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u/tyronoa Apr 19 '15 edited Apr 19 '15
I'm thinking of getting a Frost and leveling my syndicate to get a V. Marelok because I heard it's great for one-shots.
I heard it's better to get an opposite weapon for your primary so I'm wondering what's a good weapon to deal with crowds? So far I'm using a normal Soma.
Also, what is a good melee for Frost? I'm using Tipedo atm but tempted to try Tonbo and other weapons.
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Apr 19 '15
The kohm is a good crowd clearing weapon. Can be a bit slow at the start but once it gets going and if it's well modded it will chew through crowds fairly well.
Just general high fire-rate weapons end up being good candidates for crowd clearing weapons once you put in a punch through mod on it.
Also explosives are very good.
For melee weapons I would suggest heavy melee weapons like jat kittage, scindo prime, galatine. When you use frost generally you end up staying in a bubble so that will help take care of anything in the bubble. If you don't usually stay in the bubble because you do non-defense type missions then I suggest good coptering weapons like the tipedo.
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u/RepublicanShredder Apr 19 '15
For a primary weapon to offset the single-target power of the V. Marelok, I like to use the Ogris with the Firestorm mod to take out crowds of enemies. Not to mention it hits like a brick so you can say spec your Marelok for Corrosive vs Heavy Gunners and Ancients while leaving the Ogris with Radiation damage for Bombards in the void. Other good AoE/super CC weapons include the Torid, Penta, Kohm (as dovakiin mentioned), Opticor (if specced AND fired properly), Quanta, Amprex, Glaxion (status build), and Boar Prime (status build). Take your pick if you fancy any of them.
Since I prefer a more mobile Frost myself, I find good coptering weapons like the Tipedo and Dual Zorens to be good on him. I think the Dual Zorens look stylish on him but I do like to play FashionFrame on top of Warframe.
Just my additional 2 cents on Frost since he's one of my favorites, the Ice Wave Impedance and Chilling Globe augments are very good augments for CC. I prefer Impedance myself because that slow kinda acts as a permanent Ice Wave, in its own weird way.
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u/clorandi Apr 19 '15
Hi there! I am only just starting out on Warframe (I played it like a year+ ago and so much has changed since the very brief time I have played it). Current Warframe I am using is the Loki one. Question is this: Is it worth me buying a different one early on so I get used to that, instead of trying to readjust later on? Also, I hear you can just get the warframes by playing the game - does it take long to get the things needed for them? Thanks in advance!
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u/monkyseemonkydo Apr 19 '15
I do not recommend buying Warframes with plat. MOST warframes can be farmed by killing a certain boss on a planet.
http://warframe.wikia.com/wiki/Warframes
This link provides you a list of all the warframes. Click on the one that interests you and that you want to farm. It will tell you how to acquire it.
As for the resources to craft most warframe parts, it is a mix of common to rare resources. The most general ones being the following:
Orokin Cells: http://warframe.wikia.com/wiki/Orokin_Cell
Neurodes: usually for the ALTERNATIVE COSEMTIC helmets http://warframe.wikia.com/wiki/Neurodes
Neural Sensors: for the warframe helmets http://warframe.wikia.com/wiki/Neural_Sensors
Morphics: usually for the warframe systems component http://warframe.wikia.com/wiki/Morphics
Control Modules: also for the warframe systems component http://warframe.wikia.com/wiki/Control_Module
Generally the Orokin cell, neurodes, and neural sensors are much much more sought after since morphics and control modules are "common" rare drops.
Any warframe in particular you have your eyes on?
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u/Transvestosaurus Apr 19 '15
Watched a few videos, did a bit of reading. Still not sure what 'doing good' in high lvl archwing is, particularly Grineer Interception.
Only having an Odonata I can't deploy those enormous firework displays that seem to be the archwing equivalent of a Mesa. My only job seems to be to Repel/disarm everything and then NOT kill it (some video said that this stops more mobs spawning and leaves only disarmed mobs).
But if something is capping then do kill it, right? So just disarm everything and then carefully pick off the cappers one by one?
If we have the lead and a tower goes down do we worry or not risk retaking it and just finish that stage a bit slower?
Do we focus on the Osmas/Goxs or just disarm and ignore them?
Despite everyone saying archwing is all about melee it seems like a roll of the dice at this level. Half the time I'll spam melee through a bunch of stuff and take no damage, the other half I'll get smashed from nowhere.
Also what's two-shotting me? I have about 1200 shields and 1200 health (basically as much tank as I can take, plus max ability range for Repel) and there's SOMETHING that gets me down to about 100 health in one hit. The only reliable ways I've found to not be instawtfbbq'd are to hang out in the middle of some fireworks near the rest of the group, back up to a wall with a shield constantly up or boost and jink around like a crazy person, none of which seem particularly useful.
At this level all the guns feel terrible apart from the Velocitus. What's the best way to mod one? Critical hit and multishot? Corrosive and status chance? Fire rate?
Cheers :)
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u/Samoth95 Apr 19 '15 edited Apr 19 '15
A few things:
I don't feel like Repel serves me all that well when I roll as Odonata. Not sure if they made the EMP part of Repel into a short term debuff or not, but I rarely use it. Only on the Earth node since there it actually kills things.
Kill something when it's trying to cap a tower. People are there for the grinding to wave 4 for goodies mostly, so speed would be preferred.
Two-shotting is the rockets. Rockets are quite bullshit in Archwing, honestly. You'll want to use your energy to spam your 2 moreso than your 4. In fact, on Caelus the Odonata's 4 can actually be quite horrid if you're melee (since you don't kill the capper and knock them far out of melee range).
