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One "ironic" Thing About Proto-Excalibur


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Is that a lot of players seem "fallen from the clouds" about the Excalibur frame.

 

Before of the proto-armor skin it was one of the most underrated frames of all, now that this new version of him pops up in the shop everyone seems like in love for it... I don't know if, as main Excalibur player, find it funny or stupid that such a versatile warframe has to be rated as a "noob frame" most of the time because is a starter and then all of a suddent being liked just because of a new feature that makes it different from every other one till this point.

 

Maybe i'm just being a bit overdramatic but i kinda find it unfair that people have to "abandon" the Excalibur as soon as possible to pick some "mass destruction" warframe, and THEN go nuts for Excalibur because of an unique skin... Feels kinda like TF2 players going nuts about "rare hats".

 

Side note: Has anybody noticed that the "right arm" isn't actually a suit but the own arm of the Tenno ?

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Yes I do know what you mean, I liked Excalibur before everyone hopped on the band wagon . Oh yea and the Proto skin is actually Hayden Tenno's suit from dark sector.

 

 

EDIT:  Lol, a lot of hipster references. (Knew that would happen)

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Tennocyte virus taking hold. So yeah right arm is what happens when you get the virus (its not a suit its his skin), the glaive was said to have been formed outta his arm too making it techo-organic.

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Excalibro Prime is my favorite frame in the game. I just play other frames because even I get tired of playing him sometimes. I love Excals appearance and this skin just made me love him more.

It is quite a shame Excal is deemed low tier because of him being a starter. But if people want to underrate him, thats their choice.

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Yes I do know what you mean, I liked Excalibur before everyone hopped on the band wagon . Oh yea and the Proto skin is actually Hayden Tenno's suit from dark sector.

"I liked Thick rimmed glasses before they where cool!"

Does it even matter?

To be honest it happens with anything, if a new gun comes out everyone jumps on that for a bit. It'll cool down after awhile anyway.

EDIT: Spelling

EDIT 2 : also I agree with the arm, you can see the energy seeping out of it.

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I liked Excalibur before everyone hopped on the band wagon.

 

I used to be a hipster like you... but then it became too mainstream.

 

On topic, Excalibur is not bad, it's just meh. The new skin just turned it into the coolest-looking warframe around in the eyes of many. Me included.

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Almost best CC, second best Mobility, nowhere near the best Damage until you get so much modding in their that the swords just rain from the heavens. 

 

I love my Excal. (But I love my Mag, Nyx, Zephyr, Volt,  and Ember more >:3

Not necessarily due to effectiveness, just my playstyle.

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yes i agree with you, im more worried about the nostalgia factor though... i hope it does not become a pattern, i do own the proto skin, its cool, its different, i dont really use it much, i like my Immortal Pendragon Excalibur better, i just hope that nostalgia does not weight so much in future decisions.

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i just hope that nostalgia does not weight so much in future decisions.

 

I think it's more related to the Warframe open beta anniversary than an actual nostalgia thing.

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Otakuwolf I have discussed many times with the community about armor parts,please check how many NOs not only mer but everyone that tried to implement Warframe evolution ideas has recieved.The returning interest to the Excalibur is due to it evolution even if that is backwards.Imagine what will happen if Hayden truly appears

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Is that a lot of players seem "fallen from the clouds" about the Excalibur frame.

 

Before of the proto-armor skin it was one of the most underrated frames of all, now that this new version of him pops up in the shop everyone seems like in love for it... I don't know if, as main Excalibur player, find it funny or stupid that such a versatile warframe has to be rated as a "noob frame" most of the time because is a starter and then all of a suddent being liked just because of a new feature that makes it different from every other one till this point.

 

Maybe i'm just being a bit overdramatic but i kinda find it unfair that people have to "abandon" the Excalibur as soon as possible to pick some "mass destruction" warframe, and THEN go nuts for Excalibur because of an unique skin... Feels kinda like TF2 players going nuts about "rare hats".

 

Side note: Has anybody noticed that the "right arm" isn't actually a suit but the own arm of the Tenno ?

new and shiny things get attention until they aren't so new anymore.

No big deal.

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$&*(#s been talkin S#&$ about my Bro suit and my Super Jump but now that they can get leather pants in the toy shop they are all over his &#! and keep getting wet

They be cray now but after some time they gon start talkin dirty again

I will always be with Excalibur man,he will always stay my bro

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It's a nice skin, and if you're shelling out 150 plat for it, you sure as heck are going to play with it a bit.

 

Excal himself isn't bad, but he's a bit outclassed by several others, and slash dash did NOT fare well in the conversion to d2.0.(I don't think radial javelin was ever very good to begin with).

 

So, it's a cool change of pace to drag out excal for playing with the special skin, but he's purposely the most-average frame there is.

 

Things might get interesting again once we hit u13, but until then, he's just going to be iconic.

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