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To add info about the Nightwave Store - a single NW credit sells for 5000 regular credits. That equates to 750k credits from the (150 cred) lvl1 NW award (always the case), plus another 250k from the (50 cred) lvl5 (I think is always the case). For a new player, that million credits can be better spent on MK1 weapons and blueprints from the store or dojo, than spent on almost anything on the NW store. Your best launch tactic into increasing Mastery levels.
After 10 years, this is still how I play. I log in, and just look around and say "What will be fun today?" Sometimes I jump into some railjack missions, sometimes I jump into Duviri, sometimes I do Kahl missions, etc. It's incredibly chill and liberating to be able to just do what I want and have fun without worrying about "falling behind". No matter what comes out, I can jump into it whenever I feel like it. For those few time sensitive things, those are very easy to jump into even for newer folks *by design*. DE has done a fantastic job, their main weakness is that new player experience. I think this analysis is spot-on.
Tbh it really seems like the nicest way to have fun in Warframe. I saw a lot of people including myself tunnel vission on grinding one thing or reputation or whatever and burn themselves out on the game because they don't diversify their gameplay so to speak. I understand wanting some particular weapon or warframe but remember that there is always another day to do it. Have fun, people.
@@kappa731I ignored reputation for the longest but when some of the best things are hidden behind rank 4/5 standing. I had to focus and grind it out. Now I’m semi burnt out
Sometimes, I spend time on the QnA chat, trying to help out players, and sometimes getting corrected (I sometimes forget, or make mistakes). Other times, I literally join people who started playing 10 hours ago, and often times I feel them there's no P2W (save for Fashion frame, the true endgame), you should always try to have fun first, and that progress will be made regardless. And often times, I find those very same players spending money on the first 20 hours of gameplay because they thought the *needed* a certain gear to start doing damage, or people asking which is the *best* Warframe. And most of the time I got to show them how to actually start doing damage (mods, how they work, and where to obtain the "best" ones), and that, even if there are better Warframes, those are very much situational; that there is not one that is above all.
@@Itharl new players wants everything auto. Using brain, googling, checking wiki and YouTubing is not a skill they possess. Such an easy basic game already. The only area of the game that requires deeper understanding is when you go into damage.
There are few other games I've found to be like this, Vindictus comes to mind but it had a serious issue with its servers. Similar to Warframe, being able to do content with new and different characters with a very good combat system and ahead of its time graphics kept pulling me back to it. Smite is another such game, it was way better graphics than any other MOBA when it came out and had amazing combat mechanics and with continuous influx of new characters just made it fun every time you pick it up. But only Warframe scratches that collector itch.
As a Clan leader that specializes in training and supporting new and returning players, I'm going to be saving this video to my training playlist to show EVERY player that comes in. Thank you. Edit: Sadly, due to life happening, we are not currently accepting new members but we will be looking to in the future.
"Don't meta yourself out of enjoyment" The great thing about Warframe is that, while a meta *definitely does exist,* every Warframe can excel somewhere if you like how they play. Once you learn the intricacies of how to build your Warframes and weapons, you can more or less pick what you want at random, plop down into any mission, and still stand a solid fighting chance. Play the frame that speaks to you most and don't listen to naysayers. You don't have to choose Revenant or Khora or Gauss if you don't want to. Excalibur as your forever main? Go for it! Like Valkyr? You can make her *scary* if you put in some extra love. Just have fun ^^
As someone who took Nyx, arguably the least played Warframe to level cap... This man here gets it. The game gives you so much tool to make even arguably the least useful Warframe be able to do the hardest content the game has to offer. This game is as much a set of lego bricks as it is a video game.
I literally main Excalibur… I’m doing anywhere from 8k-120k damage on a slash dash depending on my melee combo which I can get real high real quick and maintain very easily, I use Nikana prime with a 96% base crit chance with a plus 10% per melee combo so I can get it over 200% crit (red crits) very easily, and I have a 220% ability damage increase, so running exalted blade and then slash dashing… lota damage… it’s fun, but not sure it can handle steel path just yet as it struggles to solo some of the newer content (the void ship thingy map and the newer map on diemos)
Another tip, if you have question about anything ask in the chat, there are tons of players including myself who spent most pf their time helping out new players
@@HostileSoldierfor a kavat, you need to scan some that appear on the infested planet, forgot which tile but its one there that you scan kavats, get 10 of their things but someone in game can help you more then me.
Started playing after I saw your videos. Over 140 hours in about a month😂 this game is so flipping good. Can't believe I slept on it for so many years without looking into it further. I've got my girlfriend as well as my best mate into it too. Just about to start The War Within together after getting our Necramechs built and levelled. Safe to say im addicted.
I've been no lifing this game for almost 3 months now and am 300+ hours in lol I could probably made some good money with a second job 😂 but no way I would trade it for this experience. It's a masterpiece for sure.
Hahaha same here, used to be a Destiny main and so happy i made the transfer... also 1month in RN and about 170h... finishing my star chart atm 😁 after that the wat within also ✌️
im over 5000 hours Legendary 4 in and I still love this game , there are still things im wanting to do, still things I love doing ( Solo Netracells ) , New builds to try and experiment with. Ever want to team up? ,, look for Daggles. I dont care if its end game or beginning game content, I enjoy doing it all.
As an original Warframe player that is still playing after 11 years and more than 5,5k hours it’s such a pleasure to watch such an honest and authentic creator give a go at this cherished game I play and see it through your eyes anew after so many years dominating it and partially losing the perspective of a new player. It’s been such a treat watching all your vods and takes, I hope you keep enjoying Warframe and for anybody who is new and wants any help my name ingame is Pravious I play in Europe and you can freely contact me and ask :)
Same. As a returning Grand Master, my inbox was flooded with "Here's all your stuff back we changed (which broke the math on virtually all my frames when you get 15 Forma back)" and... honestly, it's just intimidating to come back and see all the changes.
@@FlameSoulis I mean even if you don't leave like me it can get overwhelming. When they did the new damage iteration with the factions and the new cold/blast etc effects I had to rework most of my builds although it made the game much more diverse but yeah it was an insane amount of info dump even if you don't leave
I can't wait for you to upload a video about Warframe: 1999 once it drops. Also I want to say how much I enjoy that you're just straight talking, giving your concise input, with no background music. It's just you and the essay and that's the best part about your videos.
You're an OG in my book. Warframe was my first PS4 game and one of the first I co-opted with my son. I'm still not sure what I'm doing in it. Haven't played in a while. I just got my PS5 working again. Thank you for this
SPOILER After having not seen him for a month, that cheeky little void entity was hanging upside down outside my helminth room last night... Scared the hell out of me. 😒
i completely understand and appreciate the "jump right in and do whatever seems fun" mentality, but for me i just cant do it. i like some structure in my games, so sometimes i would get incredibly overwhelmed with the amount of systems and things to do within the game. something that really helped me was setting goals for myself, or milestones. my first one was unlocking wisp. i essentially reverse engineered how to unlock her and just followed those steps until i did. it felt incredibly rewarding to do so. if you're like me and struggle with being overwhelmed, try picking a specific frame, quest, item, weapon, etc to focus on getting. might help
This is how I feel about no man’s sky. Like there’s just too much content and zero structure or direction to help explore that. Sure I could do it myself but there is such a thing as “too many options”. The same reason 5 star restaurants have limited rotating menus.
@@MrRhoidRage completely agree. funny enough I also had a similar experience with nms, but when I focused on specific tasks I was able to block out all of the other things going on around me and enjoy the atmosphere of the game. also helped that I duped the shit out of items so I was obscenely rich 😂
Hundred percent, I got 1000 hours and still sometimes feel overwhelmed with the content. Choose something you want to do and play that, that’s the best way to play
I am very much the same. My brain works best when I set goals. Lately that's been grinding to the next MR rank, pushing Steelpath, leveling a specific Syndicate or hunting the mods for a weapon build, etc. it helps grounds me and provides a sense of personal progression when I meet those milestones.
You can't go wrong with starting off by unlocking all planets if you are looking for early game structure. That's very easy initial structure, because doing junctions will still get you to do other things.
Mastery rank 30 here. This is Exactly what I did to get into the game. Just do the star chart, the regular planets, and such and then find something that you like. Want to stop time? Get limbo. Want to teleport and nuke the room? Get nova. Want to GO FAST get volt or guass. Want to fly and do TONS of damage? Get titania. Want to hover and use tornados? Get zephyr. Necromancy? Play nekros or revenant. You want to try out, go get it and play with it. The game has an ingame list of all the items in the games, all the weapons, all the war frames, so you can see what you have and what you don't have
your warframe videos actually got me into warframe so thank you for that. It's been the most fun I've had in years while playing a video game and not a single hour of my 300+ hours felt like a stretch or felt boring at all. I still can't belive how this free game puts to shame like 90% AAA studios.
I was pretty late coming to the game, just over 2 years ago when friends who played it for years finally got me to install it ,, It was a MASSIVE eye opener to such an amazing game which had gone under the radar. Best of all the community , having played other games like WoW etc and the amazingly toxic community's that are there ,, this was a breath of fresh air.
So as one of those veterans (2014) my notes are: None. This video is perfect Well structured and succinct for a game as nebulous as warframe is. Ive seen other guides and while they tend to go into minutea more they also over stress things that date the video, Warframe is a constantly evolving game based around flexibility and freedom. Minmaxing is almost never even warranted let alone needed. And builds and playstyles are so interdependent that following build guides may make a frame you'd normally love, play in a way that you find less enjoyable. So i think this video covers the absolute essentials, and this would be the first video i give to someone starting the game (the second being the other one of your videos you mentioned) Because technical info is all very well and good, but to truly appreciate warframe you really gotta break some bad habits of approaching it like you would approach other live sevice games. Warframe is a very unique video game in its core philosophy so even approaching it like you would approach destiny, warframes closest comparison . Doesn't quite work, because the games are laid out very differently ecen if the core loop of guns and powers feels comparable
Be warned about the community... I asked for help about something in the global chat of the game and I am still getting tips and pointers till this very day and that was Jun 2023 LOL The community is that great, one of the reasons why I never looked back on Destiny 2...
This video couldn't have put it any better. It's not about what frame or what build that will be able to nuke the whole map in seconds. It's about what frame you enjoy playing with the most, and you grind the ever loving crap out of it for the fashion. That's what makes Warframe lasts for over a decade and still going on strong.
As a long time on-and-off-again player, I think this is a great New Player primer. Your advice rings true for a lot of things, especially games and the semi-recent over-metagaming of experiencing new games. Warframe is incredibly dense, and while that can be intimidating, getting past it is done by exactly what you said: just play. Play, find things that excite you, and take your time. There's over a decade of content to get into (none of which has been removed, minus some very minute things that were only removed because they were experimental systems that did not land for Digital Extreme's vision). Warframe is a truly special treat of a game. It respects your time, it provides meaningful and enjoyable progression, and it boasts some incredible story (and even more incredible music!) that deserves to be experienced and enjoyed. Because of the game's depth, you can experience it in a multitude of ways, and the super in-depth, meta-chasing, min-maxing side of it won't go anywhere - but your experience of the game only happens once. Great content as always!
