Capturing towers

[Under Your Bed]

Not possible in solo - too many enemies constantly spawning. Anyway to actually complete these horrid missions without forced coop? I find them really badly designed for solo.

[Under Your Bed]

Postat inițial de matt(awaiting orders):

i can farm xini-eris solo with my ne zha pretty damn efficiently, and thats THE map for new relics.

if i can do it, so can you.... its ne zha

IDK what that is, I just checked a video quick. I don't think I have that unlocked as I don't remember seeing it on the map anywhere.

I see nezha has divine spears that would maybe to help. Apparently he's a mix of rhino, ember & volt according to the video I watched. Warding halo & firewalker both look useful too, temp immunity & stun enemies while dealing damage at the same time. I like the look of this warframe, but I haven't seen the others suggested to me yet. Definitely looks useful.

[Under Your Bed]

Postat inițial de robruckus65:

Any frame with a good cc makes interception incredibly easy solo. I usually use cc volt since His speed ability makes closing distances easier so captureing each point is faster.

If I switch between warframes does it mess up the story progression? Is the idea of the game to use certain warframes for specific mission types? Or am I understanding it wrong?

[croquemorttime]

few things :

- for mirage her 2nd ability should help with crowd control.

- you can also add crowd control to your guns if you mod them for blast (heat + cold) or radiation (heat + electricity). A sentinel firing with radiation can help too.

- ember and banshee are good, nyx is the real CC queen though, you can also think of rhino and nova...

[Sithis]

Postat inițial de Axe Wound:

Postat inițial de robruckus65:

Any frame with a good cc makes interception incredibly easy solo. I usually use cc volt since His speed ability makes closing distances easier so captureing each point is faster.

If I switch between warframes does it mess up the story progression? Is the idea of the game to use certain warframes for specific mission types? Or am I understanding it wrong?

All warframes offer you different tools. Think of them as interchangeable suits of armor for now - just like, say, in Knights of the Old Republic or Mass Effect, it doesn't matter which one you don, the story progress (and all other progress, too) exists 'outside' of the warframe you're using - only warframe's Level is something that is tied to it directly (in the same way weapons have Levels: put your current frame on a shelf and take another one - you'll be able to level it up just like you do with a gun, and its levels will save if you change back to your previous frame).

Personally, I would suggest you getting your hands on Rhino, as he's available as early as Venus (or Rhino Prime, if you find people to sell his parts) - he's a great combination of durability (Iron Skin makes him fairly tough, even if not actually immortal) coupled with nice CC (Stomp is one of my favorite abilities in the game, Charge isn't terrible, either), a good damage buff (Roar), and great 'regular' stats in terms of survivability. Prime variant has increased armor, which, in his case, helps a fair bit, as well as higher running speed (regular one is among the slowest warframes, although it actually isn't that big of a difference).

[croquemorttime]

Postat inițial de Axe Wound:

If I switch between warframes does it mess up the story progression? Is the idea of the game to use certain warframes for specific mission types? Or am I understanding it wrong?

no problem with story progression (warframes are not your character, it is an armored suit controlled by your character - the operator)

the idea is more : any warframe can complete any mission, but some of them make life easier for specific missions.

[Under Your Bed]

Postat inițial de Air:

I'll agree that interception missions aren't well-designed for solo, but they're hardly impossible to do on your own.

The particular method I use is to always move toward the tower that's been captured by the enemy for the longest amount of time; Enemies don't focus on defending their own points, so those are the least likely to have many enemies. This method has mostly worked for me regardless of which warframe I choose to use.

I just wait til one turns red then go there. The problem I had was eventually too many enemies appear & then I lose all towers at the same time, but I get what you mean.

Postat inițial de epiktopmemer:

normal ember without orokyn reactor can do well in the star chart. you just need the orokyn vault mods to build her.

IDK what an orokyn reactor is or what it does so I'll have to look that up & the vault mods. Thanks

Postat inițial de Patriot Jay:

Slow Nova makes solo Intercepts easy.

Ok thanks.

Postat inițial de Mystra4:

...Oh no... Don't worry about 'ruining' people's missions. It's actually somewhat difficult to do that, even if you try.

As long as you kill enemies (and do some of whatever the mission says to do) you'll be contributing to a group mission. Any enemies that aim at you will (partly) be stopped from capturing points in Interception (some will ignore you or will 'attack-move' to capture points). They're also vulnerable to death by teammate, lessening the pressure on you.

If you want to play solo, that fine - Solo is a pretty decent challenge. But, if you want some help in-game, you can message me (Mystra4, same as here) and I will help you out.

Nice thanks, yeah I'll send you a FR, I wont say no to some help ha.

