#operator rell

[worrywrite]

Let me pitch two quest concepts to you around this idea. It would be a two part quest.

Part 1) Through the red veil (prerequisites: chains of harrow, duviri paradox)

The operator gets a message from drifter and they meet in the in-between space. Something has shown up in Duviri that the drifter cannot explain: a Warframe they've never seen before seemingly moving all on its own. Whenever the drifter gets near it, it vanishes. They offer to swap with the operator for a short period so they can see if they can make anything of it. The operator must then traverse an isolated area of duviri slowly being overtaken by murmur, fighting their way through as the murmur slaughter all of the duviri creatures there. Until they encounter the Warframe. But unlike with the drifter, the operator can get closer and the frame doesn't flee. The operator attempts to use transference, but gets caught in a strange tangle of memories by accident. Because that's what this frame does, it interacts with memories (abilities somewhere between Nyx and Oberon with a passive similar to Dante), and if isn't empty. The operator gets sucked into a chaotic scene aboard the zariman as a tenno, something that feels slightly familiar but off. The operator sees what gets shown in the cutscenes when the drifter and the deal with wally was introduced, but from a distance and with some distortion around Wally. The operator is seeing things from Rell's perspective in the drifter timeline. Things didn't turn out great in that timeline, but also didn't turn out too dissimilar. The zariman never left the void, but the orokin where still able to make warframes (by encasing soldiers, as with Stalker and Umbra) and any tenno that where able to survive in the void except for drifter were able to figure out a rudimentary transference and the orokin where able to figure out how to contact them. In this timeline, Rell is capable of remembering everything that happens while in transference across both timelines, contributing to the troubled mind of Rell in the operator timeline. This is revealed to the operator across several missions where they need to find the memory Warframe (I'm leaning towards calling it Orpheus) in duviri and play through some of Drifter!Rell's memories. This includes them escaping the zariman and the murmur consuming it into a safe little enclave like Teshin has and then being able to contact the orokin through transference in the drifter timeline where they make Rell the Orpheus frame. The quest concludes by allowing drifter!Rell to linger in Teshin's enclave and occasionally during open world duviri play there can be a murmur incursion and an NPC frame piloted by Rell will come to help quell it. You can also unlock the Orpheus frame from these incursions.

Part 2) Across the Wire

Drifter Rell tells your drifter counterpart that they're remembering things they're sure never happened. About a Warframe they never piloted (harrow), and events that never transpired to his knowledge in the drifter timeline. Rell remembers the murmur completely consuming the orokin system until only the incomplete sentients remained. The drifter tries to help Rell filter through these memories and the player plays through the collapse of the operator timeline orokin empire as operator Rell. The missions go from the initial betrayal in an orokin city by tenno piloted warframes while Rell remains mostly clueless as to what is transpiring. Rell is able to resist the commands of the lotus as she drives them to kill their masters, she herself not entirely clear where the order she is following comes from. The missions then move to lua, where Rell is left without command of the harrow frame, and attempting to escape while the lotus begins the sequence to send lua to the void which Rell fears above all else. An orokin defector, the founder of the red veil, contacts Rell looking to help any tenno escape, but it's just Rell left. The red veil's escape plan remains, Rell must use an emergency escape pod to flee lua before it can be drawn into the void and a stolen rail jack will pick them up. The void cascade left behind in lua's wake washes over the pod and Rell meets his drifter in the current as they commune briefly before Wally arrives looking like your operator and drifter Rell shoots/stabs them, severing Wally's control over his operator self and paving the way for Rell to properly hold Wally at bay until the events of chains of harrow transpire/forever because of how continuity works. This unlocks drifter Rell as a summon in normal missions.

the children yearn for the mines tenno rebellion

[daemonmage]

Warframe Theory Crafting

Ok so was that time Rusalka going “ if I can’t have him no one can” her or the Indifference? Cause if it was the Indifference I see a little pattern.

Wally was mad that we were taking Rell from them during that quest. Wally was mad that we were taking Albrecht away too.

I have a bad feeling for our Operators and Drifters.

Or maybe I’m reading too much into this.

