Warframe part farming (old era)

[Frendh]

The context is the warframe parts that drop from star chart bosses, assaassination missions. Probably applies elsewhere too.

I just completed a farm run for my 2nd Saryn. It took me a lot of runs. I believe more than 30 runs. I am unsure of how many spare parts I had from before, but I am convinced it was less than 10 parts. You can see I have 1 completed Saryn, 20 chassies, 16 neuroptics and 1 systems. When I got the systems part I did not go "Yay!" I went "Finally over, hopefully never again."

It was like this when I started playing at version 7 too.  Based on this information we know DE wants some players to end up having do extreme amounts of runs to complete a set. The outliers in the statistical spectrum.  My first assumption is that it is not difficult to fix and they have decided to have it there for this long.

The question is, do DE want the players to feel miserable? Even if having these outliers is a requirement set by DE, something can be done about this system to make it feel less frustrating. An example would be to make the warframe parts exchangable for a useful amount of ducats. If you want to make it a bit more advanced you can add a Tenno trader similar to Baro where you can trade all the tenno items for something continuously useful. Continuously, as in you will want to return there many times.

 

[SpicyDinosaur]

Have you never played any other MMOs before?

[Frendh]

44 minutes ago, SpicyDinosaur said:

Have you never played any other MMOs before?

Are you saying because others do it we also have to do it?

If you like it the way it is just say so. Don't be so roundabout about it.

[SpicyDinosaur]

6 minutes ago, Frendh said:

Are you saying because others do it we also have to do it?

If you like it the way it is just say so. Don't be so roundabout about it.

Yea I'm clearly dodging the question. Honestly, if you don't like these kinds of things, don't play MMOs. When ALL of them do that, you can't play one of them and then whine about it. Presumably, you know how they work. 

[Frendh]

 

8 minutes ago, SpicyDinosaur said:

Yea I'm clearly dodging the question. Honestly, if you don't like these kinds of things, don't play MMOs. When ALL of them do that, you can't play one of them and then whine about it. Presumably, you know how they work. 

Why are you giving me advice about what to play or not to play? It is a bit out of context.

I understand you think it is out of place for me to be complaining about this mechanic. Which is fine.  But please do stay as much within the topic as possible.

[SpicyDinosaur]

7 minutes ago, Frendh said:

 

Why are you giving me advice about what to play or not to play? It is a bit out of context.

I understand you think it is out of place for me to be complaining about this mechanic. Which is fine.  But please do stay as much within the topic as possible.

I'm sorry I hurt your feelings. Do you want a hug?

[Liljeman]

Can' speak for DE but I very much doubt DE wants the player to feel miserable. I do think a token system could be fine with bosses. I would suggest the tokens could buy a specific drop booster, allowing you to increase drop chance for a certain part for a frame. This to help players who are unlucky and have to do an unreasonable amount of runs.

Though as it is still rng there's always the chance that a player who do 1000000^50 runs with 50% chance for a neuroptics would still not get a single neuroptic.