Been grinding for 10 years. Warframe is that free therapist session you don't have to spend a dime on but you can choose to throw money at Lotus and the Tennogens to show some support. Nothing is perfect they said. If WF's new player experience is that tiny scratch in a beautiful painting, I'll just think of Mona Lisa and remember she's missing some eyebrows. An art piece with a faded missing part is still considered a masterpiece. Warframe is better now that they finally synced Steam Achievements, 193/193. Free therapy session, become a Tenno today! Thanks for the new player perspective! Warframe's story is one of those games you wish you can play again with a fresh memory. Ps. There is an endgame btw, deep archimedea and netracells, sort of a game knowledge and power frame required kind of challenge. A sort of raid boss as well. A long time ago we had 8-man raids. We've come a long way and now the end game involves colorful stones.
Best part of WF is that you can solo all the content if you want to try hard enough. With netracells...I find it actually easier to solo than play with a random team.
Ive been MR 16 for 7 years now. Of course it feels weird being eclipsed by ppl who started way after you did, having them all at the top at 32 or idk how high it even goes now.... It's about fun, not chasing that number. And i think LD nailed it here. You dont need to get what you dont want to get, you dont need to play what system you dont want to play. Somehow, endurance runs are still a fun and entertaining way to spend an evening.
Been playing for 10 years now and I hit MR 23 last week. Got my buddy into the game when fortuna dropped and he’s got the legendary MR now 😂 I only really max out new frames if I want to subsume them, and weapons when I get a naughty riven. Outside of daily standing caps, past MR 16 there’s no need to grind stuff you dont want to.
shout out to the og players who help these new players keep doin wat y’all doing to all the sherpas out here don’t gate keep a warframe from these new players cause they will realize sooner or later that “prime war frames” aren’t AS important as other things n game but again shout out to all the sherpas out here helping a lot of them
After completing the duviri experience, you can get weekly orokin catalysts and reactors from the shop there. They double the mod capacity for weapons and warframes without having to buy them for plat!
In the arsenal hover over every stat and it will give you a tooltip with more detailed description. Also almost everything has a tooltip menu at the bottom right of the screen where you press tab to move between tips gathered from the community about the specific weapon, warframe or gear that you are looking at.
@zarcomack5414 Yeah, but it's a hell of a task to get these back from simaris if you're a new player... I have ivara and scanner with all the upgrades, and it still took me days bcz you can get only 25k standing per day...
@@zarcomack5414 the xoris and broken war you get for free comes with a catalyst, rebuying another does not. as op stated DO NOT SELL YOUR XORIS OR BROKEN WAR! also they come with their own weapon slot and do not take up the ones you already had.
I used to play Warframe daily because there was so much to do. I sunk thousands of hours into the game. I still love the game, and happily look back on my time in it. Though now, I’ve felt I did enough in it, got enough out of it, and even though there is new and amazing content, I don’t feel an obligation to come back. It’s nice, and maybe someday I will return to it, but for now, I hope everyone just enjoys their time in the game.
On the topic of Duviri, CHECK ACRITHIS! Whenever you complete a run of duviri experience/lone story, you'll get pathos clamps. You can use those to either unlock more Duviri weapons to use in there or build in the origin system, but you can also trade them in Acrithis' shop. She appears either in Arch harbor mid-run, or at the end after slaying the Orowyrm, and she has a weekly stock of valuable items you can buy. These include orokin reactors, catalysts, exilus adapters, arcane adapters, and forma
@@theperfidiousdrakan9366 pupsker included her in his weekly reset videos, thank god. But yeah, otherwise, i rarely hear any of the youtubers talk about her
I loved WF as a beginner. Not being told anything, you're free to do whatever you want (among the possibilities you are given). And even if you don't understand most of the stuff, the game is easy enough for you not to worry that much about it. As a walking brain myself, I've never had any issue to open the wiki from time to time at the beginning to answer the few questions I had in mind, building a tolerance over pausing the game to quickly go check something more in depth later in the experience. Even now with over 200h (I know it's not a lot for WF, but very few games were played that much in my case), I often go to the wiki to find where to go to get this, or what to do to build that, etc...
Tip: start with Excalibur. Mag is on the 3rd planet you visit, and volt you can get from joining a clan. Both can be farmed in under 2 days, even by a new player.
Hats off to you LD! Warframe may seem daunting but it truly is amazing with how they made their story. It is a bit confusing given how a lot of things aren't given tutorials or guides but that's the beauty of RUclips, where there's countless videos that teach mods, and builds in general. I love coming back to Warframe as a 600+ hour player who really loves all of the new stuff that comes out to it. I will say one thing for new players once they have a ground to stand on with their builds, keep one of each frame and weapon, you never know what might be buffed or changed later on in life.
Been waiting on this video for a couple months. Thank you! Your warframe is a wake up call video got me into it. It’s a fun game- just wish my friends wanted to play it also.
Warframe is the game I can get back to it after months without playing and I won't feel behind, just the feeling of looking up to play the new content I haven't done
The fact it’s all anti-fomo is what I love. I’ve put over 2000 hours into the game over the pat decade. I love that I can take a break from it for like 3 years and then come back, still feel like my demigod, my god-tier Nova still slows the entire map, etc. I spend some money to buy plat, hunt down a ton of new warframes, guns, quests. And stop about half a year.
Been playing since near day one when released on xbox!! Always come back and just have fun with friends. I tend to just help Randoms out with stuff they looking for if have relics to Crack. Great video! I'll catch yah when I can Peace!!
to all new players, please don't make the mistake of "I will stick to one comfortable loadout, one frame, one weapon", the game is all about trying millions of new things, if you just keep sticking to one thing without trying others, you will miss out a lot.
Already made that mistake. I just finished 2nd dream and watched this video afterwards. Now I understand why I haven't been ranking up, I've been using the same build with the same load outs ughhhhhhh
I've been playing warframe off and on for almost 10 years. It has been a experience that has really left its mark on me. It truly is a crazy experience going through the years with how much this game has changed since then. So many amazing memories staying up late and scouring the trade chat. Begging people to power level me back when I had no idea what was happening lol. Or talking to randoms about funny warframe fashion and fun builds. I've always wished my friends enjoyed the game as much as me. But the truth is the game has SOOOO much to offer that people get overwhelmed. If there's one thing I could say to those looking to try it, do what you find enjoyment out of. Make little goals and plans and just play the content that brings you enjoyment wether that be the story, leveling your mastery, exploring the open worlds, checking out the multitude of factions, collecting new weapons and warframes or just sitting there talking to people. And don't be afraid to ask questions. Warframe community is very nice to there noobs. There truly is so much to immerse yourself into with warframe and if you open your mind and expectations you can share in some those memories that really made my childhood and is still bringing smiles to me to this day as a adult.
To see you speak like this about a game I would die for, to see your genuen love for this game fills me with a form of happiness and love that is indescribable with the human tongue. I love you and what you stand for so fking much
I have more then 2.5k hours in the game (having played it of an on), from the first time It got on my radar when I came across Totalbiscuit's "WTF is Warframe" more then 11 years ago (RIP TB, you are still missed). Warframe might just be the best game to come home to after a heavy day at work to de-stress and de-couple from life. It helps that you you can easily spend as little or much of time on the game you want and still feel progression, as it has an ez drop in and out gameplay. Legendary Drops, Did a good job at getting the basis of the game, even missed if missed the whole Spaces ship aspect ;P Shout out to the "Prisma Gorgon" people. && " Clem!! "
Amazing video...great for every newcomer to watch before getting into warframe. You are painting the right picture...the new player experience is definitely a problem, but what lies beneath is without a doubt the best game I have ever layed hands on. Returning to warframe always feels like coming back home. The community, the creators, the amount of diverse content...I solely played free and wanted it to stay like that, but some day I was just like "I will show support and buy some platinum because they deserve is more than any other studio I have ever played a game of". Never regretted my decision and never will. Just the sheer amount of customization and weird things you can come up with is absolutely insane.
I was an original founder, meaning I contributed early. I played in the closed beta, and for many years after release. I haven't played since October of 2022, and before that it'd been a year. Lots of reasons I stopped, but this is the sort of game where lots of players went through development as new systems were added. It's a hodge-podge of lots of things jammed together over a long period of time, with some things removed during that time (PvP, whatever their 'sportball' game mode was, raids), and as a consequence the new player expereince can never be adequate because there's too much to go through and it changes with every update. If you don't keep playing you'll get lost. I quit pretty much with the addition of Venus and the Railjacks (spaceships you can build and fly into missions). I loved the idea of them and hated the implementation. Warframe had become a job rather than something I did for fun. I still have hundreds of dollars worth of Platinum in my account I'll likely never spend. I was also pretty pissed about who they let into their moderation team; as an example at one point you could get permanently banned from the in-game chat because you used the word Trap. A certain mod had the word trap in it; if you brought that mod up you got permanently banned. It'd have an in-game tooltip for the chat but the moderation was so bad using it got you banned. All sorts of typical reddit-mod/discord mod tier politic bullshit. Developers hating players; specific players, and being vocal about it. It was too much; I didn't enjoy playing anymore, and I had the feeling that Canadian developers hated me for being American and being a particular race, and though it didn't happen to me, mistakenly using the wrong tooltip in game chat would get me banned from chat and thus from trade. The community kept warframe going when it should have failed, but the community also brings the things which make it awful; like the idiot chat moderators. There's a lot to celebrate about this game, and for a free-to-play game it sets the standard by which others should be judged, even to this day, but a lot of the things people say are great about it died a long time ago. There will never be a good new player experience. And I'm never going back to Digital Extremes.
interesting insight. I am currently no lifing warframe like a second job, but It's been the best gaming experience i year for me. Tho I've heard about the aggresive, player hating moderation, you know how it works... nobody cares until it happens to you... sadly Anyways, flr me, this is the best game ever atm and nothing will probably come close to hours spent on a game for me.
@etceterax144 ain't no shame in leaving due to scars. That nonsense happened to me on ESO. Plenty of homies that wanted Warframe to be the ultimate cyber stealth game abandoned ship. But hey man if this guy is an original founder he has my respect. They're the reason this game exists for us to love. Thank you tenno.
@@RushGarcia I like bullet jumping but coptering took skill. But mostly I just got burned out on all the different resources I kept having to manage and the low drop chances of particular frame parts and the game felt like it just spiraled wildly out of control. I was pretty done when they added spearfishing but the animal tracking on Venus was my limit. I've dropped in to look at things from time to time but can't keep any interest. But when I was heavily into it there'd be twelve to twenty people from my clan on at once, and by the end there were maybe 2 on a good day, including me.
You are like an extension of what I've tried to tell my friends for awhile now really good take on the new player stand point and with 1999 coming I hope more will find this gem that's been out for years and is still going.