[angelbroad]

Used to be one of the rotten ones and I liked you for that

Now you're all gone got your make-up on and you're not coming back

Rell was Anastase's first and dearest friend, one she had to put down when she saw him again...

[renard-dartigue]

Guys? I started playing Warframe again and of course I need to merge it with Sleep Token somehow.

[sirenium]

this is something I really don't like about the quest, myself. like you're trying to get me to believe that my operator, the character meant to represent my autistic ass, was a neurotypical ableist little shit? no. I will not have it, I will twist the canon thank you.

Also just kinda resent the way Chains of Harrow kinda. Establishes that your Operator isn't neurodivergent cause you're part of the "in crowd" that's ableist to him.

It's just. Vexing.

[keoulkeech]

"Natah, I think the Operator is spending too much time with Palladino and the Red Veil"

"Do not worry, Ordis. I’m sure it’s just a phase."

I bought the “It’s not just a phase!” outfit for my Operator

Now on a more serious note during one of the chats with Eleanor she told me about religion on 1999. "You're going to have to tell me what [a Nun] is, Eleanor."

I presume goths from 1999 inspired their aesthetic on the devotees of Lua (generally the New Moon has a black palette so probably the aspect of Lua Nova) this bit of information was the "last push" for me to buy the set.

The cross is for Rell who died for our sins.

I think I may finally give my Operator an actual name. Something related to Lua...

[meatball-headache]

I have finally completed the quest I've been waiting since the beginning to play.

It was fine :p

Compared to the Second Dream or the War Within, there's no comparison. This was a main quest, but it had all the structure of a sidequest, just the Lotus and others talking while you did a normal mission. Although, the tone was shifted dramatically. Is this the Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard) of Warframe?

It's a main quest, but the structure—and rewards—are more in line with the "Warframe quests" they're calling them now—sidequests that just give you a new Warframe. I'm thinking about Limbo, Octavia, Gara, Atlas... stuff everyone else has probably long forgotten and done years ago, but me with my snail's pace :p

And yet it is a main quest, required to advance the story, and, the story touches on some points about Margulis and the Void. Which means that unlike some Warframes like Nidus or Mesa or Yareli, my boy Harrow is tied closely to the core lore! That's a point in favor of maining him :D

Warframe's story is few and far between—especially the way I play. This isn't Final Fantasy, that's for sure. This isn't even Destiny. But it's like I've said before, it's like getting to level 100 in Pac-Man and suddenly there's a cutscene and Pac-Man is going, "The ghosts... I can hear them in my sleep... they give me no peace... when will it end?" It's something that comes late, and suddenly recontextualizes the entire experience. When 200 hours in, you find out that Lotus saying "Wake up, Tenno" at the very very beginning wasn't talking to the Warframe statues. It's a different kind of weight and impact that FF, certainly, but it's weighty and impactful all the same.

So. In the Second Dream, you have flashback dialogue where Margulis is arguing with—I think Ballas?—about what to do with the Tenno. Margulis wants to protect them, and for that she's conviceted of treason and executed. At least, that's how it's framed. I didn't pick up on it, but when I watched some Second Dream reaction videos, those players and their chats pointed out that Margulis and the Lotus have the same voice. And, I believe there's a line about Margulis being blinded... So, if Margulis and Lotus are the same, then Lotus wears that mask because she's blind?

In the Chains of Harrow, Palladina mentions the "Blind Queen," and then addresses the Lotus as such. She's practically worshipping the Lotus at points. And, it hit me: that's entirely appropriate. I mean, who is the Lotus? She seems to be operating independently. There's hints of factions throughout the system, Cetus, Fortuna, Red Veil, Steel Meridian—we don't have a Russian novel's worth of a cast of characters, but, Lotus is unaffiliated with anything. But, think about it. She's in our ear constantly—in all our ears. Lotus is communicating with every Tenno, all at once. And, in the Second Dream, we saw some of her powers in action: she can move the entire Moon into the Void just like that—and bring it back. Warframes already have this incredible magical power—they're magic, no way around it, they are using magic—but the Lotus is just on another level.

