#voruna is also fun

[alteredsilicone]

Thank you random commenter on a WF tier list for pointing out that Garuda's three is a status cleanse. Honestly she is so good at surviving in general, I like her a lot when it comes to the melee focused frames.

I replaced Garuda's heal ability with gloom so I have some mobility and cc when fighting and can spam three without worrying about dying too soon. Also gave her an archon shard with health regen, it's not much but still.

[bigmeandragonlady]

i do like these wings but they are straight up not going away while im in combat

[annunakitty]

WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME THE DOG HEADS DETACH AND FLY AROUND

may i present to u: dog hed

[cephalonserotonin]

Koumei & The 5 Fates Update Thoughts

(I've only been playing around with this update for a few hours, so of course my opinions may change in the future)

The new mission type (Shrine Defense) is nice; despite the name, it's more like a mini Interception (though without a timer, which is greatly appreciated as I play solo so Interception is a pain in the ass for me) hybridized with Plague Star (the infested enemies, the tanky final boss, the fact that you'll have to do it enough times to get sick of it, and that Vay Hek is there). The randomized buffs from Koumei offer a nice bit of variation.

The music that plays during the mission is also lovely

When I saw we'd be picking up this mission from Saya, I was happy to see her return to the story and agency a bit, since her introduction in the Saya's Vigil quest sees her operating entirely as a plot device for the two men who are in love with her. Then I saw that, by "talking to Saya," the game actually meant talking to Konzu, and selecting the Saya option. Once again this poor woman is an extension of men. Don't love that!

The fortunetelling minigame is cute, though, and I deeply respect Warframe's commitment to expanding the world with new mechanics and little minigames when they feel like it, AAA-shooter-brain be damned.

Koumei, like Voruna before her, has her special resource (fate pearls in this case) used both to get her blueprints and as an ingredient in them, a mechanic I find annoying and confusing and which I'm displeased to see return. Voruna at least had a chance for parts to drop during her missions, which Koumei doesn't (ironic, that random drops don't come into play when trying to build the warframe themed around randomness...). edit: this isn't true per community response, thank goodness! Per the wiki, you need ~330 pearls to buy the blueprints, and then 330 102 (edit: wiki was wrong yesterday) more as components, for a total of 102-432 pearls to craft, and 14-18 drop per mission...

When I realized this I got so grouchy I left Cetus 😅

I'm not used to the new arsenal UI yet, but it'll happen

As a Caliban Enjoyer, I have mixed but mostly positive feelings on the Caliban rework (much like the Hydroid one before it, as I had hundreds of hours logged on Hydroid even before they made him SP-Viable (TM)):

I actually preferred the old Razor Gyre, wonky and ineffective as it was... hear me out. The new and improved Razor Gyre is almost exactly the same move as Reave: a fast short-range traversal that heals when interacting with enemies. Which is fine (it's a good ability!) but Reave is Revenant's Helminth ability, so I already could put Reave on Caliban if I wanted to. What I can't do, now, is heal by spinning in a silly little circle and ragdolling enemies continuously. I miss that. It was also the most Sentient-enemy-flavoured of Caliban's abilities, which was always fun for me from an RP perspective; something I loved about earlier Warframe content that it seems to be sadly moving away from is the joy of, after seeing an enemy use an ability (or weapon) to kill you, unlocking the ability yourself to use on them with a vengeance.

The 2 Feels the same, but buffed, which is nice, because it's an excellent and underrated CC ability.

The new Summon Caliban Babies utterly slaps, no notes. I love the tactical choice of 3 different baby types to use, and the Summolyst just feels immensely cool in general.

The 4 was a giant fuckoff laser, and is still a giant fuckoff laser. 😎👍

The companion changes are much too large in scope for me to have grasped them enough to form an opinion yet.

I will say, though, all these new mods are going to take a ton of endo to grind, and I would have preferred an endo gift as a sign-in instead of 5 forma (which I probably won't need to use on the new content anyway?).