You know what game is dying ? The First Descendant. I love how Twitter painted this TFD as "This is what gamers need" and yet it's dying. Goes to show that game failure is more than just "Muh Anti-DEI"
@@Ryuzaki280 It is dying, lol. You can lie to yourself all you want but Steam Charts don't lie. Meanwhile Warframe is still thriving. Hmm, interesting isn't it ? It's the opposite of what Twitter is saying.
@@DawnAfternoon Because sexiness doesn't mean success, like how Twitter and Anti-DEI grifters are saying. The DEI vs Anti-DEI is like that Spider-Man meme where they're pointing at each other and it's very tiring. I hate forced politics as much as the next guy but game success / failure is more nuance than just "Muh goon material."
That game only had pretty characters but everything else is inferior when compared to Warframe (or Destiny) so people got bored of it and come back or started playing WF for the first time, you need gameplay on top of sexiness to keep players for longer. As always with Nexon it was a cash grab, they will try it again with yet another copy-pasted game and people will fall for it again and again.
Been playing Warframe since the Plains of Eidolon Update i love seeing baby volts, Excaliburs and mags in hubs they are precious and i help them when i can. Warframe is a very very fun game me and my boyfriend have been addicted for years lol
Tip about mod selection for endo: Just rank 1 mod from the stack at least 1 level (or max it out as your mod to use) Then filter the mods with "duplicates" on upper right drop down Then click middle mouse on the stack to quickly select any stacks of mods to be converted for endo Also for endo farming, you can target farm arbitration to gather ayatan statue
One point I'd like to add: Primed parts can be "dissolved" into ducats in relays. Ducats are used to buy primed mods, unique cosmetics, the sands of inaros quest, and unique weapons from an npc that shows up on a bi-weekly basis. When I was new it was a struggle blancing selling prime parts for plat and dissolving them for ducats.
While sand of inaros quest is cool, you can straight up earn a whole inaros from circuit. but i would say for any new players looking at that quest and thinking if they need to do it/buy it with ducats. id say no. skip it until you wanna do it or are more estab.lished in the game.
I've been playing for 11 years and the advice in this video is very true. Just play at your own pace, find some warframes/weapons you like, and do what you enjoy in the game. I chose Mag as my starter warframe and have been playing her all the way to "end game" level content after all these years. As you progress in the game, you will unlock dailies, weeklies, and syndicates you can grind reputation with. Some years ago it started feeling like a job trying to play "optimally" by doing all the dailies, reputation grind, etc. I was no where near maxing out the daily cap on everything, but that still made my stop playing the game for a year. So don't feel like you need to optimize the fun out of the game. It's completely fine to miss dailies. The content will be there when you want to do it. Other advice for new free to play players: - There is a special 24hr in game mission called "Gift of the Lotus" once a month after DE's dev stream (usually Friday some time near the end of the month). These give you an Orokin Reactor or Catalyst or some other rare item. This is a good way to get Reactors and Catalysts to increase mod capacity on your favourite warframes and weapons. - At some point invasion missions (missions where two factions are fighting each other) will appear on the map. You can help one side three times and they will give you a reward once the conflict is over. Most of the time it's a crafting material but sometimes it can be weapon parts, Forma, or Orokin Reactor/Catalyst. This is another way to get Reactors/Catalysts for free. - During holidays and events (St. Patrick's, Valentines, Halloween, Christmas, etc.) there are free colour palettes and cosmetics available. You can get them in the in game market for 1 credit (in game currency) or through an in world NPC in exchange for some resource in the game. As a side note, @LegendaryDrops, there are the Quest to Conquer Cancer cosmetics available right now until the end of the year that you haven't picked up. At 3:19 in the video the market has a "Community Event" section. If you click show all it will bring you to the page with everything. Almost all of them are 1 credit cosmetics or decorations.
I like the gameplay mechanics of Warframe so much that the provided "Reasons to play" are a secondary bonus! I enjoy the FREEDOM Warframe offers: Movement, playstyle, weaponry, aesthetics... & Self led exploration of the Origin System. I enjoy finding info from content creators to see their perspective. I also like the lack of META driven incentives to gameplay progression in Warframe.
I played up to rivens on xbox, stopped playing for about 5 years. Came back after your first video. Was mad super confused. Now im doing really well, logging in doing my archons and such. Dante is a great frame and helped me fall in love with the game
I appreciate the spotlight on the dev stream. The main reason I looked for guides was seeking the community experience and helping to further desire to play and enjoyment of the game. I bet the stream does that way better than modding guides and similar.
the great thing about warframe is that you can play it any way you want to. i personally play it hardcore and try to meta tf outta everything and min max my stuff. thats just the kind of gamer i am. the beauty of this game is that it allows for hardcore AND casual play. FOMO is not present here but you still get rewarded with satisfaction if you go hardcore like me. big red number, go really fast, and lvl 999+ enemies. i usually do the most damage out of most squads i play with so being a hardcore player is rewarded.
Great review! Warframe is like that comforting home base you can always come back to and actually want to support. I've been out for almost 4 years of content and am considering diving back in with some friends. I am going to encourage them to watch your review. I know Warframe's Digital Extremes will deliver. I wonder... Can you imagine boosting the Warframe experience with a companion "guidance" avatar connected to an AI that lives in your ship? I'd pay for the LLM service if well implemented. ...LLM tuned for the game could give you various grades of game specific guidance depending on your preference. You could simply ask questions such as "what should I focus on first?", or "should I try to get this weapon? How do I get it?", "how do mods work on warframes", all the way to full guidance "tell me what to do next" for those who want a more handheld experience. Maybe a free default mode 10 minutes access a day? edit: I just realized where this would lead: End game with AI becomes fashion waifu, maybe even additional player housing :)
As a launch-day Warframe player, your videos & takes make me feel very warm and fuzzy inside. I'm really glad you're enjoying the game as much as you are, and I'm happy you're part of the cult now.
Man you had the exact same approch as I did when I started a few years ago and it made me love the game so much. And now Im at legend rank 2 now with 2,5k hours and still want sooo much more of the game. cant wait for 1999! Ps great video!
I've had friends come and go with this game. Some return to play again, some stick with it for months at a time. And while I've never really LEFT the game for any extended periods, even I've had moments of log in, log out, or not even logging in at all for a couple of weeks. One friend said that a game should make you WANT to waste your time, not waste it for you, and he didn't feel like Warframe did that. He didn't like the grind of coming back and having to clear the star chart to unlock the Steel Path, which I'd since really started grinding into. Still, wanting to hang out, he gritted his teeth, bore through it, and even had a few laughs with it. He lets me know when he's not interested, and sometimes surprises me by logging in when I'm online. We got him through the unlock process for Steel Path, and now he actually looks over his mods and weapons WHEN he logs in to figure out what he needs to be able to take down foes where I'm at. Steel Path is the ONE thing that I have to say DOES have a barrier to entry, and it can be a major slog to get there when you're just coming back. Clearing every node SOMETIMES requires clearing specific quests, which can also require getting certain gear. And if you've been away from the game for an extended period, that can seem like a HUGE ask. But even then, there's nothing more than peer pressure that says you HAVE to get there asap. I love this game, and I don't think I'll ever STOP loving this game. Thank you LD for these videos (which honestly helped reignite my passion for it) and thank you DE for such a fun journey.
MR29, here. The jump to SP-ready builds is rough, you're right. 3 things will massively help you get a foothold in SP: 1) Galvanized Mods, sold by the Arbiters of Hexis (guy closest to their front door, in any relay) for Arbitration rewards. You trade Vitus Essence earned on Arbitrations for Galv mods, which offer stacking-on-kill, absurdly-powerful versions of key mods. Note that Arbitrations are *NOT* locked to Arbiters of Hexis pledges or behind rep, even if their rep is at Hated, they will still sell their items to you. 2) Steel Path Incursions, which will give a guaranteed 5 Steel Essence, which is traded at Teshin, again, in any relay. He primarily sells Arcane Adapters for Primary and Secondary weapons. During these Incursions, Acolytes (Stalker Jr.'s) will spawn. These guys drop additional Steel Essence, and Arcanes. A couple of these arcanes are godly, and are *essential* for gearing for SP. 3) Zariman, the endgame 'planet' (Angels of Zariman questline), and the 5 initial Incarnon weapons sold by Cavalero (Felarx, Phenmor, Laetum, and the 2 melees, Innodem, and Praedos). These weapons are INSANELY powerful, even without Rivens or Arcanes they will easily carry you into SP. EDIT: The arbitration vendor also sells Rolling Guard, which is absolutely vital for some frames at higher-levels. A single damage tick of Toxin will bypass shields and likely kill you instantly. Rolling Guard makes you immune for a couple seconds after rolling.. and will shed status effects from your warframe, even on ones that normally cannot do so. An essential mod for staying alive.
Honestly while it's a free game if you purchase the full prime access at the time you start. The plat you get as well as the Warframe will set you up for literal months and if you have a job the time save is a BIG deal.
I wish they would put stuff up on the launcher for New Players, and did a recruitment run, cause this channel is one of the best. You have a great offering of info, and your insights are truths. I am a veteran player, been playing since it came to steam. My very first played node, I was on Earth, and the Grineer forces were shooting, I was trying to figure out how to move. It was amazing to feel the freedom of bullet jumping and flipping my way across. Then I got a sword out. This changed my perspective! I can space ninja????? OMG. 2000 hours later, and some long breaks in between, and one Tenno Con later, I am in love with everything this game has. IT was an overwhelming amount of info, and I did feel like it was not for me, but i found another friend, and a RL bestie who told me to come back, and we have been trying to get our buddies to join, none have stayed, except one. LOL
Good vid! Just like to say I have been playing on and off for 10 years now. And no, I have not maxed out everything, done everything or own everything. Because I play for fun and not for the meta or completionist-mentality. A cool interaction I had recently was a trade with a new player. After we traded we chatted for about 30 minutes. Turned out he was living in the middle east and was going through some difficult stuff, me in scandinavia with my own problems, but nothing in that scale. After maby 20 minutes we discovered there is allmost 40 years between us. Yes really. It was an honest convo, with no strings or politics, just shared love for the game and some sharing of each others lives. I mean, how often do this happen like this? Warframe not only is a fun wide game, it can be a safe space for chatting a while. And while bad people exist everywhere, this is not an isolated event. This game, its devs and the players who make it work continues to make me proud.
Tip: Index, good and engaging way to get credits, everyone needs them so you will find new and old players doing it, no need to worry about matchmaking. Its easy to understand, but check your loadout before going in.
as veterans i think the best way me and my friends have found to describe warframe is " its a journey" enjoy that journey it is amazing might be weird or annoying at times i personally have some slight ptsd from excavation missions and the sibear but it wouldnt be an interesting journey if it was all sunshine and rainbows. the feeling of overcoming challenges or goal you yourself have set is awesome. i think everyone should give it a go and since he didnt mention it alot there is a ton of lore to be found around in the warframe universe for people who like that.
