Estimated Release: The Jovian Concord

[[DE]Rebecca 166,471]

Warframe: The Jovian Concord should arrive next week on PC. We are working hard to hit this date and will let you know progress as the days go on. The Console release will follow as soon as it's ready to ship to Cert. By now you've seen a LOT of teases / walk throughs of parts of this update - too many? Not enough? It's a mystery.

Here's a recap of the top Additions / Changes you can expect so you have the bulk of information in one place:

Additions:

 

• Wisp is finally coming! Speed, Trickery, and Destruction are imminent. You can check out Wisp above in the header image we used for Devstream #126!
• New Boss Fight - hint hint.
• New Game Mode - Disruption
  • This mode has already changed a bit based on Devstream feedback. We plan to have more of a 'miniboss' role played by the new Amalgams to really make progress a challenge in this endless mode. Stay tuned.
  • This mode will also be locked behind key story progress to make sense in chronology.
  • We are planning to debut Disruption with an Operation - stay tuned on how that comes together.
• Jupiter / Gas City Remaster - visuals and level design.
  •     Emphasis on Parkour, more environment destruction, ambient enemies and more mysteries within for people who explore.
• New Mods
  • 15+ new Mods are coming that are all about Niche exploration for builds and playstyles. If you feel like branching out and changing combat consequences while you're aimgliding, wall latching, and more, these are the Mods for you!
• New Weapons - 5 by our count right now! 3 Brand New, and 2 Operation Weapons...
• Nyx Deluxe! What would an Update be without a hint of Cosmetics ;)?

Changes:

• Energy + Emissive Colour changes. We're adding separate Colour Customization to Warframe Emissives (2 slots with Forma) and Warframe Ability Energy (2 Slots with Forma) This is as a result of: https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1082887-de-response-inside-please-revert-emissive-texture-changes-introduced-in-u2470/page/2/?tab=comments#comment-10679681
• 3 x Screen and Functionality Reworks.
  • Manage all Syndicates from your Orbiter, and fast travel to Simaris from your Orbiter.
  • Refine Relics WITHIN Endless missions as seen here (all functionality in place, working on presentation polish as we speak!)
• Minor Arbitration Drop Chance changes: We've bumped the Ephemera and Aura Forma Chance in Arbitrations. ESO table review is next on our list to do but may not make this Update. We do not have major changes to Arbitration pacing right now, but we are still working on plans.
• Random Mod Packs will officially be gone from the Market; replaced with themed sets with bonus Endo and Credits.

Spoiler

 

All this and more is hopefully coming in a week - thank you for your patience, Tenno! It's grown in scope quite a bit since the initial 'Gas City Remaster' pitch, and we hope you have fun with all the additions and changes. As always, the update be completely free to all Tenno - only costing about 3GB of hard drive space! If you have feedback, we'll have threads up for you after Launch. Iteration is important to bring you the best game possible, so we will be reading constructively posted feedback for changes after release.


MAY 15 UPDATE:

Good afternoon, Tenno! We are looking at our current dev build and trying to give a realistic estimation for everyone waiting on PC. We know it's not going to be today, but the question remains of: "will we manage this week?", or "is next week more realistic?". We'll give you the facts and our estimate so you can weigh the likelihood for yourself:
- It's a mainline, which means it's big and the build process is a bit different. We have about an 8 hour minimum for the final build turnover this week.
- We are refining some final changes to the Disruption game mode based on feedback.
- We are polishing some pretty badass moments for a certain Boss Fight.
- Finishing up some new dialog for a certain Boss Fight.

We honestly are hoping to wrap it up and ship it this week, but we wanted to give you a status update. We'll keep the updates on the update coming!
We checked if there's anything you can do to prepare for the Jovian Concord - and there's a few ways depending on where you are in Warframe:
- For Competitive Clans: We will be launching with an Operation that will host Clan Leaderboards. Make sure your roster is set - new members who join after the event will not count!
- For players who have not completed Chimera... it will be required for a certain Boss Fight.

MAY 16 UPDATE:

Good afternoon, Tenno! Next week is our more realistic launch week. We wouldn't be able to deliver and iterate on a build with the time remaining this work week. We will bring everything to the finish line Friday, take the weekend, and come out swinging next week.

As an FYI, the studio is closed Monday for a Canadian Statutory holiday (another huge factor in pushing to next week)! So you'll hear from us Tuesday. By now you've got a good sense of what's coming (and maybe a few surprises remain), competitive clans have the information they need to start their rosters, and more.

Cheers and stay tuned!

MAY 21 UPDATE:

Happy Tuesday! We are on track for release this week. We traditionally release Wednesdays or Thursdays - so you can expect Red Text to appear one of those days.... we're very excited, Tenno. The Anticipation!

Edited 17 hours ago by [DE]Rebecca
May 21 update

[M42T 8]

Nice ! 😄 can't wait! 😄

[-STR-ChainWarden 188]

Great !

[SSI_Seraph 1,010]

Nice, can't wait.

[Softballbryan 198]

Sweet! Thanks y’all...

[Gabbynaru 4,873]

On the day the US announces a bill to ban lootboxes, DE removes lootboxes. Damn, you nailed the timing on this one!

[BrazilianJoe 4,509]

BUT WHAT ABOUT MOUSTACHES?

MAKE MOVEMBER GREAT AGAIN!

 

[_TheWoodsman 18]

Great! Take your time tho, we dont like crunch.

[Namastyler 318]

Thanks a lot for this summary.
See you next week.

[Vanilla_nuka 225]

So your releasing a skin for Nyx, but are you actually planning on fixing her 2 not working properly on infested and her 4s augment absorbing friendly fire damage when its not supposed to? There have been half a dozen threads made on these and no one at DE has giving a response. A new skin is cool, but if she sits in a state where she can be griefed by teammates, she still wont be played by anyone

Edited May 8 by Vanilla_nuka

[NightmareT12 8,582]

Rebb, thanks for the heads up, much appreciated as always. I have a couple things to say/ask:

1) Regarding emissives, will the functionality on the texture for Warframes be the same as it was previously deployed (highs and lows)? The Devstream didn't showcase it properly so I couldn't notice the effects.

2) Work hard yes, but don't overdo it! We don't want you guys to work too much overtime -- please be well rested and delay it if needed -- take the time you need to make the best update possible in the best conditions 🙂

Thanks again Rebb :3

[Zahnny 3,334]

Will parkour involving ziplines be fixed/changed?

Currently, when you latch onto one, you lose all momentum, it'd be nice if holding crouch while latching kept your movement speed as you slide on it, to help with the flow of movement since it causes a noticable and abrupt stop.

[Voltage 40,033]

Are we getting 2 new Vandal weapons or a new Vandal and the Zylok returning?

34 minutes ago, [DE]Rebecca said:

Minor Arbitration Drop Chance changes: We've bumped the Ephemera and Aura Forma Chance in Arbitrations. ESO table review is next on our list to do but may not make this Update. We do not have major changes to Arbitration pacing right now, but we are still working on plans.

I understand DE reads feedback and acts on it here and there, but couldn't drop chances be calculated and finalized before release? That way, there doesn't have to be updates/hotfixes that indirectly disrespect time spent farming items before buffs.

Edited May 8 by Voltage

[Refticus 76]

assuming the tennogen wave is coming with this update?

or are you going to surprise us with a sneaky update this week???

Edited May 8 by Refticus

[FarhaHayd-EN- 35]

Amazing thank you so much!

[moostar95 730]

4 minutes ago, Vanilla_nuka said:

So your releasing a skin for Nyx, but are you acutally planning on fixing her 2 not working properly on infested and her 4s augment absorbing friendly fire damage when its not supposed to? There have been half a dozen threads made on these and no one at DE has giving a response. A new skin is cool, but if she sits in a state where she can be griefed by teammates, she still wont be played by anyone

this the new DE we're talking here. where they don't take the time to fix things like you're talking about anymore. or how about the dozens of wisp threads about her powers being pointless stationary  skills that slows down gameplay. 

Edited May 8 by moostar95

[Kontrollo 3,400]

How about bringing back Opticor Variant, or one of the other Variant modes? Or doing a proper balance pass on the Conclave weapons once in a while?

And from what I heard: new players start with a Skana only. Any word on that?

[Feltal 708]

Ok thanks for the info. I hope the operation has clan leaderboards so clans have something to do.

[Vanilla_nuka 225]

1 minute ago, moostar95 said:

this the new DE we're talking here. where they don't take the time to fix things like you're talking about anymore. or how about the dozens of wisp threads about her powers being pointless stationary powers that slows down gameplay. 

They prioritize cosmetics over everything else apparently

[Ins. 1,045]

It would be great if the ESO ephemera could get a bump in drop rate too.

[Jangkrik 1,588]

Finally! Been waiting for the updates for 2 months.

[killerKronos23 79]

AWESOME !!!!! can't wait 

"I'm very excited now. The anticipation."

[Key 93]

21 minutes ago, M42T said:

Nice ! 😄 can't wait! 😄

Be original please.

[TuxedoCatfish 85]

28 minutes ago, [DE]Rebecca said:

• Jupiter / Gas City Remaster - visuals and level design.
  •     Emphasis on Parkour, more environment destruction, ambient enemies and more mysteries within for people who explore. 

This is everything I've ever wanted from Warframe level design, so I'm very glad to hear it.

Edited May 8 by TuxedoCatfish

[UnGoogle 22]

make ephemera blueprints tradable pl0x, I have 7 seeding grasses, and 0 others