Is The Circuit the best gamemode ever implemented?

[TheSimpleDude42]

IMO it combines everything good about every game mode and throws the garbage away.

First of all, it is fast, which is a huge improvement over the FORCED wait times that every other game mode has.

Second the rewards (upon completing the levels) are actually decent, especially in Steel Path, not only do you get arcanes, rivens, endo but the incarnons are a breath of fresh air in an otherwise stale meta.

Third and most important it makes farming matter. What does that mean? well I am a somewhat casual player who enjoys Steel Path every once and a while I got my 1 build which I cleared the star chart with and I usually don't invest in anything else but with the introduction of Diurvi to get those sweet incarnon room clearers I had to start farming/trading/bother going in Diurvi and smashing some worms, all of that not because there is 1 good thing that I get from the mode but A LOT of op stuff and every time I get to build an incarnon I don't feel like I wasted my time.

Fourth it is just plain fun, the decress can make you average weapons op even in Steel Path and your Warframe into beasts, I started modding stuff that I didn't touch for years just so I can have better runs, and as crazy as it sounds to have fun with the weapons and the combined possibilities.

I just hope DE will do something similar for the next huge update this is far superior to anything I have experienced with Warframe in years! I just ... can't stand ... survival and any of those forced time-wasters just to drag the play time ... it is just not fun at all...

[CosoMalvadoNG]

yes and no... 
Since circuit is simply copying and pasting everything that already exists, it is not the BEST, just more of the same old things. Now if you talk about the drops then it is definitely the best.

Edited November 30, 2023 by CosoMalvadoNG

[ReddyDisco]

Glad you're enjoying it, warframe has something for everyone. It's not my cup of tea personally

[taiiat]

there are some Gamemodes not present in Circuit currently, the number of Tiles for it can make things a little repetitive if you've already played it for a while, and gear selection can sometimes cause underwhelming choices - but it's pretty good overall.

it sortof fulfills that hole of a farming option that's the inverse of Onslaught - as there's no constant need to AoE wipe Enemies ASAP, but it does provide some activity from the Player while offering useful Rewards.

 

now if i could get the upgraded Relics of Onslaught somewhere else, hehe. Onslaught is not particularly exciting, it's just the Rewards(i'm counting the XP as a 'Reward') that make it desirable to play.

[TeaHands]

It made Defense actually fun and harrowing at times. And I've been building my Arsenal for so long that I will always have some sort of killer combo waiting to surprise me. I did not expect Athodai and Nova to complement each other so well. But the headshot bonus meshed with antimatter drop led to some awesome map devastation.

[Aruquae]

Just now, ReddyDisco said:

Glad you're enjoying it, warframe has something for everyone. It's not my cup of tea personally

Same, I’ve heard great things about it, and I know plenty of who love it. Though it never really stuck with me. Probably because randomized loadouts just don’t mesh well with my play style. 
I do like how it emphasizes a broad loadout, and true mastery though

[C486]

In short? No, not the "best" in the slightest. It's a short term grind that caters to those who actually spent time doing Hydron/ESO and slotting in forma. (Which I do like.)

That said, I love the concept of it, where you get two bonuses each round that can either turn you into a roflstomp machine sooner or later. My only gripe is there is no incentive to continue on after you get the Incarnons or the other arcane goodies.
Not doing an hour or so for some credits or endo.

[Skoomaseller]

no, RNG loadouts are garbage

that honor goes to disruption

Spoiler

and railjack, if AND ONLY IF nothing bugs out

 

[Mazifet]

cascade and disruption are the best imo

[BowserNC]

To be fair, it's hot garbage for most players that have kind of everything. A couple of weeks ago I've seen people saying the Circuit is dead and I still agree it is, even if DE added selectable 20000 kuva or melee/rifle/pistol riven mod for Tier 5 and Tier 10.

I'm glad you like it, however after you get the things you want it's gonna feel boring and silly. If you want to farm arcanes, I'd recommend you do SP Duviri Experience, after you finish the spiral story, you will see on the map 3 icons of Dominus Thrax. Those are undercroft portals and you can basically get random Arcanes that you can get in the Circuit and from Acrithis (even the legendary ones like Arcane Shiver, Arcane Reaper, Longbow Sharpshot) but waaay faster (since you can stock up on decrees and make the challenge easier). The only "hard" part of it is the amount of eximus units which shouldn't be a problem.

