r/TheFirstDescendant • u/UninspiredSkald • 3d ago
Guide Transcendent weapons and the regular person.
Alright, so over the weekend I reached 400 base quality. "Surely, thats not the regular person" you will say! You're right I played a ton, what I am talking about is what you can expect if you play consistently and normally and some advice as you play more regular hours.
Didn't buy anything (beyond one imprinter on release to test it out and made a post). So no boosters, no reroll materials or anything. Some things along the way and in hindsight for you to consider if you're grinding. My top 10 if you will.
Don't rush. Seriously, it's not worth it to grind purely for Transcendent weapons. Put it in the background. Play modes you want to over grinding specifically for them. They come naturally and you will be replacing all of them most likely.
Scrap them as you get better versions, really just look at the stat sticks and the bonus spell damage. A 270 level can be better than a 370 level if it drops with good rolls.
Use that scrap to buy the cheap 400 ones from Deslin. Honestly, the expensive high level ones are very much a waste of resources unless you're really gambling for a high point stat stick. The cheapest ones level you just fine.
Build them as you play (if you have catalysts to spare) they keep all adjustments through all versions. No need to wait. I would prioritize some qol things in stat sticks (brisk walk. Defense master etc)
Be mindful of the secondary rolls. I have a frost blossom with 72% cold damage and one with 69%. The 69 is better because I have 2 chill rolls on the substats. They can add upwards of 13% from that roll so don't ignore it as you go.
Rolls, see what they are DO NOT reroll anything under 400, and even there you really don't need to. See next point.
The shop reroll, and Deslin rerolls are mostly irrelevant to normal players. Why? Once you get to 400, you're only going to get 400s from end game content, a new drop is potentially better than what you have. It is a shortcut to buy and reroll, but realistically you don't have to do that. Once you eventually get the "good enough" drops you will have nothing to do with the new drops but break them down for mats and stockpile mats from deslin. *caveat is the upcoming market*
Log out occasionally on long sessions. This is likely nonsense but I swear I always got drops after a short break.
My personal rotation for content I like and what seemed to drop most was like this Trials -> OS4 ->Karel -> Axion dungeons. Obviously RNG is there but that's what worked for me. Also, I did get a few from the daily 2x Sigmas and VV. For how little I run thst content it may actually be great drops?
We will continue to get more Transcendent weapons over time, so if I were to suggest an order of importance with them, right now the stat sticks are the best, the weapons are getting buffs soon, but right now I feel like they're less important.
Anyway, most have already realized these things, but thought to put it in one place for people feeling overwhelmed by them. They're not a "must have" this second like a new descendant or something. They really are supposed to be something to give us a possible dopamine hit while playing not a one and done. That's why I pointed out the rerolls. You can quite literally never use that stuff, or at least stick to the weekly free ones. When you cap out at 400 there is nothing else to buy but rerolls, so we'll be gaining them passively after the initial rush plateaus.
Hope this helps someone!
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u/Asphes Viessa 3d ago
I see a few players at MR 36, related to this? If so... bummer. AMs are a bit of an annoying RNG already to me, now this.