Need help with purchasing a warframe

[(XBOX)Gambrazzio09si]

I just received a 50% off coupon for the market in my daily login bonus and I've heard these are rare. I've been wanting to buy a war frame but I don't want to waste my coupon on a frame I won't like. I've read a little and it looks like Trinity is a good choice but I'm not sure. I have 375 platinum so with the 50% off I can buy a frame up to 750 platinum. I checked and the coupon doesn't seem to work for bundles. Any advice would be greatly appreciated I have less than 2 days to decide

[Imaru]

The coupon doesn't apply to things in the in game market, just stuff on the Buy Platinum page.

As for what Warframe I'd recommend, it depends on your playstyle, though I would advise against ones associated with quests like Mirage, Limbo, Inaros, and Titania as there is little to no RNG involved in getting them. 

[Prime_Reckoner]

These frames are hard to get and I would consider buying them because they are "kind of" late game:

Ivara, Mesa, Equinox, and Mirage (because last junction needs to be completed).

[ShiraHagane]

I suggest you don't buy any warframes with plat except quest frames you want 2 of.  If you're dead set on getting a frame with plat, get chroma, equinox, or ivara since they're the most painful/tedious to get.

 

6 minutes ago, Imaru said:

The coupon doesn't apply to things in the in game market, just stuff on the Buy Platinum page.

It does on console

[(XBOX)Gambrazzio09si]

9 minutes ago, Imaru said:

The coupon doesn't apply to things in the in game market, just stuff on the Buy Platinum page.

As for what Warframe I'd recommend, it depends on your playstyle, though I would advise against ones associated with quests like Mirage, Limbo, Inaros, and Titania as there is little to no RNG involved in getting them. 

I'm looking at the in game market right now and I'm on the war frame page and they are all half off. 

[(XBOX)ATLongshot]

The coupon is time limited so don't let the clock run out.  

 

I'd get a Warframe that's difficult to get in game. 

[(PSN)A_SimpleName]

Even with a 50% off coupon, you may still able to get its Prime version in the trade chat for less. If you want Trinity, try trading for Trinity Prime instead. Her prices on PS4 ranges from 45P - 100P.

If you are adamant about using the coupon for a frame, I suggest buying "harder" to get ones such as Equinox, Ivara, Vauban, and Mesa.  

[DarthBane1]

13 minutes ago, Imaru said:

The coupon doesn't apply to things in the in game market, just stuff on the Buy Platinum page.

This is only true for PC. On Console it applies to the in game market. (I have a login for PS4 but I like this one more ;P)

 

It depends on the warframe you want to play with and is hard to get in game. Personally, try one that doesn't have a quest or is part of a mission drop. 

I think the hardest to get is Chroma since you have to farm parts for the other frames. 

[Defendor]

If you really want to buy a frame, buy a Prime set from another player. Trinity Prime goes for 50p nowadays on warframe.market. Even with 40p extra for a slot+potato and 125p for rushing everything, it's cheaper than buying her normal version, and you get a better frame. The normal frames are way overpriced.

Trin is a good support/tank frame, but without knowing what you like it's hard to give any advice.

 

Edit: Since you're on XB1, warframe.market may not be the best option. Still, in-game trading should work, though I'm not at all sure about XBox prices.

Edited October 25, 2016 by Defendor

[(XBOX)EternalDrk Mako]

11 minutes ago, Prime_Reckoner said:

These frames are hard to get and I would consider buying them because they are "kind of" late game:

Ivara, Mesa, Equinox, and Mirage (because last junction needs to be completed).

these^ 

[-Amaterasu-]

Buy a frame that's either tedious to farm, doesn't have a prime, or both.

If a frame has a prime you can usually get it for a lot cheaper than market price anyway so there's no reason to waste the plat, the most tedious to farm frames without a prime I can think of are Equinox and Ivara.

[(XBOX)Gambrazzio09si]

1 minute ago, (PS4)A_SimpleName said:

Even with a 50% off coupon, you may still able to get its Prime version in the trade chat for less. If you want Trinity, try trading for Trinity Prime instead. Her prices on PS4 ranges from 45P - 100P.

If you are adamant about using the coupon for a frame, I suggest buying "harder" to get ones such as Equinox, Ivara, Vauban, and Mesa.  

I'm pretty new to the game I've only been playing for about 2 months so I don't know much so just from looking around the game I thought you needed to be a prime member or something to use a prime war frame but you're saying anyone can use a prime warframe? 

