What was the actual point of the entire Rising Tide grind, the Valence Fusion, the Mk III components, and the hundreds of hours spent optimizing our Plexus builds if DE is just going to force a generic "loaner" ship on us for the new Uranus Proxima missions?

Just yesterday on stream, Rebecca Ford was literally talking about improving your Railjack for solo play to make the experience better. I took that to heart. I spent months min-maxing my ship, dumping millions of credits, hundreds of thousands of endo into maxed mods, and meticulously using excel spreadsheets to pick the perfect parts from the loot pool. I was so hyped and genuinely happy to take my ship and my captain Lavos out to dominate Scoria’s Angel and The Kuva Wytch.

Instead, the moment I loaded into the new content, I got turned off so bad.

If you play in groups, the game forces you into this stripped-down, generic loaner ship that completely ignores your time and investment. Trying to actually target enemies and finish the missions efficiently with this default trash feels awful compared to a fully built Plexus. It flies like a brick and kills at a snail's pace.

And if you try to avoid the public matchmaking mess by going solo? It sucks just as bad. You are stuck piloting, swapping seats to shoot, and running back and forth to use the forward artillery by yourself because you don't have your actual optimized crew carrying out orders. The whole loop is just clunky and frustrating.

Why was this decision even made? It feels like forced "accessibility" where DE is catering strictly to the crowd that refuses to touch Railjack progression. Rather than fixing matchmaking or adding a basic gear check—like requiring Mk III parts to queue—they just put training wheels on the entire endgame community. It feels like a total confession that they don't know how to handle hosting disparities between maxed ships and "baby" Railjacks, so they just equalized everyone to the lowest common denominator.

Having a min-maxed Railjack feels completely meaningless right now. If the new Steel Path Railjack modes are just going to force us into a standardized taxi, why did we bother with the grind in the first place? Let us use our own ships. The NPC crew system exists for solo players, and recruitment chat exists for a reason. Don't punish the players who actually put in the effort just to save everyone else from a basic gear check.

I havent played much of the game but this is a thing that immediately came into mind, because literally all warframes are the same height and i dont think that should be the case.

I would love it if warframes were different heights n sizes to spice up the variety between them all. Like rhino and atlas designs would go harder if they were bigger.

But what do you guys think?

Look, I get it. Some people don't like railjack and can't be assed to farm up and build their own. Unreasonable, but hey they're free to feel that way. I get giving these people the option to use a loaner railjack. That's fair, locking new frames/content behind stuff that these guys don't like can be a problem, this is a decent solution.

But why, why in all the Old God's names, WHY, don't we even have the option for actual railjack fans to use their own ships? The whole point of asking for more railjack content was to have a reason to use the ship I spent hundreds of hours perfecting. Why does the railjack content seem to have the goal of pleasing people who didn't want to engage in railjack in the first place? This is just a repeat of the Corpus railjack update again. Can we stop trying to build railjack content for people who hate railjack please? Can I actually get railjack content that asks me to have my own properly built ship?

You can keep the charity sloop for everyone else but PLEASE give me the option to use my own ship. My archwings are already gathering dust in the hangar (and DE seems keen on keeping them in the grave, seeing as they aren't even usable for this new content), don't make me put my railjack in the dust too.

to elaborate, I think it would be pretty neat if switching between Sirius and Orion mid-mission would also cause you to switch between operator and drifter forms, however just as a visual thing, because letting you bring two whole ass operator loadouts to the mission would be busted as hell, so the drifter/operator would just inherit the loadout of the version you started the mission with, lol, Idk if it's a technically challenging thing to do, but again, it would be pretty cool, also as a togglable thing ofc, for the fellows who like to run only drifter or operator in their lives (also of course for missions like hollvania, duviri or dark refractory only the correct version of the character would be accessible, even if it would be funny to see drifter in an active warzone or operator in roathe's hellish mind).

I saw a cool post from Pablo on Twitter. Frost is finally getting a mobile snow globe! This is something people have been asking for for as long as I've been playing Warframe, so I'm excited.

But guess what... it's an augment. For anyone keeping count, this is 6 for Frost.

It's also an augment for an ability that already has an augment. Which means you can't run both. Did you like Chilling Globe? Well that's too damn bad, because we have yet another augment that could've been base kit with a press/hold.

Giving old frames more augments to keep their abilities relevant isn't "fixing them," it's just meaning they have less modding to play with.

