Introduction to Warframe (Gaming)

by cheapLEY , Tuesday, July 09, 2019, 08:45 (2056 days ago) @ MacAddictXIV
edited by cheapLEY, Tuesday, July 09, 2019, 08:51

Warframe has a better grind, at least in terms of making sense. It feels like I’m empowered as a player to do whatever I want, and there’s always a direct path to get the crafting materials I need to get the things I want.

Destiny’s Powerful engrams system is fundamentally broken in my mind. I’m Warframe, you just do whatever you want and you level up. There’s no getting fucked by getting three powerful cloaks in a row. Destiny feels like I have to play the way Bungie wants and literally nothing else if I want to be able to play the newest stuff with everyone else. Warframe allows me to just play the things that look interesting, and I don’t get punished for essentially fucking off. And if there is something specific to grind for, it tells you exactly what materials you need and where to get them, none of this “I don’t know, figure it out, maybe EP is dropping the shotgun this week, maybe not!” shit that Bungie seems so fond of.

I won’t tell you Warframe is objectively a better grind, but it sure feels like it wants it’s players to have fun however they want more than Destiny does.

Edit: I will also add that the grind in Warframe feels “worth it” in a way that Destiny doesn’t. Warframe gives you so many options and mods and new toys that fundamentally change the way you can play the game. Destiny never does that. A power level 50 Hunter plays exactly the same as a power level 750 Hunter. The number is arbitrary and you don’t really get any game changers along the way. My level 27 Excalibur has at least two distinct builds right now that feel pretty different from each other, and I basically just started.

There’s an argument to be made that’s a good thing, but I certainly don’t think so. Destiny’s endgame comes down to farming for guns with slightly different rolls that don’t matter all that much, whereas Warframe lets you really find the exactly the playstyle you want.