And most importantly:

Mid-Shrine-Defense I heard an Ostron child yell "I believe in you, Tenno!" and 🥺🥺🥺 the synchronicity of childhood belief, dreams, fate, and the power of stories... I need to lie down

[tictak47]

Voruna’s fourth ability

I need to talk about Voruna NOW! she is probably my favorite melee based frame due to how fun she is and how her first 3 abilities all play really well together. The ONE issue I have is that her fourth ability feels a bit lacking. The idea behind it is neat and I like MOST of its mechanics but it has one kind of big issue, you need to kill the enemy ON IMPACT to double the damage on the next pounce. In practice this is REAL awkward to do so a change id like is if the primary target dies while/from the slash status effect is on them you ALSO get the double damage on next pounce. 

outside of that one change her kit is REALLY nice and i like how she plays! plus her animations and sound design is top tier 

[hollowtones]

Voruna came out recently & I was super amped to pick her up and play her until I realized her whole kit was built around stealth and not being a tanky berserker type of deal. I generally stick to the woman frames because it's fun to me, but my preferred playstyle is "be a big unkillable motherfucker and get stuck in", which is why I also really liked playing stuff like Ember and Gara and Grendel (who's apparently Really Goddamn Good since the latest update? good for him.)

I'll still give Voruna a shot at some point, because her kit looks neat. Reminds me of Ash, kinda.

holly i dont know if you play warframe anymore but who was you favorite frame?

I play every now and then! It's always been a "play a bunch for a while, then take a break for a few months" kind of game for me.

My three biggest favourites are Hildryn, Garuda and Protea. I've liked most every frame I've tried, though. I wanna mess around with Mag next time I get back into it, I remember hearing they made some changes to her a couple months back & I realized she was my first prime frame but I've barely played with her

[alteredsilicone]

With Jade's release I decided to update my personal tier list-

Jade is an easy favorite, her playstyle matches what I like, maybe a bit more on the DPS side unlike Citrine/Nezha (my go-to favs), but hey Dante is there as well-

Also I shuffled some frames around and added a new tier:

Chroma, Valkyr and Mirage got put in the new tier since they're "old loves" I played mid game but have phased out for other frames.

Shuffled some out of the "like" into "know how to play" category - these two are similar on account that if I like how a frame plays, I am more likely to invest (duh), but there are some frames I can pick but I would do that only if I was "forced" to aka EDA (this was prompted by me trying Dagath, realizing she's good but not really Feeling her playstyle in the fun department).

Also I moved some down to the "no strong opinion"/"don't play much" from "know how to play" because it's been too long and I've forgotten lol, I would probably fumble Voruna if I tried her now. That said, that is the secondary feature of the "know how to play" tier - a frame can slide down into "don't play as much" if I feel like I haven't touched the build in a while and it might be outdated in regards to newer content.

*cries in putting 8 forma in frames trying to update their builds*

Ps. "You aren't allowed to have multiple favorites! Pick a main RIGHT NYEOW!" NOOOOOOOO I legit can't choose between Nezha and Citrine. Gun to my head I will choose Nezha because I've had him for longer and he carried me through early/mid game and I farmed his prime day one in like 2 hours and then rushed him. <3 Love my silly slidey boy.

[burningcrab]

okay elaborating: the element mixing is cool. i switch weapons a lot so doing some on-the-fly element math to maximize the procs i can toss out is a fun little minigame

vial rush is my second favorite ability of any in the game for its pure “this feels/looks/sounds great to use” factor (voruna’s 4 still beats it sorry). also my build cranks range up very high so getting double range from a void fissure is just goofy.

catalyze obliterated a room of steel path enemies when i was still leveling him so i can only imagine what it does once i properly build for it

you all were not kidding he tanks like a motherfucker. between all the status effects and ophidian bite for a quick heal i have yet to even get downed

the cooldown system instead of energy is cool. really strong actually. even with blind rage up i can still get plenty of value out of transmutation probe, and ophidian bite/vial rush have such short cooldowns that i rarely need it. after playing a lot of blind rage voruna it is a relief to not be reliant on a steady supply of energy orbs lmao

overall 10/10 i have a forma and two archon shards on him already. if i had a nickel for every time i fell in love with an animal-themed warframe with different tap/hold mechanics on each ability and a gameplay focus on forcing status effects i would have two nickels. voruna and lavos transgender friends forever

also his leverian was really good 👍

dear lavos enjoyers after a little cryotic farm i am now building your guy. snake boy incident in t minus three days. does anyone have tips for how to build him

[alteredsilicone]

Had my first impressions..

Voruna - fun! Already chucked 2 forma at her, hopefully I won't regret it. Tenet Ferrox - also fun!

Got a sister with a tenet Plinx, shite % but I'll manage

overall I'm happy with the new stuff, still have to test out Yareli tho, and some other stuff

the update drops 6pm my time so i will be pacing all day like a deranged animal