[polarity]

24 minutes ago, Imaru said:

The coupon doesn't apply to things in the in game market, just stuff on the Buy Platinum page.

As for what Warframe I'd recommend, it depends on your playstyle, though I would advise against ones associated with quests like Mirage, Limbo, Inaros, and Titania as there is little to no RNG involved in getting them. 

Actually, on consoles you don't get log in rewards for a percentage off from platinum purchases, just the in-game market.  Sony and Microsoft prefer that players on their platforms pay full price for plat.

Since Ceres' overall level has dropped, Trinity should be much easier to get, and not really worth spending plat on.  You might be able to find someone to help you with the assassination.

I too recommend Ivara or Mesa, as they take a lot of unavoidable work to get your hands on, and they're also both solid frames.  Ivara for soloing content/one shotting bosses, and Mesa as one of the strongest, and highest scaling damage frames in the game (I haven't played a spy mission that wasn't an alert in the ~11 months since I got Ivara, because after running over 100 of them, I was utterly sick of them).

Edited October 25, 2016 by polarity

[MagPrime]

14 minutes ago, (XB1)Gambrazzio09si said:

I'm pretty new to the game I've only been playing for about 2 months so I don't know much so just from looking around the game I thought you needed to be a prime member or something to use a prime war frame but you're saying anyone can use a prime warframe? 

Yes, anyone can obtain and use a Prime Warframe, weapon or Sentinel.  You can either use platinum to purchase the parts from a player (and then build in your Foundry) purchase the Prime Access or run Fissure missions to obtain the parts on your own (and then build in your Foundry.)

As to which one you should purchase, I'd suggest one of the quest Warframe that are harder to obtain.  i.e., to obtain Mesa, you have to gather 3 Mutilist Nav. nodes, to build 1 key to get 1 part.  (If you're lucky, you only need 3 keys) And Atlas requires you to fight the Infested Juggernaught multiple times to complete his quest before you can access the boss.

I'd suggest looking over the wiki page and checking what it takes to obtain each of the Warframes, and then decide which one you'd like to skip the grind fest for.  

If you'd like to see an official profile video (via DE) for a specific Warframe, i.e., Volt, then type "Warframe (name) profile video and that will generally pull it up in the top 3 results.

When you purchase a Warframe from the market, it comes with its own slot, (and a preinstalled potato, IIRC) so you wont have to worry about purchasing one on top of the Warframe.

[Heckzu]

15 minutes ago, (XB1)Gambrazzio09si said:

I'm pretty new to the game I've only been playing for about 2 months so I don't know much so just from looking around the game I thought you needed to be a prime member or something to use a prime war frame but you're saying anyone can use a prime warframe? 

Prime warframes are just slightly upgraded and aesthetically changed to have gold trimming and that sort of stuff, and are all (except Excalibur Prime because he was released before the Void was released) obtainable by any player, with the warframes' components coming from void relics. 

Available prime warframes (as in their corresponding relics can currently be obtained) alter from time to time, with the oldest released prime warframes being put into the 'vault' every few months, meaning their relics can no longer be obtained, but all existing relics and prime warframe components still remain in players' inventory, and new prime warframes and weapons being released every few months.

For an explanation on how to obtain prime warframes and weapons, see the wiki page on Relics: http://warframe.wikia.com/wiki/Relic

Copy and pasted here from that page are the relics needed to aquire each available prime warframe/weapon and its rarity:

Spoiler

• BY REWARDS

Akbronco Prime	Blueprint	Lith S2 Common Lith S3 Common
	Link	Axi S1 Uncommon Lith N1 Uncommon

Akstiletto Prime	Barrel	Axi A1 Uncommon
	Blueprint	Lith A1 Rare
	Link	Axi N1 Uncommon
	Receiver	Axi K1 Uncommon Axi T1 Uncommon

Ash Prime	Blueprint	Lith S3 Uncommon Meso C1 Uncommon
	Chassis Blueprint	Meso V2 Common
	Neuroptics Blueprint	Axi N2 Uncommon Meso N2 Uncommon Neo N3 Uncommon
	Systems Blueprint	Axi N1 Rare

Boar Prime	Barrel	Axi V2 Uncommon
	Blueprint	Neo D1 Common
	Receiver	Lith M1 Common
	Stock	Meso B1 Rare