I have 2.5k hours in this game, I joined in 2013, and watched this game AND developers grow and evolve. Saying that this game is underrated is the biggest understatement in the history of understatements. In 10 years thanks to developers love to their child this game bloomed as a beautiful Lotus flower :) It was always a good game to return too, but after New War dropped, it ascended to ART category, just shows how Digital Extremes stepped their game in all this years. I was in school when I started and Founder packs were sold, but if I had money then, I would buy Founder pack 10 times over.
Lots of great advice. I definitely recommend focusing the linear path of clearing main story quests, planet junctions and progressing straight through star chart. It's really not hard gameplay at all and is the most rewarding for many reasons that i cant really spoil. 😊
At one point when I started playing Warframe it did have endgame content called 8-player Raids but DE decided to delete it from the game. Now & again in their Prime Time and/or Devstreams they been asked in chat or talk about bringing it back.
Same as you, started playing a while ago and couldn't get with it. I watched your first video on it and decided I needed to try and stick with it. I'm not a l"ook up things for a game" type of guy to begin with and this time around I'm happy I stuck it out. Just finished 2nd dream and the tips you shared are deff going to help. I never bothered to look into the systems I just played through the nodes and missions. I think I'll enjoy the game further with the tips. Thanks, I'll subscribe
As soon as you start playing the game, Left of your navigation console is the syndicate console. Join any syndicate you find cool looking. You'll start getting reputation from them, and keep an eye when you need to rank it up. The mods from the reputation store at rank 5, can be traded for platinum with other players. And they will need those mods. You can sell them for 12-15 platinum each, which will get you 2 weapon slots. Sell 2 of those mods and you can buy a warframe slot.
I any of my friends want to try Warframe, i am going to direct them to this video. You do a great job going over how to best approach the beginning of the game.
This!!! I started playing warframe back in 2018, never watched guides for top tier build or anything, and it was the most fun I had in the game. Learning how mods work and how powerful I could be was such an amazing feeling, I still remember the first mission with an actual build i made to this day almost 3000 hours in game later.
Hey man just wanted to let you know that I've seen a lot of your warframe videos. Kinda new to this channel, those videos and the way you speak about the game felt so heartwarming that I ended up subscribing to your channel and also trying out the game and I'm really enjoying my time in it so thanks and keep up the good content.
I only committed to the game at the start of this year but many years ago warframe was my account’s first game. Since there was only one save file I made 3 accounts, 1 for each starter frame. I didn’t know how much grinding there was. I enjoyed Excalibur for a long while, tried Mag for a couple missions and then I played Volt and felt comfortable and satisfied. I lost the other accounts to time but fully committed to owning my Volt account. Stopped playing after a grind at the start of the game when it seemed like I was unlikely to get any of the stuff I wanted, when I came back I committed and obtained every thing I wanted then and more. I got almost 20 frames including Umbra Excalibur. I am just getting Mag now though since I never gave her the proper chance.
One of my favorite things to do in Warframe as a new player (and every timne I return to it after a long break) is to target farm stuff. I might run a mission and someone else has some amazing weapon, or someone shares a build in chat and I see some incredibly powerful new mod that has been released. Then I just go on a little wiki excursion figuring out how I can get it. Usually turns into an introduction into new mechanics or game modes, and the combat is so good it's almost guaranteed to get me hooked again. And I'll come out the other side with some amazing new loot. You could literally do a completely different activity (frankly what feels like a completely different game) on each day of the week and have a blast doing each one.
you didn't talk about in game chat, there is multiple different channel you can use. for new player you can use in-game LFG channel for help creating lobby for certain mission that they find hard for them at the start of they can use in-game Q&A channel for any question that they have. also, the game chat has built in bots if you ask any question like where can i farm (frame name, material, ...etc)? it will give you an answer. This is a great video for a starter player.
you don't have to be social or make friends to join clans, you can simply ask for a clan and you'll be offered a bunch to choose and join, some may ask you to join a discord I personally don't mind. same thing can be done when you have a question about an item there's a section in warframe chat where you can ask for information and a recruitment section where you ask anyone if they're farming what you're farming and if you can make a squad. of course you can jump in a mission with randoms and get it done too.
Legendary Drops back at it again with the best Warframe reviews anyone has ever made. Thanks, man! Now I have a video to send to my friends who are dipping their toes into the game!
The convoluted nature of the amount of systems in Warframe remains the biggest factor in stopping me playing Warframe, it's just overwhelming even after months of playing it was difficult to understand, its frustrating to play a really fun game but have to stop time and time again to look up some new system that I had never encountered, after nearly a year of playing it felt no more simple or comfortable to understand than the first day of playing, it's always more frustration than fun for new players
What I did was watch the original warframe video, then I watched new player guides, then I downloaded warframe. From there I just kind of went with the flow, focusing on leveling my mastery and completing the star chart, waiting for it to get good. It did get good. I'm so hooked. Any time I want to engage with something new I just look it up or talk to my clan and they're super nice and helpful. I'm constantly learning new things and I'm like 50-60 hours in. Every time I go to work I'm thinking about what I cooked in the forge and what I'm gonna have to play with next time. I love the game thanks to legendary drops
The biggest piece of advice I can give is: Ask questions! There's a QnA chat that is active by default that has a ton of helpful people who will answer questions all day because they enjoy doing so! If they can't answer your question they'll try to give you sources that will! And if you need help on a mission, there's another tab for recruiting squad mates! If you need help you just have to say so, someone will always try there best to get you in the right place!
I really only look up stuff about where to farm rarer resources, or specific relics. Ive got over 1000 hours into the game and i completely agree that looking things up or "playing optimally" is not necessary for having fun, especially for new players. Take your time with Warframe, it's so rewarding if you do.
Unless it was changed at somepoint, the first platinum your account gets for free the 50plat or whatever it is, is not able to be traded so if your liking the game its usually suggested to buy slots or whatever with it to get rid of it so you dont end up trying to trade with someone down the line only to find out you cant cause some of your plat is actually still the free untradeable stuff Many long time players eventually fall into the same routine of playing for some time, then taking a break for some time and repeat, i myself have played since year 2 of the game back when you only had 4 revives per day and the only way to get more was platinum The reason many players call or consider the entire star chart the first time around as still the tutorial, is cause enemies there have a level and damage cap and you can easily solo many of the nodes, depending on your frame and the mission type, while steel path aka hard mode and many boss fights and such have damage mitigation, status effect resistances etc etc, thats when your build and weapons and such start to matter way more If your playing during December and Tennobaum is going on add the things you need to your wishlist as tennnobaum is a community event based on gifts sent to other players the entire game has a solo setting where if you pause it, it actually pauses the game, clans can also be built solo by someone altho it does take alot more work, if you have a solo clan just dont build any of the addition clan rooms (Shadow, Mountain) as they dont just increase maximum clan size but also increase resources needed to build things
Even after 9 years of playing, i still check guide and tips videos because this game always feel like it has something new hidden somewhere i didn't know about, be it build, synergy, etc… x) Another advice could be that, with very few exceptions, everything is always coming back, so there is no need to rush pursuing something unless you really want it. Nightwaves seasons always include things from the previous ones so little by little, you will obtain unique rewards from previous seasons. Circuits goals, be it normal or steelpath, are on a rotation basis, so even if you have to wait few weeks/months, it will come back eventually. Just remember to check every now and then and do something else in the meantime.
I started the game back when it first hit PC. Took a break because of life. Now I am stuck at home and have gotten back into the game. Warframe is a game where you can play everyday and get free stuff. If you go to a relay and hang around for a few minutes you get booster blessings from other players. Boosters for resources, credits, affinity, drop rates and more. You can hit the in game chat for help with anything. I was not to long ago watching videos on how to run iso vaults on deimos, now I help show others how to. I was getting help from a legendary rank 3 player running my 3rd kuva lich, I'm only MR 15. This game has always been my favorite game. Take your time and enjoy the ride, see you on the path tenno.
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So this game gets a pass on the dei investigation interesting.
That’s what everyone seems to miss, you aren’t expected to know, you’re expected to LEARN. That’s why you start as an amnesiac !
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@@All4Chaos151it’s not forced dei. It’s old school 2008 type inclusivity. Not forced. Just great characters that some happen to be gay.
To add info about the Nightwave Store - a single NW credit sells for 5000 regular credits. That equates to 750k credits from the (150 cred) lvl1 NW award (always the case), plus another 250k from the (50 cred) lvl5 (I think is always the case). For a new player, that million credits can be better spent on MK1 weapons and blueprints from the store or dojo, than spent on almost anything on the NW store. Your best launch tactic into increasing Mastery levels.
After 10 years, this is still how I play. I log in, and just look around and say "What will be fun today?" Sometimes I jump into some railjack missions, sometimes I jump into Duviri, sometimes I do Kahl missions, etc. It's incredibly chill and liberating to be able to just do what I want and have fun without worrying about "falling behind". No matter what comes out, I can jump into it whenever I feel like it. For those few time sensitive things, those are very easy to jump into even for newer folks *by design*. DE has done a fantastic job, their main weakness is that new player experience. I think this analysis is spot-on.
Tbh it really seems like the nicest way to have fun in Warframe. I saw a lot of people including myself tunnel vission on grinding one thing or reputation or whatever and burn themselves out on the game because they don't diversify their gameplay so to speak. I understand wanting some particular weapon or warframe but remember that there is always another day to do it. Have fun, people.
Everyday I roll the wheel to see which loadout I should play with that day
@@kappa731I ignored reputation for the longest but when some of the best things are hidden behind rank 4/5 standing. I had to focus and grind it out. Now I’m semi burnt out
Sometimes, I spend time on the QnA chat, trying to help out players, and sometimes getting corrected (I sometimes forget, or make mistakes).
Other times, I literally join people who started playing 10 hours ago, and often times I feel them there's no P2W (save for Fashion frame, the true endgame), you should always try to have fun first, and that progress will be made regardless.
And often times, I find those very same players spending money on the first 20 hours of gameplay because they thought the *needed* a certain gear to start doing damage, or people asking which is the *best* Warframe.
And most of the time I got to show them how to actually start doing damage (mods, how they work, and where to obtain the "best" ones), and that, even if there are better Warframes, those are very much situational; that there is not one that is above all.
@@Itharl new players wants everything auto. Using brain, googling, checking wiki and YouTubing is not a skill they possess. Such an easy basic game already. The only area of the game that requires deeper understanding is when you go into damage.
Warframe is the home you'll always return to, play it for 1~2 months, take a break, play something else, and then come back for the new content
this is literally how ive been playing it for the past 3 years
The clan building is the most time consuming
There are few other games I've found to be like this, Vindictus comes to mind but it had a serious issue with its servers. Similar to Warframe, being able to do content with new and different characters with a very good combat system and ahead of its time graphics kept pulling me back to it.
