Warframe In the Playground

[Snowbluff]

And the same goes for Itzal! Did you know that in addition to Blink and 1.20 base speed, that thing has 500 base stamina? For comparison, the toughest Warframes have 150 and Odonata Prime has 200. You'll never run out of thruster/melee/block juice in Itzal. Which is why Itzal is the natural companion to Centaur, the best but high stamina Archwing melee weapon. Also, Itzal's Cosmic Crush means you never miss loot on Interception, something that's a huge pain on other Archwings (and if you're meleeing, it pulls enemies to a convenient pile to melee; and if you're using Velocitus, Cosmic Crush -> Blink -> Fire at will). It's kinda squishy but between Blink, Penumbra and Fighter Escort, it's usually quite okay. Fighter Escort explosions do ridiculous damage btw; combining it with Cosmic Crush can also have some awesome implications.

Huh. I was thinking about building one. This convinced me. If I'm going to have to do bull**** archwing crap to get a limbo, I should bull**** them right back.

Started levelling Akbolto and the Dual Skana will soon finish building. Don't know what new Primary to go for yet. Is the Tiberon any good? I have a maxed Latron after all and might be getting a Latron Prime so I could use it as a component, thus saving a slot.

Tiberon and Cybaris are considered decent. What's your rank?

[Partysan]

Tiberon and Cybaris are considered decent. What's your rank?

Rank 4 by now.

[Eldariel]

Since I didn't want to deal with decisionmaking I bought a frame slot (probably the best starter plat use for free players anyway) and started building components for both Nyx and Oberon. I might even build Rhino as well. Nova and Trinity will follow once I have access.

Tiberon is fine. Not an endgame weapon but it hits about the same DPS as Braton Prime, so it's what you could consider a Tier 2 weapon. It's also the highest DPS burst weapon in the game so if you like the style, you'll probably want to get it anyways. It starts with one useful polarity so it's not terrible without Forma either.

[Snowbluff]

Rank 4 by now.

Well you can probably use some of that plat to get the pieces for a boltor prime.

[Partysan]

Well you can probably use some of that plat to get the pieces for a boltor prime.

Starter Plat can't be traded.

[Krade]

I have a maxed Latron after all and might be getting a Latron Prime so I could use it as a component, thus saving a slot.

You're still getting it, I promise. It's just apparently really difficult to on at the same time as you and I've been working every day since my vacation which further restricts when I can be on. I'm also working every day until next Friday. I'll get it to you eventually.

Edit: Also, provided your location entry is accurate, we're about 5 or 6 time zones off from each other, which doesn't help, I'm sure.

[Snowbluff]

Starter Plat can't be traded.

YOu mean that you aren't Krade.

[Leon]

Primary:
Practical: pBraton, Dread, Karak, Latron Wraith, Opticor
Fun: Panthera, Ingis, Prisma Gorgon (better than the Gorgon but still needs help to be more than a fun option), Amphrex

Secondary:
Practical: Vaykor Marelok, AkSomati
Fun: Twin Gremlins, AkMagnus (these were replaced as mainline guns when i got the Vaykor), Dex Furis

Melee:
Practical: Galatine, Dragon Nikana (Blind Justice), Tonbo, Kronen
Fun: Redeemer, pOrthos (Since Tonbo i hardly use it), Venka, Amphis

[Thrice Dead Cat]

Seeing as I just started playing recentlyish, i shall take you up on that! Sent a request your way just now.

I'll go ahead and add you to the clan then.

Only 50% off? Should have held out for a 75%

Honestly, the 75% is practically mythical. I see it pop up during rotation, but unless you purposely only log in every other day, you're not going to see it.


If you are in a clan, I would add torid to the practical end game primary weapons category. You need a vortex Vauban to go with it, but it has native toxin damage, a stupid inherent dot mechanic, amazing status chance, and a respectable base damage, too. Super cheesy, super fun.

[Leon]

I'll go ahead and add you to the clan then.
Honestly, the 75% is practically mythical. I see it pop up during rotation, but unless you purposely only log in every other day, you're not going to see it.

Saw it the other day come up twice before it finally settled on something a lot less interesting (credits i think it was)

[Partysan]

You're still getting it, I promise. It's just apparently really difficult to on at the same time as you and I've been working every day since my vacation which further restricts when I can be on. I'm also working every day until next Friday. I'll get it to you eventually.

Edit: Also, provided your location entry is accurate, we're about 5 or 6 time zones off from each other, which doesn't help, I'm sure.