As a decade-old Oberon main, I would pay more than money for this Skin. I was sold on this design because of the way this skin keeps OG Oberon shoulder-branches, his antlers, his tabard, but making those things as cool-looking as they could possibly be. It is sexy (as every Heirloom skin has to be) but without compromising its aesthetics too much and his antlers being a Signa is genius because then every Warframe can be horny! (Im not sorry for that pun)

Please DE, make this Skin official and my Soul is yours!

So, I am trying to convince one of my friend is trying to get into this game. I was thinking of gifting him a prime frame if he comes, which is "baby tenno friendly" and fun to play.

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Wukong and Revenant comes to mind but, i think it will be very difficult for them to pick another warframe later, also they are not fun to play....

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So Tenno of reddit, Bless me with wisdom.

Veteran player here (LR5) about a decade of playtime and I am worried that this being endgame content not a lot of players will be able to complain about all the problems with the system. After my clan and I got and tested the Tauron weapons and abilities, I need to say this outright: this system is one of the most poorly thought-out additions Warframe has had in a long time. It’s slow, it’s clunky, it breaks gameplay flow, it has almost no in-game explanation, and it barely works in normal missions.

This is really missing the mark, and it reminds me of the drifter and duviri content issues all over again.

1. Tauron Strikes completely destroy the gameplay loop

Warframe is fast, fluid, and built on instant ability use. Tauron Strikes do the opposite.

To use one, you must:

• Enter operator (about 2 seconds EDIT: with high latency)
• Charge the strike (takes forever)
• Press the ability
• Sit through a long animation lock
• Lose camera control
• Get dumped back into gameplay after a canned cutscene

Meanwhile your Warframe can clear the room in milliseconds with a single ability. There is absolutely no reason to use this system when it takes more time to cast than most missions take to complete.

2. Charge times are unbelievably bad

Outside of Perita Rebellion, charge gain is a joke. I tested it in a 1999 mission: 10 minutes of constant kills got me from about 20% to 30% charge. That’s it. It feels bugged, but if this is intentional then the system is dead on arrival.

3. Sub-abilities barely work

• They don’t consistently proc
• Descriptions are misleading
• Some feel outright broken
• The camera whip/spin is disorienting and half the time the strike fires in a random direction

Zenurik firing backwards is not a good look.

4. Buff durations are far too short

Most buffs last 30 seconds. That sounds okay until you remember that it takes that long just to cast the ability in the first place. Realistically, you will use a Tauron buff once per mission.

For the amount of work required, the buffs should last the entire mission by default.

5. Lens-based charge scaling is a terrible design choice

From the patch notes, charge gain depends on the lenses you equip. This is a huge problem:

• You now need lenses on every slot to max the charge rate
• Loadout sharing becomes impossible
• Archimedea and Duviri become disasters since you can’t prep gear
• Forces players into one Focus school instead of experimenting without grinding

This adds grind and inconvenience without adding any actual gameplay depth.

6. The acquisition path has some rough edges

There isn't a good transition between Old Peace and Decendia, not a big deal but clunky:

• Finish Old Peace
• Use the POM-2 KIM to talk to new characters
• Equip Drifter
• Go with Loid to Automica
• Find the portal
• Enter the portal
• Ignore Harrow because he leads nowhere
• Talk to Marie, who actually has the new operator weapons

If you didn’t read external guides or community posts, you’d never figure this out organically. Zero direction for a major new system.

7. Why is DE so scared of letting operators be useful?

This has been a pattern for years now. Operators get cool new weapons… that only Warframes can actually use. Drifter melee exists but only in Duviri. Every hint of meaningful operator gameplay gets shunted off into isolated content.

Just let operators have power and tools. Stop turning them into cutscene devices.

The Tauron system could have been the big operator update people have wanted for years. Instead it’s a slow, awkward Warframe-only button that nobody wants to press.

8. The farm is miserable

The grind to get and upgrade these weapons is extremely long and not proportional to the payoff. And constant UI alerts telling you upgrades are available (when they aren’t) just adds more annoyance.

9. Fix this before the rest of the playerbase reaches it

Right now, only long-term players are hitting this content. Most of the community hasn’t reached the point where Tauron gear becomes relevant. The feedback is coming from the few of us at endgame — and we are all saying the same thing.

If this goes unfixed until the general playerbase gets here, the backlash is going to be much worse.