Here's a spoiler, though. I've seen some streamers and such playing, just grinding Nightwave or something, but something was different for them... When the Lotus pops up with her generic dialogue, "You've found a fissure. Use reactant to crack open your relic," and what not... it doesn't say "Lotus." For them, it identifies her as "Margulis." So... Lotus must be Margulis. But... how? Wasn't Margulis executed? Why would Margulis have these godly powers? And... isn't Lotus actually Natah? How does any of this fit together?

Rhetorical questions, obviously, do not answer.

In the Chains of Harrow quest, we deal with a Tenno named Rell, who was, I guess, outside of the Lotus network. Rejected and cast away for being autistic or something, and left on their own, they, what, made direct, intimate contact with the Void? Rell constantly mentioned the man in the wall, which was dismissed as a hallucination—but, I'm guessing from that Lotus Eaters login screen that there's something to it. I mean, of course there's something to it, it's a video game story, weird dreams and hallucinations and stuff like that are always more real than Occam's Razor stuff. But, there was also a suggestion that the Void wasn't a place or something like a natural phenomenon; it was a being. The Void is someone.

Man in the wall... Lotus Eater... Margulis... Natah... Warframe's story is dripfeeding some deep lore, some secret narrative. It's, honestly, more in line with a Dark Souls than a Final Fantasy; it's not a story about what happens, it's a history about what happened. Piece by piece we're figuring out what happened in the Old War, what happened to the Tenno, who we are and where we came from. Needless to say, I really like stories like that. Soulsbornes where you're traveling through a broken land, piecing together what happened long ago, or something like No Man's Sky or Nightingale, where you just putter around building your base while these strange hints of some obscure history float around you.

Also? I miscalculated. For some reason, I thought The New War was right after Chains of Harrow. Actually, I have no idea when it happens, because for some reason, this quest doesn't pre-appear in the Codex. I have a dozen quests that say "Prerequisite: The New War" or "Prerequisite: Angels of Zariman" or something, teasing me with what's to come... but, The New War isn't among them. I'm given to think it's a very big deal, bigger than the Second Dream... I don't want to know anything about it at all, so don't say a word :D ...but my point is, I won't be getting to it today, after all. I need to let the Chains of Harrow soak for a bit. Then I have, what... Sacrifice? Apostle something? And then Prelude to War. I'm not doing more than one per... weekend, really. Gotta give it time to hit, y'know? So, it'll be a while. Maybe we'll do the New War for Christmas :p

Potential mains:

Hydroid. My classic, absolute boi. The tentacles are very convenient to get all the monsters to chill out—and the floaty damage helps me find them. He's got a really strong melee weapon and a Kuva Hek, so he's decent.

Hildryn. Her 3 and spamming 2 is super cool and just keeps her alive forever. Energy independent, which is nice. She's got the Amprex, too, so she can just chain-lightning a crown.

Harrow. Lore-appropriate, aesthetically awesome. He has Scourge Prime, Knell Prime, and War—my loremaster, I guess :p But his abilities aren't quite as potent at wiping out a room... But I like the Void Priest motif.

Baruuk. Again, I like the neutral-feeling, Patient Monk motif. The Doan skin is absolutely incredible. Once his 4 gets charged up he does more damage than anything, but outside of that he's got a strong but slow gun, Kuva Chakkhur, I think it's called, and the Broken Scepter for his melee, which is a little janky, but, again, stylistically appropriate. His name doesn't begin with H, though :\

I also love Lavos and Yareli, and I'm intersted in Oberon and Sevagoth. None of them are nearly as powerful, though.

...I just felt like typing. Thanks for reading :p

Remember, no spoilers!

[errortree7]

@dangerva found this before me (how dare), so now I feel obligated to do it as well. Credit to @/thefreefencer for this little QnA :3

1. Is there anything your Drifter remembers about their parents? How old were they when they lost them?

He remembers his parents pretty fondly. He remembers them being pretty caring, that type of parental figure that tries not being just a *parent*, but a *friend* as well.

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2. Through a sick fucking joke, courtesy of Wally, congratulations your Drifters dead parents are alive but you have one day with them. What would your Drifter do?