Braton Prime	Barrel	Lith A1 Common
	Blueprint	Axi N1 Common Meso V1 Uncommon
	Receiver	Axi V2 Uncommon Axi V3 Uncommon
	Stock	Axi A1 Common Meso N1 Common Neo V2 Common

Bronco Prime	Barrel	Axi N3 Uncommon Neo V1 Uncommon
	Blueprint	Axi N2 Common Axi S1 Common Lith N1 Common Lith S1 Common Meso N2 Common Meso S2 Common
	Receiver	Axi S1 Common Meso F1 Common

Burston Prime	Barrel	Axi T1 Uncommon Lith F2 Uncommon
	Blueprint	Meso V1 Common
	Receiver	Neo S3 Common
	Stock	Lith K1 Common Lith V1 Common Neo S2 Common

Carrier Prime	Blueprint	Meso V1 Common Neo S3 Common
	Carapace	Axi N2 Common Neo S1 Common
	Cerebrum	Lith C1 Rare Meso C1 Rare
	Systems	Axi V1 Common Lith S2 Common Lith S3 Common Neo V3 Common

Dakra Prime	Blade	Neo D1 Rare
	Blueprint	Lith M1 Uncommon
	Handle	Meso B1 Common

Dual Kamas Prime	Blade	Meso D1 Rare
	Blueprint	Axi N3 Common Axi V1 Common Neo V1 Common
	Handle	Axi A1 Uncommon Meso F1 Uncommon Meso N1 Uncommon

Fang Prime	Blade	Axi N1 Common Lith C1 Common Lith F1 Common Lith N1 Common
	Blueprint	Lith K1 Common Meso N1 Common Neo N2 Common
	Handle	Lith F2 Uncommon Meso N1 Common Meso N2 Common Neo N3 Uncommon Neo V2 Common

Forma

Blueprint

Axi G1 Uncommon Axi K1 Uncommon Axi N1 Common Axi N2 Uncommon Axi N3 Common Axi S1 Common Axi V1 Uncommon Lith A1 Common Lith C1 Uncommon Lith F1 Common Lith M1 Common Lith N1 Uncommon Lith S1 Uncommon Lith S2 Uncommon Lith V1 Uncommon Meso B1 Common Meso C1 Common Meso D1 Common Meso D1 Uncommon Meso N1 Uncommon Meso N2 Uncommon Meso S2 Uncommon Meso V1 Uncommon Meso V2 Uncommon Neo D1 Uncommon Neo N1 Common Neo N2 Uncommon Neo S1 Uncommon Neo S3 Uncommon Neo V1 Common Neo V2 Uncommon Neo V3 Uncommon

Fragor Prime	Blueprint	Lith F1 Rare Meso F1 Rare
	Handle	Lith V1 Rare
	Head	Axi A1 Common

Galatine Prime	Blade	Meso S2 Common Neo V2 Common Neo V3 Common
	Blueprint	Axi G1 Rare
	Handle	Neo V2 Uncommon

Hikou Prime	Blueprint	Lith S1 Common Meso N2 Common
	Pouch	Axi K1 Common Axi V2 Common
	Stars	Lith F2 Common Neo N1 Common

Kavasa Prime	Band	Lith C1 Uncommon Lith S2 Uncommon
	Buckle	Axi K1 Rare Lith K1 Rare
	Collar Blueprint	Axi G1 Uncommon Neo N1 Uncommon

Lex Prime	Barrel	Axi K1 Common Neo N3 Common Neo S1 Common
	Blueprint	Meso D1 Common Neo N2 Common
	Receiver	Axi N2 Common Lith M1 Common

Mag Prime	Blueprint	Lith M1 Rare
	Chassis Blueprint	Meso B1 Uncommon
	Neuroptics Blueprint	Axi V2 Common
	Systems Blueprint	Neo D1 Common

Nekros Prime	Blueprint	Axi N3 Rare
	Chassis Blueprint	Axi G1 Common Lith N1 Common
	Neuroptics Blueprint	Meso F1 Uncommon
	Systems Blueprint	Neo N3 Rare

Nikana Prime	Blade	Meso V2 Rare
	Blueprint	Axi A1 Rare
	Hilt	Axi N2 Rare

Nova Prime	Blueprint	Neo N2 Uncommon
	Chassis Blueprint	Lith N1 Rare Neo V1 Rare
	Neuroptics Blueprint	Lith C1 Common Meso C1 Common
	Systems Blueprint	Lith C1 Common Meso S1 Common Neo S2 Common

