Who cares about auras

[Skull]

It seems to me that quite a majority of players use the aura mod just for capacity extention of their warframe without any other idea of better usage. I have seen so many times people with Corrosive Projection auras equipped on sortie with augmented enemy shields condition, Energy Siphon auras on enemy physical enhancement condition, Shield Disruption aura on augmented enemy armor condition. Most of them using Steel Charge for an obvious reason and, thanks tenno god, that aura is more or less suitable everywhere. But still - is it so hard to check your aura slot when you go to play against 60+ lvl enemies? Do people still care about that?

There is nothing difficult it slaughtering mobs with simulor or tonkor but auras make that stupid rough way much more smarter, stylish and pleasurable. Don't you think?

[fragball]

引用自 Rizilliant：

PS: on the star chart, in the pugs, it usually wont matter anyway.. Since there is almost always some Rambo, who brings his Best gear, to make sure he one shots entire rooms, and leaves his "team" behind to pickup drops.. Theres always an Ember, ot Simulor Mirage to make the mission SO much fun.. I personally equip gear that im ranking up, when playing the star chart, and alerts, unless theyre lvl 40ish..

indeed there is - also it is too much to bother about getting the pug's to equip what one thinks would be best (like i mentioned above about the shield disruption dude). i want a carefulle pimped team, i call for one in recrution chat or clan/alliance chat.
taking gear to level was the way i did a long time ago too - nowadays i only do so when i re-level it after some formas already spend on it (and that only on some kind of missions too).

[fragball]

引用自 MystMan：

Thing about Auras, they're alerts only. I can believe that there are players who still don't have CP after playing the game for 6 months.

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And this is what I find about Warframe that it does better than other games out there that offer so-called "freedom-build-but-you-really-should-follow-the-meta-to-stand-a-chance".

This game can be conquered without resorting to meta behaviour. Meta makes a game boring in the long run. Tired of using Ash' bladestorm? Then bloody stop using it and try something new. It's not worth choosing the fastest efficient way to your goals if you sacrifice fun for it.

for sure, i can't count how many cp's, siphons and steelcharges i sold for platinum over the time i played this game ;)

well, with enough formas one can get nearly any weapon to a point where it can handle well enough against lvl100 (and a bit above that too). but you are right, that without the meta-build it feels...awkward to play it. a better balance between the weapons would be nice, since there are a lot fun-to-use ones that lack the punch it would need for people to chose them more often.

[Cano_Lathra]

Personally, I choose auras that complement the warframe as opposed to complementing the mission. If the sortie has Augmented Armor, then I just bring a Covert Lethality build on my Inaros or Ash. If they have Augmented Shields, I use a status weapon built for toxin or gas. I use Steel Charge on melee-oriented frames, Energy Siphon on casters and melee-oriented (I like my Life Strike), and either Energy Siphon or Rejuvination on support frames, depending on the polarity. I prefer to adapt the aura to my playstyle, and my weapons to the enemy's condition.

[Incunabulum]

引用自 McNamara：

It seems to me that quite a majority of players use the aura mod just for capacity extention of their warframe without any other idea of better usage. I have seen so many times people with Corrosive Projection auras equipped on sortie with augmented enemy shields condition,

Because Auras are linked to polarities and you can't just switch them out without heavily gimping the other aspects of your build. And not every one has equal facility with every Frame or keeps multiple copies of their preferred Frame to Forma the Aura slot appropriately.

[Archwraith]

引用自 Rizilliant：

Have you fought Jordas without Corrosive Projection? How about 45+mins in defense without energy/helth regen? Corrosive Projection, and Shield disrupt save ammo.. Aura is the first thing i change depending on mission, followed by loadout/mods...

Jordas is easily conquered with weapon modded for crits and corrosive mod, especially using Velocitus to take care of him.

Trinity, or bring health pack and energy restore. That'll clean stuff up. Rejuvenation won't mean anything in high-leveled run since you'll most likely get one shotted. Energy siphon either, 4x energy siphon is useless in the long run since one will spam skills too much that the regen is too slow.

Agree that CP is good, but shield is no use since with magnetic build, any shield unit is easily torn down.

[Nishi]

引用自 MystMan：

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You pretty much summed up my whole point. Keep having fun, my dude, you deserve it.