Smite is another such game, it was way better graphics than any other MOBA when it came out and had amazing combat mechanics and with continuous influx of new characters just made it fun every time you pick it up.
But only Warframe scratches that collector itch.
Skyrim*
I've been playing like this for last 10 years
As a Clan leader that specializes in training and supporting new and returning players, I'm going to be saving this video to my training playlist to show EVERY player that comes in. Thank you.
Edit: Sadly, due to life happening, we are not currently accepting new members but we will be looking to in the future.
As a veteran player, thank you for your service. I joined just after red Vor. So I didn't have much to need to learn
what is the name of your clan sir? i might have to join cause i really forget how to play warframe 😅
I'm curious , do you have spot for a returning player 🤔
thanks for being awesome and helping the recently awoken and groggy tenno
hey do you have a spot in your clan? i’d love to join, i’m new and idrk how to join a clan lol
"Don't meta yourself out of enjoyment"
The great thing about Warframe is that, while a meta *definitely does exist,* every Warframe can excel somewhere if you like how they play. Once you learn the intricacies of how to build your Warframes and weapons, you can more or less pick what you want at random, plop down into any mission, and still stand a solid fighting chance.
Play the frame that speaks to you most and don't listen to naysayers. You don't have to choose Revenant or Khora or Gauss if you don't want to. Excalibur as your forever main? Go for it! Like Valkyr? You can make her *scary* if you put in some extra love. Just have fun ^^
As someone who took Nyx, arguably the least played Warframe to level cap...
This man here gets it. The game gives you so much tool to make even arguably the least useful Warframe be able to do the hardest content the game has to offer. This game is as much a set of lego bricks as it is a video game.
While im here thinking Ivara is actually the least played Warframe because of how her invis work.@@DawnAfternoon
I literally main Excalibur… I’m doing anywhere from 8k-120k damage on a slash dash depending on my melee combo which I can get real high real quick and maintain very easily, I use Nikana prime with a 96% base crit chance with a plus 10% per melee combo so I can get it over 200% crit (red crits) very easily, and I have a 220% ability damage increase, so running exalted blade and then slash dashing… lota damage… it’s fun, but not sure it can handle steel path just yet as it struggles to solo some of the newer content (the void ship thingy map and the newer map on diemos)
Becouse Warframes dont matter...just weapons and prime mods -.-"""
Can confirm, made Valkyr **scary**!
Roll, Slide into Bulletjump, Aim down sight, Roll, release Aim down sight, Repeat.
Sadly this and co-op is speed run competition.
Another tip, if you have question about anything ask in the chat, there are tons of players including myself who spent most pf their time helping out new players
How , and when can I get a pet
A kavat or whatever they are called
@@HostileSoldierfor a kavat, you need to scan some that appear on the infested planet, forgot which tile but its one there that you scan kavats, get 10 of their things but someone in game can help you more then me.
@@darklord3861it’s deimos infested tiles (ships)
@@darklord3861 okay. But is there a quest I have to do before I can try to get one ?
Started playing after I saw your videos. Over 140 hours in about a month😂 this game is so flipping good. Can't believe I slept on it for so many years without looking into it further. I've got my girlfriend as well as my best mate into it too.
Just about to start The War Within together after getting our Necramechs built and levelled.
Safe to say im addicted.
I've been no lifing this game for almost 3 months now and am 300+ hours in lol
I could probably made some good money with a second job 😂 but no way I would trade it for this experience. It's a masterpiece for sure.
Hahaha same here, used to be a Destiny main and so happy i made the transfer... also 1month in RN and about 170h... finishing my star chart atm 😁 after that the wat within also ✌️
Been playing for 7 years some of these hour counts are great my we babeas keep loving the game get that grind on 😊
Tenno-brother, it gets better the more you play.
You have been warned. XD
im over 5000 hours Legendary 4 in and I still love this game , there are still things im wanting to do, still things I love doing ( Solo Netracells ) , New builds to try and experiment with.
Ever want to team up? ,, look for Daggles.
I dont care if its end game or beginning game content, I enjoy doing it all.
As an original Warframe player that is still playing after 11 years and more than 5,5k hours it’s such a pleasure to watch such an honest and authentic creator give a go at this cherished game I play and see it through your eyes anew after so many years dominating it and partially losing the perspective of a new player. It’s been such a treat watching all your vods and takes, I hope you keep enjoying Warframe and for anybody who is new and wants any help my name ingame is Pravious I play in Europe and you can freely contact me and ask :)
Same. As a returning Grand Master, my inbox was flooded with "Here's all your stuff back we changed (which broke the math on virtually all my frames when you get 15 Forma back)" and... honestly, it's just intimidating to come back and see all the changes.
Same boat here. Only MR 25 at 4k hours and I spend most of my time helping out newbies. It's cool being vicariously new through others again
@@MonkeyCurler Yeah man, I helped my wife and other friends get started and it's always so cool
@@FlameSoulis I mean even if you don't leave like me it can get overwhelming. When they did the new damage iteration with the factions and the new cold/blast etc effects I had to rework most of my builds although it made the game much more diverse but yeah it was an insane amount of info dump even if you don't leave
Yup. Loving seeing those videos where people trying Warframe for the first time, and fall completely in love with it.
I can't wait for you to upload a video about Warframe: 1999 once it drops.
Also I want to say how much I enjoy that you're just straight talking, giving your concise input, with no background music. It's just you and the essay and that's the best part about your videos.
You're an OG in my book. Warframe was my first PS4 game and one of the first I co-opted with my son. I'm still not sure what I'm doing in it. Haven't played in a while. I just got my PS5 working again. Thank you for this
@@rashadmiles2603 you're playing this with your son? That's metal.
@Seelensocke Thanks Fam!
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i completely understand and appreciate the "jump right in and do whatever seems fun" mentality, but for me i just cant do it. i like some structure in my games, so sometimes i would get incredibly overwhelmed with the amount of systems and things to do within the game.
something that really helped me was setting goals for myself, or milestones. my first one was unlocking wisp. i essentially reverse engineered how to unlock her and just followed those steps until i did. it felt incredibly rewarding to do so.
if you're like me and struggle with being overwhelmed, try picking a specific frame, quest, item, weapon, etc to focus on getting. might help
This is how I feel about no man’s sky. Like there’s just too much content and zero structure or direction to help explore that. Sure I could do it myself but there is such a thing as “too many options”. The same reason 5 star restaurants have limited rotating menus.
@@MrRhoidRage completely agree. funny enough I also had a similar experience with nms, but when I focused on specific tasks I was able to block out all of the other things going on around me and enjoy the atmosphere of the game.
also helped that I duped the shit out of items so I was obscenely rich 😂
Hundred percent, I got 1000 hours and still sometimes feel overwhelmed with the content. Choose something you want to do and play that, that’s the best way to play
I am very much the same. My brain works best when I set goals. Lately that's been grinding to the next MR rank, pushing Steelpath, leveling a specific Syndicate or hunting the mods for a weapon build, etc. it helps grounds me and provides a sense of personal progression when I meet those milestones.
You can't go wrong with starting off by unlocking all planets if you are looking for early game structure. That's very easy initial structure, because doing junctions will still get you to do other things.
Mastery rank 30 here. This is Exactly what I did to get into the game. Just do the star chart, the regular planets, and such and then find something that you like. Want to stop time? Get limbo. Want to teleport and nuke the room? Get nova. Want to GO FAST get volt or guass. Want to fly and do TONS of damage? Get titania. Want to hover and use tornados? Get zephyr. Necromancy? Play nekros or revenant. You want to try out, go get it and play with it.
The game has an ingame list of all the items in the games, all the weapons, all the war frames, so you can see what you have and what you don't have
Zephyr: the floor is lava and all enemies belong in The Ball. There is only The Ball.
I love Zephyr so much
Never dropped here this quick
You could even say it was _legendary_ how quickly you dropped here?
your warframe videos actually got me into warframe so thank you for that. It's been the most fun I've had in years while playing a video game and not a single hour of my 300+ hours felt like a stretch or felt boring at all. I still can't belive how this free game puts to shame like 90% AAA studios.
I was pretty late coming to the game, just over 2 years ago when friends who played it for years finally got me to install it ,, It was a MASSIVE eye opener to such an amazing game which had gone under the radar. Best of all the community , having played other games like WoW etc and the amazingly toxic community's that are there ,, this was a breath of fresh air.
So as one of those veterans (2014) my notes are:
None. This video is perfect
Well structured and succinct for a game as nebulous as warframe is.
Ive seen other guides and while they tend to go into minutea more they also over stress things that date the video,
Warframe is a constantly evolving game based around flexibility and freedom. Minmaxing is almost never even warranted let alone needed. And builds and playstyles are so interdependent that following build guides may make a frame you'd normally love, play in a way that you find less enjoyable.
So i think this video covers the absolute essentials, and this would be the first video i give to someone starting the game (the second being the other one of your videos you mentioned)
Because technical info is all very well and good, but to truly appreciate warframe you really gotta break some bad habits of approaching it like you would approach other live sevice games.
Warframe is a very unique video game in its core philosophy so even approaching it like you would approach destiny, warframes closest comparison . Doesn't quite work, because the games are laid out very differently ecen if the core loop of guns and powers feels comparable
I'll start playing this game next month🎉
Awesome! Welcome to the community!
Watch out the warframe community can be really nice not like other communities. But welcome
As a vet I welcome you baby tenno may you have a blast on your journey 😁
Be warned about the community...
I asked for help about something in the global chat of the game and I am still getting tips and pointers till this very day and that was Jun 2023 LOL
The community is that great, one of the reasons why I never looked back on Destiny 2...
Have fun :)
This video couldn't have put it any better. It's not about what frame or what build that will be able to nuke the whole map in seconds. It's about what frame you enjoy playing with the most, and you grind the ever loving crap out of it for the fashion. That's what makes Warframe lasts for over a decade and still going on strong.
As a long time on-and-off-again player, I think this is a great New Player primer. Your advice rings true for a lot of things, especially games and the semi-recent over-metagaming of experiencing new games. Warframe is incredibly dense, and while that can be intimidating, getting past it is done by exactly what you said: just play. Play, find things that excite you, and take your time. There's over a decade of content to get into (none of which has been removed, minus some very minute things that were only removed because they were experimental systems that did not land for Digital Extreme's vision).
Warframe is a truly special treat of a game. It respects your time, it provides meaningful and enjoyable progression, and it boasts some incredible story (and even more incredible music!) that deserves to be experienced and enjoyed. Because of the game's depth, you can experience it in a multitude of ways, and the super in-depth, meta-chasing, min-maxing side of it won't go anywhere - but your experience of the game only happens once. Great content as always!
Hell yeah! Lets go another Warframe Video!
W video as always and I just love how his first "warframe is a wake up call" has stapled itself as one of the best videos to get someone into warframe
Been grinding for 10 years. Warframe is that free therapist session you don't have to spend a dime on but you can choose to throw money at Lotus and the Tennogens to show some support.
