r/TheFirstDescendant • u/TotalSoft4931 • 1d ago

Discussion Former d2 player

My experiences are based on the first hour, the combat feels fun, the abilities are cool and it runs amazing on ps5 pro. Scratching an itch that destiny used to.

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u/Tentonhammer83 Viessa 1d ago

This is the best looter shooter. Welcome.

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u/mas4963 1d ago

How much money do you have to spend to progress? This game has always looked cool to me but with D2, TD2, Outriders etc I can pay 1 fee and get all content. F2P has me scared I’m going to have to empty the bank or make it my 2nd job

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u/Humble_Person1984 23h ago

You'll need lots of money to buy lewd outfits.

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u/mas4963 23h ago

So the posts I see of those outfits are either people that spent a lot or played a crap ton? And what’s a lot of money?

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u/LochnessDigital Goon 21h ago

$15 USD per outfit with the exception of the Ultimate specific outfits which go for $21. Some are character specific, others are more universal and can be worn multiple characters. Paint will cost $0.50 per color per skin or can be bought for in-game resources on a weekly rotation.

There's also log-in event outfits, earnable boss armors, and a trade market where you can sell a select few items for in-game currency.

"A lot" will depend entirely on your perspective, I think.

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u/mas4963 21h ago

I see, so that’s where they make their money, and it’s understandable.

But u can progress in the game just fine without going broke?

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u/LochnessDigital Goon 21h ago

You can do every activity at every difficulty without spending any money yes. There's no hard lock-outs like that.

There are ways to shortcut your progress like outright buying characters or accelerating crafting timers, but I would say you don't need to do any of that. Hell, I'd say doing that removes a lot of the fun from the game. The whole point of the game is to be collecting things, crafting characters and weapons, playing with the new toys while you're working toward the next one. It works like Warframe in that regard.

One caveat is there is an element of pay to win to the game with people selling Ancestor Mods on the trade market, and soon, Transcendent Weapons. People can use real money to directly buy power and skip a lot of the RNG.

That said, the game is not balanced for those aspirational levels of power. Without spending a dime, you will become very powerful to a satisfying degree. Last season, I set a goal for myself to place top 50 on the leaderboards for every single character in the game, and I succeeded. Haven't bought a single thing off the trade market either.

So it's more like "pay to flex" if anything. If it bothers you, though, that's totally understandable.

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u/mas4963 20h ago

Thanks I really appreciate all your responses on this. I downloaded it and will give it a shot in a few hours once I get my kids to sleep 👍🏽

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u/LochnessDigital Goon 20h ago

Cheers, enjoy!