I'm sorry WHAT?!?!

[gump]

Just landed the stalker Ephemera, what the ♥♥♥♥ are these build requirements?

1 Million credits - Alright, that's a bit. Not sure why but okay.

25 Orokin Cells - Wow, that's also a lot. Good thing there's a resource drop chance booster going on.

Vitus Essence - Vitus Essence? Really? There's no reason for this lmao

Ash Systems - So... 12 hour build requirements on top of the... 72 hour build time of the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ item?

What exactly is the point of the 72 hour build requirements on top of the metric ♥♥♥♥ ton of grinding needed for the rest of the cosmetic?

[Meewec]

Smelly Fish in a Hazmat Suit の投稿を引用：

Angry Dragon Gamer の投稿を引用：

Dude, if you think the stalker Ephemera is costly, you should have seen the insane requirements for Rail Jack, which I cannot remember all the requirements which had six pieces, and each piece required 1 million credits and 12 hour build time.

Railjack costs have been greatly reduced.

railjack costs weren't even that bad from what i remember. the refund was nice though, less index

[Anirv[PL] 🚀]

1 Milion Credits is literally a joke, few index run`s and you are done.
Ash because you know... smoke? Smoking body ephemera? Ash is an assasin after all and have smoke bombs.
Orokin cells and vitus? Well to make it harder to get obviously.

[SQLOwns]

Meewec の投稿を引用：

Smelly Fish in a Hazmat Suit の投稿を引用：

Railjack costs have been greatly reduced.

railjack costs weren't even that bad from what i remember. the refund was nice though, less index

They weren't. DE just thought that's why people weren't playing. Boy were they wrong, LOL.

[Noble 6]

cheese の投稿を引用：

Just landed the stalker Ephemera, what the ♥♥♥♥ are these build requirements?

1 Million credits - Alright, that's a bit. Not sure why but okay.

25 Orokin Cells - Wow, that's also a lot. Good thing there's a resource drop chance booster going on.

Vitus Essence - Vitus Essence? Really? There's no reason for this lmao

Ash Systems - So... 12 hour build requirements on top of the... 72 hour build time of the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ item?

What exactly is the point of the 72 hour build requirements on top of the metric ♥♥♥♥ ton of grinding needed for the rest of the cosmetic?

you must prove to DE u are a worthy registered LOSER, don't u know?

grind = content.

[Meewec]

SQLOwns の投稿を引用：

Meewec の投稿を引用：

railjack costs weren't even that bad from what i remember. the refund was nice though, less index

They weren't. DE just thought that's why people weren't playing. Boy were they wrong, LOL.

i finally tried it out last week(had been taking a break while playing paradox games) and it's actually kinda fun so far

[MystMan]

If 1 million credits and 25 orokin cells seem a lot, then clearly you haven't played the game long enough. I'm not trying to be condescending, it's just that anybody who has cleared the star chart and farmed everything should be drowning in credits and orokin cells.
When I started this game years ago around update 7, Orokin cells were actually hard to farm. Sargas Ruk was the go-to place for that. And we had no Index either. Today Orokin Cells drop everywhere and credits is earned without even trying hard.

Unless you rushed though all the missions with a Volt and left enemies and breakable containers behind intact, you're not gonna farm resources passively and efficiently with such a playstyle.

As for why the Vitus essence? To get you to play Arbitrations of course. Its reward table does have some juicy mods (which sell nicely to other players) and you passively earn Vitus essence to boot to buy cosmetic stuff.

The crafting time is "meh". The real obstacle to crafting anything is getting the farmable required resources and beating RNG. Once you start the crafting, you are guaranteed to posess the item.
The 12-72 hours waiting time fades into nothingness in comparison when you realize you've been playing this game for months and years. Those 3 days of wait don't block you from continuing to do whatever you were already doing during those months/years. (crappy mobile games on the other hand literally block you from playing at all behind waiting walls unless you pay; why do those things still exist today FFS)

[Zorlond]

All hail FashionFrame.

[eris]

-Credits are prettily easily attainable by the index.
-Orokin cells are quickly farmed on Saturn survival, just bring a loot frame. I'd suggest Ivara solo because her pickpocket gives 100% extra drops. Don't need a booster for this at all.
-It's literally one vitus essence. If you don't have arbitrations, make it a goal to unlock them.
-Ash systems isn't a crazy requirement for a very rare ephemera. If you can wait 3 days, another 12 hours on top isn't crazy. All warframes take the same amount of time.

This game is all about setting your own personal goals. It's honestly not very unreasonable outside of the credits in my opinion. If you can't build it now, you can build it later, just be thankful it dropped.

[Tomasz12345678]

Doesnt everyone have the a like 10 day credit event booster or whatever? in like two runs of max index you should be nearing 1.5mil credits or more

[JediKnightSky]

Well 1 mil creds is literally nothing, like 3 rounds of high risk index with a double cred booster or a few more without.

Oro cells, I mean really? frell Ive been playing like a year anda half and have like a thousand stockpiled now days.

Vitae ? Oh no you gotta doa few rounds of arby, which means you got to have done the whole star chart. Like how terrible that something has a few bench marks to meet to make having it a symbol of having done a few things.

And yeah it also drops off of stalker, which if you play regularly wont take all that long to have crossed his path enough to get it.

Its certainly less of a hassle then having to go kill something big and annoying for specific drops.

[AAND]

JediKnightSky の投稿を引用：

Well 1 mil creds is literally nothing, like 3 rounds of high risk index with a double cred booster or a few more without.

Oro cells, I mean really? frell Ive been playing like a year anda half and have like a thousand stockpiled now days.

Vitae ? Oh no you gotta doa few rounds of arby, which means you got to have done the whole star chart. Like how terrible that something has a few bench marks to meet to make having it a symbol of having done a few things.

And yeah it also drops off of stalker, which if you play regularly wont take all that long to have crossed his path enough to get it.

Its certainly less of a hassle then having to go kill something big and annoying for specific drops.

Well my dread collection is very big and is getting bigger every time i meat the stalker lol

[Knight Wolfe]

Smelly Fish in a Hazmat Suit の投稿を引用：

Angry Dragon Gamer の投稿を引用：

Dude, if you think the stalker Ephemera is costly, you should have seen the insane requirements for Rail Jack, which I cannot remember all the requirements which had six pieces, and each piece required 1 million credits and 12 hour build time.

Railjack costs have been greatly reduced.

This is true. However you are aware the only reason why those costs got reduced was because DE wanted to hold the Scarlet Spear even, and because it required rail jack, DE decided "lets slap everyone in the face who went through the grind for credits, resources, and build time by reducing it all so everyone can play it".

Now granted part of my resources were refunded, however I never got the five million in credits back, and as for the two or three (cannot remember) repair drones, those seemed to magically disappear all on their own the next day.

But I digress. The point I was making is that if the op thinks the Ephemera is bad on resources, they have seen nothing yet.