Yeah I'm not blaming you. I already assumed our time zones just don't overlap well. By the way while I don't have a Reactor I do have a tradeable (I assume it is, I built it from a blueprint I got from a tac-alert) Catalyst I could give you as a down payment.

Honestly, the 75% is practically mythical. I see it pop up during rotation, but unless you purposely only log in every other day, you're not going to see it.

Well I decided I will buy some plat once it comes up, so if it doesn't it's on them.

[Eldariel]

I've gotten it once, skipped it tho since Trade Chat produces all the plat I've found the need for.

[Krade]

Yeah I'm not blaming you. I already assumed our time zones just don't overlap well. By the way while I don't have a Reactor I do have a tradeable (I assume it is, I built it from a blueprint I got from a tac-alert) Catalyst I could give you as a down payment.

No you can't trade them. You can only gift them from the store (provided you aren't using the starter plat). I'm not in a hurry to get something out of it. There isn't much that I need or want and you're not likely to be source for it.

[Thrice Dead Cat]

So, I've attempted two separate raid attempts now only to have both fail when our only trinity or host DC during the first segment.

Any PC Tenno want to give it a shot in the near future?

[Eldariel]

So, I've attempted two separate raid attempts now only to have both fail when our only trinity or host DC during the first segment.

Any PC Tenno want to give it a shot in the near future?

I've run it a couple of times thus far. I might be able to arrange something in the future.

EDIT: Though I suppose timezones might cause issues between us.

[Krade]

So, I've attempted two separate raid attempts now only to have both fail when our only trinity or host DC during the first segment.

Any PC Tenno want to give it a shot in the near future?

I haven't played it yet. Or looked into what needs to be done in it and when. But I have built a couple of keys and I have all of the Frames and all of the Mods (that matter, anyway) and enough top-tier weaponry that I'm certain I could fill any necessary role. Just need to know what needs to be done.

[Mobius Twist]

I've got a Limbo now. It's...interesting. There's not nearly as much hate of him now, possibly because his abilities have been fine-tuned to allow easy escape/cancellation and people in general are more familiar with what he does and how.

I still end up giving a little "tell me if there's something I do that annoys you" speech before starting a long-running game like Defense, just in case.

How do you guys prefer your teammate Limbo to work, setting aside the obvious Limbo-Mesa combinations?

[Vhaidara]

I've got a Limbo now. It's...interesting. There's not nearly as much hate of him now, possibly because his abilities have been fine-tuned to allow easy escape/cancellation and people in general are more familiar with what he does and how.

I still end up giving a little "tell me if there's something I do that annoys you" speech before starting a long-running game like Defense, just in case.

How do you guys prefer your teammate Limbo to work, setting aside the obvious Limbo-Mesa combinations?

Usually, I put down a mark. If you want to be banished, prostate thyself upon the Altar of Warframe Satan.

I don't generally use Cataclysm for the control unless I'm on voice comm with at least 2 teammates, but it's a solid nuke on earlier stages (and great for mobile defense). It's also an amazing boss killer, because you use Riftwalk, Rift Surge, and then Cataclysm the boss. Then unload a high dps weapon into them (I've killed Lephantis heads in one spawn. Solo).

For mobile defense, Nyx/Limbo is one of the best combos. Limbo drops Cata on the objective, and when it's about to end, nyx uses absorb around it while Limbo puts it back up.

[Eldariel]

For mobile defense, Nyx/Limbo is one of the best combos. Limbo drops Cata on the objective, and when it's about to end, nyx uses absorb around it while Limbo puts it back up.

I vastly prefer Volt/Limbo. Electric Shield does the same and also enables shooting to normal space from Cataclysm with hitscan weapons (and interacts particularly well with beam weapons and is a huge buff for crit weapons). And if I'm doing Excavation or Mobi Def, Speed makes running through the map less tedious.

[Vhaidara]

I vastly prefer Volt/Limbo. Electric Shield does the same and also enables shooting to normal space from Cataclysm with hitscan weapons (and interacts particularly well with beam weapons and is a huge buff for crit weapons). And if I'm doing Excavation or Mobi Def, Speed makes running through the map less tedious.

