As a 10 year veteran, I can honestly say that the grind really isn't that bad as long as you don't grind for the same thing in one sitting. It's much better to grind for multiple things but bit by bit. Like do this mission max 3 times, than that mission max 3 timee, do a little bit of that too. And if you can passively grind for something, than do it. There is no rush in getting what you want, all it does is making you tired of the game, which you don't want to happen. I myself used to grind very hard and all which got me burned out for a long time. It's also much better if you pkay around with different load outs each time
Also what I love about this game is that I can generally drop this game for like five months and get back and not feel like I am... Well, five months behind.
I'm only MR 3 and it took me a 3 hour session max to craft multiple MUST HAVE characters. The only gripe I have is being locked off to 96% of the weapons but being able to fully craft any character I want (primes included). It's just kinda odd and a lot of the weapons that have high MR requirements aren't even that good. Like I can run around with wisp prime at MR 3 but can't have the Acceltra until MR 8 lol.
@@sosa8549 good luck getting acceltra blueprint in the first place lol, it's expected at 80 demolyst kills (let's say you do 4 each 5min you're here for at least 1h40 min) stats says it's guaranteed at 549 kills -+ 183 kills, the grind is hard for a nerfed weapon x')
As a new player you don't need to feel rushed to catch up to the vets. This game is old and still has everything that it started with minus a few redundant features. Getting help from the community is easy as there are alot of people willing to help out new players, just dont let someone carry you as it will leave you bored. I would also recommend joining a clan as there are alot of items only available in clan dojos. Its easy to get overwhelmed by everything available to do so I recommend focusing only on one or two aspects at a time, dont worry everything will still be there later. Dont invest too much in normal frames that have a prime version, and you can look in the codex on your ship to see which ones have prime versions. Getting through the second dream questline is probably the biggest milestone of the game and has the largest impact on the game. I'm a near 10 year vet and I can tell you there is no wrong way to play... unless you use the randomizer option in the customization screen.
You gotta admit it's a bit of a rush to have some higher mastery players taxi you to a place you are NOT ready for and helping you stay alive against opponents you are NOT qualified for. XD, good times.
your last line made me laugh🤣its true tho only mental people do that. But with the normal frames that have prime i do agree thats what i always did and still do but with the mannoth or what ever its called where you feed your ship, it helps to have normal frames but there i wpuld say go through all the abilities that you can get and only feed those that are worth feeding.
Rolling Random in customization gets you some beautiful combinations you would never have thought of yourself. Roll once twice a thousand times for the Warframe God of Fashion.
In my opinion the game really begins when you hit the Second Dream quest. The story from there onwards is one of the most interesting and emotional stories I have ever played through byt there's just so much filler content you have to work through before you get that
same imo.im finished the quest today and it starts to get way better.started trading,farming primes for plats and almost at sedna already.i have 230 hrs on destiny,and 60 on warframe,but i already feel warframe is way better
Second dream only was so good because suddenly several missing puzzle pieces revealed integral parts of the story. The Lotus who was believed to be a mere screen image until then appears in flesh and blood for the first time. Then the character creation after some of us already spent hundreds of hours in the game! The superb musical score. Yeah, it was a mindblowing experience then back in the days. But now for new people rushing the game? I doubt it. The Rell quest is good. The rest of the storytelling in Warframe is lackluster and relies heavily on unreliable narration, information hiding and worst of all multiverse shenanigans.
First at all, welcome to the Warframe community, I hope you enjoy the journey (and strongly recommend do not watch any of the story spoilers). Also, the Warframe starter's experience has been revamped many times over the years. Although it's still not perfect, I'm glad that at least some of DE's effort has been paid off. I would be interested in how you feel after you play a litter longer. See you in the Origin System :)
Hey @@ashortginger I'm glad you've woken up. Building your Warframe is pretty intimidating but i looks like you've got a good handle on it. My advice is this when modding weapons you'll want a damage up and an elemental mod. Mods are better when upgraded despite eating more capacity. And finally every frame and weapon is different, so they'll need subtlety different mods. Also when you get your hands on an Orixan catalyst or reactor. Pop that on something you intend on keeping. They're not super precious but they're rare enough. Good luck out there Tenno
@@ashortgingeranother tip that is not obvious, is everything minus a handful of event and prime cosmetics can be farmed for free, either by grinding or by trading the stuff you grinded for, for platinum and then getting it in the market
If you want to spend money on plat. Get one of the seasonal bundles like Tennocon packs . Best bang for your buck. And you get to support the devs. $40 a year is more than fair for any level of player I'd say. And very cheap by any MMOs standard.
"take your time" is probably the advice i would have given myself lol it is one of the best games at pacing all the different concepts and mechanics out for new players but imo there are some things you can miss if you just rush through the starchart/story without trying out new things/checking out the side content
@jayshieh4414 pull up your menu go to equipment then you will see at the bottom where it says orbiter you'll find all you options there from lighting to placing objects and even changing the type of ship you use
Dude , dude. This game , is NUTS. It’s basically like free energy, the more you play , the more you get to see , the more you understand and the more little goals you will start to set up for yourself. There is so much content and little things to find that even I , after playing for 7 years , i still get surprised. Once you get a good taste of the game , this game will grab you by the balls and it won’t let go. It’s too good.
This is one of the few games i wish i could forget and have the new game experience again. Im about 4k hours deep and the game has run its course for me but anyone that can find even close to the amount of joy I've gotten from Warframe, I'm really happy for you.
This game's progression system is damn near perfect to me. It's why I keep coming back to it and still love playing it even after all these years. There's always something to work towards.
My advice to new tennos is: 1. Focus on clearing the star chart. 95% of new player questions is answered by that. 2. Plat is for slots. 3. Join a dojo. 4. Google the wiki. The Help channel can give answers, but learning how to look up your questions will be faster. Welcome to the grind.
