[Spoiler] Tenno gameplay improvement

[lukinu_u]

The War Within bring the possibilty to control you Operator in mission. It's a really good adition but a lot of players complain about how useless they are (exept for killing Juggernaut and Sentients) and wanted a way to custom and uprade their powers.
That what I'm bringing with some changes on base Operator gameplay, a new skill tree to custom it and a new test room needing yours Operator skills, including transference.

I also want to precise my idea need a lot of work (especially on  powers and differents Golden Beasts), so if you have any idea to complete what is missing or replace existing content with something better, do not hesitate to post on comment.

                    Base Operator changes :
First, give them a bit more mobility by allowing them to roll (with [Sprint/Roll] button). To force players to use it tactically instead just spamming to "run faster", this should be linked to a stamina bar regenerating slowely.

I also propose to increase the base energy pool but totally remove the energy recover over time.This change allow you to use more powers before total deplation but also introduce a new way more in control of the player to restore energy.
With the new system, you now will have to charge your power by holding [5th power] button. When you are holding the button, you cant move and energy per second is depending on the distance between you and your Warframe. This force player to stay next to his warframe and protect it whil fighting instead just hide it on a safe location before using his Operator.


                    Operator focus skill tree :
This skill tree will allow you to increase your base stats depending on your Focus school bu also to custom your powers with different changes based on each Focus school theme.
To upgrade it, you will need Focus points but also the new Transference skill points obtains on Orokin ruins (explain further).

For each skill tree, you wil have :
-5 base stats increase differently depeding on you Focus school with one higher and one lower than others (Health, Energy pool, Health regen, Damages, Movement speed).
-A passive for each power depending on your Focus school.
-An active for each power when you hit an enemy or ally.

     Skill tree for each school :

Naramon :

Speed : +0.4/ +0.8 / +1.2 / +1.6 / +2.0
Damages : +20% / +40% / +60% / +80% / +100%
Energy : +20% / +40% / +60% / +80% / +100%
HP regen : +1% / +2% / +3% / +4% / +5%
Health : +25% / +50% / +75% / +100% / +125%

Void mode passive : Your movement speed is highly increased.
Void mode active : You have 75% chance to desarm each enemy touched while void mod is active.

Dash passive : Range of Void Dash is highly increased.
Dash active : Void Dash leave a smoke cloud, blinding enemies and open them to finisher.

Beam passive : Range is highly increased.
Beam active : Hit an enemi will set him to "unalerted" and prevent him to see dead corps, projectile or Operators for 20 seconds. Owerver he still alerted by seeing warframe and if it's append, the effect will end.

Blast passive : Range is highly increased.
Blast active : Hitting an enemy will desarm it wilth 50% chances.

Zenurik :

Energy : +20% / +40% / +60% / +80% / +100%
Speed : +0.2 / +0.4 / +0.6 / +0.8 / +1.0
Damages : +20% / +40% / +60% / +80% / +100%
Health : +40% / +80% / +120% / +160% / +200%
HP regen : +0.8% / +1.6% / +2.4% / +3.2% / +4%

Void mode passive : ???
Void mode active : ???

Dash passive : Dash efficiency is highly increased.
Dash active : Dash on enemis will create a void energy pulse for you and your allies.

Beam passive : ???
Beam active : ???

Blast passive : ???
Blast active : ???

Unairu :

Health : +60% / +120% / +180% / +240% / +300%
Damages : +20% / +40% / +60% / +80% / +100%
Energy : +20% / +40% / +60% / +80% / +100%
HP regen : +1% / +2% / +3% / +4% / +5%
Speed : +0.1 / +0.2 / +0.3 / +0.4 / +0.5

Void mode passive : Void mode no longer hide you and reduce your movement speed but give you a rock armor that attract enemy fire and make you invicible during the power.
Void mode active : Not moving gradually decrease the energy cost of this power.

Dash passive : Leave a rock trail that have 50% to petrify enemis who walk on it.
Dash active : Dash on enemies instantly petrify them and dash on warframes (including your) give them a flat +100 armor and boost they armor by +200%.

Beam passive : ???
Beam active : ???

Blast passive : Void blast will now act on a 360° radius.
Blast active : Void blast will create rock spike on the ground, dealing slash damages and petrify enemis with 50% chance.

