{"id":85633,"date":"2025-01-28T23:38:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T23:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/the-first-descendant-players-slam-annoying-void-shard-grind-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T23:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T23:38:04","slug":"the-first-descendant-players-slam-annoying-void-shard-grind-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/the-first-descendant-players-slam-annoying-void-shard-grind-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Descendant players slam \u201cannoying\u201d Void Shard grind &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The First Descendant players slam \u201cannoying\u201d Void Shard grind The First Descendant, Reddit: Icy_Conversation_605The First Descendant players are at their wits\u2019 end with the Void Shard grind, branding it as the \u201cmost annoying thing in the game.\u201d Void Fragment missions challenge players to defeat waves of monsters before a timer runs out. Once all enemies are vanquished, players can break the Void Fragment to collect Void Shards, essential for starting Outpost Missions. The goal is to gather Amorphous Materials to unlock new characters. This gameplay loop is designed to be engaging and goal-oriented, keeping players hooked as they progress. But that\u2019s not the story players told on The First Descendant Reddit forum. Here, TFD players slammed the Void Shard grind game loop as \u201cterrible\u201d and \u201cexhausting.\u201d Players\u2019 major issue with this gameplay loop is the low Amorphus Material drop rate. As one player put it \u201cyou regularly do a dozen+ and get nothing or maybe 1 or 2 trickling in.\u201d This gameplay loop requires players to use characters of every element to boost drop rates, endure lengthy waits, and grind through mission after mission, all for a meager drop rate of \u201c20-25%.\u201d Another major gripe is the shared Void Shard expense. As one frustrated player noted, \u201cIf someone else starts the mission spending their shards, it will take yours too if you join, even though it\u2019s completely unnecessary.\u201d This means that even when collaborating on an Outpost mission in this co-op looter shooter, both players must spend their Void Shards to earn rewards. The First Descendant players aren\u2019t shy about it: They want faster, more rewarding Void Shard farming and consistent Amorphous Material drops. Despite the complaints, The First Descendant continues to thrive. Nexon\u2019s game boasts an average of 129,160 daily players, and one dedicated gamer has even managed to conquer the grind and unlock all Ultimate Descendants without spending any money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The First Descendant players slam \u201cannoying\u201d Void Shard grind The First Descendant, Reddit: Icy_Conversation_605The First Descendant players are at their wits\u2019 end with the Void Shard grind, branding it as the \u201cmost annoying thing in the game.\u201d Void Fragment missions challenge players to defeat waves of monsters before a timer runs out. Once all enemies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}