@@Arxgxmi honestly i never really needed that many slots once you really get into the game you start just cycling the same few weapons over and over and the rest are just mr fodder slots hell i just use my grimoire for every build i do since its so versatile (i love having max fire rate and multishot on the thing)
just a tip as a beta player veteran , the first 20 hours ish of the game will be mostly farming and unlocking new nodes, keep up with doing that caue at around that time the quest start to open up for you and the systems unlock + story quests are amazing, u think u know warframe from the first few horus played, but i encourige you to atleast try to unlock half of the map before giving up, once u hit first cinematic quest ur journey will begin
also ignore openworlds untill u finish the star chart, come back to them once uve done everything else, beacue each openworld will take a long time to complete, and new players make a mistake and invest into those worlds early on, and they get no progress done, also openworlds scale enemy level from the entrance point further, so further u go the harder enemy will be, and as a new player ur not ready, so the exploring of the map becomes annoying and sometimes imposssible with no upgrades
@@niblothecactus1735I wouldn't say outright ignore open world's. Getting to lvl3 on them doesn't take that long and with that you have access to a decent amount of parts for Zaws and kitguns both of which can be pretty powerful for early on as well as late
@@tylerprime6741 i get that, but a lot of new players get stuck in there some for even more then tens of hours beacuse they dont know its like a mini game in itself... and then they get tired of the game without even reaching first cinematic cause they think thats it
@@niblothecactus1735 loool when i started warframe, cetus just came out and i was lost in that sauce for 40 hours :D no regrets honestly. grinded low level bounties, slowly leveled the standing.
AS a player that has picked up the game back when it released and playing on since then your perspective on the gmae is very bare and yet full of insights. I wish DE would capitalize more off of perspectives like yours. The game is in a massive need of some sort of streamlining process. Making things more available and WAY faster. The mid-game is where this game really shines. When you are about the 15-25 Frame range I'd say. You got the hang of the game, you can move fairly quickly and finished some of the major grinds in the game already. But not yet hit steelpath or quite understood how amps work and how you get them. Thats when I had the most fun. I was hooked and very interested in all of the different things but also had a significant backlog of stuff I could be "proud" of already. And I feel like that players should reach this point more quickly... like instead of multiple weeks if not months to reach that it should be comfortable reachable within 2-3 weeks max. There is no reason at all that weapons for example still take 12h to finish or frame to take about 4 days~ with the parts included. Those are the major pain points for beginners. About your concerns with platinum and the market you ve expressed in the end of your video. Do not over emphasize this part. Later on in the game there is plenty to do to grind out platinum. Those farms reach from slow but steady to fast but volatile. I myself sit on about 40000 Platinum right now just from rolling some Riven Mods every week. The game is very good at rewarding your long term. But nowadays I feel like Generation "tiktok" does not have the mental capacity anymore to be "excited" for something and grind towards bigger goals. They need constant dopamine input and flickering lights.... I just wrote down what my thoughts immediately after watching your video were. I apologize for the lack of structure :D Good sht, keep it up, Tenno! :clem:
There are 3 main things that Warframe does strictly better than Destiny 2 1) Player ekspression In warframe you can, as you show, customize your warframe in a multitude of ways. But that is not all. You have your personal area, your ship, that you can recolor and decorate. These areas grow as you progress and you even get a few more different areas to decorate if you are into that. Your pets can also be customized with skins, color and dodads. Even your UI can be customized with various themes. And then we have Dojo. Clan hangouts that you can build in unison and they can get crazy elaborate. The big drawback to all this is that most of the cosmetics and decorations come from the platinum (real money) market. I personally think this is fair in a F2P game but I am sure there are good reasons why I might be wrong. Another part of player ekspression is that you get to make dialogue choices at certain points in the story. They are few and far between and they are largely without consequence but they give you a feeling of agency even if the agency is entirely fake. 2) Personal Story The story in D2 is about other people doing their thing. Your character is a piece of card-board unconcerned with what happens around them. The moral dilemmas that informs the actions of other people are non-existent for the player character. You may have your head-canon about your character but the game is not interested. In Warframe the story (when it gets started) is about you. You may not be the center of every story but you are directly involved. You don't feel like a bistander that could or should be replaced with anyone else. Your character makes important decisions and mistakes. You are the one learning about your history and the history that molded you. It does this even to a fault, where the only time we see signs of a community of Tenno is when we interact with an outcast off said community. 3) Power Fantasy In D2 you are essentially a dude with a gun with powers. You powers are not central, your gun is. It even snakes itself into the story and lore. Some of the most celebrated stories in the lore are the backstory to weapons you have. The connection between you and a major character that allows you to save him is a shotgun. Bosses are made into weapons that become legend. But it is not you who is powerful. It is your gun. Over the past few years it has gotten better but more often than not they will reign in abilities if they become more powerful than your gun. Warframe on the other hand relishes the opportunity to let you be overpowered. Be faster, be stronger, be tougher. Only in the most extreme cases do they reign it in and then often reluctantly. Not only that but you can choose how you want to be powerful. The wide array of warframes and weapons that themselves can be modified lends itself to plethora of playstyles; stealth, gunner, swordsman, berzerker, spellcaster, defender, healer, sniper and more. Pick a theme and chances are you can build it. Some of them even come ready made.
It’s also so refreshing seeing a gaming community that isn’t crazy toxic. Ask a noob question in any other game, people will say “fuck you” or some crazy stuff. Ask a question in Warframe or do something on accident, people will say DW!! It’s ok!! Have a wonderful day!! Etc. 😭
Welcome to the Warframe community! Great video you put out here! Just remember that it's ok to give the game 2 weeks to 2 months breaks in between grinds if you ever feel like you're getting burned out by it. Doesn't make it a bad game. I've been playing since 2013 on and off, and I've never once not had it installed on my PC. I always enjoy going back and catching up on new content.