Vazarin :

HP regen : +2% / +4% / +6% / +8% / +10%
Speed : +0.2 / +0.4 / +0.6 / +0.8 / +1.0
Energy : +20% / +40% / +60% / +80% / +100%
Health : +40% / +80% / +120% / +160% / +200%
Damages : +15% / +30% / +45% / +60% / +75%

Void mode passive : Void mode will release heal pulse for you allies each second.
Void mode active : Not moving while Void mode is active will heal you.

Dash passive : ???
Dash active : Dash on allies will heal them.

Beam passive : Void beam steal a part of damages dealed.
Beam active : Void beam act as a link, redirecting 75% of incoming damages to your target. Use void blast on an ally will transfer this effect to him for 15 seconds.

Blast passive : Blast efficiency is highly increased.
Blast active : Use blast on enemies will steal their health and share it between you and your allies around.

Madurai :

Damages : +30% / +60% / +90% / +120% / +150%
Speed : +0.2 / +0.4 / +0.6 / +0.8 / +1.0
HP regen : +1% / +2% / +3% / +4% / +5%
Health : +40% / +80% / +120% / +160% / +200%
Energy : +15% / +30% / +45% / +60% / +75%

Void mode passive : Your damages are highly increased while Void mode is active.
Void mode active : When activated, Void mode deal a fire explosion.

Dash passive : Dash now spilt into 3 trails that gather at the end, each dealing damages.
Dash active : Enemies hitten by dash will have 50% chance to burn and 2% chance to explode, spreading the burn effect to enemies around.

Beam passive : Beam is now splited into 3 lasers, dealing each 50% of base damages.
Beam active : If beam end is caused by energy depletion, it will create a large explosion, dealing heat damages with 50% status but divide your health by half until your energy is full again.

Blast passive : Damages are highly increased.
Blast active : Blast burn enemis hitten with 50% chance.

                    Orokin ruins :
Orokin ruins are a new structure appearing very rarely on non-endless mission on planet tileset only, including Earth forest, Mars desert, Pluton snow mountain, Lua and maybe the Void/Orokin derelict (not other places for obvious reason).

Theses ruins are really similar to the orokin place on the mountain of The War Within and need some reflexion like Lua tests but only allow you yo use your Operator (we can explain it with an orokin jammer or something else that block the transference).

Theses ruins should require you to think and use all your powers, including transference to control different Golden beasts (like the Golden Maw) to solve complexe challenges.

At the end, you will be rewarded by a Transference skill point, to unlock new capacity on your skill tree.


                    Golden Beasts transformation :
I dont really know how to introduce that because we already have 3 differents modes (Warframe, Focus, Operator) and add a 4th will probably be to much and the idea is not really clear. To be honest, I started to have some idea and construct this theard since one week and had the idea of controling controling Golden beast only when started to right it down today.

The general idea is to introduce a mode that allow you to control a powerful Golden Beast for a short period with a long cooldown depeding on your focus school.
Currenlty, I only reflected on what animal they will be based and a little bit on their design and main abilities (But they just fit with the Focus theme).
-Naramon : Golden Deer, based on crowd control and hide allies next to him.
-Zenurik : ???
-Unairu : Golden Snake (Maw ?), really tanky and petrify enemis.
-Vazarin : Golden Medusa, stun enemis with (electric ?) tentacles and give their health to allies around.
-Madurai : Golden Phoenix, moving really fast and deal massive fire damages.

[Freezing-Dragon]

This is interesting concept but...

That would take a lot of time.

The 'Golden Beasts' seem a little overpowered..

But overall, it's neat!

[NinjaKitsune56]

1 minute ago, Freezing-Dragon said:

This is interesting concept but...

That would take a lot of time.

The 'Golden Beasts' seem a little overpowered..

But overall, it's neat!

Well, a properly played Focus ability is pretty overpowered in its' own right, what with some of them dealing thousands of damage per second on anything in their way.

[bowiespoon]

I'm personally of the opinion that having two different operator modes is unwieldy, and they should be merged together.
 

Heck, perhaps operators should get their own mission types, that can cater better to the different playstyle.

[Icarian_Justicar]

10 minutes ago, bowiespoon said:

I'm personally of the opinion that having two different operator modes is unwieldy, and they should be merged together.
 

Heck, perhaps operators should get their own mission types, that can cater better to the different playstyle.

I think, this might be the way DE is going we hope, then maybe they would make something like this posts idea.

[EibonEthos]

You should look at this thread Focus 2.0