July 31st Game Patches

Elden Ring 1.13 Patch

Elden Ring still seems like it’s still getting a healthy number of adjustments to the game more than 2 years into the game at this point. This need patch seems to be making widespread buffs in both PvP and general story mode. It’s quite funny seeing a list of Spirit Ashes just get an overall “Will no longer stagger as easily.” seeing as how most of them probably went underutilized as soon as players found the Mimic Tear which is the only one to not receive any additional buffs.

Besides that, there were some UI/UX adjustments that I personally felt should have been there day one. Things like allowing users to summon NPCs with one button press instead of having to cancel out of the text box and defaulting to OK when your spectral steed has perished and you try to summon it again.

The rest of the patch was bug fixes and stability updates.

The First Descendant 1.05 Patch

The more exciting patch this week is the first big content update for The First Descendant ever since the release of the game a few weeks ago. Previously Nexon has taken fan feedback into consideration and have continued to make updates to the game and this new patch is no different with more quality of life changes and even gameplay adjustments to what many perceive as their cash-cows, the RNG and grind for materials, with the seven times increase to void shard drops and 100% spawn rate of their encrypted vaults in certain areas.

On top of these, as well as some gameplay tweaks such as auto-firing of single shot/burst weapons and lowered knock-down distance from traps are the inclusion of two new Descendants, Luna and Ultimate Valby. Luna seems to be taking a page out of Overwatch’s Lucio’s playbook with all the audio attacks and playing more of a support role with her abilities.

A new Ultimate Weapon Peace Maker and it’s corresponding farm location, Hard Void Intercept Battle: Gluttony, have also been added.