The game really has a certain kind of charm to it. Idk how to put it into words Also, lots of players r really kind. Some of them will actually go out of their way to help new players
It is true. Warframe community has the nicest and kindest people. Rarely any toxicity as strangers willing to help one another to make the game even more enjoyable.
You seem to be doing a lot better, than most newbies. I am responsible for taking care of our clan newbies. One thing you should do, is to find an actually active clan.
All hail the wall of bone, tenno. May your travels be filled with love and joy between the grind...you have no idea what youve gotten yourself into and i'd love to see you make content on some of the more important content as you get to it. Cheers!
Modding is probably the biggest barrier to entry (besides gear slots). But I think it has a satisfying learning curve from: "not having any clue wtf you're doing" to "being able to tune all of your gear to exactly the way you like while still being able to vaporize practically anything" You're constantly learning the modding system and get better and better at it over time. I'm still learning new stuff after 6+ years of playing near constantly. *But* watching modding guides is basically mandatory. The mid game is the best. When you're strong enough to do whatever you want and haven't fully completed anything so you can kindof just do pretty much anything you feel like doing and be making progress. Late game is basically when you've done everything you enjoy and the only stuff left is what you don't. and early game is kindof a slog because you're locked out of most of the game and don't know what you should be doing.
I think your video essay was great and displays a lot of what Warframe excels and hinders in. I personally think new player experiences are awesome and I love hearing the thoughts about the game. One message that I always leave with my clan is to not make the game a chore and do for them what is fun.
I'm in te game since 2020 and I love it, my only recommendation is to have fun and don't rush trough the progression to get to the end game stuff, a lot of cool stuff in warframe is the history you will find after you get to chain of harrow quest and neptune nodes, so take your time and enjoy
As a Warframe veteran with nearly 4k hours over the course of the last few years (shocked myself just now), the most glaring fault I could see is thus: Level up your mods! Low level mods have barely noticeable effects compared to their fully upgraded contemporaries which can provide massive boosts such as +200% damage I recommend focusing on the essentials like Damage, Multishot, Critical Chance/Status Chance (*usually* depending on which is higher), HP, Shields and Energy It is almost always better to use one fully upgraded mod dedicated to a single stat than to use several low level mods just to fill out the slots - that's where reactors/catalysts and Forma come into play later on Bonus tip: Warframes have a special mod slot for so called "Aura Mods" which instead of taking up capacity actually *increase* it; these can be earned by trading in Nightwave Credits earned from Nora Night Hope that helps!
I think the gameplay loop is not just about leveling up to be more efficient but also to increase your power overall things do get pretty tough if your gear isn’t up to par
Hit the nail on the head as a new player...been playing for years solo, and the key of this game in my point of view is makeing your own fun, just live in the universe and play for fun and (as you said) advancements...if youre looking for linear gameplay, it can be abit difficult cause of the many systems at play wanting you to experiment
As someone who joined during the pandemic, A lot of quality improvements have been shown up over the years. And the developers have dev streams on a consistent basis. Even on Twitch, they have a drop system in place that for a certain amount of time that you watch, you get free goodies, some are decorations, but others are fully built frames, and slots to have them in your inventory. Also, some of the more powerful weapons and frames, the prime variants specifically, they can be rotated or "Vaulted" Ingame and you can't access them anymore. HOWEVER, they had introduced the "Prime Resurgence" back in 2021, and it has been a mainstay since 2022 and every month, you can get Vaulted relics for two frames and their weapon sets.
Welcome baby tenno! We are happy to have you, and hope you stick with it long enough to get to the good parts, and the meat of the game. I was shocked you said the new player experience was good. Usually the new player experience is widely agreed to be the weakest part of warframe. I guess if you are coming from destiny its better in comparison, but regardless im glad you are enjoying it!
Been playing Warframe since 2016 after ditching Destiny 1. One of the best decisions I ever made. Specially seeing how Destiny has progressed over the years. My playstyle usually consists of Exerpimentation for Maximum Fun. I look up builds to see what is necessary. Then have fun seeing what sort of ways I can interpret my own weird builds. Welcome to the community! Devstreams and Gift Alerts are about every Friday, press interact when you stand next to your dog, and don't forget to show some love to our boy Ordis. Its good to have you 😊
As a warframe veteran im really glad seeing you enjoy the game, it can get overwhelming but just play at you peace. It is a game with a really cool power fantasy.
What the mess, thank you all for the kind words and support! I’ll have an update video once I’m further in the game, but if you want to stick around, I make a lot video essays about my favorite games
Modding is a very tough system to learn at first, but once you do it's so very rewarding. I would highly recommend looking up some video tutorials for that and how the damage system works. Since without knowing how the damage works in the game, you can't mod properly.
Most of the fun in the game comes from experimenting with builds, both the meta ones and non-meta. The further you get, the more Warframe, weapon, and mod selections you have, the more fun it'll be to just start trying on wacky and meme builds.
Not going to lie, I sometimes spend more time testing out mod combinations than I do actually playing the game. It can be incredibly simple, or incredibly complex and can completely change how you play with your frame or weapons. The main thing is the same as with a lot of Warframe, which is just don't let it intimidate you.
I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this to you yet but something I highly recommend as a beginner in Warframe is to join a Dojo! you can just type out new player and looking to join one it really helps out because in a dojo it unlocks so much weapons and stuff to the game as well as a mini community of active players!
