Returning Player - Please Help -

[-CdG-Revo]

Hey guys! I am returning to warframe after a 6 month absence. I would appreciate it if some tenno can fill me in on what happened in the last 6 months. Thank you :)

 

p.s. Is Warframe still alive?

[Bazools]

So now we have a new UI, new frames, Kubrows dogs, awesome new weapons, etc...Yes... its still alve and well. Maybe... just maybe we'll have update 15 this week. Maybe... Archwing is coming. Welcome back and enjoy.

[Imaru]

So now we have a new UI, new frames, Kubrows dogs, awesome new weapons, etc...Yes... its still alve and well. Maybe... just maybe we'll have update 15 this week. Maybe... Archwing is coming. Welcome back and enjoy.

U15 probably isn't this week. Maybe next or the week after though. In a word: Soon

[TotallyLagging]

U15 is definitely not this week. But it's close. Or at least closer that you think. Maybe.

 

Also still one of the most played game on Steam, more and more players coming in with the PS4/XONE release.

[Janzer]

I would appreciate it if some tenno can fill me in on what happened in the last 6 months.

Try youtube :D Much easier to digest someone going over the changes. Dogmandan has good vids on updates that have happened for example.

[DZ1JMeyer]

Hey guys! I am returning to warframe after a 6 month absence. I would appreciate it if some tenno can fill me in on what happened in the last 6 months. Thank you :)

 

p.s. Is Warframe still alive?

 

It'd probably be simpler (in terms of filling you in) for you to state at what point you last played (update/event/etc) and what you do know about what has happened since.

 

Because, in short? A LOT of stuff has happened in the past six months.

[Doom_Bunny]

Yes it's still alive, however there is too much new stuff to list, so go play the game. When you login if it asks you to play the tutorial say yes it'll help.

[(PSN)IIIDevoidIII]

6 months? Geeze....

I recommend you start here and scroll back until you see something familiar.

[Kz.Prime]

Nyx prime !

[-CdG-Revo]

It'd probably be simpler (in terms of filling you in) for you to state at what point you last played (update/event/etc) and what you do know about what has happened since.

 

Because, in short? A LOT of stuff has happened in the past six months.

First of all: Thank you for your helpfull replies :)

Second: When update 12/13 (not sure) hit I left. And will definitly check out those videos janz

I have a few more questions which players alone could answer.

Has the following improved and how?

Pvp

Teamwork dependibility

Still many op guns or is that sorted out (balance in weapons) if so what is the new "best op" weapon? (like soma was or dread with high crit or initially the first op weapon the late gorgon)

Gameplay?

[Imaru]

Has the following improved and how?

Pvp

Teamwork dependibility

Still many op guns or is that sorted out (balance in weapons) if so what is the new "best op" weapon? (like soma was or dread with high crit or initially the first op weapon the late gorgon)

Gameplay?

No

No, not really. Just play with friends

Still tons of OP weapons (looking at you Boltor Prime)

Gameplay is hard to say. I think that's a matter of opinion. I think it has changed for the better, but it definitely has changed since you left. 

[Tails-san]

6 months? Geeze....

I recommend you start here and scroll back until you see something familiar.

Here could work even better, showing all patch notes themselves on one page for each major update.

[DZ1JMeyer]

First of all: Thank you for your helpfull replies :)

Second: When update 12/13 (not sure) hit I left. And will definitly check out those videos janz

I have a few more questions which players alone could answer.

Has the following improved and how?

Pvp

Teamwork dependibility

Still many op guns or is that sorted out (balance in weapons) if so what is the new "best op" weapon? (like soma was or dread with high crit or initially the first op weapon the late gorgon)

Gameplay?

 

*Whistles* Yeah, that's...honestly, I don't know that most people could cover all of that, simply because the sheer volume of changes would make it hard to remember to mention everything.

 

Towards your specifics:

 

Not really (there's more of it, what with Dark Sector Conflicts, but that's about it).

 

Again, not really. There's been tweaks here and there in terms of matchmaking, but that's about it.

 

OP weapons are still a problem, but DE has made efforts towards rebalancing them out. The net result at present, however, is that which weapons are most ridiculous has shuffled around a bit. Which one is most so is a matter of some debate; I personally still favor the Soma, but the Boltor Prime seems to be the present consensus. You (sort of) missed out on the ridiculousness that was the Angstrum (it's still as powerful, but it now has significantly less ammo to burn).

 

Gameplay is the same (by and large).

 

 

Honestly, I tried to think how I would summarize the goings-on since U12, but I'm kind of at a loss about where to start. I took a break myself, but...yeah, I dunno. I'd suggest watching videos, looking at event lists, maybe looking in the tutorial section of the codex? Enough of the stuff that changed has now gone through multiple iterations, so describing how it was at the time would no longer be helpful (in the context of making sense of the current state of things).

 

On reflection, this doesn't sound particularly helpful of me. Sorry about that!

Edited October 13, 2014 by DZ1JMeyer

[-CdG-Revo]

*Whistles* Yeah, that's...honestly, I don't know that most people could cover all of that, simply because the sheer volume of changes would make it hard to remember to mention everything.

 

Towards your specifics:

 

Not really (there's more of it, what with Dark Sector Conflicts, but that's about it).

 

Again, not really. There's been tweaks here and there in terms of matchmaking, but that's about it.

 

OP weapons are still a problem, but DE has made efforts towards rebalancing them out. The net result at present, however, is that which weapons are most ridiculous has shuffled around a bit. Which one is most so is a matter of some debate; I personally still favor the Soma, but the Boltor Prime seems to be the present consensus. You (sort of) missed out on the ridiculousness that was the Angstrum (it's still as powerful, but it now has significantly less ammo to burn).

 

Gameplay is the same (by and large).

 

 

Honestly, I tried to think how I would summarize the goings-on since U12, but I'm kind of at a loss about where to start. I took a break myself, but...yeah, I dunno. I'd suggest watching videos, looking at event lists, maybe looking in the tutorial section of the codex? Enough of the stuff that changed has now gone through multiple iterations, so describing how it was at the time would no longer be helpful (in the context of making sense of the current state of things).

 

On reflection, this doesn't sound particularly helpful of me. Sorry about that!

On the contrary that is what I kinda needed to hear thank you :)

Can't wait to jump back into Warframe with all these changes and additions! Feel so outdated -_-

[DZ1JMeyer]

On the contrary that is what I kinda needed to hear thank you :)

Can't wait to jump back into Warframe with all these changes and additions! Feel so outdated -_-

 

Glad to hear it! I also forgot to mention: if you haven't already, a few specific things you may want to look into before starting a mission; infested faction changes (mutalist osprey and ancients), new mission types (interception and excavation), new tilesets, (Earth, Eris, Ceres), and Melee 2.0 mechanics.

 

I know the feeling. >.>