He would most likely spend as much time as he could with them, doing things like shopping in Cetus, or even just sitting down and talking with them.

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3. What was your Drifter like as a kid back in those days on the Zariman before the Incident?

He was a little bit of a socially awkward chaos demon (who knew where to draw the line, of course. His parents didn't raise a monster). His friend circle was kinda small, but he was known as the kid who went out of his way to at least greet someone.

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4. Did your Drifter know Rell? Were they friends? (As a sidenote, best frame is Harrow, don't @ me [Error side note, MAYBE I *WILL* @ YOU /j)

He didn't really know him too well. Occasionally, he'd greet him, but it was one of those "if this interaction doesn't last more than a couple seconds, *I*probably won't make it last any longer" deals.

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5. Other than square shaped foods what would a comfort food or drink be for the Drifter?

Before meeting the Hex, he took to street food from multiple different towns. His favorite being mostly fish.

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6. So now that we got Velimir+Minerva, Kaya and Flare+Lizzie, so how we getting along with the Roundtable folks so far? (I'll be doing a Roundtable version later)

Getting along quite well! He feels as if he's right back on the Zariman, being a little bit of the social awkward kid he used to be, hanging out with his friend group.

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7. Did you get the cursed office chair and if you did, how's the Drifter dealing with that pain in the ass showing up in the middle of the apartment at random, inconvenient times?

I *didn't*, but because I can, he feels unnerved every time he sees is. He doesn't get the same feeling with other office chairs, but this specific one that keeps showing up just gives him worse heebie geebies than Wally.

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8. If say nothing had happened to that jump to Tau, what would your Drifter had grown up to be?

He probably would've ended up becoming a scholar, and later a teacher.

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9. Do you have any other iterations of your Drifter in other games? Anything different about them?

As of right now, no.

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10. As a fun question to end this one: In Amir's Fables and Frontiers game, would your Drifter join and what class would they pick?

He would ABSOLUTELY join! He would most likely pick something along the lines of a paladin.

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Bonus Question:

You got isekai-ed into WF, and somehow by dumb luck you got rescued by either Drifter/Operator (your choice), be it in the Origin system or 1999 Hollvania, how screwed are you?

I'm fucked. This mf has two brain cells, and a Kuva Lich probably took them.

[adriftinstars]

I’ve come to ask about your volt and operator!

Do they have any lore of any kind? Or like any headcanons? And your operator as well, would they have any lore and stuff like that? ✨ would both of them have their own story or lore?

Dude omg you asked this like legit a few days after I fleshed out my Operator more :O Apologies for any weird formatting lol, I'm basically ripping this directly from my google doc of headcanons and lore teehee :P also gonna put it all under a cut cuz it's,,,, long lmao

Operator doesn’t really use a name, Alyx is Alyx but he’s not them enough to use their name. 

He sees himself as a distinct person, despite them technically being the same in some way.

Maybe he’ll pick one himself one day, he’s too busy being mega traumatised for that rn

Wasn’t generally a good or bad student, but tried his damned best to keep everyone safe and alive when Shit Hit The Fan™

Had a couple of good friends on the Zariman Ten Zero, but he mostly kept to himself

Didn’t have a lot of respect for the Cephalon teachers, assumed it meant the adults were too lazy to teach them

Surely not everyone had to be piloting the ship << he has no idea how much work goes into flying a colony ship

Doesn’t really understand the whole Drifter situation, Eternalism never really made a whole lot of sense to him so it’s very confusing

Alyx tried to explain it a bunch of times but Operator just gets stuck on Alyx both being him and not being him at the same time

He does understand that they have had fundamentally different experiences past the Ten Zero though, and does see himself as distinctly not Alyx

He’s a bit jealous of Alyx’s escapades in 1999, but also has too much shit to do in the Origin System for it to bother him too much

Also he would never tell Alyx this

Hasn’t met any of the Hex, because he…. can’t, but he loves Quincy for the clothes and Aoi sounds like a riot. 

Alyx has been remarkably… quiet about Amir though.

Has so much sympathy for Rell. He deserved none of the treatment he got on the Zariman and all Operator wishes is that he could go back in time and stop Margulis and the other Tenno from ostracizing Rell as much as they did.

