Hello c/Warframe!

First of all, I want to make a big shout out to @keegen@lemmy.zip , whose effort in writing the Weekly Warframe Revisited posts here are what got me back into the game recently.

I just crossed something like 120 hours played (across many different attempts to “get into” the game over the last 10 years), which I know is peanuts compared to many folks, but it’s a significant personal milestone. It’s very rare that any game holds my attention for that amount of time, though full disclosure compels me to state that, prior to this latest interaction with the game, I’d wager I didn’t make it more than 10 hours in any of my previous attempts.

So, thanks to Keegen and their work here. I’ll speak for all of my fellow lurkers (what are they gonna do, post something to correct me? I think it unlikely lol) by saying we appreciate the effort you’ve put into preventing this community from stagnating.

In an effort to contribute, do any of you have any moments you’d like to share where Warframe made you do your best Exasperated Picard?

I’ll go first. Important to note 100+ playtime hours. I JUST discovered this week that the handful of mods I have in my inventory which affect multiple damage stats are rewards for Nightmare Missions. I’ve felt like my main frame’s power level had plateaued for some time, and routinely struggle to take on enemies in the 40-50 range on longer endless missions. Cue me learning that I’d been (intentionally) ignoring the mode which grants the exact sort of reward that breaks a build through to that tier of content, and cue my Picard impression.

  • luxetobscura@dormi.zoneEnglish
    7·
    9 hours ago
    • Rushing a 1-minute craft for 10 plat
    • Crafting 10 squad energy restores at a time when the 100x blueprint exists (ditto for other consumables)
    • Accidentally applying Umbra Forma to a frame instead of a regular Forma
    • Accidentally removing an existing polarity with Forma
    • Adding a Vazarin polarity to Atlas’s Exilus slot for Primed Sure Footed (his passive is knockdown immunity while grounded)
    • Selling all of my Ayatan stars for Endo and then not being able to slot any into Ayatan sculptures
    • Accidentally rolling over multiple Riven god rolls
    • Buying way too much stuff for retail sell price on warframe.market
    • Buying Primed Chamber
    • Dissolving all copies of an arcane, realizing I also dissolved the max rank copy, farming enough copies of the arcane for myself and a friend, then accidentally dissolving half of them again

    I’m sure there’s more stuff I’m forgetting or repressing. 5k+ hours btw

    • luxetobscura@dormi.zoneEnglish
      2·
      2 hours ago

      A few more from the recesses of my brain (and friends reminding me):

      • Not checking Void Traces and running 100+ relics while capped
      • Selling my Hema and Sibear (I’ve sold countless other weapons that I thought were “trash” at the time, but these are the two I regret most)
      • Leaving 1k+ Nightwave cred on the table because I forgot to spend it before a season rolled over
      • Accidentally leaving multiple Kubrows out to die from genetic regression (back when that was a thing that could happen)
      • Failing a level cap defense in SP Circuit and losing rewards for the entire run (back when that was a thing that could happen)
      • Somehow the first clan emblem I ever uploaded was off-center by a few pixels? I’m still not sure how that happened, but it drove everyone insane until I scrounged up the plat to fix it.

      Things I’ve dunked on my friends for doing:

      • Selling frames with Archon shards still equipped
      • Dying to fall damage in Duviri (just roll or summon horse lmao)
      • Selling unslotted Ayatan treasures
      • Farming ducats for Baro and then forgetting to actually buy stuff from him
      • redhorsejacket@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        52 minutes ago

        Oh hell. I’m learning from your list that, while I may have thought that I was solidly in the mid game at this point, the rabbit hole goes ever deeper. I only vaguely recognize like half of the mechanics you’ve mentioned lol. If I didn’t know better, I’d assume you were talking about some spin off title that I hadn’t been aware of. Like how a Diablo player might feel if they accidentally wandered into a thread talking about Immortal.

        It’s incredible to me just how expansive the game is.

        • luxetobscura@dormi.zoneEnglish
          1·
          37 minutes ago

          It only gets better. 120-ish hours is where I’d expect the game to start really opening up for you, assuming you’ve been making progress on the star chart and mastery ranks. 😄

          As you can tell, there are many foot-guns and opportunity costs in this game. If you aren’t playing under someone else’s guidance, I recommend finding a mentor, else you risk making the same expensive mistakes that I (and many others) have made.

    • zaph@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      4 hours ago
      • Accidentally applying Umbra Forma to a frame instead of a regular Forma

      I’d have submitted a ticket

      • luxetobscura@dormi.zoneEnglish
        3·
        4 hours ago

        I believe in living with the consequences of my actions. I definitely made that choice deliberately and not because I didn’t know you could submit a support ticket for that.

        In any case, it’s in the distant past now. Check before you click!