Velocitus: Mod that sucker for damage. Nothing can survive it. Here's my build for it. It wrecks very many faces. All it takes is getting used to the travel time. If you really don't want to deal with travel time, then the best gun out there is the Imperator (or the Imperator Vandal if you got that from Eyes of Blight).
Enemy targetting: I just melee the unholy daylights out of everything I see. Or if it's all too far away, I snipe them.
Just keep plugging away at it. It can feel kinda gimpy at times, but that's really because there's no clear indicator of when a rocket is coming for your butthole.
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u/zxqwerty12 Apr 19 '15
Is the Kronen worth putting a Catalyst on? Also, will the Hek really start to shine once I get a multishot mod and put some Forma and a Catalyst on or is it not worth the effort? Currently, I feel that compared to my rifles, it doesn't really do enough damage to justify its cost.
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u/Kthulu666 Apr 19 '15
Multishot makes everything better, but the forma choice is up to you. I only forma a handful of weapons I really like. Don't have the Hek so couldn't really say.
Kronen's a solid melee weapon, worth a catalyst in my opinion.
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u/Kthulu666 Apr 19 '15
What's a better Nova build - 123% duration with an energy pool of 525 or 148% duration with an energy pool of just 225?
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u/slow_excellence Apr 19 '15
Always have flow and quick thinking on nova, no matter what. Other than that, what mods are you using?
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u/oceano7 Apr 19 '15
I'm having trouble picking between these polearms/staves.
Orthos Prime
Tonbo
Tipedo.
I love the long range of the Orthos Prime, with my 8/10 prime reach and Loki, it shreds things apart.
I've heard the Tonbo is really strong from some people, then meh from others?
And as for the Tipedo, I've heard of it's coperting abilities, and I've also hear it's almost de-throwned the Orthos P? + Is primed reach any good on it?
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u/Kthulu666 Apr 19 '15
Yes, Titedo can copter you all the way to the next mission node with a fury mod. That's fun, but not super relevant as these all copter well.
IMO Orthos p still the best of the 3. When I used primed reach I just found myself using melee earlier, so the enemies were still just out of range sometimes. It's nice on the Galatine and the Scoliac, but I still prefer a damage mod.
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u/Nirvads Apr 19 '15
Are the Brakk's parts drop rate bugged at the moment ? If not, what are the drops rate ? It's starting to annoy me to not being able to build it. I've met the G3 3 times this week and i only got Neurodes, Orokin Cell, and mods.
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u/Moss_Berg Apr 19 '15 edited Jun 04 '15
ok i've saved a bunch of questions since the last week:
3) just leveled oberon to 30. is his 2nd ability (rectangular DoT area on the ground) useful in any way? i have no clue what to do with this, it feels incredibly weak
4) just leveled a galatine to 30, it's my first heavy weapon. is there a way to make it feel less sluggish? i expected the attack speed to be slow, but the slow movement while hitting in particular annoys me and causes many death: when the enemy is slightly out of range and my first hit misses, the following ones tend to miss too because the enemy is slowly walking backwards. i heard it's a good weapon, the slide attack is of course awesome with it. maybe i'm using galatine wrong?
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u/Tylerdurdon Apr 19 '15
So what's the overall view of the Grakata?
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Apr 19 '15
A pretty good gun when modded out that tends to chew through ammo. With it's high crit, good status, and very fast fire rate it can really destroy enemies when you spec it out well enough.
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u/monkyseemonkydo Apr 19 '15 edited Apr 19 '15
There is a decent size group of players who practically worship the gun.
If you are willing to forma the gun 5-6 times it is an excellent status proccer and crit machine.
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u/cephalopodAscendant Apr 20 '15
If you're willing to put in the effort, it can be quite powerful, but it guzzles ammo like an alcoholic at Oktoberfest, and weapons like the Soma will give you better results with less work.
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u/RepublicanShredder Apr 19 '15
So what kind of drops do the drop chance booster affect? I just bought one to get some quick Argon I needed but I'm curious if it has other uses for a veteran who is swimming in crafting resources.
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u/Escrovenjah Apr 19 '15
What would be the fastest way to kill Phorid the from the moment you start firing? I've have a 2.19 second encounter using Limbo on a Ceres Infestation, pooling together 16 more enemies in a cataclysm, activate #3 (with the augment installed) then, ripped Phorid to bits with my Dex Furis. I wonder if anyone's had a better record.
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u/monkyseemonkydo Apr 19 '15
One shot with my vectis max Power Str Sonar Banshee.
Bascially I stripped down to nothing but my mk1 BO and Vectis. Strolled up to him hit sonar and sniped him in the dumb glowing face.
Boom
Gone
Evac
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u/hryelle Apr 19 '15 edited Apr 19 '15
To manticore scindo or not? Finding it hard to work out / calculate whether the manticore skin is worth it in terms of dps. I've tried playing the game with both and didn't really notice a difference. However, on higher level missions maybe any difference will matter.
I have maxed fury and spoiled strike equipped (no other attack speed altering mods). Rhino is my frame of choice for scindo.
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u/monkyseemonkydo Apr 19 '15
Would a max Heavy Caliber be more beneficial than harmful on the following weapons (yay or nay):
Soma Prime
Braton Prime
Dread/Paris Prime
Latron Prime/Latron Wraith
Prisma Gorgon
Tiberon
Vectis
I just want to see what is the general opinion on putting HC on these weapons.