I've started playing Warframe this year (around end of July) and recently finished The War Within quest. Some people commented me with "gratz for completing the tutorial" xD Content is absolutely massive, amazes me every day and it's actually completely free. Will stick with Warframe for a looong time, because I also cannot stop playing :v
PS. For those who don't know - quest "The War Within" unlocks around 120 hours into game if you don't buy anything and grind your way in. Therefore I've got comments about finishing tutorial after 120 hours. Nothing weird, that some have 4000 h then :D
Even though I stoped playing wf for now, I'd love to follow your wf journey, hope you complete most of later quests. Looking forward to see how it goes for you 😊
other than certain cosmetics you can get EVERYTHING in the game for free and do any type of end game content without ever spending a dime, i’ve played Destiny since 2013 and Warframe since 2015, quit destiny as of lightfall, i’ve got the platinum trophy on playstation and have done everything possible but as the years have passed the game just felt lacking and didn’t keep me enticed, Warframe however has always kept me on my toes, the mystery of the universe has always been there and still keeps me there to this day, I’m max MR21, probably MR24 but i haven’t done my mastery rank challenges in a long long time haha just grinding frames and weapons and it’s beautiful, welcome to the fight tenno
I played warframe years ago for the first time and had a decent enough time with it then but I eventually gravitated towards destiny. Played Destiny for the next like 6 years after that and I got to a point where I was so sick of the gameplay loop of destiny and how LITTLE it respected your time, that I made the decision to uninstall it once and for all after over 6000 hours in the game. Recently got back into warframe due to a friends recommendation and I'm honestly amazed at the sheer amount of content, the fact that next to nothing has really been removed since release (looking at you sunsetting) and at just how much fun the game is. The grind can be tough and even annoying at times, but its so rewarding when you finally craft that frame you've been working towards, or when you finally get all the parts for that prime weapon you've been hunting. I'm sitting at around 1000 hours in warframe right now and I can easily see that number increasing pretty quickly over the next few years. At this point its the only live service game I play other than the occasional game of league with my friends, or CoD when I want a more typical shooter experience, and I have 0 complaints. Maybe I'll go back to Destiny when the new expansion drops, and if they end up fixing some of its glaring issues, but this is definitely my preferred looter shooter these days.
As a former D2 player myself, I feel you, I quit when CRAPFALL was released and just like many other players, I needed a different game to cure my interplanetary looter shooter itch, so I decided to try Warframe, and boy oh boy, I got hooked, I do not miss anything from Destiny at all. The one thing I love the most about Warframe is that it respects your time as a player, you see, I started playing during the spring of last year and played till early fall, I paused the game to focus on Lies of P and some other games, I resumed about a month ago and the builds that I made last year were strong as they were back then, meanwhile in D2 you need to grind your ass week after week to keep up with the rest, or you'd be left behind, that is such a BS tactic from Bungie just trying to keep the player engaged with their game. Every time there's a new season your builds become irrelevant and you need to start from scratch, I say F that, I have a life, Bungie can stick their stupid game up their dark sector... Digital Extreme is such an efficient studio, they've done everything Bungie could not even though they are just a 3rd of the size of Bungie: 1- A single game with 12 years worth of content 2-A gazillion different classes 3-Infinite MODS that won't go irrelevant 4-Instead of vaulting content they remastered it 5-An extremely good new user experience 6-So many gameplay mechanics 7-ABSOLUTELY FREE I can go on but you get the picture.
honestly this game is my comfort one its a brilliant one to get on and chill whilst listening to music or watching a show and grinding stuff that slowly progresses you
Thank you for such a loving video on Warframe. I dropped off Deatiny 2 right after Shadowkeep when they split up the DLC content for more koney, etc, and really played Warframe after that. The Dev team is super loving to their community, and it has a ton of variable content with many warframes to alter the way you play.
Welcome to the community! I only pay for platinum to get better mods since I’ve been playing for so long lol, join a clan to improve some of your experience, I can say, the game just keeps me coming back over and over again. I’m glad it’s bringing new players in!
another thing you didn't mention was the trading system and the community. you can easly grind some items and sell them for platinum(the buyable currency) so all the IAPs are also obtainable for free. i have spent tons of platinum on fashion or just grind skips and i never spent a dollar in the game. and the community is also really helpful and nice towards everyone which is also a good point
As a vet. of both games Warframe and Destiny going on 10 years playing both games, MR30 and over 4K hours, Warframe always have a soft spot in my gaming years, the one advice I have is play the game to enjoy and think about it that nothing you're doing today is for today, it's always playing toward a goal either building a Warframe or a weapon, once you're in peace with that the down side of Warframe is eliminated and by time you'll reach any goal you have in it, this is not a game you'll complete in 100 hour play, it will take time but the journey to it is even more satisfying and the rewards are Icing on the cake, best of luck Tenno.
Started playing about 8 months after launch. It’s a great game, good fun play, great movement, fun abilities. A recommendation for new players is to make quests your primary objective. Quests introduce you to most of what the game has to offer and is a good way to avoid burnout when grinding for frames or weapons you want to try out. Learn how to properly mod your weapons and frames. It’s very important and will make your pea shooter rifle shred the normal star chart. The Warframe community is really nice and very helpful, ask in chat or look up guides if you are stuck or confused (the wiki will be your friend as well). I love this game and am always happy to see new players enjoying it as well!
as someone who started around the same time as you, ngl i did pay to skip the grind but doing the grind is fun as well. unless something that im not willing to or not have access yet. i do feel jealous of the vets but realizing i would reach their stage in couple of weeks is honestly mental.
I came back to Warframe on a brand new account about a month ago because of the Prime Resurgence Event where I knew I could grab two of the frames I knew I would want from my time playing it 6 years ago. I played off and on for about a year back then but there were things I think perhaps I thought were too daunting or obtuse at the time to do so I moved on. I'm SO GLAD I came back because I have been having so much fun again, and in just a few weeks time I've accomplished more than I did for the duration of my previous time playing. I think my advice to you (if you're still playing, I'm writing this 4 months later) is don't worry about if something seems daunting just try it and see, or look up one video on the subject you want to tackle and then maybe try doing it shortly after. You mentioned the mods for instance - mods are SUPER important. I think you've discovered by now that you're not gonna get very far without them.