Nyx Prime	Blueprint	Lith S2 Common Neo V1 Common
	Chassis Blueprint	Neo N1 Rare
	Neuroptics Blueprint	Meso N1 Rare
	Systems Blueprint	Neo S2 Uncommon

Odonata Prime	Blueprint	Lith F1 Uncommon Meso S1 Uncommon
	Harness Blueprint	Axi K1 Common Axi T1 Common Lith K1 Common
	Systems Blueprint	Axi V1 Common Lith F2 Common Neo N3 Common
	Wings Blueprint	Axi N1 Uncommon

Orthos Prime	Blade	Meso D1 Uncommon
	Blueprint	Axi V3 Uncommon Meso B1 Uncommon
	Handle	Meso B1 Common Meso D1 Common

Paris Prime	Blueprint	Axi G1 Common Lith F1 Common Meso S1 Common Meso V2 Common
	Grip	Lith S1 Uncommon Meso S2 Uncommon
	Lower Limb	Lith V1 Common Meso F1 Common Neo S2 Common
	String	Lith S1 Common Lith S3 Common Meso S2 Common Neo N3 Common Neo V3 Common
	Upper Limb	Axi N3 Common Lith F2 Common Lith V1 Common Meso S1 Uncommon Neo S2 Uncommon

Saryn Prime	Blueprint	Neo S1 Rare
	Chassis Blueprint	Meso S2 Rare Neo S2 Rare
	Neuroptics Blueprint	Lith A1 Uncommon
	Systems Blueprint	Axi G1 Common Axi T1 Common Meso C1 Common Meso F1 Common

Scindo Prime	Blade	Axi S1 Rare
	Blueprint	Lith F1 Uncommon
	Handle	Meso C1 Uncommon

Soma Prime	Barrel	Neo S3 Common
	Blueprint	Lith M1 Uncommon Neo S1 Common
	Receiver	Lith S3 Uncommon Neo N1 Uncommon
	Stock	Lith S2 Rare Meso S1 Rare

Spira Prime	Blade	Neo S3 Rare
	Blueprint	Meso V1 Common
	Pouch	Lith S1 Rare Lith S3 Rare

Tigris Prime	Barrel	Lith K1 Uncommon
	Blueprint	Axi T1 Rare
	Receiver	Neo V3 Uncommon
	Stock	Meso S1 Common

Trinity Prime	Blueprint	Axi S1 Uncommon Lith K1 Uncommon
	Chassis Blueprint	Neo S1 Uncommon
	Neuroptics Blueprint	Axi V3 Common Neo D1 Uncommon
	Systems Blueprint	Axi A1 Common Axi V2 Common Axi V3 Common

Vasto Prime	Barrel	Axi V3 Common Neo D1 Common Neo N2 Common
	Blueprint	Neo S3 Uncommon
	Receiver	Lith A1 Common Meso V2 Common

Vauban Prime	Blueprint	Lith F2 Rare Neo V2 Rare
	Chassis Blueprint	Axi V1 Rare
	Neuroptics Blueprint	Meso N2 Rare Neo V3 Rare
	Systems Blueprint	Neo N2 Rare

Vectis Prime	Barrel	Axi T1 Common Neo N1 Common
	Blueprint	Lith A1 Uncommon
	Receiver	Meso V1 Rare
	Stock	Axi V2 Rare Axi V3 Rare

Volt Prime	Blueprint	Axi N3 Uncommon Neo V1 Uncommon
	Chassis Blueprint	Meso V2 Uncommon
	Neuroptics Blueprint	Axi V1 Uncommon
	Systems Blueprint	Lith V1 Uncommon

 

 

[(XBOX)Gambrazzio09si]

3 minutes ago, Noamuth said:

Yes, anyone can obtain and use a Prime Warframe, weapon or Sentinel.  You can either use platinum to purchase the parts from a player (and then build in your Foundry) purchase the Prime Access or run Fissure missions to obtain the parts on your own (and then build in your Foundry.)

As to which one you should purchase, I'd suggest one of the quest Warframe that are harder to obtain.  i.e., to obtain Mesa, you have to gather 3 Mutilist Nav. nodes, to build 1 key to get 1 part.  (If you're lucky, you only need 3 keys) And Atlas requires you to fight the Infested Juggernaught multiple times to complete his quest before you can access the boss.

I'd suggest looking over the wiki page and checking what it takes to obtain each of the Warframes, and then decide which one you'd like to skip the grind fest for.  