Nothing is perfect they said. If WF's new player experience is that tiny scratch in a beautiful painting, I'll just think of Mona Lisa and remember she's missing some eyebrows. An art piece with a faded missing part is still considered a masterpiece. Warframe is better now that they finally synced Steam Achievements, 193/193. Free therapy session, become a Tenno today!
Thanks for the new player perspective! Warframe's story is one of those games you wish you can play again with a fresh memory.
Ps. There is an endgame btw, deep archimedea and netracells, sort of a game knowledge and power frame required kind of challenge. A sort of raid boss as well. A long time ago we had 8-man raids. We've come a long way and now the end game involves colorful stones.
Best part of WF is that you can solo all the content if you want to try hard enough. With netracells...I find it actually easier to solo than play with a random team.
Ive been MR 16 for 7 years now. Of course it feels weird being eclipsed by ppl who started way after you did, having them all at the top at 32 or idk how high it even goes now....
It's about fun, not chasing that number. And i think LD nailed it here. You dont need to get what you dont want to get, you dont need to play what system you dont want to play. Somehow, endurance runs are still a fun and entertaining way to spend an evening.
Been playing for 10 years now and I hit MR 23 last week. Got my buddy into the game when fortuna dropped and he’s got the legendary MR now 😂
I only really max out new frames if I want to subsume them, and weapons when I get a naughty riven.
Outside of daily standing caps, past MR 16 there’s no need to grind stuff you dont want to.
It is kinda funny that i only get mastery rank xp from Prime weapons/frames, think majority of the xp from mastery lvl 14 to 22 was primes for me
It is kinda funny that i only get mastery rank xp from Prime weapons/frames, think majority of the xp from mastery lvl 14 to 22 was primes for me
It is kinda funny that i only get mastery rank xp from Prime weapons/frames, think majority of the xp from mastery lvl 14 to 22 was primes for me
It is kinda funny that i only get mastery rank xp from Prime weapons/frames, think majority of the xp from mastery lvl 14 to 22 was primes for me
shout out to the og players who help these new players keep doin wat y’all doing to all the sherpas out here don’t gate keep a warframe from these new players cause they will realize sooner or later that “prime war frames” aren’t AS important as other things n game but again shout out to all the sherpas out here helping a lot of them
After completing the duviri experience, you can get weekly orokin catalysts and reactors from the shop there. They double the mod capacity for weapons and warframes without having to buy them for plat!
In the arsenal hover over every stat and it will give you a tooltip with more detailed description.
Also almost everything has a tooltip menu at the bottom right of the screen where you press tab to move between tips gathered from the community about the specific weapon, warframe or gear that you are looking at.
Those tooltips are so good and I hope DE keeps adding to that UI. It seems like that's the goal since they added the new mod upgrading UI.
pro tip for new players: DO NOT SELL YOUR XORIS OR BROKEN WAR!
Become friends with SIMARIS and his scan quests. you can buy all quest only rewards from his shop.
@zarcomack5414 Yeah, but it's a hell of a task to get these back from simaris if you're a new player... I have ivara and scanner with all the upgrades, and it still took me days bcz you can get only 25k standing per day...
Who would sell xoris anyways, that thing if modded correctly, even without a riven or arcane can carry you through all difficulties of the game.
@@zarcomack5414 the xoris and broken war you get for free comes with a catalyst, rebuying another does not. as op stated DO NOT SELL YOUR XORIS OR BROKEN WAR! also they come with their own weapon slot and do not take up the ones you already had.
me, for example 😅 I learned too late about the proper mods for this weapon@@grumpy_cat1337
Warframe is what it feels like to be the rival/best friend character in a shonen anime.
I used to play Warframe daily because there was so much to do. I sunk thousands of hours into the game. I still love the game, and happily look back on my time in it. Though now, I’ve felt I did enough in it, got enough out of it, and even though there is new and amazing content, I don’t feel an obligation to come back. It’s nice, and maybe someday I will return to it, but for now, I hope everyone just enjoys their time in the game.
Tip for my fellow non NA players: Change your region to NA in the settings. The chats are more active which makes trading much easier
Just because you showed off some Grendal gameplay, I will now strive to get his Prime and normal frame. Thank you LD.
Also get his voidshell skin while you at it. Let there be Golden Dad.
On the topic of Duviri, CHECK ACRITHIS! Whenever you complete a run of duviri experience/lone story, you'll get pathos clamps. You can use those to either unlock more Duviri weapons to use in there or build in the origin system, but you can also trade them in Acrithis' shop. She appears either in Arch harbor mid-run, or at the end after slaying the Orowyrm, and she has a weekly stock of valuable items you can buy. These include orokin reactors, catalysts, exilus adapters, arcane adapters, and forma
Acrithis is major for new players. Hell i use it as a veteran player still to help kit out more of my builds
@@cavemanpretzel9520 You and me both. I see almost no one mention her, so ive taken it upon myself to start bringing her shop up in videos i see
@@theperfidiousdrakan9366 pupsker included her in his weekly reset videos, thank god. But yeah, otherwise, i rarely hear any of the youtubers talk about her
You can also use the shop in your dormizone.
I loved WF as a beginner. Not being told anything, you're free to do whatever you want (among the possibilities you are given). And even if you don't understand most of the stuff, the game is easy enough for you not to worry that much about it. As a walking brain myself, I've never had any issue to open the wiki from time to time at the beginning to answer the few questions I had in mind, building a tolerance over pausing the game to quickly go check something more in depth later in the experience.
Even now with over 200h (I know it's not a lot for WF, but very few games were played that much in my case), I often go to the wiki to find where to go to get this, or what to do to build that, etc...
Tip: start with Excalibur. Mag is on the 3rd planet you visit, and volt you can get from joining a clan. Both can be farmed in under 2 days, even by a new player.
Hats off to you LD! Warframe may seem daunting but it truly is amazing with how they made their story. It is a bit confusing given how a lot of things aren't given tutorials or guides but that's the beauty of RUclips, where there's countless videos that teach mods, and builds in general. I love coming back to Warframe as a 600+ hour player who really loves all of the new stuff that comes out to it. I will say one thing for new players once they have a ground to stand on with their builds, keep one of each frame and weapon, you never know what might be buffed or changed later on in life.
Been waiting on this video for a couple months.
Thank you!
Your warframe is a wake up call video got me into it. It’s a fun game- just wish my friends wanted to play it also.
Great advise on 4:40 that's exactly what I did, I remember spending a lot of time in the open world just mastering the movement
Warframe is the game I can get back to it after months without playing and I won't feel behind, just the feeling of looking up to play the new content I haven't done
The fact it’s all anti-fomo is what I love. I’ve put over 2000 hours into the game over the pat decade. I love that I can take a break from it for like 3 years and then come back, still feel like my demigod, my god-tier Nova still slows the entire map, etc. I spend some money to buy plat, hunt down a ton of new warframes, guns, quests. And stop about half a year.
Been playing since near day one when released on xbox!!
Always come back and just have fun with friends. I tend to just help Randoms out with stuff they looking for if have relics to Crack.
Great video! I'll catch yah when I can Peace!!
to all new players, please don't make the mistake of "I will stick to one comfortable loadout, one frame, one weapon", the game is all about trying millions of new things, if you just keep sticking to one thing without trying others, you will miss out a lot.
Already made that mistake. I just finished 2nd dream and watched this video afterwards. Now I understand why I haven't been ranking up, I've been using the same build with the same load outs ughhhhhhh
I've been playing warframe off and on for almost 10 years. It has been a experience that has really left its mark on me. It truly is a crazy experience going through the years with how much this game has changed since then. So many amazing memories staying up late and scouring the trade chat. Begging people to power level me back when I had no idea what was happening lol. Or talking to randoms about funny warframe fashion and fun builds. I've always wished my friends enjoyed the game as much as me. But the truth is the game has SOOOO much to offer that people get overwhelmed. If there's one thing I could say to those looking to try it, do what you find enjoyment out of. Make little goals and plans and just play the content that brings you enjoyment wether that be the story, leveling your mastery, exploring the open worlds, checking out the multitude of factions, collecting new weapons and warframes or just sitting there talking to people. And don't be afraid to ask questions. Warframe community is very nice to there noobs. There truly is so much to immerse yourself into with warframe and if you open your mind and expectations you can share in some those memories that really made my childhood and is still bringing smiles to me to this day as a adult.
This video is realy Legendary Drop!
To see you speak like this about a game I would die for, to see your genuen love for this game fills me with a form of happiness and love that is indescribable with the human tongue.
I love you and what you stand for so fking much
I have more then 2.5k hours in the game (having played it of an on), from the first time It got on my radar when I came across Totalbiscuit's "WTF is Warframe" more then 11 years ago (RIP TB, you are still missed). Warframe might just be the best game to come home to after a heavy day at work to de-stress and de-couple from life. It helps that you you can easily spend as little or much of time on the game you want and still feel progression, as it has an ez drop in and out gameplay.
Legendary Drops, Did a good job at getting the basis of the game, even missed if missed the whole Spaces ship aspect ;P
Shout out to the "Prisma Gorgon" people. && " Clem!! "
Amazing video...great for every newcomer to watch before getting into warframe. You are painting the right picture...the new player experience is definitely a problem, but what lies beneath is without a doubt the best game I have ever layed hands on.
Returning to warframe always feels like coming back home. The community, the creators, the amount of diverse content...I solely played free and wanted it to stay like that, but some day I was just like "I will show support and buy some platinum because they deserve is more than any other studio I have ever played a game of". Never regretted my decision and never will.
Just the sheer amount of customization and weird things you can come up with is absolutely insane.
One of us one of us
This was so unbelievably helpful for me, thank you truly.
I straight up expected the entire first part of the video to lead into a War Thunder ad 😂🤷🏼♂️
Idk if it’s them, the YTers, or if it’s me… 😂
Most of the game sponsors have ads that run in quarters, it's why you see so many of the same ones at one time.
This is awesome info! I'm going to share it to anyone that I get into warframe. Ty so much for this!
I was an original founder, meaning I contributed early. I played in the closed beta, and for many years after release. I haven't played since October of 2022, and before that it'd been a year. Lots of reasons I stopped, but this is the sort of game where lots of players went through development as new systems were added. It's a hodge-podge of lots of things jammed together over a long period of time, with some things removed during that time (PvP, whatever their 'sportball' game mode was, raids), and as a consequence the new player expereince can never be adequate because there's too much to go through and it changes with every update. If you don't keep playing you'll get lost.
I quit pretty much with the addition of Venus and the Railjacks (spaceships you can build and fly into missions). I loved the idea of them and hated the implementation. Warframe had become a job rather than something I did for fun. I still have hundreds of dollars worth of Platinum in my account I'll likely never spend. I was also pretty pissed about who they let into their moderation team; as an example at one point you could get permanently banned from the in-game chat because you used the word Trap. A certain mod had the word trap in it; if you brought that mod up you got permanently banned. It'd have an in-game tooltip for the chat but the moderation was so bad using it got you banned. All sorts of typical reddit-mod/discord mod tier politic bullshit. Developers hating players; specific players, and being vocal about it. It was too much; I didn't enjoy playing anymore, and I had the feeling that Canadian developers hated me for being American and being a particular race, and though it didn't happen to me, mistakenly using the wrong tooltip in game chat would get me banned from chat and thus from trade.