It constantly amazes me the level and frequency of output, polish, attention to detail, innovation, constantly updating and changing up the meta, that Digital Extremes brings to the FREE game, and how it dwarfs and puts to shame the vast majority of “triple A” full price games being released these days. It’s just crazy.
As someone who's been with this games for 8 years this is honestly the best time for new players to jump in, they've reworked so much and there's so many amazing story missions now that it's easier for everyone to follow with.
I have been playing Warframe for 6 years now. When I first started playing Warframe you can get Syndicates standing by the emblem they provided and because I didn’t know at the beginning I had every single syndicate against me. My recommendation is to get started leveling up at least two syndicates you like. Now days whenever you unlock syndicate you can simply go to the front part of your ship, at the left of the navigation area you'll see the syndicate thing, choose one you like and level it up! Try as well getting the standing for the open world syndicates (The ones on Cetus, Fortuna, and the Cambion Drift) because they unlocked a lot of cool things. Other recommendation that I will say to be great is try watching a guide on how modding works, I know that with time you'll definitely learn how to mod, but there is weapons and warframes that benefit a lot from other stats. One last recommendation I can provide is to use your Endo for upgrading mode wisely, because at the beginning of the game is very limited and try using it in essential mods such as Serration for rifle, Hornet Strike for secondaries, Continuity and Intensify for Warframes, etc. Those kind of mods that will part of almost every single build you will make.
Been reading some of the comments here. Lots of really good info. One thing that nobody mentioned is to join a clan. I recommend you join a clan to get access to trading post and clan tech weaponry, gears and accessories. This will go towards leveling your mastery rank.
theres a little pay to skip, but most of what i've personally spent money on is weapon/warframe slots. you mostly hit this problem once your collection of weapons you like surpasses the free slots you get from ranking up. its not *too* expensive, and platinum, the in game premium currency, can be traded for from other players (even a new player can farm things that have value, void relics are a good place to start). 2000+ hours in game, feel free to ask anything about game mechanics, weapons, or general game knowledge. vast majority of WF community will be helpful, the game is massive and every one of its players has needed help at one point or another.
I've got a good bit of Warframe content to catch up on, which I'm very excited to get to at some point down the road. Recently I've remembered how great the game customisation is when I found another use for my warframe clan logo.Once you design a clan logo, you can spend a small amount of platinum (the premium currency) to have it added into the game. When we designed our clan logo, we tried to make it recognisable from the outline and easily distinguishable in game. This has made it a really good design to use in other ways, and I've adopted it as a kind of personal seal.
Warframe also has what is probably the most lenient "battle pass" system of any game. It's 100% free, no premium version of it. You gain experience for it through daily and weekly challenges, but if you can't play for a week or joined the game late in a pass season, if you complete enough of the weekly challenges it will start to give you access to the previous week's challenges so you still have the opportunity to earn everything in the pass. Some of the rewards for the pass are credits that you can use for the passes merchant and you can continue to gain these credits even after you hit the final rank of the pass, letting you buy loads of resources and items that you'd otherwise need to buy with the premium currency.
Been playing for 500 + hrs … still learning new things I never came across while finishing the game. This game is HUGE and you can grind for whatever you what whenever you want . Warframe loses the overwhelming feeling very fast
Yeah good decision, this game is awesome and the Story really hitted me after Second Dream. The only downside is that you need a wiki to play this game, but the overall vibe of the game is just phenomenal and definitely the best Sci Fi MMO out there. My tips are to switch Weapons to get the mastery rank ups way faster and go the main path, that the game is telling you. Do not grind on things you don't need and only grind if you want it. Also take yourself challenges and explore the game mechanics to make your experience more flashed out. I have almost 200 Hours in this game and it still feels fresh in some cases. I never played an MMO before between, but I guess it is the best Free To Play MMO out there. Keep it up!
glad you’re enjoying warframe! the main draw for the game for me was that my friends were playing it, but i’ve found myself playing alone recently just listening to youtube videos in the background
I'm a 4yr player myself. It can seem very overwhelming at times with the grind. BUT, there's so many things that you can build with each mastery rank that you can stagger building and just constantly play without realistic burnout. Just pacing yourself and play to your personal likes and styles. . .you won't burnout like many say. I'm level capped and still not burnt out in any way. The game is so fluid with its movement mechanics, fun with customizing not just appearances but the functionality of your gear, and gives so many options across 53 frames and tons of weapons to truly synergize your preferential play style. It's a great game to really just dive in and have fun with!
Great first video! I've been playing since the game launched, and I think beyond the excellent gameplay, deep customization, and compelling story, the best part of Warframe is its community, and how Digital Extremes converses with the community.
I also love the clans. Specifically, the dojo, I can go full bananas on decorating the rooms and building it out exactly how I want it.. Gosh I love this game.
With how destiny 2 is going i also started playing warframe to find what was missing. And i did. A game that is actually free to play and not free to try, like destiny. Ive had a wonderful experience so far and I've been having just a blast at how free you really are in this game, you can play however you want and still have fun. That was one of the problems i had with destiny 2. There was always a build that just made everything else feel not as viable or certain weapons that you "NEEDED" to have in order to be optimal, otherwise the game became almost impossible/boring. Good thing im not the only one migrating to other games and honestly, im looking forward to more grinding! Have a good one fellow Tenno of the light.