Barely remembers time before the Ten-Zero void jump incident, and wishes he could trade his memories of the attack with ones from before, especially of his parents.

He has the photo of them, but even with that he can barely remember what they looked like, let alone what they were like as people.

Tries to sit as Normal as possible because despite how comfy it can be, sitting weird reminds him of The Man In The Wall which is Fucked Up and Not Cool

my Volt has a lot less lore so far, I'm still kinda getting into Sentient Warframes as a whole concept so I'm still working out his personality and stuff :P mostly he's just there for the vibes though, he's taken a lot of Amir's traits and is super playful in general

[xelitzenith]

Why do people assume the tenno can't age even though Rell exists and proves overwise?

(Screenshot below)

I don't understand where it saids they can't?

The only reason the operator appears the way they do is because of cryoasleep. So unless it's been retcon the tenno can infact age.

[angelbroad]

Stegodyphus Lineatus eat their mothers, too

[bi-hop]

it's so funny having been on the rell medarda train for ages and then having to essentially shuffle it off to "not at all true in the way I envisioned it, very unlikely to occur in another way". spoiler-ific rambles under the cut

cannot vibe with mel being rell's mother, timeline bullshit that is currently going on aside, bc that would demand mel choosing to not only enter the black rose in a more involved capacity (fine, whatever, not that I think that is reasonable after the finale), agree to be the headmistress of a school, and then be perfectly willing to torture and essentially kill other mage children (as shown in rell's color story, those drained usually end up starving to death if not cared for) just to empower rell while simultaneously torturing her too. her being called a wolf now at the end of the series aside, I simply cannot think of her engaging in such cold calculus, and for what? to help leblanc of all people have a weapon against mordekaiser? lawl

like I don't mean any harm in saying this but if we accept that mel is a powerful mage on her own, why would she need to do this? her house might be in trouble, but i have no doubt she'll be able to maneuver herself into a better position, especially with the retinue of soldiers currently at her disposal. additionally, I think what grates at me is just that the theory either operates on the premise that mel is a worse person than she is or is manifesting her becoming an abuser, which is shockingly awful

but whatever, this is all just my rambles. people are allowed to think what they want, I am just also allowed to go ???

[aether-link]

Does your drifter have any more lore?

The facial tattoo that’s she rocks is from a corpus friend she made besties with when she first escaped Duviri. Sadly that corpus friend is now deceased.

Both my drifter and operator are the same person but split into two beings.

When she was one whole though (on zariman ten-zero) she was friends with Rell and my 2nd Operator who is named Phoenix and his Warframe volt (who was also a tenno then) who was named Zack.

Her name is Queen due to her love for Chroma, but that since has changed (the nerfs). Queen once had 4 Chromas and a random tenno at Maroo’s Bazaar jokingly said she was “the queen of space dragons” as an insult. But instead she has adopted the name fully with pride.

Queen is 30 in age. Demisexual/Monogamous. Has undiagnosed AuDHD. Fondness for animals and finds animals as a safe place to be around. Her appearance is quiet “boring” or “unhappy” but she is actually quiet fun or silly when you get to know her, even sassy to a point! She is also very emotional and cares too much for beings (that she trusts) or animals. Some say that is her weakness, her kindness.

Since 1999, Queen has discovered many things and is still learning to be human and not a living weapon of destruction. One of her new favourite things is food, specially sandwiches (she calls them food triangles). It started as yoinking Amir’s lunch when on mission with him and now is a habit, Amir is fine with this yoinking and genuinely thinks it’s fun and helps her discoveries.

Queen also has an emotional support/support companion, Her Panzer Vulpaphyla. And a few of her warframes also help express her emotions or display them more easily.

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These are a few things about Queen. Some other things I’m still researching/learning for her are still w.i.p. And some of those things are “mature”. But thank you for asking about her! Appreciate it!

