[Why is there a need for an operator when the warframe is alive?]

1 hour ago, AuroraSonicBoom said:

Warframes are at least sapient, if not sentient, and all that's needed is a power source for them to act on their own. No, this isn't just restricted to Umbra type frames, as the climax of the Second Dream quest had your frame act on their own after having been impaled and gotten in contact with sentient energy. This is a big moment that the dev intentionally designed like that to make you ask questions about whether your frame is truly capable of life. Earlier drafts of the story board for the quest that were shown solidify that theory.

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On a related note, the devs had also planned for frames to be able to do combo movies with Operators leading up to the PoE release, and even if nothing like that has made it into the game yet, the fact that it was talked about speaks volumes about how the devs see the frames narratively.

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To answer your question. From a practical point of view, Tenno cannot be infested, which is how warframes are initially created. From a philosophical PoV, Operators were introduced to the game to explore themes of mind-body dualism, embodied cognition and similar concepts. Game mechanically, they act as a narrative device to tie all those different warframes a player owns together.

This, right here. There's also Rhino Prime's codex which implies that ol' Golden Codpiece was rip and tearing his way through the laboratory (and every scientist and Dax soldier that got in his way) but stopped when the narrators hid in the room where the Zariman children were kept. At that point, that the Tenno could keep the Warframes more-or-less in check was just a theory held by one researcher who, in their own words, wouldn't have been believed by anyone unless he proved it in action.

And at this point, the Tenno still needed their fancy transference apparatus (we don't get the ability to make do without until much, -much- later down the road after all), so unless that guy also built one of those in secret to plug one of the Zariman survivors into.. Sure sounds like Rhino Prime was capable of acting on it's own, as well as capable of thought to the point that it didn't want to endanger the Zariman children as it stopped at the doorway despite being fully capable of turning the two researchers into a fine red mist if it wanted to.

[Why Content Doesn't Matter]

19 minutes ago, Ceroneous said:

I am not promoting tedious battles or Nox style enemies just situations where we can be more engaged and less shoot first all the time. But yess I agree I may have been too generous about the complete time for boss fights lol. 

I'm all for giving a bit more variety over just "Run in, bang bang bang, ten seconds later (tops) collect your loot, run to exit" but I'd sooner jump into a vat full of acid than fight Ambulas for 30 minutes so that I can -maybe- get a Trinity part I haven't yet gotten. 

I figure, if we're going to change things to be more time and effort consuming, then we should also look at the rewards so we aren't spending half an hour doing the tango with Alad V just because we need one neural sensor, or dodging Kela's Totally Legit and Not At All Breaking the Rules of Rathuum™ orbital strikes only to get my sixth Saryn Chassis when I need two Systems (one for Saryn and one for Chroma).

[Why Content Doesn't Matter]

I'm gonna say no to 30 minutes to fight ONE boss. That is a long-ass battle against a single opponent, and a real pain if you mess up (especially if combined with other ways to slow things down) because you can't just pop right back in at the start of the boss fight, you'll be clearing the entire level again.

And also, no thank you to Nox-style enemies being made more common until DE stops making weapons that can't headshot. My Arca Plasmor cries sad little tears every time I run into one.