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u/Metrinome Jul 03 '19
Is it just my imagination or does Gara's Splinter Storm also reduce damage from status like shash, toxin, fire procs?
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u/erythry Jul 03 '19
Yes. Damage reduction abilities, including splinter storm, and mechanics reduce the damage of DoT procs. Funnily enough, the advice of stop, drop, and roll applies to Warframe, since rolling can reduce the damage of heat (as well as slash and toxin) procs.
The one exception to this is slash procs being able to bypass armor's damage reduction, just like how we use slash procs to ignore enemy armor.
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u/TooManyIcons Jun 30 '19
Is Atmo System drops bugged? I did 30 heists and didnt get a single drop, i know how rng works but i saw a lot of people complaining about this, was i just unlicky or is something wrong? It doesnt look to be 10% at all
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u/erythry Jul 01 '19
You have around a 4% chance of getting no atmo systems after 30 runs. There's the possibility it's bugged, but it's more likely very bad luck.
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u/Metrinome Jun 29 '19
Why do people seem to suggest using the slash version of Gara's shattered lash?
For strictly usage with mass vitrify, wouldn't the puncture version be more convenient because it fires faster?
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u/wiktoryk Jun 30 '19
People suggest using slash to add that dmg to your aoe.It is the most effective against unarmored enemies.
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u/ImSoDrab Jun 29 '19
Whats the best way to level up cetus rep? I've maxed out fortuna and still have fun doing it while cetus makes me just want to give up.
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u/erythry Jun 29 '19
The most efficient way to level cetus reputation is fishing at night. Once you reach visitor, you should be able to purchase murkray bait. Murkray can be found in hotspots on the coast at night, which can be easy to find with an archwing. You can hand in the murkray for at least 500 rep each, and you get double the fish with a resource booster. Resource drop rate boosters increase the Murkray's spawn rate, and a smeeta kavat can be brought for potential fish insanity.
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u/YonceHergenPumphrey Jun 28 '19
Two questions:
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Just to be sure, there's no prestige ranks in the nightwave interlude, right? Got the Eidolon Ephemera, and am currently sitting at 10,000/10,000 for the next rank without it giving a rank up. (Just want to be 100% it's not bugged)
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Has anyone found Kuria 1:2 & 2:3 yet? I grabbed the rest in the gas city before jovian concord, but missed those two.
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u/Zoberraz Jun 27 '19
I have a problem with Warframe. I don't excel. In group content, I often seem to have less of a clue than whomever I'm teamed up with. I typically only accounted for 5-to-10% of my team's damage. I have nowhere the situational awareness and the ease at bullet jumping that others appear to have (I do parcour; it just doesn't come to me as easily, and I easily get lost).
Considering I'm MR 14 and dipped my toe around Sedna, I should be better at this. All I think I was really better at was having the patience to grind the materials to craft weapons and frames to level them. Few frames actually clicked with me so far.
So, essentially, I wanted to stop being a scrub. Equinox Prime was the first frame I started investing some forma into. Same for the Stradavar and the Tipedo. However, as awesome as Equinox Prime looks, I seem to flounder managing her abilities.
So, I resolved, I need something that I can faceroll with more. If I'm just bad, then I need ways to counter my handicap. Buying the Equinox Prime bundle afforded me some platinum, so, I thought I'd use it to that effect. It's a pain to feel like you're a drag to others.
The reason I play warframe at all is because I won Khora in a promotion. Khora has Venari. Venari often knows what to do before I do. Or, at least, it comforts me to have him around. Her kit is also something I can handle; decent CC on her 2 and 4 and her 1 is a pleasingly viseral extra source of damage.
Then, there was the matter of weapons. I'm not great at aiming, not great at keeping my head in fights with multiple opponents... so, I turned to the Amprex and the Atomos. With mods giving extra reach, their chaining attack was liable to handle groups very well... and also, they supposedly benefit from the beam rework. For melee, I grabbed the Atterax; though I'm also building a Plague Kripath polearm.
Something like 4-5 formas later for each (and Venari), I feel like I've become a force to be reckoned with in Hydron - at least, for the first 15 waves. It's less my warframe and more the Amprex, but using khora's 2 on a Nox sets him up for a pretty quick kill, and her 1 is handy during the Amprex' long reload.
