DarlingDearest

Honestly after sleeping on it, I can see some sense in pay-to-skip story. I think my initial kneejerk reaction was “it looks so bad when a F2P game immediately asks for money to skip ahead”. A lot of people I know are still hesitant to spend money on things due to the ongoing cost of living crisis. I suppose after the Heirloom incident I’m also very wary about how much a story skip would cost. That said, as a solution it still feels like slapping a bandaid on a bullet wound. Very pro-story-biased take ahead Some people have been saying the Second Dream etc has no impact or meaning to newer players, and I disagree with that. I started playing on one of the updates after Fortuna – can’t remember which one, but it’s when ‘Coldwave’ was the login music. I’d ready been spoilered on the Operators and knew the basic story beats. Even knowing what was coming, those were still some very hard-hitting and emotional chapters. More than anything, it’s what attached me emotionally to the game and kept bringing me back even when I felt frustrated. What did feel like a slog was grinding through all the prerequisites to get to that story. God, that was… not fun. In my little ghost clan, it’s just me and one other IRL friend who vanished into the ether after getting put off by that same early-game experience. She’ll occasionally log on so we can mow through some missions while having a chat, but has no patience for the rest of it. She was really interested in the story, before she realised the immensity of the grind to even get there. Obviously, the two of us are story-focused folk. Maybe I’m overestimating how many people in general actually care about lore and story. But a skip wouldn’t have helped her in the slightest. Even though she’ll join me on missions, she has zero emotional attachment and never logs on when it’s not the two of us. Instead? Like others have suggested, decoupling the main story from the star chart would be a huge improvement. Remove the non-story-related prerequisites, and give people a gear loan just for those episodes. Let them play through the chapters without roadblocks, so the story can get its hooks into them.

I have some friends I'd love to introduce to Warframe, and I can't imagine any of them being thrilled at immediately being asked to cough up plat for new content. I already had one scornfully say "Isn't that a pay to win game?" cos she'd misunderstood Prime Access. I reaaaally wouldn't look forward to explaining pay-to-skip-story to her, as her very first impression.

Yeah, fingers crossed for more Whispers in the Walls info! The concept art drop from QTCC was very creepy and cool. I am so, so excited about this update, and all the fresh juicy lore. 👀

But, of course! That's definitely the only alternative! /s Naberus doesn't have much in the way of content, so I'm sure folks would have appreciated some more cosmetics to farm. The devstream implied they would be in the event. No one here's throwing a fit over it, but we're allowed to express disappointment.

Saw on reddit that the missing accessories will be plat purchases with the Abyss of Dagath update. NGL that's pretty disappointing if true. Source

Oooh, got it! Thanks for that, I completely overlooked the aux attachments. >_<

Bought the Deathwatch skin yesterday. 1) Iron skin turns Rhino partially invisible with rapidly flickering/flashing colours. It's pretty nauseating to look at (particularly if bright colours have been chosen), and I worry this is something that could be harmful to those with epilepsy. 2) The wings are completely missing - no change depending on weapon, stance, etc. [Solved: I was just unobservant! >_>]