' that periodically damages targets within its surrounding area.
King's Guard Lance
Overall usability has improved. The mechanism requiring hits on the Guard Lance to charge it has been removed. Instead, effects have been added: it automatically strengthens as you attack enemies, and damage increases when the Guard Lance attacks targets hit by firearms.
■ Void Abyss Intercept - Ice Maiden
- The Ice Maiden returns as a colossus in the Void Abyss Intercept.
- Its specifications return as adjusted to current standards.
- Ice Maiden skins can be obtained again. Skins for Nell, Harris, and Dia, who were not yet released at the time, can also be obtained.
- The Flame Keeper skin will remain available throughout Season 3 Episode 3.
■ Additional Balance Adjustments: Gley, Lepic
- Gley: ‘Maximize Lethality’ effect of ‘Increased Sensory’ now includes a 30% increase in skill range. Improved height hit detection height for ‘Rampage’.
- Lepic: Critical Hit Rate increased to 20%. Grenades adjusted to be pulled in, and the firing intervals for Overkill and Increased Efficiency are shortened.
■ New Content: Descendant Mission Board
- The ‘Descendant Mission Board' is added, allowing players to view and immediately start the First Descendant's daily and weekly event missions at once.
- Log in daily to complete missions and earn highly efficient rewards.
■ New Content: Axion Infiltration Support
- A 'Support' function is added to Axion Infiltration.
- Checking 'Support' before starting Axion Infiltration matching will match players to a random Axion Infiltration mission.
- When playing through matchmaking, players have a chance to obtain Ancestors Modules.
- Players can also obtain up to 20 weekly Ancestors Modules through Axion Infiltration Support.
■ QoL Improvements
- Weapon Level Transmission Method Change: Weapons obtained through research or boxes will now be created at their maximum level, based on the highest level you've previously achieved with that weapon.
- Stat Info Enhancement: A feature will be added to display key stats tailored to the selected Descendant’s skill modules.
- Core Crafting and Conversion Quantity Info: The Core Crafting and Conversion menus will now display the quantity of cores currently in your possession.
■ March Cosmetic Updates
- The Reborn Assassins Skins (March 12): Cybernetic ninja-themed skins for Freyna, Sharen, Viessa, Valby, and Dia will be added.
- Shadow Weapon Transcendent Skin (March 12): The Shadow’s Transcendent tier skin 'The Shadow Reborn’, will be added.
- Freyna's Premium Skin (March 12): Freyna's premium skin 'Viper Suit' will be added.
- 1st Anniversary Skin Contest Winning Skins (March 26): The winning skins from the 1st Anniversary Skin Contest, Project: Snow Rabbit, Project: Spector, Project: Ballerina, and Project: U-07 Armor skins, will be added.
- Smoky Diva (April): A dress-themed skin that will be updated in April.
■ March Events
Start Date
Event
Details
Starts 3/12
Premium Cleaning Service Request
A 35-day login event in which players can obtain various items such as Bunny and Freyna's Cleaning Service skins.
Starts 3/12
Silion's Module Enhancement Mission
Defeat enemies to earn up to 1,000 'Master Tokens' per day. Use 'Master Tokens' in the BB-ON Shop to exchange for items, including the 'Ultimate Alignment Device' which guarantees one Ultimate tier option when readjusting Ancestors Modules.
Starts 3/12
Caliber Discount Coupon Event
If you have a coupon, you can receive a discount of a set amount when purchasing items from the store.
All Descendants who log in during the two-week period starting March 12, will receive a 100 Caliber Discount Coupon.
All Descendants purchasing the 'Assassin Skin Bundle' will receive a 500 Caliber discount coupon usable only for purchasing limited bundles
Starts April 2
Today's Readjustment Benefit
First readjustment of the day will be free. (Until April 15 PT)
Please look forward to the upcoming balance adjustments to Sharen, new ultimate weapons, the Legion Laboratory, Descendant Mission Board, Axion Infiltration Support, QoL improvements, and various events and skins scheduled for the update on Thursday, March 12th.
Thank you.