From what I see people complain because of the pre-modded weapons/frames which is a fair point, but also now you can see which weapons you can get and thus helps you make your own build to use in the Circuit. Therefore most endgame players should stop complaining about this issue and actually prepare decent build for their weapons or frames. Yes most of the weapons you get are random and trash but that doesn't mean from time to time you won't get your meta weapons.

It's a bit of a chore for people who are "speed running" every single mission in the game (trust me, I know what I'm talking about) who complain that the Circuit is boring etc. but if you manage to personally enjoy it that's very good for you. In my opinion it is boring after you get the things you want and because of the slow progression bar (in later tiers), you must spend couple of hours, with the risk of anything that could crash your game making you lose the whole progression (this happened to me a couple of times and it wasn't pleasant).

Cheers!

[(PSN)Joylesstuna]

It started out ok even though the fomo was horrendous. The additions like jackal, survival pod nerfs, and changes to the loadout rng all destroyed the fun. Complete wasted potential.

The amount of effort put into it led me to believe DE would continue to support and refine the once decent game mode. Boy was I wrong.

[Redrigoth]

The loadout rng is contemptible and disgusting. Whenever i play it, i rely on frame's abilities to determine if i can have a viable run because the weapons are trash. 50% of cycles give me all trash weapons, 30% give me 1 out of 8 weapon that I have built, 20% give me 2 out of 8 weapons i have built.
There is also maybe 10 weapons (i dont own or super trash) that keep appearing in the selection literally every single time.

Unless i get a frame that has exalted weapon or an ability that can actually kill enemies like styanax 4's slash proc spam then I can't play. Then you have the addition of the Jackal who you cant kill with most exalted weapons and instead have to rely on the above mentioned trash weapons to break his limbs. You also have people leaving after 1-2 stages half the time so unless you can solo and dont experience a host migration bug, you have to cancel the run if you want to keep your good frame/weapon or leave.

Disgusting mode. Not sure if dealing with the above or getting molested by chain staggers from Wolf of Saturn Six as Kahl is worse

Edited November 30, 2023 by Redrigoth

[(PSN)Unstar]

Personally my favorite is Survival.  Just go in with whatever you're feeling and have fun until you're ready to be done.

[(NSW)Greybones]

It’s okay. I like the randomisation elements and a reason to have every weapon/Warframe beyond my initial “Just because” that I was originally doing, plus because they’re consistently the same enemy levels I can actually use configs to save some set-in-stone builds (got one for Normal Duviri, one for SP Duviri, and one for modless testing, though since that’s all three configs used, I need to either get an extra Config slot for every weapon so I can have a mercurial “Whatever I’m doing at the moment” build, or replace the modless config). Some of the intrinsics can be kind of annoying when they elevate me beyond a fight when I’m trying to make good use of the Decrees and the game’s like “Oh, don’t worry about any sort of Decree synergy, you’re one-hitting things now because of some Intrinsic statboost passive”

I do sometimes wish it branched out into alternative tilesets, and wouldn’t mind Duviri in general being tied to the rest of the game somehow, probably through an option to go through the cave before jumping into a mission or something

last edit: Wouldn’t mind more mission types where an objective is at risk instead of just the player

Edited November 30, 2023 by (NSW)Greybones

[(PSN)robotwars7]

nah, I'd say Exterminate; I'm a simple tenno, I want to just break into a facility, kill and loot everything, and then leave; the beauty is in the simplicity of it, and being able to go at one's own pace. Survival is great too, but over the years I've farmed so much in survivals that it kind of lost some of its lustre. as far as objective modes go, I like Disruption: tons of spawns, not having to actually defend the objective except from one marked enemy, fun mini-modifiers that pop up, it's great. last I checked it was a mode many others liked too.

[Berzerkules]

I've tried a few times and I can't be bothered to play it. Randomized loadouts isn't my thing. Rewards don't matter if the gameplay is not enjoyable. I don't want to grind incarnons with sub optimal loadouts that I have no desire to play. 