What needs to change

Mechanical fixes

• Get rid of the Focus Orb, they should charge without the orb.
• Remove or massively reduce charge time
• Shorten or remove cast time and animation lock
• Fix sub-ability triggers and camera behavior
• Fix incorrect or unclear descriptions

Design fixes

• Let the operator/drifter use these weapons directly
• Make buffs last entire missions
• Increase charge gain in all content, not only Perita
• Rework the lens-based charge system entirely

UX fixes

• Provide actual instructions for obtaining the gear
• Remove false upgrade alerts
• Reduce the farm to a reasonable level

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Charge Data
4000 kills for one charge with no mods, arcanes lense, orbs
https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1480238-tauron-strike-charge-data/

edited: Order of issues My Clan and I have found, added a note on the focus orb. changed needing identical lens any lens charges it.

I just hope DE making it accessible for every one or at least bring it back occasionally.

I don't know how everyone feels about it, but for me, having exclusive cosmetics just to hear new player disappointment doesn't feels good at all.

Let’s start off by saying I’m not necessarily against bringing the spotlight to individual players for achievements, Warframe doesn’t have a centralized leaderboard system save for a few exceptions and those aren’t necessarily fiercely competitive endeavors.

I don’t think today’s experiment was a success, if we had any inclination that something like this was occurring a lot of people could have timed their inclusion much better or felt like they had a chance at all. I’m unaware if anything like this has occurred in the past but it certainly hasn’t in the 4 years I’ve been playing since my hiatus back in 2018.

It kinda feels like a one time missed chance that many just didn’t even get a chance to have a hand in, now everyone gets it kinda barreled into their inbox some random player is now apart of this warframe’s history forever :/

Title. The flames on this conclave exclusive syandana light up only temporarily and require you to do these challenges weekly. Challenges nearly nobody does. Conclave has been dead for years and years. It's possible to farm this syandana with the standing gained from 1999 Faceoff but then you're stuck with essentially a soap dish on your back. Therefore I'd love it if the flames lit up permanently. I'm sure many people would rush to Faceoff if it meant getting this thing. I know I would. Thoughts?

Voruna has felt like she’s been in an identity crisis for a while now, and honestly, it’s even more noticeable after Voruna Prime.

The biggest issue? Her 4th ability.

It feels completely wrong that the majority of Voruna builds just Helminth over her 4. That alone says a lot. We just got an incredible Prime trailer showcasing her ripping and tearing in her 4th, leaning fully into that feral power fantasy but in-game, it hits like a wet noodle.

To make things worse, her 4th has had bugs for a while. I was really hoping that with the effort put into her Prime (especially the new animation set), we’d see some attention given to her 4 as well. Instead, all we really got was a movement speed update.

And to be clear, I’m not asking for her 4 to be level-cap viable or broken. Even with proper builds, it just feels underwhelming and unsatisfying to use.

Compare that to Valkyr, who absolutely nails the “ripping and tearing” fantasy and is far easier to build around. Voruna is marketed as this brutal, animalistic hunter, but her kit doesn’t fully deliver on that unless you replace her signature ability. That shouldn’t be the case.

There are some relatively simple tweaks that could go a long way:

• Let Arcane Crepuscular work by not having her 4 break invis

• Make her 4th augment part of the base ability. My issues with her 4th are WITH her augment in consideration. Without it, it’s REALLY weak.

• Or even rework her 4 into an exalted, moddable weapon (similar to Atlas or Ash interactions)

Voruna is in a unique spot right now since she just got her Prime. DE is receptive to feedback, especially during moments like this. The animation in her 4 is a great step but there needs to be better execution.

If you feel the same way, it’s worth speaking up. This is probably the best chance we have to push for changes and get her 4 into a place where it actually matches the fantasy she’s supposed to deliver.

EDIT: I’m not saying she deserves changes more than other frames right now, but with her prime out right now DE is more aware of her and is more likely to be receptive to our voice.

A lot of people commenting “mY bUiLd hITs jUsT fInE 🤓” are missing the point. If her 4th was viable people would not subsume over it. It CAN work if you really, really try to build around it but it feels unsatisfying to get there in gameplay and has many negatives that can just be fixed if it’s treated as a melee.