Eh, this is just me remembering back to when Fenrys and I were attempting to cheese T3/T4 MD. Nyx was the only halfway decent frame I had, and it was just after he got Limbo. So we would spawn in, he'd banish me, grab the datamass, and sprint to the computer. If he dropped, I'd revive him. Once we got there, we would use the combo, not to kill things, but to make the datamass invulnerable (damage was always blocked by either Cata or Absorb)

[Eldariel]

Eh, this is just me remembering back to when Fenrys and I were attempting to cheese T3/T4 MD. Nyx was the only halfway decent frame I had, and it was just after he got Limbo. So we would spawn in, he'd banish me, grab the datamass, and sprint to the computer. If he dropped, I'd revive him. Once we got there, we would use the combo, not to kill things, but to make the datamass invulnerable (damage was always blocked by either Cata or Absorb)

Yeah, it certainly work for that; two strong defender frames complete with some crowd control = you'll never give anyone a window to destroy the terminal. I just love the beautiful synergy between Volt and Limbo so I bring it up at every turn Mesa and Limbo work too of course.

[Snowbluff]

Oh boy, are headshots good on a Soma p.

[IFenrys]

If anyone here can get a Rakta Ballistica or Sancti Castanas, I have a Telos AkBolto I'd be willing to trade for one.

[Eldariel]

If anyone here can get a Rakta Ballistica or Sancti Castanas, I have a Telos AkBolto I'd be willing to trade for one.

I don't really need the Telos Akbolto (Arbiters/Suda/Meridian/Veil myself) but I'm in Red Veil and I could scrounge up a bit of rep over the next few days to get you a Rakta Ballistica.

[Krade]

Playing more Archwing. Got the Rathbone completed. Only need 2 Decurion Barrels and I've got everything from the Corpus Sabotage missions. Then I can go on to the Interceptions. Haven't done one of those since I got Itzal. Should be fun with this level of mobility.

[Snowbluff]

Uh... did they buff the argon crystal drop rates in U15? I'm running some mobile defense for Rhino p while waiting for u16, and I've been getting a crystal per run. I have 8 now.

I'm not sure what I should do with these. I have most of the stuff already, and I only need 2 for Chroma tomorrow.

[Krade]

Uh... did they buff the argon crystal drop rates in U15? I'm running some mobile defense for Rhino p while waiting for u16, and I've been getting a crystal per run. I have 8 now.

I'm not sure what I should do with these. I have most of the stuff already, and I only need 2 for Chroma tomorrow.

For a (short) while I was making spare Incubator Power Cores with them. Then I got up to 10 of them and realized that it wasn't a terribly productive use for them and I still have 4 of them left. I already have 1 of each breed of kubrow (2 of them with Lotus). I still raise a new one whenever I find an egg, but I don't spend a lot of time on Earth so it's few and far between.

Other than that, you could start trying to make everything that requires them before they decompose (assuming you don't have them all already). There isn't really much more to say.

Still think it's annoying as hell that they degrade like that. So unless you make sure you're doing enough void missions to keep a steady supply, you're guaranteed to need to do extra farming when they release a new weapon that requires it (which is like half of them).

[Snowbluff]

Yeah, I've farmed a ton of them before, which is one of the reasons this is so distressing. I went 6 Mobile Defense I missions to get the Rhino p helm, and I got 6 argon crystals to go with the remaining 2 I had leftover from the T4 survival I did.

Going down the list, I have:
(Dragon) Nikana
Kronen
Atterax
Amprex
Kohm
Angstrum
Mirage
Gammacor
Redeemer.

Anything worth it at that point? Aside from Chroma, I building that tomorrow.

[Eldariel]

Yeah, I've farmed a ton of them before, which is one of the reasons this is so distressing. I went 6 Mobile Defense I missions to get the Rhino p helm, and I got 6 argon crystals to go with the remaining 2 I had leftover from the T4 survival I did.

Going down the list, I have:
(Dragon) Nikana
Kronen
Atterax
Amprex
Kohm
Angstrum
Mirage
Gammacor
Redeemer.

Anything worth it at that point? Aside from Chroma, I building that tomorrow.

I wouldn't worry about it. If you play Void regularly, you'll be swimming in them and even if you need 'em, you can go do whatever and get them as extras. The thing about Argons is that while they might seem rare, nothing actually requires that many of them - 3 at most. So it's one T4Inter/Surv/Defense and you'll have all you need - and you probably want to play some T4Inter/Surv/Def for prime parts anyways. However, you seem to have some worthwhile Argon Holes to fill. Out of that list tho, Mirage is the first thing I'd recommend: she's a riot to play and just excellent all-around; buffing, CC, damage, you name it, she does it (but in a somewhat interactive manner). Amprex, Angstrum, Kohm and Dragon Nikana are all great weapons so I could equally recommend any of them.

[Snowbluff]

Yep, I know. Cuz that's the list of stuff I own. :P

I dislike the amprex, though. It eats through ammo much to quickly for my tastes. D: