Kanaris
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There are multishot mods for all the firearms; Barrel Diffusion (pistols), Hells Chamber (shotguns), and Split Chamber (rifles).
The Boltor, since it ignores armor, is great against Grineer, as you know, but it's also good versus Corpus if you go for headshots. It still deals full damage to Infested, though, so it's all good.
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When you're ready for your next Mastery Rank, the bar will flash. Click it or your avatar (as you normally would to view your profile) and it will ask you if you wish to take your test. If you clicked it and it simply gave you Silver Initiate then something is amiss but it's probably not gamebreaking.
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But I do have all the Excalibur powers, I just didn't list them.
Thank you for your reply.
I forgot about another question I had, regarding overcharging. I started with 50 platinum and overcharging apparently costs 20 platinum, so I have enough to supercharge a Warframe and a weapon of mine - is that recommended or should I save my platinum, although everything else seems to be set at a price of 75 to make my buy more platinum?
I read that the MK-1 Braton is very bad and that the other Bratons aren't exactly great either, although better than the beginner weapon. Furthermore I kind of dislike the thought of using a Braton, because of the Braton Vandal, which suits my playstyle better, but is unobtainable for me.
What about Sentinels? I didn't take a closer look at them yet, because they don't seem to be very important. Am I guessing right that weapons etc. should be prioritized?
Why are you going for the Viper? It seems to be inferior to other pistols, although probably a bit more versatile.
You don't have to spend Platinum to supercharge. You can assemble Orokin Catalysts and Reactors with blueprints.
The Braton is a great weapon, in my opinion. I've tried others but I keep coming back to it. With mods it's great.
I don't have a Sentinel yet but I plan to. I'm not sure how to go about it either.
I want the Viper because the Latron has a fairly low rate of fire and isn't spectacular at close range; the Viper is. The two would compliment one another quite well, the same way my Braton and Lex do. Seems odd to snipe with a pistol but it's brutal.
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My Excalibur build is:
Warframe (supercharged, powers sold separately):
Redirection (Max shield)
Vitality (Max health)
Marathon (Max stamina)
Rush (Sprint speed)
Focus (Power strength)
Streamline (Power efficiency)
All of my weapons are rank 30, I'm working on supercharging them.
Rifle ('long gun' is a real term, by the way):
Braton - Stormbringer (Shock damage), Serration (Damage), Piercing Hit (Armor penetration), Fast Hands (reload)
Pistol:
Lex - Barrel Diffusion (Multishot), Deep Freeze (Frost damage), Hornet Strike (Damage), No Return (Armor penetration)
Melee:
Dual Heat Swords - Killing Blow (Charge damage), Molten Impact (Fire damage), Fury (Attack speed), Reflex Coil (Charge Speed), Pressure Point (Damage)
This build tears through everything and really is a general purpose Warframe. I have damage flavors to choose from and the only thing I can't cut to ribbons in a second are heavy and high level enemies (and bosses, of course). Plus, with the Redirection and Vitality mods I can hold it together in the clutch under fire.
I only fuse mods I'm actually using, otherwise I let all the duplicates and such pile up in case I need lower rank ones on new Warframes/weapons.
I'm getting ready to switch things up a bit, though and start working on a Latron and a Viper, both of which I already have.
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I know what you mean. I tend to kill more and do more damage overall than most people in a PUG in my Excalibur due to it's potential for massive damage output, which makes me happy with it.
But in those ad-hoc groups the support roles really don't live up to their potential because of a lack of coordination. Most people seem to go into them as if they're playing solo, afterall.
Find yourself a clan maybe?
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I snipe with my Excalibur. Since there's no Warframe really geared to it, I simply use the melee powers when an enemy gets too close.
EDIT: I'd say that the Banshee is most-suited to the sniper role, however.
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The Loki isn't really intended for damage output, anyway. Your role is distraction and misdirection.
If that playstyle doesn't suit you compared to damage output, then yeah, it was probably a mistake.
Now, with weapons, just about every frame does similar damage due to mods and such, I'm only talking about powers.
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You need to acquire and equip the appropriate mods for your Warframe.
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The Frost and Rhino are bruisers made for defense (though Frost is more multirole than Rhino).
The Ash is an offensive Warframe. The three have different playstyles so it's hard to compare them.
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Hm. Well, when I supercharge my Braton I'll add Metal Auger but for now I'll stick with Piercing Hit.
Thanks guys!
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Also, stealth versus Infested doesn't really work - bring fire, lots of ammo and a high fire rate, then spray and pray.
Awesome name, dude.
But I just want to disagree with you. All of my biggest stealth successes have been versus Infested. The reason why is that alerting one group doesn't necessarily alert the rest and they don't run to control panels to set off alarms.
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I'm enjoying my Braton, Lex, and Cronus combo.
The Braton is a good general purpose weapon and the Lex is a pistol-sized sniper rifle (it's really silly, I score ridiculous numbers of headshots). With the right mods (Barrel Diffusion (multishot), Hornet Strike (damage), and No Return (armor piercing), add elemental damage for flavor) it's easily my favorite weapon of all. The only real drawbacks are the low, low rate of fire and reload speed; it's small magazine capacity is a non-issue, as one shot = one kill.
I've made Dual Heat Swords and I'm looking forward to trying them out, anyone have any tips? The reach on them is hilariously short.
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So it will go through an enemy to hit the one behind but do nothing to armor?
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Which is better, armor piercing mods or puncture mods?
If I'm correct, armor piercing increases damage dealt after armor mitigation, correct? So if I have No Return (at 20%) on my Lex and, let's say, I deal 200 damage per shot and armor mitigates half, I would deal 120 damage?
Does puncture allow your weapons to ignore armor altogether or does it only mean it goes through actors and obstacles?
Thanks for any help.
EDIT: I know what puncture does, by the way, but not all of it's mechanics. I know at base rank (+0.1) it penetrates 10cm of shields/walls.
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It seems like people are confusing level and rank. I didn't even realize there was a ranking system until my warframe was level 7, and I had already done a bunch of missions. Then I clicked the glowing bar in my profile, and took a rank test. I also was against the crewmen and moas and those flying shield bots or something. It was tough, but not impossible. As for new weapons, Other than buying blueprints, do you get new weapons without paying real money? I looked in the market and everything had a special credit requirement
As far as I can tell, there are no 'levels'. There's warframe/weapon rank and mastery rank (which is the player 'level', to my mind).
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My first test was incredibly easy. The first weapon I bought when I started playing (at level 0) was a Lex and I could one-shot everyone in the test.
A rank 10 or so Lex with some decent mods will even drop the Corpus' Moas in two shots (at most).
I think the OP just needs to grind a bit more is all, get some more mods, and buy some better weapons.
Sidearm For Latron?
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A good sidearm for the Latron is the Viper. Very high rate of fire and very fast reload speed. I imagine if you're using the Latron you want the sidearm for CQB and the Viper works really well. Just get mods that increase armor penetration, magazine capacity, and flat damage.