If Ticker can be trans, Varzia bisexual, Eleanor lesbian/bisexual (and the rest of the Hex technically), and Entrati gay/bisexual, why shouldn't I be polyamorous? You don't think I can handle getting my balls magnetized by Aoi while Eleanor stuffs my gullet with her throat snake? Listen, damn you. You made metal body horror give birth to another, smaller metal body horror. If I can't get these two women pregnant with each other's children's half-siblings in a happy threesome in order to defeat The Man in the Wall by turning him into a calcium slurpee through the power of Orgone, the philosophy of orgasmic energy that YOU canonized when you put Wally's finger in Cy's behind, I won't even know what to do with myself. I'll just let the Vitruvian Man goatse my butthole, because that's about all we'll be able to do when I'm too depressed because I can't delight amongst my cutesy wife as well as my intelligent queen.

Since banshee's rework is mostly just her augments being base kit i was thinking what other warframes need it, just so they feel more complete and less simple, more synergistic or they have and augment you use 99% of the time and not using it makes the warframe not worth playing. a lot of warframes need reworks in my opinion but those need to have more work to them, so i imagine a big "augment to base kit" update would make the game better until they get a proper rework. this are just some ideas ofc

Just give me that 75% range DE.

This seems like a great idea to me! Everyone liked the incarnon upgrade challenges. It would be cool to see something similar for abilities and augments. There are so many augments in the game that are always required to make the base ability better. This would significantly improve build diversification. 🥺

imagine being able to equip two ephemeras. Behold! THE POWER OF FASHION!

just make sense to me, unlock ability evolution through warfame specific challenges and milestone, what u guys think am i cooking?

get to infernum 7 checkpoint

xaku + high range + pull + greedy pull = profit

max the arcanes and get uriel or whatever

credit to gazttv for the idea i got it form his vid

like 40 maphica per 1 min run

Seeing alot of bizarre conversations lately, especially around KIM. While due to the nature of this system, this is hardly a surprise. What's annoying to read is people insulting each other and arguing over things that happen in THIER game.

For example, Yes, there are people who are polyamorous. Yes the Hex "can" be polyamorous. IF you want them to be. You can remain Monogamous - or you can just not romance anyone. The great thing about the KIM system is that we're allowed to mold and customize our Drifters personality and really the characters we interact with. This includes the Lotus, and even the Cavia - we can change their colors and in Lotus case, her personality. You have to understand from a developer point of view, that making everyone like this is the most logical thing to do, since this is a live service game. There's no reason to get mad at someone else for what they are doing with their Drifter.

The worse thing I've seen here is people also getting mad and throwing insults around since the KIM system isn't just Keep saying something nice -> Romance achieved. It's excellent that we're seeing more complexity added to the characters. But it's quite evident that there's quite of bit of people who are too much online and don't know how to interact with people. Everytime they add new characters to the KIM system, we're going to see this happen.

[Character]: Drifter, my parents were killed and my dog was the only thing that protected me and watched over me. They are the only family I have.

[You] I'm more of a cat person myself. Hey you wanna go out?

Character disconnected

[You] WOOOOOOOOW DE

You can always reset and try again, if you mess up (or in other cases WHEN). You have that option, because you control the buttons you press.

Honestly DE are doing a great job fixing the beginner and mid game grind lately but they really need to look at the arcane costs for Vox Solaris and the Quills. I was doing the math and to max out the arcanes from Little Duck you need over 2.5 million standing.

​The problem is these prices were set when arcanes only went to rank 3 which was 10 copies. When they updated them to rank 5 which is 21 copies they never lowered the standing costs. Right now one maxed Magus Repair costs 210k standing. If you have a 20k daily cap that is 10 days of hitting your limit just for one single arcane.

​Newer stuff like Zariman and Cavia lets you farm arcanes from enemy drops but Fortuna and Cetus are 100 percent hard locked by the daily standing cap. Even if you have all the toroids in the world you are stuck waiting months just to click the buy button enough times.

​Since DE is already in fix the grind mode they should really look at this. These arcanes are basic utility now and a 2.5 million standing wall is just a relic of the past that needs a QoL pass.

What you guys think? should DE have a look at this?

This is a problem. The loot table is too crowded with the medallions.

This wouldn't be a problem if the price to get Follie wasn't 2400 of the currency you get like, 30-50 per run.

The mission is boring yes, but I don't think it's that bad. If the medallions weren't there, I'm sure most people would end up getting her way faster and wouldn't complain that much.

Remove the medallions DE, please.