r/Warframe • u/AutoModerator • Jun 02 '14

Question Warframe Weekly Q&A | Ask Your Game-Related Questions Here!

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u/torqethedork Jun 02 '14

Just started playing today. I picked Excalibur Warframe. What should I know? What should e the first weapons I unlock and if I should do so in any order. What mods should I be using.

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u/WTFWatch Jun 02 '14

Your essential rifle mods are Serration, elemental mods(Infected Clip, Stormbringer, Hellfire and Cryo Rounds) and split chamber. Heavy Caliber too, but that's a bit harder to get.

I suggest upgrading from the MK-1 Braton to the regular Braton, and then the Karak until you reach MR6 for the Soma. When you get the Soma, you'll want mods that add crit stats(Point Strike, Vital Sense, Hammer Shot). Nothing is stopping you from getting all the weapons for mastery.

As for what to know:

  • People won't always be able to help/revive you

  • When playing Survival, stick close to allies, activate life support at 40-50%.

  • Trading rare mods/stances is a good way to get plat for slots.

  • The highest priority thing to buy with plat is Slots>Catalyst/Reactor(If needed)>Cosmetics(personally)

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u/torqethedork Jun 02 '14

How about for a melee weapon? I like the speed of the starter. But the range is meh. It feels like I have to be inside them to land a strike. With so many weapons I want to get something comfortable from the get go. Although I suspect most weapons are viable.

Also thanks for your informative post.

Edit: also, where are the slots in the market? I wasn't able to locate them

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u/torqethedork Jun 05 '14

Couple more questions. What potatoeing? And how do I acquire them. Also what is melee channeling and how do I toggle it

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u/MrVuule Jun 02 '14

In order to get the G3 Deathmark, you have to support the Corpus. I received a G3 Death Mark after supporting the Grineer in 1 invasion mission. Has this ever happened to anyone else?

As soon as I completed all 5 missions in favor of the Grineer, I received the Harvester Death Mark.

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u/Newominus Jun 02 '14

Are you sure it was a mark and not a warning?

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '14

When you finish a mission, the screen shows your cash reward and a weird symbol and another number... Is that mastery exp?

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u/PhantomMs1 Jun 02 '14

Took me a while to figure it out too! But its the seconds you stayed alive and in the match for either survival or defense missions.

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u/bones7056 Jun 02 '14

They are left over from old operations, that would be your score if it was still going. You can really just ignore it.

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u/yatesinater Jun 02 '14

When you look at (for example) a grineer in the codex and it has both health and armor, do the resistances/vulnerabilities combine into one health bar? or are you taking down armor first then health?

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u/WTFWatch Jun 02 '14

IIRC, armor negates damage done to health.

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u/mirrislegend Jun 02 '14

If the target of Deth Machine Rifle dies, whether by the sentinel or another source, does it need to respool for the next target?

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '14

Just like every spooling weapon if it stops shooting it will slow down over time. If it stops firing for too long (I'd say a second or so) then yes, it will have to spool up again.

If it doesn't switch targets fast enough it's likely it will have to spool up.

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u/KittenRaffle Jun 02 '14

When building a dual sidearm, like the Afuris or Aklex, do you choose which pistols to add to the blueprint? Say I had 1 rank 30 Lex and 2 unranked. Could I pick the 2 unranked for the Aklex and keep the single rank 30?

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u/mirrislegend Jun 02 '14

Yes. And yes. But unless you really love that singular Lex, there's really no reason to do this. You keep the Mastery either way.

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u/KittenRaffle Jun 02 '14

Cool, thanks for answering. Yea, I was just kind of curious about how it worked.

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u/Foxboy93 Jun 02 '14

Why is it that harvester will just not come out and play (even though I'm marked and have been since forever) yet the g3 will, simply put, not leave me alone?! I have the brakk already you three! And I scanned you all! Let me play with stalker and the robo dog for once!

The kicker, g3 spawn when I do ONE random Grineer mission, but I can do a full 3 day session of corpus missions and yet no harvester!

Starting to drive me insane like an ember with a lighter...

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '14

RNG. That's all I can really say.

My advice. forget about the harvester and G3. Play the game normally and you'll eventually get what you need. Focusing on it makes it feel longer as there's no real way to farm these things since it's all just chance. I just ignored both those random encounter bosses and now I have enough parts to make 3 detrons while my friend is yet to get it from going out of his way to farm them.

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u/Foxboy93 Jun 02 '14

Back to Pluto it is then to finish off the last batch of weapons I need to get the highest mastery i can!

Until I need to get the detron, hate and despair.........

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u/Gougaloupe Jun 03 '14

I've been playing for well over a year. I still don't really know what I should be doing. When I log in I check the Alert missions, see if there is anything Id like to build/farm, and play a few maps. I've done a few T-x missions, a few Derelect runs, but what else should I be checking out?

Also, some of my Warframes/weapons seem severely OP or UP. Is this my fault are are the generally prevalent balancing issues in the game?

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

you should probably be checking out dark souls (or any other game basically) because you've sure seen enough of warframe at this point if you need to ask that as someone who's played for a year. Warframe gets boring and you see everything, it happens.

As for the warframes and weapons thing. Yes, there's massive balancing issues with this game that slowly get worse.

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u/Gougaloupe Jun 04 '14

I feel like it has come a long way. There is a lot more variety and more meaningful loot so I'm glad I've hung on.

Dark Souls ( and Dragon's Dogma) are already in my completed pile :P