The Plains of Eidolon is now the spot I'm at, recently for Plague Star and for earning Ostron rep through bounties. A few problems have cropped up for me, and I'm at a bit of a loss on how to adress them:
Khora - Arsenal: https://i.imgur.com/QUwo0Em.jpg Mods: https://i.imgur.com/2pbzZbY.jpg
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I have Accumulating Whipclaw, but find little use for it since I usually employ Whipclaw on single opponents.
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In some of the higher Cetus bounties, I struggle to survive individual mission steps. Usually, I manage, but eventually a Bombard crops up, I fail to differentiate it from the other enemies, and it then surprises me with a one-shot kill. I'm not sure how to answer that except in pining for more staying power.
Venari - Mods: https://i.imgur.com/lfjq1SM.jpg
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Venari just doesn't die. At least, never before Khora, which makes me feel that it's currently sufficiently tough despite its lack of shields.
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Venari does have terrific situational awareness compared to me. Can it find enemies and loot for me? I'm rather bad at finding mission caches (especially during timed objectives; I just always fail them)
Amprex - Mods: https://i.imgur.com/sT9oY24.jpg
The Amprex just shreds on Hydron wave 1-to-15. On the Plains, though, a few concerns crop up.
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The weapon actually has a limited range. It's especially obvious while on Archwing. I'm not sure that can be helped, though.
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The weapon is normally ammo efficient, but doesn't seem to last through a fight against a Tusk Thumper.
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If my staying power is in question, one answer could be that I need to kill enemies even faster. I'm not quite sure how I can achieve that, though.
Atomos - Mods: https://i.imgur.com/wnwKmSQ.jpg
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Atomos is pretty much a shorter ranged, much less ammo efficient version of the Amprex that should deal more damage, but I don't really feel it.
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It's mostly the backup weapon for when Khora needs to carry something, or a backup for the Amprex if the latter runs out of ammo.
Atterax - Mods: https://i.imgur.com/FjbyEmE.jpg
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The Atterax is an okay weapon, but it's performance doesn't bowl me over the way I expected it would according to all those youtube videos praising it. In some ways, I much prefered the way the Guandao, Tipedo and Orthos performed.
One alternative I was cultivating (ha!) is Saryn Prime, whom I recently got to Rank 30 and started to get an idea of how her spores worked... enough to realize that I needed way more range on her beyond just [Stretch]. Though, while farming in the Plains for [Augur Reach], I realized that Saryn was actually a poor performer out there; too much open ground for her spores to become a significant asset.
So, in closing, I'm trying to improve. What would the rest of you suggest I do to be able to pull my weight more?
Thank you!
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u/ellvix Jul 01 '19 edited Jul 01 '19
I know you already got very decent answers, and your question is 3 days old, but there are a few things I didn't see mentioned already.
First, have you checked out corrupted mods at all? They're the ones you get from doing vault runs in the derelict area. Stuff like Blind Rage, Fleeting Expertise, etc. Another guy mentioned boosting your effectiveness by increasing your power for certain skills only (rather than the jack of all trades approach), and corrupted mods are a great way to do that. Need str but not eff? Fine, do Blind Rage at max rank. You'll end up with some stats near the 250% mark, and others below 100%, which is often just what you want. Check out a build guide somewhere for ideas. Ask around if you're not sure how to farm those.
Next, have you seen this tier list? https://www.cephalonwannab.com/ I'm with you on weapons, I don't usually like aiming at all, but I like poking around that list to see what's out there to try. I like the Amprex quite a bit, but even though it looks better on paper, I like the Ignis Wraith quite a bit more. That's a BP you can only get from players, but there are plenty around who give it away for free (I'd offer but my dojo doesn't have it).
What's your playstyle? Do you want to be doing major dps, or doing support stuff? How active do you want to be? Sometimes I'll throw on Innaros or something so I can not worry about dying and shoot better. Other times I'll want to just sip my drink on and off while playing, and I'll do a duration Octavia build and just sit there invis while my 1 kills everything. I'd suggest trying to get most of the frames, check them out, check out videos on how they play, and see what fits.