I like making specialized loadouts with specific frames, weapon combinations, helminth abilities, companions, focus schools etc. If It was a random selection of the 50 loadouts I already have made that I've customized It would be cool. I'd have a choice of a selected set of tools that I had previously compiled that I enjoy playing. 

I do want the incarnons but I don't want to take on a S#&$ty job in my free time. 

[(PSN)slightconfuzzled]

Personally and subjectively speaking.... its quite high up there for me. I don't really consider any Warframe game mode, simply or  singularly the best though. For myself, I have favourites that rotate, I enjoy variety too much, to crown one above all. Somedays, the "best" for that day is Disruption, others its Exterminate, others is solo Survival, others it group Disruption. 

I do really like Circuit for a lot of reasons others do, its variety, its rewards. I also quite like its tile sets. Its also a great mode, for jumping into, because if you aren't exactly sure what you want to pick specifically, its limited choices can actually help. I think the Decree aspect is very fun, and in a way underrated. Like it can turn certain Warframes and weapons into hilariously broken, over powered, or just zany cartoon weapons. Like there are certain weapons, that by design, are given slow, long reloads, to help balance them a bit. Decrees break that, because now you just roll and reload. That single Decree makes Trumna pretty crazy, but then you add 2x Crit Damage, 2x Status, Fire Rate buffs... Quite a few guns get weird with stacked fire rate buffs. All the Melee Decree buffs on a Warframe like Baruuk? All the status Decrees on Warframes like Lavos or Citrine? I start hitting really big numbers I never see anywhere else in the game, aside from certain specific specialised Disruption builds, designed to deliver big numbers against Demos... but it can become commonplace in Circuit without much effort. 

I do think it has some negatives though too, though some I think its more about the nature of the rewards and attracting people to the mode, and players interests and my own laziness to use Recruiting. I like PUG/PUB and just jumping into a game, and not Recruiting, but sometimes it has the ESO/Arbitration issue of someone, often host wanting to leave after one round. I also wouldn't be bothered if the made getting rewards/progress a bit faster as well, or made it so it scaled better faster, past certain thresholds (to better encourage staying a bit). Oh and some sort of way to... address... "bad players", which the game already gives us, but they aren't really "player proof" methods. Also what I mean by "bad players", is players who load in, are host, decide they dislike their load out, then just quit mid mission of stage one, instead of checking their options beforehand, and or just seeing if the other players are doing fine, and staying and or waiting for the next selection (and checking those).

Additionally I quite like Disruption, Survival. I also don't really dislike many modes either, I occasionally like Defection and certain Spy tiles, especially if solo, and I am just chilling. 

[SneakyErvin]

Nope, since Disruption exsists, and so does Arbitration Defense. And then there is always Survival aswell.

[Aruquae]

21 hours ago, Skoomaseller said:

that honor goes to disruption

Excavation says hi

[(XBOX)K1jker]

vor 22 Stunden schrieb ReddyDisco:

Glad you're enjoying it, warframe has something for everyone. It's not my cup of tea personally

Yh randomized gear isn't my thing, especially since I'm extremely unlucky. And even after deleting a lot of gear (regretfully) I was still presented mostly garbage. 

I pass. 

[(XBOX)Skippy575]

Nah, that award goes to Disruption.

[MutoManiac]

My vote goes to Zariman exterminate. Good focus points, good arcanes and no need to be stressed about the objective, so is a lot of fun.

I sold off a lot of my frames to play the circuit and now getting them back slowly after getting the incarnons I wanted. But I do agree, it’s one of the best modes. Needs more tilesets though, although I do like the outdoors.

[(XBOX)Big Roy 324]

I too like circuit.  Just wanted to put my name in there as one of the people who likes it. 

[(PSN)drollive96]

The circuit is indeed a well designed game mode, however, i think the biggest leap forward in mission design happened when survival was introduced, it has remained the most popular mission type for most of Warframes history, and it is why endless missions are so popular today

[Raarsi]

I like it just because it forces me to try things I either don't have or don't use very often.

Now that I think of it though, I wouldn't be opposed to them adding circuit XP to the rest of Duviri.