I've been playing for many years now on and off. Honestly for the early game, I'd definitely say focus on getting a few things unlocked, and then doing some of the story stuff, since it'll ease you into the setting, unlock features, and give you goals. For the later game once you've played a lot, the main thing is to set your own personal goals. Don't be afraid to look up videos, check out forums, and become very acquainted with the wiki, to find things that interest you and give you something you want to work towards. There is a lot of content in the game, particularly for newer players, so just setting small goals here and there helps keep you from getting overwhelmed. I will say that there are downsides to the game for sure. it is definitely grindy, particularly for getting some of the rarer weapons and frames, as well as some of the resources you need in bulk. It's managable because the gameplay itself is so good, but it can be taxing. If the grind gets to be too much, take a break to do something else. Go spear fishing on one of the open worlds or even just hang out and talk to people in chats. My personal favorite for killing time is playing around with the shawzins, which are fully playable guitar like instruments you can buy in the store. On that note, it's worth mentioning that the premium currency for the game, platinum, can be traded between players. As such, it's entirely possible to get pretty much anything in the game aside from a small selection of exclusive items while retaining free to play status. There is a market tab in the chat menus that is entirely for talking with other players to broker deals for items, and most of the time those deals use platinum as the currency unless you have something you're offering up in trade. Prime parts, (obtained from opening relics), and particularly rare mods are the main things you'll see people buying and selling, so it's always an option to open up a few relics and see if anyone is willing to buy the parts you get out of them for a few platinum. You won't make a ton per sale, but it can add up to be enough to let you buy stuff from the shop. Speaking of which, it's worth noting that there are some shop exclusive items, but they are all purely either cosmetic, decorative, or just to goof off with such as the shawzins I mentioned. Everything you can buy in the shop that has a practical use can be obtained through playing the game in some way or form. Some of them are particularly rare or limited, but you can get them. There's also a fair few items that can only be obtained by playing the game and can't be bought in the shop. Above all else though with the game, don't be afraid to take a break every now and then. Don't let the fear of missing out keep you from taking a break if you're getting burned out. With only a couple of exceptions, everything that is missable comes back eventually. For me personally, I'll usually come back to the game two or three times a year, play for a good while, then take a break to play other stuff and not come back for a couple of months. It's very much a game to take at your own pace.
The lack of the mandatory daily quests that many games tend to put into is definitely one of the highlights in this game. You really don't have the feeling of _"having to always login everyday or else you will miss the daily rewards"_ thing even after you're into 1000 hours into the game. No joke, i've even already into 2200 hours and never have the necessity of having to login everyday. You can just login to the game for a whole day, grind the shit to the max, then take a rest for a whole week without missing anything. This game really respects your day-to-day time
I've unlocked over 9 color pallets and around 30-something attachments, all of them for free via gameplay events and modes like Dog Days, Baro Ki'Teer, Nightwave, and even Seasonal Shop Events where a whole special color pallet only costs 1 Credit. NGL, Pride is one of my favorite starter color pallets simply because of the range of colors it has and the really dark Black.
Welcome to Warframe Tenno. Glad you're enjoying it. I liked the game because of the content but really fell in love with it after playing the quests. Its also been amazing watching content for Warframe get better and better over the years.
7:25 As someone at max mastery rank with thousands of hours in-game, the farm gets easier as you go actually. Around midgame you end up needing to go out of your way to farm a lot of resources because you're more or less constantly crafting weapons, but it's really not that bad from what I can remember (especially if you trade a couple prime parts to get the platinum for a resource booster). Having a Smeeta Kavat (one of the available animal companion types) also helps since it will periodically double the resources you earn from pickups.
Not a long time vet, only a a few years or so. The first tip that I read somewhere has paid dividends for me and that is to loot EVERYTHING when you're playing the missions and just starting out. There are definitely chokepoint materials that require special effort, but the bulk will just be passively stacked up if you make sure to hit every box you find. The other thing I cannot recommend more would be to make sure you're doing as much of the nightfall daily/weeklies that you can (It's the sort of battlepass type thing you can access from bottom right corner on pause menu or from the terminal on your ship). There are usually one or two weapon/warframe slots as rewards as well cosmetics, blueprints, etc that are pretty sweet. I quit D2 for Warframe years ago and the biggest thing for me is that this game respects your time so much more than other live service type games. Yes it can be super grindy for sure, but when you need a break you can take on without feeling like you'll be completely lost if/when you come back. Prime warframes cycle through constantly, many of the nightfall rewards cycle back through and there isn't really any FOMO to speak of. Glad to see you're having fun, welcome to the game!
I only installed the game 3 days back and have been having a blast. :D Clocked around 17 hours already. I got the Archwing, and honestly, I wasn't expecting a freemovement space-shooter to come packaged with my looter shooter lol, but it's really really cool.
I used to literally have an addiction to Warframe. I made my account back in early 2014, played for about 50 hours and got bored and abandoned the game. In 2016 I wanted to see how much it evolved and shot from the 50 hours I had with it, to 3950 hours by the end of 2020. I got huge burnout from the game and I also got sick and tired of the devs neglecting the many issues that plagued (and still do) the game and hindered my enjoyment. And so, I actually filed a support ticket to delete my account entirely, that's how sick I was of the game. It's funny that about November 2021 I missed the game too much, so I made another account and joined my beloved clan again and everyone welcomed me and helped me get back on my feet very quickly. It also helped that I still had my previous knowledge of the game that got me literally even beyond what I had on my original account all within only 1000 hours, compared to the near 4000 on my original account. But, I genuinely still don't know EXACTLY WHY, but on december last year, one morning on saturday I lost the urge to play at all. Ever since then, I just plain and simple never wanted to launch the game again. If I had to make an educated guess, it would be that the game requires actual dedication to it and needing to more or less to ignore every other game in existense to keep up with the updates and new content if I wanna stay on top, which I am that kind of a player. Doesn't help that I'm a collector as well, which has me collecting everything old and anything new no matter what. Anyhow, that's my little story with Warframe. A game so damn good it made make 2 accounts in total and have about 5000 hours in it. Evenetually it got too big for my taste and I lost the urge/will to play it ever again.
Welcome to the party! Warframe is an immensely fun game when you find things to do or try out. You also posted at a great time too since Plague star is coming around. Never can have too much forma. I hope you enjoy and pace yourself. As a vet of the game, I would farm other things as a break from your main farm. Farming for relics? Maybe you wanna farm for some rubedo or polymer bundles. Farming for base frames? Farm for endo and crack open relics for traces (maybe snag a couple of forma bps) There's so much you can do and it's overwhelming at first. You start to get it after you've mostly completed the starchart.
Love your enthusiasm for my favourite game. I'm 6 years in and the highest rank available, so I can safely say you have picked a great game to play Be patient, do your research and don't get overwhelmed. Warframe isn't just a game, it's an investment and the more you play, the more rewarding it gets. After all this time it still puts a smile on my face We have one of the best communities out there, don't be afraid to ask questions or seek out some help, there will be a tenno to help you Welcome to Warframe
This is the best free to play game ever, period. And the best live service game ever. Period. The devs are fantastic and actually care about their players
And as you can tell by now, the Warframe community is always online to support Warframe video reviews and welcome everyone to the game. One big plus for new players is the fact that you will never be forced into random stat allocation in order to play the game. Every Warframe and arsenal (weapons+), will always have the same base stat, so you will never need to craft the same item several times in hopes to get the optimized version of it.
I have over 3000 hours in, and it's really fun to watch new people get in and experience it for themselves. Yes, new player experience is basically the exact same questline as it was since it was introduced in the first place, with the only difference being that incredible intro cutscene, and starting mission being modified with new environment and tying it in with the cutscene. Events and plot in this mission are the exact same as they were. Something that's also unique to warframe, is that nearly all maps are proceduraly generated. Every time you replay a node you did previously, the rooms and environments will be shuffled in a different way. They connect to each other like lego pieces, so that every time game generates something different. During missions layout and type of enemies is also different, and various events can happen mid-mission. Sometimes there are even hunter kind of enemies that will stalk you in regular missions, interrupting your objective and trying to kill or kidnap you. After a while it does get repetetive, but due to sheer amount of events that can happen in one mission it's not as bad as in other similar games. It's deffinitely a perfect game to listen to podcasts while playing or turning your brain off in some power fantasy :)
So I was introduced to warframe 3 years ago. Then the guy that got me into it stopped playing, so that was cool. I feel you are correct in that the game does a good job giving you a solid tutorial of the mechanics of the game, though they could go a little more in depth regarding mods. What they game is terrible at, is guiding new players in a direction of any kind. I found out a lot by watching youtube guides, which if I am being honest, without that I might not have stuck around. The story is so rich, and the cinematics are works of art. The energy that goes into this completely free game is way more than you see in most games these days. And the best part for a player like me is that I can burn myself out, not play it for several months, and just come back right where I left off. There is no "you have to be current on this or you will suffer". It may not be my most played game, but it is definitely one of my favorites. My advice to you is to make sure you find a clan that has a lot if not all the blueprints researched. There are 5 warframes you can get from the clan dojo and hundreds of weapons. Welcome to Warframe Tenno!
ahh i remeber that feeling at the beggining when i WANTED to farm, run missions, try all the missions. legen 3 i have just one gun left to get and will ve maxed put. i still enjoy it and still play it. also yea fashion frame is the end game, i legit dont enjoy a frame as much if i cant make it look nice. as a vet it would be curious to see you progress and join the ranks. have fun tenno
I've been playing this game for abt 5 years and spent 2-3 of the playing it religiously, this game is absolutely the best game i have ever played, it has endless content where you could do countless things. my recommendation is that you spend you time witching videos and guides and that will help you the most. when you are struggling put on some mods and see if it helps. The grind is endless but it is super enjoyable and gets really satisfying the higher the rank in skill and dmg and all that the better you get. This game also has amazing story you cannot miss out on
Welcome to this amazing game! Just a heads up, I recommend pay attention to the story on the Quest Nata and all the major quests after that, thats the point where the storytelling is getting really good. Nata quest itself might be not that amazing but it has pretty important prelude before other amazing quests
The gameplay loops is both the best and worst thing to Warframe. It's easy to get caught up in the quest for power, but then you reach a point where you can 1 shot everything, and you're still doing the exact same missions over and over. However, if you just hop on and goof around* when you're in the mood for it, it can be a lot of fun. The roguelite mode was a great addition, because it's something you can just hop into and play with anyone when you're in the mood for some Warframe, without needing to get caught up in the grind.
Imo, The most fun element outside of fashionframe is theory crafting/modding. Picking up a new frame and messing with mods/looking at different builds is super fun. I have a few clan members that wrote off this one Warframe, so i built it and started testing different mods with it. Then i found a combination that absolutely shreds. They thought i was joking til i started getting all the kills in missions, then they all started using that frame. Getting people to play with also makes the game extremely enjoyable because everyone has different things they are working on. For example, you might be focused on getting prime Warframes, while your clan mate is focused on Kubrow farming. You'll be able to teach each other different things you've learned and vise versa.
Welcome to warframe m8, I'm pretty much you, quit Destiny and fell into warframe with friends I had made in destiny, leveled to legendary 2, and found I was bored so made a 2nd account and started again, just so I could experience it all again, currently mr26. This is a game that get better once u get further in and gain MR, it's pretty much borderlands for warframe with the fun choices and variations. As people have already said, 1.. Join a clan, it's not just social, loads of build options are only avail from a clan. 2.. level to 30 frames and guns, then forget them, all the best guns are MR locked. 3.. Look up simple builds, and get a feel for mods, and concentrate on them, mods are universal and add massive power. All your power is locked behind mods not your level.
After 2000 hours I wish I could experience what you are expereincing right now all over again, Warframes first 100 hours are sooo good, love this game. I would really recommend the Wiki for a lot of info on stuff and also warframe market to see what prime parts are worth in platinum so you dont get scammed or sell something for too little, great for new players. And most importently dont rush it, its a fantastic game and even greater if you take your time with it, the community is really friendly and vets usually love to help new people to dont be afraid to ask for help.
I've played the game since launch on and off. It will always hold a spot in my heart I just got back into it about 3 months ago and I'm having more fun then I ever have.
I've played this game since day -5, I will never stop his game. I miss so much but. Seeing how I've literally grown up with it. I'm addicted. It's made by the community for the community they remake so much. Take the time and don't look at it like algebra and yool llllloooovvveee it.
as a long time vet; use the modding system! probably would be the biggest thing to help you! for weapons while you dont know what youre doing equip mods in this order, and remember that 1 fully ranked mod is better than 4 unranked mods, and more so when the mod has more ranks mods like serration that say "+% damage" mods like split chamber that give "+ multishot" mods like cryo rounds that give "+ %cold"(or electric, heat, or toxin)(these are the 90% elemental mods) mods like speed trigger that give "+ fire rate" each of these steps will just about double your dps on average (serration will multiply your dmg by 2.65, for split chamber its 1.9, an elemental mod can be pretty variable, but if we pretend theres no resistances or vulnerabilities for a second, then it would also be 1.9, and speed trigger is going to be around 1.6) meaning that at the end of equipping 4 mods, you will be doing around 15x as much damage per second. get vacuum! you can put vacuum or fetch on sentinel or animal companions, and when fully ranked will make grinding way less of a hassle as items will fly up to you from a short distance away find a vet to befriend! friendly guides are great for this game! vets can help you get places you need to go, the can help you find a frame or weapon that suits your needs, they can help accelerate your grind immensely, and they can help explain how to mod any given weapon mix it up! variety is the spice of life, and this game goes hard on that; i can usually get someone to end-game viable in less than a month of on-and-off 2 hour play sessions, playing once every day or 2, but what really makes people fall in love with the game is that each frame has multiple viable builds (and off meta builds work just fine) and theres so much to experiment with in building a frame, and then theres more than 50 frames to play around with, so you really can play an entirely different kind of game every single mission if you feel like it if you need tips or a taxi or help with specific questions please dont hesitate to ask me on discord @lavantant (if im awake i will answer even the most inane of questions) or in the game(if im online in the game) @lavantant
Welcome to Warframe, Tenno! :D I love hearing new players gush about cool new stuff that's super old news to me, like customization and (the usually much hated) archwing of all the things haha 🤣 Warframe's honestly on a great path, and it's just getting better. Enjoy your stay, don't rush stuff for platinum and have a great time!
I believe the only content that's been removed that weren't just timed events were the handful of raids that were in the game for a while and the rewards from them are all still available from tridolons and Orphic venom so. The best thing about Warframe is you can farm at your own pace and you will eventually get what you want
As a veteran of this game for 6 years now. I can say that you seem to be doing everything well so far. Only thing is Auto-Install is not the most reliable way to build weapons. I'd recommend playing with the mods themselves, with the idea that bigger is better.
This game is so... Friendly, remember to help new players. I help a friend to start, I play since 2014 and is always so good see new players enjoy the world DE make for us
Ive been playing for almost 10 years now on and off. A few things I recommend to try out if other havent said so already, just getting through the main story quests because the main story is pretty fucking amazing. If you liked the arkwing I highly recommend going for the rail jack, if you dont know what that is yet, you will once you progress in story missions. Duviri is pretty fun, it adds a really cool roguelite gameloop, but I recommend finishing the main story quests first. I also did want to say, there is a market that people buy full prime warframe and weapon set for platinum, which you can then use for cosmetics and buying things you dont feel like grinding, so in my opinion Warframe is amazing for the sole fact you can pretty easily get their premium currency without having to spend money. Anyways, cheers and have fun with warframe, it holds a special place in my heart! Edit: I also wanted to say, the warframe community as a whole is pretty welcoming, so Im sure if you ask any of us, me included we would gladly help you with anything you may need! (Overframe where people post builds can get toxic for no reason though, it never made sense to me why)
You're doing fine. I think WF is best experienced at your own pace. I play it on and off for years now. There's really a lot you'll find out later in the game. But for now, just keep trying out frames and weapons, and going through different planets. Frames will completely play different and some are so unique it's almost game-changing. But again, do it at your own pace. Every now and then you'll stumble upon side quests and at some point the biggest story quests happen and WF reveals a new sides to it. Like if you were surprised by the Archwing missions, you're probably gonna like Railjack missions (basically space ships you build, customize, and even hire crew members to help you man the ship). I believe you've already gained access to those missions since you have your own Archwing already but it's unnecessary for you right now. But if you do wanna just kinda check out how bigger space missions look like, jump into some other player's Railjack and see for yourself. I honestly love it and wish DE incorporates more of it into the game. Me and my clan mates used to play it as a squad.
Fun fact, when you get into mid to late game, you can ABSOLUTELY feel like a god while playing, with the right mod setups, arcana, etc. It does the power fantasy thing better than Destiny 2, I think. Also, I love build craft, which is AMAZING in this game. Just wait until you unlock the Helminth system, and have your mind BLOWN by all the possibilities. Like running a Nourish Styanax (dont worry about styanax right now, he is definitely late game, but SUPER powerful) and just spamming abilities in Railjack.
Oh, and the story is super cool, if you can handle having each answer spawn 4 new questions about the lore. For some people, stuff like eternalism is kinda difficult to grasp. Oh, and something that might be a bit difficult for people who scare easy, the main story is locked behind the harrow quest, and that one does have some slight horror elements. The game is definitely not FULL horror, but it does dabble in some slight eldritchian horror elements.
