The Drifter - Warframe's GREATEST Character 

I dont think it would make sense for the drifter to revert to a state with no powers, as their aquisition if those powers were foreshadowed through their whole story. If the drifter still played how they did in New War, for every quest, they would essentially have to design 2 quests. One balanced around the slow and stealthy combat of the drifter, and one balanced around the fast-paced and extremely powerful tenno and their Warframes. I do agree that the Drifter could use more differentiation, though. Maybe additional or unique abilities when playing as the drifter instead of the operator, though it would need to be balanced so one is not just straight up better than the other, which would be the case if the drifter retained their New War gameplay. The drifter/operator arc is, in a way, complete. I don't expect that the choice between them will be more than flavor and dialogue differences in future quests, similar to Angels of The Zariman. And while this is a bit disappointing, it is understandable because designing different gameplay, visuals, voices, dialogue, etc, would not be viable for creating new quests at their current pace. I think there is still room for more gameplay in the style of the Drifter from New War, but I don't think it needs to come from the drifter we have now.

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For the record: I agree with you! The Drifter was such a well-written character in "The New War." Knowing what we know now about what happened in Duviri, the Drifter has the potential to be a very layered character. I don't know if you watch DE's Devstreams, but they've addressed the topic of the Drifter's gameplay once. Not sure which number, but it was at the beginning of 2022. DE explained that slowing the gameplay down has its benefits and showed why they chose this approach. They even created a survey after "The New War" to analyze the impact of that update. Nonetheless, apparently, the survey showed that many players really disliked the Drifter segments. Essentially, they'll move the Drifter's gameplay into Warframe's sister project: Soulframe. As a kind of veteran of this game, I think Digital Extremes has written themselves into corners. Let me explain: The mod system used by skilled players turns Warframes into MCU characters who can negate gameplay. DE doesn't want to punish their audience for finding new meta, so they introduce new characters like Kahl, Veso, Teshin, the Drifter, the Stalker, etc. To me, "Whispers in the Wall" just continued this trend of moving the focus from the Operator. I believe Warframe 1999 will not be different in that regard.

Perhaps the devs just think its too much of a contrast to the rest of the game. Even though variety is the spice of life.

crazy video, was very interesting!

I'm still praying for Veso's Veilbreaker quest because I LOVE combat puzzles and want to see better set pieces to strategically conquer! Also Veso-R is the GOAT. For Profit.

DE definitely played it too safe with the Drifter, the Drifter is essentially just the Operator but older, and only really stands out in Duviri where it just gets repetitive fast; I was genuinely disappointed that the Drifter can't use guns like the teaser trailer showed, and can only use melee in Duviri but not in other missions...

After the New War, I am now constantly in Drifter mode as it represents me more as an adult person. In general, I agree with the author's opinion. And I’m glad that the author not only criticizes, but also suggests. This is very reasonable. DE is known for listening to its community. So we have a good chance that they will give at least a little more love to Drifter in the future than they do now. But it all depends on how clearly we convey this idea to them.

Alternative title: Glazing the drifter for 18 mins. Jk man, Its a pretty well made video and I agree that the drifter has been forgotten pretty quickly after it was just introduced. It's a ༼ ಠل͟ಠ༽ˢʰᵃᵐᵉ cause the characters could've been used alot better then just it being operator's stand in as you've said or should I sah the glorified operator skin.

I think i need drifter/operator combat like a void infused knife and we can actually use drifter/operator more (I’m a newbie and i have no experience using drifter/operator)

I LOVE Whispers. I cannot shut up about it and tell everyone I meet about it. But yes I fully agree with this. There being no difference between the Drifter and Operator and there being no dialog whatsoever was a massive disappointment. Overall after completing the New War, I was quite disappointed that the Drifter was just the Operator but adult and nothing more. But I held hopes that maybe they'll add more in the future. But after we've had several post New War updates that didn't do that, I started being a bit more skeptical. Overall I fully agree with you and don't have anything to ad oitside of personal emotions. Which is a bit of a rarity. But I'm just leaving a comment for the algorithm!

I feel bad for DE cause they try new things and actually talk to us about their ideas then see the feedback and will change their minds people need to remember this was a dream game they made it’s made with love and hope but having half the people u want to make happy complain if u do give them what they want still have the other half that complains cause they don’t like it 😢

I am kinda new 600 days tomorrow, my favorite part of the game is Duviri. Using the drifter to fight ride the Kaithe play komi solve puzzles save sick animals and fly around flying as a bird is almost never boring. I run Durivi SP arcane portals solo most of the time. So for me the game is still about 50% using the drifter. Unfortunately fighting is usually bugged and shooting results in melee and melee is just walking into enemy attacks but if you hit and hold aim melee and shoot your drifter unleashes hell on everything ( and random teammates think you are cheating). I do hope a drifter story line is developed but will it be needed? Prototype warframes that ride motorcycles and hopefully a lot of other cool stuff are being introduced to the game. I really enjoy the drifter but am really looking forward to the new characters and story lines in 1999.

Ngl I thought bro was byf for a solid second

Considering the fact that they couldnt even be bothered to change all the clothes of the operator for the drifter and the amps(i hate looking at the Sirroco ever time i switch my amps), i doubt they will ever make the Drifter anything but "Operator but older". Also such a shame they didnt Update the Naramon focus tree to fit the Drifters melee combat from duviri. Afterall the Naramon focus tree its melee focused. They can keep Drifters void powers but they can also make her more distinct than the operator hell it dosent even have voicelines like the operator when you are playing the game normaly. Also i really wanted to see Wally reaction to the Drifter in Whispers in the Wall but dam the Operator in general in that quest its just mute lol. Also where was the Lotus during that entire quest???? The overall story of Whispers its cool but it feel too detached....

Ayo whens the necramite video dropping

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I so much hate decision that drifter is operator from another dimention, the story should be that operator survived ballas and now, after some time passed, as an adult he's rebel against his terror. So when i play the game im just telling myself that drifter IS our operator, because time has passed and i do not consider teenage version anymore.

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MF IM FIRST RAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

hmm , 11 year vet here F, that's weird to write , but i'm afraid that de doesn't really do continuous plot , and chr development , each new update is a new take or a new surprise , or a new retcon there's a reason that picking a Lotus skin is a huge plot line ; we're picking how we see her on a personal level , is she a machine a mother or a handler to us , and all are valid . which version of Alvin V is current ... idk for sure and with the whole dualism , DE take on it that they all are ... Divuri 's Drifter is done folded into the Operator, but DE loves open worlds and given that Divuri is a book , i can see another book open world with another Drifter re-nerfed down weapons and warframes ripped away , and the cycle repeating , but i just don't see any chr growth just more Suprise revels , surprise were not warframe we're magic children , surprise our powers come from the man in the wall , surprise our powers really come from a heart controlled by a family , surprise .... i have learned to embrace the game play and ignore the meta-narrative plot .