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The First Descendant’s developers – Nexon – have came under fire recently for an apparent back-track on the Valby-Run playstyle. It had previously said that there was going to be “ ” to the game, one of which was going to acknowledge the “Valby Run; Strategic Outpost farming using Valby, which is currently taking place at the Outpost within The Fortress.” Despite committing to not removing the strategy out-right, Nexon had said that it was committed to “preparing a patch that will update other farming locations to match the efficient, equivalent to The Fortress Outpost.
” This sounded like fantastic news – instead of patching the exploit, other locations will be updated to reflect as such. Well, it turns out this was a translation issue. “We apologize for the confusion caused by the misinterpretation during the translation process of the original Korean text,” it said in a “There have been no reversals of decisions”, but rather that there was a miscommunication on the original statement.
Rather than adjusting other Outposts to reflect a buffed farming rate, they will “update the Fortress – Vulgus Strategic Outpost to match the efficiency of other farming locations.” Essentially, the Valby Run strategy will be rendered obsolete thanks to updated drop rates. People have justly.
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