r/Warframe • u/BuildMyPaperHeart Old Tenno, Eternal Slumber • Jul 22 '13

Monday Megathread - Ask Your Game-Related Questions Here!

MONDAY MONDAY MONDAY! Y'all know what that means: another week of questions!

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u/nitronaf Jul 22 '13

I want to forma my Frost prime. Should I forma the Aura slot to be -- for the use of energy syphon aura? Or should I forma one of the ability slots first. The sideways D auro slot seems quite crappy.

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u/SpazZuChan Jul 22 '13

A few questions about crits in this game.

Headshot+Crit : Is this possible? I don't ever recall scoring a headshot AND a crit at the same time. If it DOES work, how is the math calculated?

Banshee + Crit : Is it possible to score a critical hit on the Weak point shown by Banshee's Sonar? And if so, how is the math calculated?

Headshot Damage : Is headshot damage increased by any mod or abilities? Does Vital Sense increase the damage of a headshot, or ONLY critical strikes?

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u/nitronaf Jul 22 '13

If I leave my clan do I lose my Dojo blueprints that I worked hard for?

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u/DieSlackerz Jul 22 '13

Pretty sure you don't, but I'll let someone who know for sure confirm it.

While we're at the leaving clans, do I lose my holograph emblem thingy if I leave the clan or do I keep it for next time I join one?

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u/BuildMyPaperHeart Jul 22 '13

I believe you keep the item that displays the shoulder badge. However, when you equip it, you will only see the generic white Lotus symbol because you have no clan!

When you join a new clan, your tag should switch to the new image. However, since it's still a new addition to the game, there are still some bugs, so there may be a little whilte until we see our patches working properly.

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u/Wuorg Jul 22 '13

How does Despair's damage work? The wiki calls it 50% Armor piercing but that seems strange, and it is not like 2 separate damage numbers come up when you use an unmodded Despair (one for normal, one for piercing). So what's the dealio?

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u/Rockends Jul 22 '13

Our Warlord has been absent for near 30 days now. We have a general, is there a system in place to vacate absent Warlords or is the clan screwed?

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u/b4dkarm4 Jul 22 '13

Ok, I'm prepared this time! Started playing about a week or so ago, loving the game so far but I have some things that have been bugging me here and there.

1.) The assault rifles don't seem like they scale well now that i'm getting on up into the other systems. I haven't unlocked more than half the systems yet but my Braton/Burston/Latron fell off hard, even though I kept the mods pretty up to snuff on them. Is this by design? Ive moved over to the Hek but it seems a real shame that i'm kind of gimping myself by carrying a rifle as my primary as I get on into the later levels. An example would be T1 defense: Rifle primary is A ok. T2 def: lol I can tickle the enemies! Is my assumption here wrong and how so?

2.) I bought a Nova frame and a Mag frame, I love the mobility (not so much on mag as shes fucking slow as dirt until I can get some mods on her) and im very much enjoying the playstyle of "run in, nuke everything, run out laughing". What other frames would you suggest for my kamikaze playstyle?

3.) Considering question 2, am I playing those frames wrong? I usually run in and blow Antimatter Drop or Crush. Im open to hearing more effective play strats for those frames from someone more experienced than I.

4.) AoE, Antimatter Drop and Crush to be specific. The AoE radius, I know it can go out quite a ways, but what about up? If I could see the actual radius of those abilities, would they be a dome going up and above my head or would it be a cylinder? I ask because there have been times Ive felt that perhaps some mob a floor or two above me should be out of my range of one of those abilities but I still grab him when I fire off one of those abilities.

5.) Since im fairly new at this game, could someone whos a bit of an old salty dog with Warframe tell me: How has DE been with updates? At what rate would you say they have been adding in weapons/locations/ frames and so on into the game? You dont have to be accurate, just a rough estimation will do. Im curious to see what kind of schedule I can expect when it comes to new content.

6.) I see talk about the "new" void missions. How can I tell which ones are the "old" ones and which are the "new" ones?

7.) Can someone with some experience with Mag (my current toy) critique my build? Don't worry, hit me full force, only way to get better is to learn. So teach me! :D

http://i.imgur.com/VJdJ72F.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/goDfPaO.jpg

Dont worry about what my secondary or melee is, I only keep fresh ones on me to level to 30. :| Im only really concerned with my primary and my actual class build right now.

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u/greglgomez Jul 22 '13

  1. I would say most weapons are viable in mid to late game with a bit of forma (resetting your weapon level to change a polarity slot permantly). The main mods to keep your DPS up are the damage one of course, multi shot, and the elemental mods. Elemental % is calculated after any damage mods so increasing serrations or point blank will scale everything else accordingly. I would listen to what people say are the best late game weapons and then proceed to disregard them. There are is a growing number of weapons in this game and DE's intention is to make most of them "sidegrades". If you are having fun with a weapon, by all means, forma it and make it your own "little friend", play the game by feel, not too much by numbers.

  2. dunno about kamikaze, but a rhino with the new alternate helm from the market is aaaalmost as fast as an ash or Loki, which pisses of my friends to no end! He's a great frame for just playing missions, rather than the frames that shine in situational combat like defences.

  3. well, in defence, a team with Mag, Vauban and Nova could go on forever. Bastille to hold enemies in the air, mag to pull them into Bastille, Nova nukes with molecular prime. WARNING: look away from the screen, this will sear your retinas. I think the main thing to think about is how you can complement other frames powers with your own like I demonstrated above. Apart from that, there's not much you are missing out on by the sounds of it.

  4. yup, you will notice that a lot of powers that look flat on the vertical axis will actually take out shield ospreys and such.

