Warframe

[Runis]

So.. anyone is playing it? I recently got 500 hours into the game (playing it since i quit E.D.).

I had a feeling from the start that it was what E.D. was missing.
Like walking inside your ship (small one in WF) and walking/fighting on planets. I was staring in awe when i first got at Jupiter's cloud bases or on Europa.

Now that PoE is released, its even cooler.
Sound is pretty well made especially regarding back speakers on PoE.

MR 18 here, and having a blast.

 

[Vasea Azure]

I did not played it much but I absolutely love their armor design, some very creative si fi there.

 

[DerDzvero]

So how is it Warframe in your opinion? Do you get pay2win or pay2progress feeling, typical for free2play titles? Guess it's comparable to Destiny in a way, or?

 

[Caramel Clown]

It's like Destiny, but better It's more of a pay 2 faster progress. Premium currency can be made even if you've not invested a penny.

 

[Snarfbuckle]

I love the playstyle and will probably install it again.

Drawback for me is that the storyline is a big puzzle.

Love my Rhino with the giant shuriken as a secondary melee weapon since it can bounce and is a good thing to have when you are out of ammo.

 

[Memnoch]

Never played it. I have downloaded it as of last night and might give it a go this evening. That semi-open world from the new patch looks quite interesting, and as someone who enjoys playing The Division and repeating the same old missions over and over again in the hopes of getting some nice shiny bit of gear I might enjoy this too. I know the emphasis as a free to play game is really to grind for resources to build what you want though so am expecting more grind. But if it gets too much I simply stop playing and uninstall and it may never cost me a penny.

We'll see. I have no problem chucking them a few quid if I'm feeling lazy but from a video I watched yesterday, where someone quotes a Prime Warframce could cost something like $80, for that money they can go whistle! Never spending that on a single item.

 

[Navigare Necesse Est]

So how is it Warframe in your opinion? Do you get pay2win or pay2progress feeling, typical for free2play titles? Guess it's comparable to Destiny in a way, or?

The only thing you need plat for is for slots to store more warframes and equipment. A slot is about 20 plat iirc. Weapon slots purchsed come in pairs, warframes slots are single. I paid about 40-60 EUR for plat spending that in slots, potatoes (when on sale), some palettes and the occasional ridiculous skin. You can speed all the stuff in crafting with plat but I refused to do. Exercise some patience and an investment of 20 bucks can get you reasonable base.

Or you trade items for plat - if you have the patience for that. You can also trade items but keep your eyes open for occasional scams.

 

[Runis]

So how is it Warframe in your opinion? Do you get pay2win or pay2progress feeling, typical for free2play titles?

It's definitely not the typical f2p game. It has so much content that you can access for free that it feels like a steal. Some people ask in wonder why it's a f2p game sometimes.

There are some bad parts, like the bugs and of course the fact that it's a P2P game just like E.D. but i can live with that. You can limit your ping to the P2P connections (matchmaking) from options to a maximum of 100. Also the bugfixing is much faster, they patch the game all the time, even multiple times per day if it's needed.

I did spend about 4k+ platinum ingame, half of that was given as a present from someone who stopped playing. I spent most of it on cosmetics/ship interior decorations (there's a lot of them and bobbleheads) and slots.
A part of it was spent on progress stuff like Forma bundles because they are a bit slow to craft for my gaming needs or drop/affinity boosters because i wanted to level/access endgame faster (you level by leveling different types of weapons/frames/pets that you craft with drops).

The biggest part in Warframe is RNG, it has much more than E.D., so i guess the Elite players that don't like Engineers wouldn't like Warframe also. I mean i farmed Kuva for a week straight with a drop booster and spent it on a few hundred Riven rolls and didn't get what i wanted, but i enjoyed doing it. There is RNG in everything, from mod drops to weapon/frame blueprint drops.
Imagine the ships in E.D being made of parts and RNG involved in getting their craftable blueprint (which you craft with RNG drop materials) - something like that.
I like RNG so it's fine by me.

Like "Navigare Necesse Est" said, you can progress without spending anything (it's a bit slow tho). The only thing need to spend on is weapon/frame/pet slots, but you can get platinum easy by trading.

