Gameplay Feedback

[Tarudizer]

Hello! I have split my EXTREMELY big wall of text (https://forums.warfr...ons/#entry74846) into smaller sections, and in this part I'd like to raise a few points and add some suggestions to the overall gameplay of Warframe!

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General:

The gameplay feels solid, alternating between gunplay and melee is a very neat concept, and I'm surprised at how well it works out. Apart from increasing the skill of a certain weapon, there is never a mission where I do one thing more than the other. I thought for sure that it would be "either this or that", but I am glad to report that this is not the case!

Solo/Online Balance:

I usually play either alone, or with a friend or two (this is just how I play most games), but the few times I've played an online mission, it just feels like a bunch of gunzerkers running past mobs who are dead before they can blink, while in solo play that is quite the opposite. While I like the idea of a more challenging gameplay (from time to time, mind you), I would think it to be the other way around. This is something I can only assume is being tweaked, and is probably not even worth bringing up, but hey!

Skill System:

The skill system feels kind of chaotic at the moment. I love the idea of customizing my skills to make "my" version of the warframe/weapon, but right now I have to pick all kinds of stats I generally don't want, and ESPECIALLY in weapons. I say we should add a certain amount of points into each main stat (health, shield, armor, gun damage, melee damage and power) and and that you only have 30 max points as you level up (like it is now) to spend, and Mod slots are rewarded at every 5th level. That way you can focus on one or two things, while adding just a few points (or even none!) into the others. This can, and should, be tweaked around a bit, but you get the gist.

Missions:

Exterminate missions should be... exterminated, and rather have the concept of kill X number of enemies as a bonus objective within most other missions that grants extra credits or what have you if you decide to finish it.

Spy missions are really fun at low levels, because it forces you in a way to use your sidearm. However, (and this is targeted at solo play) my sidearm just doesn't do enough damage quickly enough to dispatch the shear amount of enemies at higher levels. Obviously I could just drop it, take out my shotgun and blow them all to hell, but I WANT to be forced to use my sidearm in a sense, otherwise it just won't get much love unless you drastically change the way sidearms work in relation to the main weapon. (OR balance the solo/online play, as mentioned.)

Enemies:

I hate the Ancient Disrupter with a burning passion of smoldering hate and fuuurious.... hate. Ok, maybe not THAT badly. The shield drain is neat, and together with the Toxic Ancient makes stacking health the way to go against Infested, but draining my precious, precious energy is too much for me, especially when the system makes me want to save it, rather than spend it (more on that in a bit). (Edit: This may have been changed slightly since I wrote this, it appears they don't automatically drain you just by looking at you anymore. Good!)

The runners should be much fatter and bloated, you should see one coming your way and not think "is that a runner? Leaper? An ancient far away? I really should use my glasses more".

Chargers also deal way too much damage considering their numbers and the description of "fast but weak attacks". HEK no.

PvE/PvP:

Raids - 10-ish warframes, shooting, hacking, slashing and bashing at enemy bosses and boss events that requires strategy and teamwork. Would make clans more interesting as well! (I am both for it and against it for the same reasons, and if you ever decide to add it, thats great, as long as raiding aren't necessary/the only way to get the highest tier loot.)

This is a PvE game, and I gotta be completely honest here...... I love that. I'm a big fan of PvE in many games, and I almost NEVER play PvP. HOWEVER! This is also a kind of game where I would ACTUALLY enjoy PvP!

Hold on to your buttsI KNOW this is not in the immediate plans of the developers (trust me, I've read the FAQ and the countless PvP threads), AND that it would require a TON of work and tweaking, so all I will say is that I hope that some neat PvP action will be added after the PvE has been sorted out properly and the game has been released.

No rush! I'd much rather have PvE than PvP, I'm just sayin'. Would be cool.

Alright, you can release the muscles in your butt now. Cease the clenching, let that puppy breathe!

If you want to destroy your poor eyes, check out my other posts about Warframes, weapons, UI and even custom Warframes/weapons!

Full Post including UI and Map/missions (Warning: Massive!) : https://forums.warfr...ons/#entry74846

Gameplay : https://forums.warfr...ack/#entry75959

Warframes : https://forums.warfr...ack/#entry75961

Weapons and Custom Weapons : https://forums.warfr...custom-weapons/

Custom Warframes : https://forums.warfr...mes/#entry75973

Edited February 8, 2013 by Tarudizer