If you'd like to see an official profile video (via DE) for a specific Warframe, i.e., Volt, then type "Warframe (name) profile video and that will generally pull it up in the top 3 results.

When you purchase a Warframe from the market, it comes with its own slot, (and a preinstalled potato, IIRC) so you wont have to worry about purchasing one on top of the Warframe.

Alright so if I can get the war frame from market for like 120 it's just better to do that so I don't have to worry about the slot of potato thing? It looks like everyone has said mess or a few others so I will look into these. Thanks to everyone for the info

[(PSN)A_SimpleName]

22 minutes ago, (XB1)Gambrazzio09si said:

I'm pretty new to the game I've only been playing for about 2 months so I don't know much so just from looking around the game I thought you needed to be a prime member or something to use a prime war frame but you're saying anyone can use a prime warframe? 

The short answer is that 99% of items (gameplay-wise; not including cosmetic items) in Warframe are obtainable. Meaning if you put forth enough efforts (and RNG favors you), then you'll be able to get all those items for FREE.

Longer answer with more infos/details: See Noamuth post above. 

[MagPrime]

8 minutes ago, (XB1)Gambrazzio09si said:

Alright so if I can get the war frame from market for like 120 it's just better to do that so I don't have to worry about the slot of potato thing? It looks like everyone has said mess or a few others so I will look into these. Thanks to everyone for the info

Mesa or Ivara would be ideal, considering how hard it is to obtain them, but please look at the wiki page I linked you to - you'll be able to make a more informed choice and find a Warframe that suits your playstyle. 

[(XBOX)Gambrazzio09si]

17 minutes ago, Noamuth said:

Mesa or Ivara would be ideal, considering how hard it is to obtain them, but please look at the wiki page I linked you to - you'll be able to make a more informed choice and find a Warframe that suits your playstyle. 

I took your advice and looked at the wiki page. Ivara is my style. I like speed and stealth and I only use bows so she looks like it. Thank you for the help

[MagPrime]

Just now, (XB1)Gambrazzio09si said:

I took your advice and looked at the wiki page. Ivara is my style. I like speed and stealth and I only use bows so she looks like it. Thank you for the help

You'll want this for her

[Imaru]

1 hour ago, (XB1)Gambrazzio09si said:

I'm looking at the in game market right now and I'm on the war frame page and they are all half off. 

For the record, I play on PC so I am not familiar with the way thing work on console. 

[(PSN)Agent_CHAR]

1 hour ago, polarity said:

Sony and Microsoft prefer that players on their platforms pay full price for plat.

Far from the truth.  On console we get 2-3 plat sales per year.  While those sales top out at 30% off we also don't need to rely on RNG to get the discount.

[(PSN)CoolD2108]

Use it for cosmetics...

Do NOT buy frames...the nonprimes are worth the grind any day >.>

[ashrah]

buy plat and with 750 plat u can buy at least 3  prime frame

[Zachles]

9 minutes ago, ashrah said:

buy plat and with 750 plat u can buy at least 3  prime frame

I second this, but remember: yes, Prime Warframes are superior, but you should still, at some point, try to acquire both to get the maximum amount of Mastery. So, even if you get Trinity Prime now, later on down the road, you should try to get regular Trinity.

Also, something else worth investing in would be Warframe and weapon slots. Iirc, Warframe slots are ten for one slot, and weapons are twelve for two slots. That way, when your arsenal starts to really expand and fill up more, you won't have to sacrifice weapons and stuff for future equipment. This is also helpful when you go to build certain types of weapons, like the Sydon, which requires the Amphis to build. Or when you want to upgrade to the dual version of a weapon: Aklato, Aklex, Akvasto, et cetera.

[ashrah]

1 hour ago, Zachles said:

I second this, but remember: yes, Prime Warframes are superior, but you should still, at some point, try to acquire both to get the maximum amount of Mastery. So, even if you get Trinity Prime now, later on down the road, you should try to get regular Trinity.

Also, something else worth investing in would be Warframe and weapon slots. Iirc, Warframe slots are ten for one slot, and weapons are twelve for two slots. That way, when your arsenal starts to really expand and fill up more, you won't have to sacrifice weapons and stuff for future equipment. This is also helpful when you go to build certain types of weapons, like the Sydon, which requires the Amphis to build. Or when you want to upgrade to the dual version of a weapon: Aklato, Aklex, Akvasto, et cetera.

he can buy nekros... it will help him a lot to collect faster stuff and rest to save for slots.. or somthing..