Warframe - Starting Out Guide

[albert]

So this game has lots of quality if you get into it but at the start it is a little bewildering. They have a good Wiki. So here is my list of tips. I'll add to this as I remember more details.

Information Sources:

Wiki: http://warframe.wikia.com/wiki/WARFRAME_Wiki
Forum: https://forums.warframe.com/

Starting out:

The game begins with you having to select a Warframe out of a choice of 3. Excalibur, Loki, or Mag. http://warframe.wikia.com/wiki/Warframes

I went for Loki because you can go invisible and hide. I acquired Mag in the game and it's my fav. Excalibur is a nice balance they say, but I haven't unlocked him yet. (There are male and female Warframes). Check the overviews.
https://forums.warframe.com/index.ph...rofile-videos/


The game Interface:


There are several things going on here and it can be overwhelming.

Planets screen: This is where you join missions, navigation takes a bit of getting used to but is easy enough after some experience.
Arsenal: Your character, weapons selects, everything you need to setup ready to play, upgrade with mods, utilise inventory
Store: Where to shop with credits or platinum
Foundry: Where to build items from blueprints with picked up components
Keys: Clan Dojo key, Orokin Derelict mission keys, Orokin Void Keys - These are the special missions you want to save for a rainy day to do with your mates.


Buying Things:


Credits are the in game fantasy currency. It's available as a pickup through missions you need it to buy blueprints and upgrade with mods but it is in abundance so you just need to be patient and upgrade things as they are needed in game. It's easy to upgrade one thing fast and then be short when you are starting out.

Platinum is the buy it with real cash currency, you get 50 Platinum to start with.

Tip: They do a 50% off deal regularly. I recommend the pack that gives you about 600 Platinum which will see you through a lot of gameplay, I have 450 left of mine after over 100 hours play!

Only spend Platinum on these things:

Expansion slots - Cannot be found in game! for:

Warframes (20 per slot), Weapons (12 for 2 slots) - These allow you to make, and claim new Warframes and Weapons, without a slot you cannot claim and use new gear, unless you sell existing gear which is pointless.

Or Orokin technology - Can be built with blueprints but these have to be awarded in game and cannot be bought for credits - it's debatable if you want to buy them and waste Platinum:

Reactor, to supercharge your Warframe (double mod points!)
Catalyst, to supercharge a Weapon (again double mod points!)
Forma, to build rooms in the Dojo and to Polarize slots on your Warframe or Weapons.
(Tip: Can be confusing....Polarizing basically resets your level to 0 but doubles the mod points for one slot you select only if you allocate a certain polarity of mod to that slot. The polarity is determined by the little symbol at the top right hand corner of a mod card next to the mod level. Match the mod with the slot symbol and you get big benefits and use less mod points. Do not worry about this when you start out!)

Everything else in game you can buy/ craft blueprints for with Credits and build after obtaining the necessary components, don't waste Platinum.


In game:


You have a number of missions available but they all start with the Planets screen. Mercury is your only unlocked system when you start. You click the first available sector and are placed into game with 3 others, with one of your PC's hosting the game.

When you first play the game it's basically a 3rd person shoot em up but through time you realize it's much more.

There are two things that can be smashed or opened for loot:

Storage Cupboards: Press X to open
Lockers: Shoot ro Melee break open

Orbs (found in lockers and after killing baddies):

Red: Health
Blue: Charge for special powers - required to continually use your powers throughout the game
White: Affinity/ XP
Black: Nav Co-ordinates


Spoiler:

Once you start levelling up to lvl 5, there are various key unlocked missions to attempt, best joined through the Chat System in game. I there you can get major rewards and challenges. In some amazing looking maps you don't get in the main game, with a few pretty big bosses.

[albert]

I just read a good article on Survival:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/230410

Your damage potential is very important at all times (both weapon and ability). The total amount of enemies that can be present ACROSS THE ENTIRE MAP IS CAPPED TO A SET AMOUNT!!
Because of this, spreading out as a group is not advised. staying within one room or within a room of one another is best. Having this happen in pubs is going to be rare more than likely, but sticking together also has other benefits. More concentrated firepower, easier to cover your allies and vice versa, and reviving is more managable. Everyone can get all of the resource and mods as well, since they won't need to be running all over the place, and also, (and probably less known) is that all experience is shared with one another (am I making that stick out enough?). That's right, it doesn't matter WHO gets the kill, as long as you are within a set range of the person making the kill shot, you will also receive full xp from that kill.

I feel in most game especially pubs everyone get too far from each other therefore lose the XP potential. I had a guy scream at me for defending the terminal in a Void mission when the other 3 were off killing now I realise he was meaning stay together so we farm as much XP as possible. He could have explained it to me rather than the barrage of expletives I got on chat but he that's an idiot for you...