[mcflea1999]

INFORMATION RECOVERY IN PROGRESS

(Caution: Some data may be missing or corrupted)

RESETTING TIMELINE

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BASIC INFORMATION:

Name: Cassiopeia (Cass)

Age: Approx. 26 - 28 || Pronouns: She/Her || Birthday: [DATA UNAVAILABLE]

Relationship(s): [WARNING! NO DATA FOUND. MEMORY CACHE CORRUPTED]

Main Warframes Used:

[IMPORTANT NOTE: DEATHLY ALLERGIC TO PINEAPPLE]

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Known History (See Below)

Zariman (Pre & Post Void Jump Accident):

Born on the Zariman to parents [REDACTED] an Archimedien, and [REDACTED] a Dax in the High Guard, directly responsible for protecting and serving The Seven. Her conception was used as a pass to board the Zariman, with the promise that she would be raised as Dax upon birth.

Was friends with, or at least friendly with Rell and remembers him fondly; however as of now, she does not know of his fate in the Operator's timeline

Did not intend to kill own parents. Even though she had lured and locked both in a quarantine room to see if they'd come to their senses on their own, both were too far gone and ended up leaving her with no choice but to end their suffering after they attacked her whilst bringing them their rations.

Survived nearly a year alone on the Zariman after shaking [REDACTED] hand, scavenging daily for food and water before Duviri fully developed (loosing her mind just enough to create it)

Duviri:

The Operator being stabbed in their timeline resulted in Cass also feeling the sensation of it in Duviri. And while no blade cut through her, a scar was left behind nonetheless. A swirling mass of twisting voidmetal permeates over her chest and back, a reminder of how she broke free from Duviri's loop and the paradox she was now entwined with. The phantom sensation still haunts her, the feeling amplified by spending too long in the void or in Duviri

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The New War:

After meeting Ordis and starting to make plans to save Natah/Marguls/Lotus and take down Narmer, Cass made it her mission to break into the Operator's quarters, desperate to find at least something to use as a bed since she was so tired of sleeping on the cold wet floor most nights. She did manage to get in eventually, much to Ordis' dismay, and found piles of floofs and blankets which she happily nested in and slept for a solid 21 hrs before getting to work

Stole a bolarolla floof to keep for herself

Not wanting to leave a child, her own child self, to finish a War on their own, Cass took it upon herself to save Natah/Margulis/Lotus

Angels of the Zariman:

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Whispers in the Walls:

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1999:

After Transferring into Arthur's head and being spat back out, Cass lost consciousness out from mix of pain/shock/disorientation when Arthur stabbed through her hand, leaving her lying in a heap with her Excalibur kneeling just as limp beside her. When Arthur went to go haul her back to the mall for questioning, the Excalibur frame reanimated itself and clambered in front of her, stopping him from touching her. It was the one who picked Cass up and carried her back to the mall, following Arthur along silently as he grilled it with questions about what was going on, what she was before once again going inert and unmoving once she was situated and restrained.

(Cont.) Later, when Arthur learns more about Transference and Warframes, he asks why her body didn't disappear when she took over the other Excalibur in order to carry herself back to the mall. Cass has no recollection of this and assumed Arthur had been the one to carry her; neither have answers to how it happened and nether want to know them.

Cass sees both Aoi and Eleanor as sisters, and Arthur as an older brother

She and Arthur spar on occasion, Cass shocking (and horrifying) him by how skilled and unafraid she is going up against a (proto)warframe with nothing but her squishy human body and a sword. "Its not like I haven't fought a warframe as myself before. I've done it all without a warframe or overpowered weapons and Kullevero still knew admit defeat"

[nami-ramen]

while i were going through all info abt man in the wall that i could find,there's still a thing that im still curious abt and maybe it'll be answered in future if not already :

why man in the wall got interested in protagonist operator in the first place?

he's getting interested in "unique " people (like Rell and his confirmed autism), so whats so unique abt operator to make a deal w/ them?

[alteredsilicone]

Warframe Quest tier list

Explanations of ratings under the cut:

Great: Quests that hooked me conceptually and are the core of how I view the game/my own characters and worldbuilding

Sacrifice - This quest is worth the hype. That's it. Even though I have gripes with Umbra from a fandom perspective, I love the lore of the Warframes a lot.