The community kept warframe going when it should have failed, but the community also brings the things which make it awful; like the idiot chat moderators. There's a lot to celebrate about this game, and for a free-to-play game it sets the standard by which others should be judged, even to this day, but a lot of the things people say are great about it died a long time ago.
There will never be a good new player experience. And I'm never going back to Digital Extremes.
What about it great died?
interesting insight. I am currently no lifing warframe like a second job, but It's been the best gaming experience i year for me.
Tho I've heard about the aggresive, player hating moderation, you know how it works... nobody cares until it happens to you... sadly
Anyways, flr me, this is the best game ever atm and nothing will probably come close to hours spent on a game for me.
@etceterax144 ain't no shame in leaving due to scars. That nonsense happened to me on ESO. Plenty of homies that wanted Warframe to be the ultimate cyber stealth game abandoned ship. But hey man if this guy is an original founder he has my respect. They're the reason this game exists for us to love. Thank you tenno.
Sell me that account lol
@@RushGarcia I like bullet jumping but coptering took skill. But mostly I just got burned out on all the different resources I kept having to manage and the low drop chances of particular frame parts and the game felt like it just spiraled wildly out of control. I was pretty done when they added spearfishing but the animal tracking on Venus was my limit. I've dropped in to look at things from time to time but can't keep any interest. But when I was heavily into it there'd be twelve to twenty people from my clan on at once, and by the end there were maybe 2 on a good day, including me.
You are like an extension of what I've tried to tell my friends for awhile now really good take on the new player stand point and with 1999 coming I hope more will find this gem that's been out for years and is still going.
You know what game is dying ? The First Descendant. I love how Twitter painted this TFD as "This is what gamers need" and yet it's dying. Goes to show that game failure is more than just "Muh Anti-DEI"
Everytime people ask if sexiness sells all you have to do is point out how TFD is doing lol.
Tfd is not dying
@@Ryuzaki280 It is dying, lol. You can lie to yourself all you want but Steam Charts don't lie. Meanwhile Warframe is still thriving. Hmm, interesting isn't it ? It's the opposite of what Twitter is saying.
@@DawnAfternoon Because sexiness doesn't mean success, like how Twitter and Anti-DEI grifters are saying. The DEI vs Anti-DEI is like that Spider-Man meme where they're pointing at each other and it's very tiring. I hate forced politics as much as the next guy but game success / failure is more nuance than just "Muh goon material."
That game only had pretty characters but everything else is inferior when compared to Warframe (or Destiny) so people got bored of it and come back or started playing WF for the first time, you need gameplay on top of sexiness to keep players for longer. As always with Nexon it was a cash grab, they will try it again with yet another copy-pasted game and people will fall for it again and again.
Been playing Warframe since the Plains of Eidolon Update i love seeing baby volts, Excaliburs and mags in hubs they are precious and i help them when i can. Warframe is a very very fun game me and my boyfriend have been addicted for years lol
Spot on, whenever I try to min-max, it gets dull. Just do what you enjoy and the rest will come over time :)
Tip about mod selection for endo:
Just rank 1 mod from the stack at least 1 level (or max it out as your mod to use)
Then filter the mods with "duplicates" on upper right drop down
Then click middle mouse on the stack to quickly select any stacks of mods to be converted for endo
Also for endo farming, you can target farm arbitration to gather ayatan statue
One point I'd like to add:
Primed parts can be "dissolved" into ducats in relays. Ducats are used to buy primed mods, unique cosmetics, the sands of inaros quest, and unique weapons from an npc that shows up on a bi-weekly basis. When I was new it was a struggle blancing selling prime parts for plat and dissolving them for ducats.
While sand of inaros quest is cool, you can straight up earn a whole inaros from circuit. but i would say for any new players looking at that quest and thinking if they need to do it/buy it with ducats. id say no. skip it until you wanna do it or are more estab.lished in the game.
Love the video makes me wanna build another 10,000 ciphers
I've been playing for 11 years and the advice in this video is very true. Just play at your own pace, find some warframes/weapons you like, and do what you enjoy in the game. I chose Mag as my starter warframe and have been playing her all the way to "end game" level content after all these years.
As you progress in the game, you will unlock dailies, weeklies, and syndicates you can grind reputation with. Some years ago it started feeling like a job trying to play "optimally" by doing all the dailies, reputation grind, etc. I was no where near maxing out the daily cap on everything, but that still made my stop playing the game for a year. So don't feel like you need to optimize the fun out of the game. It's completely fine to miss dailies. The content will be there when you want to do it.
Other advice for new free to play players:
- There is a special 24hr in game mission called "Gift of the Lotus" once a month after DE's dev stream (usually Friday some time near the end of the month). These give you an Orokin Reactor or Catalyst or some other rare item. This is a good way to get Reactors and Catalysts to increase mod capacity on your favourite warframes and weapons.
- At some point invasion missions (missions where two factions are fighting each other) will appear on the map. You can help one side three times and they will give you a reward once the conflict is over. Most of the time it's a crafting material but sometimes it can be weapon parts, Forma, or Orokin Reactor/Catalyst. This is another way to get Reactors/Catalysts for free.
- During holidays and events (St. Patrick's, Valentines, Halloween, Christmas, etc.) there are free colour palettes and cosmetics available. You can get them in the in game market for 1 credit (in game currency) or through an in world NPC in exchange for some resource in the game.
As a side note, @LegendaryDrops, there are the Quest to Conquer Cancer cosmetics available right now until the end of the year that you haven't picked up. At 3:19 in the video the market has a "Community Event" section. If you click show all it will bring you to the page with everything. Almost all of them are 1 credit cosmetics or decorations.
I like the gameplay mechanics of Warframe so much that the provided "Reasons to play" are a secondary bonus!
I enjoy the FREEDOM Warframe offers: Movement, playstyle, weaponry, aesthetics... & Self led exploration of the Origin System. I enjoy finding info from content creators to see their perspective. I also like the lack of META driven incentives to gameplay progression in Warframe.
I played up to rivens on xbox, stopped playing for about 5 years. Came back after your first video. Was mad super confused. Now im doing really well, logging in doing my archons and such. Dante is a great frame and helped me fall in love with the game
I appreciate the spotlight on the dev stream. The main reason I looked for guides was seeking the community experience and helping to further desire to play and enjoyment of the game. I bet the stream does that way better than modding guides and similar.
the great thing about warframe is that you can play it any way you want to. i personally play it hardcore and try to meta tf outta everything and min max my stuff. thats just the kind of gamer i am. the beauty of this game is that it allows for hardcore AND casual play. FOMO is not present here but you still get rewarded with satisfaction if you go hardcore like me. big red number, go really fast, and lvl 999+ enemies. i usually do the most damage out of most squads i play with so being a hardcore player is rewarded.
Great review! Warframe is like that comforting home base you can always come back to and actually want to support. I've been out for almost 4 years of content and am considering diving back in with some friends. I am going to encourage them to watch your review. I know Warframe's Digital Extremes will deliver.
I wonder... Can you imagine boosting the Warframe experience with a companion "guidance" avatar connected to an AI that lives in your ship? I'd pay for the LLM service if well implemented. ...LLM tuned for the game could give you various grades of game specific guidance depending on your preference. You could simply ask questions such as "what should I focus on first?", or "should I try to get this weapon? How do I get it?", "how do mods work on warframes", all the way to full guidance "tell me what to do next" for those who want a more handheld experience. Maybe a free default mode 10 minutes access a day?
edit: I just realized where this would lead: End game with AI becomes fashion waifu, maybe even additional player housing :)
As a launch-day Warframe player, your videos & takes make me feel very warm and fuzzy inside. I'm really glad you're enjoying the game as much as you are, and I'm happy you're part of the cult now.
Man you had the exact same approch as I did when I started a few years ago and it made me love the game so much. And now Im at legend rank 2 now with 2,5k hours and still want sooo much more of the game. cant wait for 1999! Ps great video!
I've had friends come and go with this game. Some return to play again, some stick with it for months at a time. And while I've never really LEFT the game for any extended periods, even I've had moments of log in, log out, or not even logging in at all for a couple of weeks. One friend said that a game should make you WANT to waste your time, not waste it for you, and he didn't feel like Warframe did that. He didn't like the grind of coming back and having to clear the star chart to unlock the Steel Path, which I'd since really started grinding into. Still, wanting to hang out, he gritted his teeth, bore through it, and even had a few laughs with it. He lets me know when he's not interested, and sometimes surprises me by logging in when I'm online. We got him through the unlock process for Steel Path, and now he actually looks over his mods and weapons WHEN he logs in to figure out what he needs to be able to take down foes where I'm at. Steel Path is the ONE thing that I have to say DOES have a barrier to entry, and it can be a major slog to get there when you're just coming back. Clearing every node SOMETIMES requires clearing specific quests, which can also require getting certain gear. And if you've been away from the game for an extended period, that can seem like a HUGE ask. But even then, there's nothing more than peer pressure that says you HAVE to get there asap. I love this game, and I don't think I'll ever STOP loving this game. Thank you LD for these videos (which honestly helped reignite my passion for it) and thank you DE for such a fun journey.
MR29, here. The jump to SP-ready builds is rough, you're right. 3 things will massively help you get a foothold in SP:
1) Galvanized Mods, sold by the Arbiters of Hexis (guy closest to their front door, in any relay) for Arbitration rewards. You trade Vitus Essence earned on Arbitrations for Galv mods, which offer stacking-on-kill, absurdly-powerful versions of key mods. Note that Arbitrations are *NOT* locked to Arbiters of Hexis pledges or behind rep, even if their rep is at Hated, they will still sell their items to you.
2) Steel Path Incursions, which will give a guaranteed 5 Steel Essence, which is traded at Teshin, again, in any relay. He primarily sells Arcane Adapters for Primary and Secondary weapons. During these Incursions, Acolytes (Stalker Jr.'s) will spawn. These guys drop additional Steel Essence, and Arcanes. A couple of these arcanes are godly, and are *essential* for gearing for SP.
3) Zariman, the endgame 'planet' (Angels of Zariman questline), and the 5 initial Incarnon weapons sold by Cavalero (Felarx, Phenmor, Laetum, and the 2 melees, Innodem, and Praedos). These weapons are INSANELY powerful, even without Rivens or Arcanes they will easily carry you into SP.
EDIT: The arbitration vendor also sells Rolling Guard, which is absolutely vital for some frames at higher-levels. A single damage tick of Toxin will bypass shields and likely kill you instantly. Rolling Guard makes you immune for a couple seconds after rolling.. and will shed status effects from your warframe, even on ones that normally cannot do so. An essential mod for staying alive.
