MagicWhiteRabbit

This doesn't affect me personally because I'm a veteran and I am completely ready for the WITW to come, but I can understand all of the "whats" and "whys". I think having such an option could be beneficial but I also understand the concerns it raises among the playerbase. I must agree with Rebecca that skipping trough those quests is kind of a dealbreaker, because you really have to get trough this journey in its full glory and not just "rush for plat" same as you rush things in your Foundry, so here are my thoughts on this matter: I think the best solution to this would be giving the new players an ability to play the story arc of Warframe almost completely separately from the main game. Think of a campaign in a multiplayer game - you play trough the campaign solo and then hop in multiplayer to play with other people - Battlefield, COD and other franchises have done that and it is a pretty successfull formula in my opinion. I'd even go as far as requiring to play trough the storyline up until the latest quest before accessing the rest of the game. And first and foremost - those quest requirements (MR/gear/whatever else) has to be lifted for the new players so that they can jump straight in and be engulfed by the meaty lore of this game. And then they are met with a choice, similar to Prime Access: A complete free-to-play option where they get temporary, pre-built, non-customizable, baseline Railjacks, Necramechs, whatever else is required per quest. Give them blueprint rewards for completing the quests so they can start building their own Railjacks, Necramechs, etc once they've finished the storyline like "Hey congrats on getting trough this story here's your own thing that you can now build and customize to your liking and take it into battle". The rest is up to them - they will still have to farm resources, build them, learn how to use them, etc. And a paid option - instant access to a fully built Archwing, Archgun, Railjack, Necramech, weapons, etc all complete with a set of basic mods + and maybe even Endo to get them to max rank. So like a "Frame of War pack" thing that sets you up to be ready to tackle the rest of the game. Upon completion of the storyline both options will still have to complete their Star Charts, gain MR, rank up syndicates and factions, farming, craft/buy other weapons - so this pack isn't disrupting the gameflow and doesn't set them a tier above the free-to-play players. And the best part of this - once such a system is implemented it is very easy to sustain it in the future - all of the following story of Warframe and its lore can always be accessed by anyone at any point in a coherent progressive path.