Glast Gambit - personal sentimental favorite, this is purely my own bias. I think it's a really good early example of a fun character interaction (Nef and Ergo, toxic old man yaoi LONG before WITW; they are divorced, the worm in my brain told me so) and also an interesting way to show the "choice" system via a moral dilemma (Neewa's fate).

Whispers in the Wall also goes into the "Great" tier, great quest, great characters, great setup for the next era of Warframe and imo a culmination of all the ups and downs that Warframe has been through the years and that ended up in a truly great narrative experience.

Good: Quests I liked but that missed a certain "oomph"

Duviri Paradox - I love Duviri as a place and the mythology around it, but I expected something different from the quest itself. Certain story beats didn't land because I did not feel the emotional connection the game expected me to (coughcoughTeshin'sfakeoutdeathcoughcough). Also didn't like Drifter being a snarky ass in a Marvel-esque way. I'm too used to RPGs and MMOs so when a game forces a characterization on my character I get really antsy if it's something she would not say.

Deadlock Protocol - I LOVE the Corpus so any Corpus content gets instant bias bonus points. Introduction of a very solid villain, Nef bullying. It has it all. This quest could also go in "great" but I think the narrative itself isn't compelling and earth-shattering enough to warrant that.

Waverider - hot take alert! Corpus bias once again, Nef being humbled is always a plus. The k-drive was annoying but I got gud and finished the quest, it was entertaining.

Vox Solaris - good introduction to the Solaris faction but I feel the conflict was solved way too quickly, but I also wasn't around for the release, the ARG and the introduction of the Orb Mothers. Still, I think Nef and the Solaris' conflict could be made into a cinematic three-parter on its own. Oh well, that's what fanfiction is for. (Ps. Nightwave Season 3 had a forgettable side character, Cutter, who touched upon a subject I wish the Solaris plotline explored more)

Call of the Tempestarii - I almost want to put it in "wasted potential" only because I wish Vala had more of a prominent role. Sighs. I love Corpus, I love evil women, I got an evil Corpus woman. Please give me more evil Corpus women.

Chains of Harrow - overall good quest. Rell's story is heart-wrenching. I still headcanon that "Margulis cast him out" is Red Veil propaganda and Rell got separated from the rest of the Tenno in other ways and was brainwashed to believe he was cast out completely.

Second Dream - I knew the Operator existed before I played this quest so I didn't have the HOLY SHIT WHAT!!! reaction, but I think this is a good quest and I understand why people guard the Operator secret even though I think it hurts the narrative of Warframe overall. Oh Well.

New War - To me it's like a Marvel movie, a huge spectacle. It was fun in the way a popcorn movie is fun. It was more fun gameplay wise than story-wise, though I enjoyed the Void/Wally/Zariman lore the most (it's my second favorite thing after Corpus stuff).

Okay - these are quests which either didn't particularly speak to me, or I just have completely forgotten. All the early quests fall into "forgotten" category and things post War Within are more on the "okay" side.

Wasted potential - Silver Grove. My joy, my pain. I WISH this wasn't an ancient quest and the post-quest moral actually applied to New Loka. I think as a concept New Loka are very interesting, but poorly executed, so now they're just "lol ecofascists/plant nazis" so I can't even get people to engage with them on a serious level. Forever seething and malding

Disappointment of the century - Angels of the Zariman. I was there, I participated in the ARG to the best of my ability, I read the logs, I changed my blog title to "Abyssus accipit et Abyssus dat" because I liked it that much. Then I got a 30 minute tutorial quest with a bunch of NPCs I don't care about and my Operator had zero emotional reaction TO RETURNING TO THE PLACE WHERE IT ALL FUCKING BEGAN AND THEY KILLED THEIR PARENTS AND LOST EVERYTHING THEY EVER HELD DEAR JESUS FUCK WHY WHY WHY

anyways

I warmed up to the Holdfasts and Yonta is cute so I have forgiven her crimes. Also this was during an era where I was constantly miffed at DE adding new characters instead of building on old ones.

So yeah, that's that.

tl;dr - I have a bias towards lore regarding the Warframes themselves, Corpus and anything regarding the Void/Tenno. Also I have shit memory.