Edit: forgot one more thing. Kitguns. Get a Kitgun. They're amazing.
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u/Brad_King Jun 28 '19
It's awesome that you feel so into the game that you want to feel and be stronger!
Let me try to give some pointers I've picked up over the years:
shields suck, unless you are a shield frame. Of which there are just 2 in my opinion (Hildryn and Mag). Health and armour multiply into way more effective hit points and there are many ways to heal HP (including health globes). Get that redirection out of there :)
Umbral mods.. I hardly use them as MR 27 with all frames potato-ed and forma-ed. They really are only for when you really want to go deep into specializing in one frame, for very high level end game in my opinion. The problem with them is that you need to get them to very high levels to be better than just using Vitality, Steel Fiber and Intensify. A maxed Vitality is 440% health, even my 2 levels below max umbral only gives 360% on it's own, 450% (so just a little higher) with 2 umbral mods. I would advise against using them in general, for now. A full vitality gives you more HP as you can see, at a much lower investment (both in mod points and in endo).
{Adaptation} with health is amazing for survival, I really suggest farming for it (be it through drops or just farming platinum to trade it with someone). It also works great for any frame with health (so in my opinion, 95% of the frames).
Jack of all trades, master of none. Your Khora has extra duration, efficiency, range and strength. It is really hard to do this. It is not great to do this in most cases, since you generally focus on fewer than 4 skills.. it's ok to have some of the stats lower and focus more on defense.
That should help your survivability and impact with skills a bit: mostly you don't have to build for umbral mods, and, if you do, you should really go even deeper (again, only for really high level end game stuff and even then it's not needed)
Weapons, ranged, well and the other reply mentioned, the 60/60 mods really help in keeping the need for forma a bit lower and the impact of status procs with the correct damage type should help a lot.
Melee: same with the 60/60 mods (farm them btw) and indeed a lot of melee are insanely powerful because of either {Maiming Strike} and or {Blood Rush}.. not that needed, but very high impact. With the correct damage types.
You're certainly on the right direction, some small changes will have a lot of impact.
And as for weapons on open worlds: yes, having 2 ranged weapons with limited range really hurts, I tend to bring a sniper because I like it, but there are some other less 'need to headshot and aim well all the time' weapons too!
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u/dragonseth07 Jun 28 '19 edited Jun 28 '19
For starters, maxing out your mods will do a lot. The difference between rank 5 and rank 10 Umbral mods is enormous.
For your Amprex, consider dropping Sinister Reach for Stormbringer. Less range, but a lot more Corrosive damage. Probably drop in 60/60 mods, make it Hybrid with either Corrosive or Viral.
The Atomos should probably also be built Hybrid, with 60/60 mods. Also, why are you using Blast on it?
The Atterax needs to be built for Maiming Strike. Meme Strike is how people use that weapon.
Edit: I just noticed, why don't you have another Companion? That slot is empty, bro. Get another Kubrow or Kavat, or a Sentinel in there. Any of those can have significant buffs for you or just do stuff on their own. Venari is in addition to your normal Companion. That's Khora's thing.
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u/Laffngman Jun 27 '19
What makes Saryn's Ult so powerful? The numbers on the wiki don't even break 200. And yet she's to toted as the best frame for farming ESO.
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u/Fireflyin72 Jun 27 '19
Is it just me or is the fishing in both POE and Fortuna bugged? Either the places aren't bubbling/ showing signs of fish or there aren't any there when I throw in a luminous dye. I definitely didnt scare them because I land a ways away and run up. Also sometimes the fish show up with the dye, but suddenly disappear even when the dye is still up/definitely not done yet.
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u/aurthes Jul 03 '19 edited Jul 03 '19
I submitted a seemingly easy support question. I purchased two tickets to Tennocon at the same time, one for me, one for a member of my family, and somehow the warframe alias on the Eventbrite app shows just my alias (but both our RL names) on both tickets (I was pretty sure I put in both in-game names). I put in a ticket to correct this on Friday, but its still pending. I am concerned that if there normal turnaround is a couple of weeks, it may be too late to correct.
For those of you who have been there before, do you know if there is someone that can assist me there, should I buy him a digital ticket to make sure he gets the rewards?
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Looks like we are all set now, DE was great!