[T.Phong]

hey pal, if u cant solo, it mean so sooooooo weak , i wont judge if u cant solo sorties, sometime it really hard, beside that all other mission is possible , spend more time play + research, enhance ur power , and u will able to do everything urself

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Postat inițial de Sithis:

Interceptions are probably somewhere near the top of not-solo-earlygame-friendly mission, I'd say. Still, that doesn't mean they're in some way impossible to run (especially Lv20's, as there are Lv40 Interceptions on the Starchart, and they're solo-able as well).

Mirage can actually be used for that, but you'll want to give her more Ability Strength and Duration to make use of her 1st and 3rd abilities, then use some preferrable AoE weapon. You'll still have to run around quite a lot to have line of sight with at least 3 nodes at once. You can also try any CC frame, too, which might make it easier to keep the whole map in check, but it is not necessary.

If you're running out of energy, you should consider using (and maxing) mods Flow (increases energy pool size) and Streamline (decreases ability costs), as well as Continuity (increases duration of abilities allowing you to cast them less frequently). You can also build some Energy Restores - one-use items that restore your energy every few seconds for a little while.

I have those 2 upgrades, but not the weapon. Yep, going to look at some other frames. I have the flow upgrade as well, but I don't have streamline equipped, maybe I'll have to look at swapping out one of the other upgrades I have installed. I'll check for those energy restores too.

Postat inițial de croquemorttime:

Hi,

I used to have a lot of problems with solo interception when I started, but it is actually very easy once you know how it works...

CC frames will make it easier but it absolutely not required, any frames can do it... without powers, even without killing anything (except at the end of the message)

The trick is to always fly around the map (bullet jump, then bullet jump again, then bullet jump some more...), without bothering with the enemies... take tower A, then B etc... the enemies will focus on the first tower you took and they are slow and dumb... by the time they recapture tower A you have captured towers B, C and you are already at tower D... you can even let the enemies move to tower B before recapturing tower A...

Yeah this is basically what I do, but the issue is losing all towers at once right near the end of the mission & I fail. I can't capture or recapture them fast enough.

Postat inițial de r-kid:

Normal solo interceptions are a lot faster than coop ones and, as mentioned already, are best done with a cc frame. You don't have to kill anything and it is preferable to not. As once you control those enemies no more will spawn if you don't kill them.

Solo archwing interception the itzal or amesha (available from the clan dojo tenno lab) are better than the odanta. Itzal allows fast travel, invisibility and aoe kills, amesha has healing and decoys to attract enemy attention.

IDK what clan dojo tenno lab is so I'll have to look that up. I don't think having even faster travel is safe for me so I'll probably go with the amesha, thanks.

Postat inițial de kunadam:

If you are new and do not hve the right mods/frames for easy solo inerception, then by all means go to public and play with others. This is a co-op game and it should - IMHO - be mostly played with others. The comminity is fantastic, and I have not seen enmity toward new players. With 4 players in interception you need to defend only one of them. And if enemies owepower you, then someone can always go and lend in a hand.

My main worry is getting lost because IDK the maps that well at all just yet, but yeah it's not like I can get lost on a tower map ha.

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Postat inițial de T.Phong:

hey pal, if u cant solo, it mean so sooooooo weak , i wont judge if u cant solo sorties, sometime it really hard, beside that all other mission is possible , spend more time play + research, enhance ur power , and u will able to do everything urself

Yeah my problem is not having the knowledge or experience so it's frustrating to not know what I'm doing wrong or the right way to do something. It hasn't been as much of a problem until now where the enemies are around level 20+ for what the game is suggesting for me to play. I need to have a better way to crowd control, mainly when escaping the end of a mission & for tower missions specifically.

[Jagore]

depends on your frame. frames with a ton of AOE can easily do it. I manage it on hydroid prime when i need to as well. Just rotate between two towers and let octo-buddy handle a third.

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Postat inițial de Jagore:

depends on your frame. frames with a ton of AOE can easily do it. I manage it on hydroid prime when i need to as well. Just rotate between two towers and let octo-buddy handle a third.

Maybe I need a better sentinal to help me too. I don't have any pets yet either.

[Crystal_Ignition (exo)]

if we're talking about interception then its all about movement and aim, if your not taking down enemies despite landing head/shots then you need to invest endo into your mods,
every weapon can tear through mobs and by the time you realise what doesnt you will be far enough in the game to look up youtube vids on what is and isnt a good weapon

point is some maps require some profieciency in bullet jumping to pull off, if you arent bullet jumping regularely then your playing at a disadvantage

ps: i also mostly played solo at first, despite one or 2 bosses i never needed help, the only times i found the game difficult was when i accidently took lvling gear into a high lvl map simply cause of the bullet sponge effect
use the right frames for the right job, keep your healthy on endo and youll be fine