Kuva Farming Discussion

[Arclet]

DISCLAIMER: LIGHT SPOILERS AHEAD. DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE THE WAR WITHIN QUEST.

Kuva is the resource needed to reroll unwanted riven mods, and it requires lots of time and patience to aquire large amounts of it. Given that the current farming method of kuva is painfully boring and repetitive with no explanations on how to kill the actual kuva siphon itself, some players have started to be inactive in kuva missions. From being clueless on what to do in the mission to being completely AFK while leeching off squad mates, DE needs to realise that kuva needs a change.

The 3 different types of people in every kuva siphon / flood mission.

The people who actually do the mission quickly and flawlessly.

This group of people know what they're doing, effectively splitting the mission between kuva and the objective itself. These players know how to get the job done fast to get a quick boost in kuva. Examples of this are in rescue missions. 2 players finish the objective while the rest stay to destroy the siphon. These players are what Warframe needs more of.

The people who are AFK for the majority of the mission.

This group of people are known as the "leechers", making their squad mates do the mission while they reap the benefits for doing absolutely nothing. There are only 3 reasons to why this happens: They have actual issues to attend to irl, their pc blacked out or they are just plain AFK. Several changes to the farming method to attain kuva can be done by DE to prevent players from AFK'ing which I will explain in another section in this post.

The people who are clueless to what they should do.

More often than not u will encounter these people walking to the kuva siphon / cloud without knowing what to do. Since there is no in-game tutorial which explains even the basics of farming kuva, it is kind of understandable that these people are lost. The game only tells u to "PRESS <BOUND KEY> TO USE TRANSFERENCE", which does not help new players to understand that you need to damage the kuva clouds in specific ways to destroy the siphon. As such, some of these players kill the guardians thinking that they are doing something.

On the other hand, some of these people may not even be clueless at all. They could be making their squad mates to the work while they pick up resources, or they are using an AFK macro to move around when they or their squad finds the siphon. This could also be caused by the boring method to farm kuva.

Suggestion

There are only limited ways to combat some of these issues in the kuva farming system, and I hope these suggestions are noticed by DE.

Players need to be instructed in-game on how to destroy the siphon when they encounter one.

Upon release of update 22.12.0, the index has been changed to an endless mission, allowing players to stay for more credits or leave with whatever they have. Many players appreciated and enjoyed the change and this gave rise to people playing the index as a reliable source of farming large amounts of credits. If this sort of change can be implemented into kuva missions in some way, such as a new method to farm kuva in the kuva fortress itself, people can have more fun and at the same time more kuva. 

A one-stat-lock system added to rivens can also improve the godly amount of RNG that rivens need to be considered "viable". (PS4)mmcareen brought up a suggestion a year ago and I think it's a good way to reduce but not kill the RNG in rivens.

TL;DR

Kuva farming needs a change to stop leechers and rivens need less RNG.

 

 

 

Edited February 19, 2018 by Arclet

[N7-CommanderShepard]

you could just recruit experienced people to farm kuva with you

[-AncientWarrior-]

solo with Loki makes any kuva flood a breeze..

[DissentWomble]

Leechers are leechers. There will always have leechers regardless of the game modes. 

New players needs help. They'll usually suck at the first 3 or 4 kuva missions but they'll learn sooner or later. Its part of the game. Rather than shunning the new players to the side and only let veterans farm I rather let them aimlessly crowed control and learn the mechanics from looking at other people. Atleast thats how I learnt it.

But seriously make an actual party in recruitment or just solo it. Even flood maps are easy with stealth.

[A-Midnight-Shanking]

I think there should be a proximity requirement on the Siphon. If you're too far from it, you don't get anything.