Honestly while it's a free game if you purchase the full prime access at the time you start. The plat you get as well as the Warframe will set you up for literal months and if you have a job the time save is a BIG deal.
I wish they would put stuff up on the launcher for New Players, and did a recruitment run, cause this channel is one of the best. You have a great offering of info, and your insights are truths. I am a veteran player, been playing since it came to steam. My very first played node, I was on Earth, and the Grineer forces were shooting, I was trying to figure out how to move. It was amazing to feel the freedom of bullet jumping and flipping my way across. Then I got a sword out. This changed my perspective! I can space ninja????? OMG. 2000 hours later, and some long breaks in between, and one Tenno Con later, I am in love with everything this game has. IT was an overwhelming amount of info, and I did feel like it was not for me, but i found another friend, and a RL bestie who told me to come back, and we have been trying to get our buddies to join, none have stayed, except one. LOL
Good vid! Just like to say I have been playing on and off for 10 years now. And no, I have not maxed out everything, done everything or own everything. Because I play for fun and not for the meta or completionist-mentality.
A cool interaction I had recently was a trade with a new player. After we traded we chatted for about 30 minutes. Turned out he was living in the middle east and was going through some difficult stuff, me in scandinavia with my own problems, but nothing in that scale.
After maby 20 minutes we discovered there is allmost 40 years between us. Yes really. It was an honest convo, with no strings or politics, just shared love for the game and some sharing of each others lives.
I mean, how often do this happen like this? Warframe not only is a fun wide game, it can be a safe space for chatting a while. And while bad people exist everywhere, this is not an isolated event.
This game, its devs and the players who make it work continues to make me proud.
Tip:
Index, good and engaging way to get credits, everyone needs them so you will find new and old players doing it, no need to worry about matchmaking.
Its easy to understand, but check your loadout before going in.
If you don't have index unlocked then ask for a taxi and bring your tankiest loadout. Focus on not dying and you'll make millions
@panzeratom695 this is a good advice too
as veterans i think the best way me and my friends have found to describe warframe is " its a journey" enjoy that journey it is amazing might be weird or annoying at times i personally have some slight ptsd from excavation missions and the sibear but it wouldnt be an interesting journey if it was all sunshine and rainbows. the feeling of overcoming challenges or goal you yourself have set is awesome. i think everyone should give it a go and since he didnt mention it alot there is a ton of lore to be found around in the warframe universe for people who like that.
I have 2.5k hours in this game, I joined in 2013, and watched this game AND developers grow and evolve. Saying that this game is underrated is the biggest understatement in the history of understatements. In 10 years thanks to developers love to their child this game bloomed as a beautiful Lotus flower :)
It was always a good game to return too, but after New War dropped, it ascended to ART category, just shows how Digital Extremes stepped their game in all this years.
I was in school when I started and Founder packs were sold, but if I had money then, I would buy Founder pack 10 times over.
Ignore all pressure and just do what you like at your own pace. Great advice, the best way to play Warframe!
Lots of great advice. I definitely recommend focusing the linear path of clearing main story quests, planet junctions and progressing straight through star chart. It's really not hard gameplay at all and is the most rewarding for many reasons that i cant really spoil. 😊
At one point when I started playing Warframe it did have endgame content called 8-player Raids but DE decided to delete it from the game. Now & again in their Prime Time and/or Devstreams they been asked in chat or talk about bringing it back.
I'm gonna play this now. I tried years ago and liked it but was overwhelmed. It's time to get back into it, I think. Thanks for the video.
Watching more of these Warframe videos from you makes me want to try Warframe again.
Also, sick shirt, dude.
Same as you, started playing a while ago and couldn't get with it. I watched your first video on it and decided I needed to try and stick with it. I'm not a l"ook up things for a game" type of guy to begin with and this time around I'm happy I stuck it out. Just finished 2nd dream and the tips you shared are deff going to help. I never bothered to look into the systems I just played through the nodes and missions. I think I'll enjoy the game further with the tips. Thanks, I'll subscribe
As soon as you start playing the game, Left of your navigation console is the syndicate console. Join any syndicate you find cool looking. You'll start getting reputation from them, and keep an eye when you need to rank it up. The mods from the reputation store at rank 5, can be traded for platinum with other players. And they will need those mods. You can sell them for 12-15 platinum each, which will get you 2 weapon slots. Sell 2 of those mods and you can buy a warframe slot.
I any of my friends want to try Warframe, i am going to direct them to this video. You do a great job going over how to best approach the beginning of the game.
This!!! I started playing warframe back in 2018, never watched guides for top tier build or anything, and it was the most fun I had in the game. Learning how mods work and how powerful I could be was such an amazing feeling, I still remember the first mission with an actual build i made to this day almost 3000 hours in game later.
Hey man just wanted to let you know that I've seen a lot of your warframe videos. Kinda new to this channel, those videos and the way you speak about the game felt so heartwarming that I ended up subscribing to your channel and also trying out the game and I'm really enjoying my time in it so thanks and keep up the good content.
I only committed to the game at the start of this year but many years ago warframe was my account’s first game. Since there was only one save file I made 3 accounts, 1 for each starter frame. I didn’t know how much grinding there was. I enjoyed Excalibur for a long while, tried Mag for a couple missions and then I played Volt and felt comfortable and satisfied. I lost the other accounts to time but fully committed to owning my Volt account. Stopped playing after a grind at the start of the game when it seemed like I was unlikely to get any of the stuff I wanted, when I came back I committed and obtained every thing I wanted then and more. I got almost 20 frames including Umbra Excalibur. I am just getting Mag now though since I never gave her the proper chance.
One of my favorite things to do in Warframe as a new player (and every timne I return to it after a long break) is to target farm stuff. I might run a mission and someone else has some amazing weapon, or someone shares a build in chat and I see some incredibly powerful new mod that has been released. Then I just go on a little wiki excursion figuring out how I can get it. Usually turns into an introduction into new mechanics or game modes, and the combat is so good it's almost guaranteed to get me hooked again. And I'll come out the other side with some amazing new loot. You could literally do a completely different activity (frankly what feels like a completely different game) on each day of the week and have a blast doing each one.
I started this game because of your video series. All I can say is thank you. This is special!
you didn't talk about in game chat, there is multiple different channel you can use. for new player you can use in-game LFG channel for help creating lobby for certain mission that they find hard for them at the start of they can use in-game Q&A channel for any question that they have.
also, the game chat has built in bots if you ask any question like where can i farm (frame name, material, ...etc)? it will give you an answer.
This is a great video for a starter player.
you don't have to be social or make friends to join clans, you can simply ask for a clan and you'll be offered a bunch to choose and join, some may ask you to join a discord I personally don't mind.
same thing can be done when you have a question about an item there's a section in warframe chat where you can ask for information and a recruitment section where you ask anyone if they're farming what you're farming and if you can make a squad.
of course you can jump in a mission with randoms and get it done too.
Legendary Drops back at it again with the best Warframe reviews anyone has ever made. Thanks, man! Now I have a video to send to my friends who are dipping their toes into the game!
The convoluted nature of the amount of systems in Warframe remains the biggest factor in stopping me playing Warframe, it's just overwhelming even after months of playing it was difficult to understand, its frustrating to play a really fun game but have to stop time and time again to look up some new system that I had never encountered, after nearly a year of playing it felt no more simple or comfortable to understand than the first day of playing, it's always more frustration than fun for new players
What I did was watch the original warframe video, then I watched new player guides, then I downloaded warframe. From there I just kind of went with the flow, focusing on leveling my mastery and completing the star chart, waiting for it to get good. It did get good. I'm so hooked. Any time I want to engage with something new I just look it up or talk to my clan and they're super nice and helpful. I'm constantly learning new things and I'm like 50-60 hours in. Every time I go to work I'm thinking about what I cooked in the forge and what I'm gonna have to play with next time. I love the game thanks to legendary drops
The biggest piece of advice I can give is: Ask questions! There's a QnA chat that is active by default that has a ton of helpful people who will answer questions all day because they enjoy doing so! If they can't answer your question they'll try to give you sources that will! And if you need help on a mission, there's another tab for recruiting squad mates! If you need help you just have to say so, someone will always try there best to get you in the right place!
I love Warframe, been playing since 2015.
Glad to see you're enjoying yourself LD! 😊
I really only look up stuff about where to farm rarer resources, or specific relics. Ive got over 1000 hours into the game and i completely agree that looking things up or "playing optimally" is not necessary for having fun, especially for new players. Take your time with Warframe, it's so rewarding if you do.
Ten hours in & I’ve already been helped out by so many. This community truly rocks & stands apart for others
very nice video , even as returner player it helped me to have a better look at the overwelming change that happen since i leave
Unless it was changed at somepoint, the first platinum your account gets for free the 50plat or whatever it is, is not able to be traded so if your liking the game its usually suggested to buy slots or whatever with it to get rid of it so you dont end up trying to trade with someone down the line only to find out you cant cause some of your plat is actually still the free untradeable stuff
Many long time players eventually fall into the same routine of playing for some time, then taking a break for some time and repeat, i myself have played since year 2 of the game back when you only had 4 revives per day and the only way to get more was platinum
The reason many players call or consider the entire star chart the first time around as still the tutorial, is cause enemies there have a level and damage cap and you can easily solo many of the nodes, depending on your frame and the mission type, while steel path aka hard mode and many boss fights and such have damage mitigation, status effect resistances etc etc, thats when your build and weapons and such start to matter way more
If your playing during December and Tennobaum is going on add the things you need to your wishlist as tennnobaum is a community event based on gifts sent to other players
the entire game has a solo setting where if you pause it, it actually pauses the game, clans can also be built solo by someone altho it does take alot more work, if you have a solo clan just dont build any of the addition clan rooms (Shadow, Mountain) as they dont just increase maximum clan size but also increase resources needed to build things
Even after 9 years of playing, i still check guide and tips videos because this game always feel like it has something new hidden somewhere i didn't know about, be it build, synergy, etc… x)
Another advice could be that, with very few exceptions, everything is always coming back, so there is no need to rush pursuing something unless you really want it. Nightwaves seasons always include things from the previous ones so little by little, you will obtain unique rewards from previous seasons. Circuits goals, be it normal or steelpath, are on a rotation basis, so even if you have to wait few weeks/months, it will come back eventually. Just remember to check every now and then and do something else in the meantime.
I started the game back when it first hit PC. Took a break because of life. Now I am stuck at home and have gotten back into the game. Warframe is a game where you can play everyday and get free stuff. If you go to a relay and hang around for a few minutes you get booster blessings from other players. Boosters for resources, credits, affinity, drop rates and more. You can hit the in game chat for help with anything. I was not to long ago watching videos on how to run iso vaults on deimos, now I help show others how to. I was getting help from a legendary rank 3 player running my 3rd kuva lich, I'm only MR 15. This game has always been my favorite game. Take your time and enjoy the ride, see you on the path tenno.