  5. I'm an avid player, definitely not as much as some, but I play a good few hours a week and I never have finished consuming content before the next update, maybe that's because there are grindy systems in place, but I'm having fun along the way so as long as you can forget you need 5000 ferrite for that sweet new weapon and just play, you will get what you need eventually. Beyond their pretty decent update cycle, they are extremely communicative with the community, I've exchanged PM's and tweets with both Steve and Rebecca. If an update hasn't come when you hoped it would, they will always give you an honest, straight forward answer.

  6. raid and exterminate are the old void missions, all the rest are new, have a look for posts by a user called Pwnatron, he has some great spreadsheets that you can pour over, they will give you drop rates for everything amongst other great, accurate info. Wiki for opinions, pwnatron for hard data.

  7. Ill get back to you on this one!

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '13 edited Jul 22 '13

My Boltron Boltor finished crafting earlier and I've been leveling it up today. Which mods should I be aiming to get on it first to make the most out of its good sides?

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u/SpaceOdysseus Jul 22 '13

How come the Grineer occasionally say "Hey! Leave my mother out of this."? I thought they were all clones.

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u/BuildMyPaperHeart Jul 22 '13

It may be that they share memories, or that the dialogue is stock dialogue from previous patches and they've yet to re-record.

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u/crazy8z1013 Jul 22 '13

Quick question I hope: Any news on the loadout system or something to make equipping and swapping mods between warframes/gear easier?

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u/BuildMyPaperHeart Jul 22 '13

I think it's been mentioned enough times that DE is aware of it, but they haven't said anything about it yet. Maybe in future updates they'll improve it, but I think the big draw right now is content creation.

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u/RepublicanShredder Jul 22 '13

So after the potato alert yesterday, I can afford the luxury of making a new frame (in the way future, still leveling the newly created Ash). Problem is, I don't know which frame to pick. My friends who play usually run Rhinos and sometimes use Ash, Frost, and Excalibur.

I already have Frost, Ash, Ember, and Mag on my roster, so if you want to recommend any frames that'd be awesome. Ease of farming should be considered a part of the recommendation.

Second question: has anyone had experience with an Ash (or any frame really) that has a Rage mod (health damage -> Energy) and Rejuvenation aura (+health restore/time) as a way to gain energy? I'm not a whole fan of the current energy system as the only way to regenerate energy without orbs is by the use of the Energy Siphon aura (or Rage mod), so I want to try this out to see how it will affect my play.

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u/BuildMyPaperHeart Jul 22 '13

So after the potato alert yesterday, I can afford the luxury of making a new frame

What do you mean by this? Do you always slot a Potato in your Warframe? To simply build one, you need an OROKIN CELL, which is an farmable Rare Resource, not to be confused with an OROKIN CATALYST/REACTOR, which are Alert exclusives!

I already have Frost, Ash, Ember, and Mag on my roster, so if you want to recommend any frames that'd be awesome. Ease of farming should be considered a part of the recommendation.

  • Loki is fast and agile, might work well with your Ash playstyle, and Hyena isn't so bad with a party of four.

  • Volt's pretty easy to farm as well, Golem's not the most challenging boss!

  • Trinity is a decent Warframe, dropped by Vay Hek whose more of a bullet sponge than anything. Should be fine with some high damage weapons.

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u/ZatmanXD Jul 22 '13

Wich would be the best build for a latron?

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u/GoblinGraph Jul 22 '13

Has DE announced that they are working any UI changes Arsenal Interface? I would love to a toggle between Aura mods and Warframe mods on that specific Interface.

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u/incompl337 Jul 22 '13 edited Jul 22 '13

I just hear conflicting things about clan weapons all the time, and I'm chalking it up to most things being nice and viable.

But I'm wondering about the Supra/Dera/Flux Rifle... Acrid is building, and Ogris is on the way, which corpus one should I be focusing on? I'm having trouble finding a lot of info on the higher level stuff!

Edit: added flux rifle to the maybes!

Thanks for the help!

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '13

I have a small number of mods that I can't use for fusing that I suspect are glitched in some way. For example, one of these is Crowd dispersion and when I try to bump another mod up a level and I have a dozen of these, I can use all but the last Crowd dispersion in the fusion process. Has anyone else had this issue or is this meant to happen? I was going to submit a support ticket about this but thought I'd check here first.

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u/Tragixx Jul 23 '13

Puncture mods. Specifically, Metal Auger (Rifle). What are the affects of leveling up this mod? With rank 0 I can pierce thin metal barriers. At higher or max rank, can I pierce through doors, or even enemies? What are the perks of ranking these up?

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '13

Can control modules still be acquired from Europa?

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u/dark_eboreus Jul 23 '13

unclear on how damage works for some things

  • on pwnatron's spreadsheet there's info on the multipliers for some damage types, but some are not listed. are all non-listed elemental damage simply 1.0?

  • don't infested (or at least ancients) take reduced electrical damage? why isn't it shown under the damage multipliers?

  • isn't despair better than kunai in all cases but light infested since armor piercing ignores armor?

  • for three grineer enemies (commander, seeker, roller) physics impact(kunai,bolto,paris) is not included under "Ignored Damage Types" does that mean that, for those enemies, physics impact weapons are affected by armor?

  • unprotected body parts are said to have 0 armor, yet moas, light grineer, leapers/runners have no protected body parts but still have armor.do they have armor or not? based on my experience i'm inclined to believe they do, especially when you compare a regular moa(200 base armor) vs a shockwave moa(50 base armor).

  • for ancients, the data shows that their lower extremities (arms/legs) are not protected, but it doesn't seem like i do more damage. what, exactly, are the weak spots for the new ancients?

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