That being said, the most thing i like about it is the different planets you can go on, or space derelicts/bases. They really nailed the feeling that you are right there on that X planet or place. The landscapes are amazing and the (few) asteroid rings you can see feel more realistic (btw they are supposed to stand still like it is in E.D? - no idea about the science of it).

Also the community is much better than the one in E.D. from my point of view.

 

[DerDzvero]

Thanks guys, looks promising indeed. Just finished tutorial so waaay to go

EDIT: Ok, finishing the first "checkpoint" seems to have opened the game. It's indeed better/bigger than Destiny (even for the sake of crafting/modding/builds)

 

[Navigare Necesse Est]

It's definitely not the typical f2p game. It has so much content that you can access for free that it feels like a steal. Some people ask in wonder why it's a f2p game sometimes.

There are some bad parts, like the bugs and of course the fact that it's a P2P game just like E.D. but i can live with that. You can limit your ping to the P2P connections (matchmaking) from options to a maximum of 100. Also the bugfixing is much faster, they patch the game all the time, even multiple times per day if it's needed.

I did spend about 4k+ platinum ingame, half of that was given as a present from someone who stopped playing. I spent most of it on cosmetics/ship interior decorations (there's a lot of them and bobbleheads) and slots.
A part of it was spent on progress stuff like Forma bundles because they are a bit slow to craft for my gaming needs or drop/affinity boosters because i wanted to level/access endgame faster (you level by leveling different types of weapons/frames/pets that you craft with drops).

The biggest part in Warframe is RNG, it has much more than E.D., so i guess the Elite players that don't like Engineers wouldn't like Warframe also. I mean i farmed Kuva for a week straight with a drop booster and spent it on a few hundred Riven rolls and didn't get what i wanted, but i enjoyed doing it. There is RNG in everything, from mod drops to weapon/frame blueprint drops.
Imagine the ships in E.D being made of parts and RNG involved in getting their craftable blueprint (which you craft with RNG drop materials) - something like that.
I like RNG so it's fine by me.

Like "Navigare Necesse Est" said, you can progress without spending anything (it's a bit slow tho). The only thing need to spend on is weapon/frame/pet slots, but you can get platinum easy by trading.

That being said, the most thing i like about it is the different planets you can go on, or space derelicts/bases. They really nailed the feeling that you are right there on that X planet or place. The landscapes are amazing and the (few) asteroid rings you can see feel more realistic (btw they are supposed to stand still like it is in E.D? - no idea about the science of it).

Also the community is much better from the one in E.D. from my point of view.

As outspoken Engineer hater I disagree about the WF grind being worse. The drop chances might be worse, but you get to see WHERE stuff drops (Wiki is helpful though) and WHEN it drops you craft that THING YOU WANT. I can easily decide that I'm fed up with trying to unlock one thing - I can't do so in ED because the outcome is uncertain on many levels.

I played WF quite early, it was when the Infested had darker tileset lighting and different Ancients. It was much more eerie. And I just liked cutting through enemies with melee. The whole movement and melee system is worth enough to try out.

 

[CMDR Crumpeteer]

As outspoken Engineer hater I disagree about the WF grind being worse. The drop chances might be worse, but you get to see WHERE stuff drops (Wiki is helpful though) and WHEN it drops you craft that THING YOU WANT. I can easily decide that I'm fed up with trying to unlock one thing - I can't do so in ED because the outcome is uncertain on many levels.

Your comparison doesn't really make sense. Functionally, regular mods in Warframe are like regular outfitting in ED, where purchasing a better grade module is like using a higher grade warframe mod. Engineering is far more similar to Rivens and farming kuva for re-rolls, where the riven mod is a ship module, and kuva is the engineering mats.

As someone who has spent far too much time with both systems, I can say two things with certainty:

1. Kuva is easier to farm, and far more consistent than trying to obtain various materials in ED. You know approximately how much kuva you can get in a time frame, and how many rolls you'll get for it.
2. You are far more likely to get a good engineering roll in ED than you are to get a good riven roll in Warframe. The RNG for rolling Riven mods is absolutely brutal, unless you're blessed with the luck of the Gods. People have rolled a mod 100+ times and gotten no improvement over an average base roll. In ED you can get farily good stats on any module with about 10-20 rolls.

The biggest upside to Riven mods is that you can bypass all that grind by purchasing them from other players, while no such option exists in ED.