Warframe vs bundle deals?

[AcidVenus]

I'm a beginner player. I think I'm MR3. I've maxed out MAG and wasn't a fan of Octavia that was free with Prime gaming.
I'm looking at getting Ivara as I like the idea of stealth. Now I don't have any stealthy weapons but there is a bundle deal that includes them.

Is it generally worth buying the bundles as the platinum required to buy this is £32.99. I'm not complaining about the price, it's a free game and I'm an ex destiny player so if I pay around £10 per month average I'm not too bothered. Just wondered if the bundled weapons are usually good?

And a side question, I've noticed if (I think) if you buy a weapon but don't have a slot you get a weapon slot.. does this only happen if inventory is full? So if I went for the bundle, should I fill my inventory up to get some extra slots? Or do bundled weapons come with an extra slot each?

Oh and I'm not at work thursday/Friday and this bundle comes with some 3 day boosts which is perfect timing as I don't often get an extra day off work.

Thanks in advance.

[Skeleton]

Generally speaking, none of the weapon bundles are worth it. They tend to be basic weapons that can be acquired very easily, and are an outdated concept from when Warframe was still young.

You'd be much better off getting the Hush and Suppress weapon mods, which make your primary and secondary weapon silent, respectively. That combined with Ivara's invisibility should give you all the stealth you need.

Also, do your quests - there's a glaive (throwable melee weapon) you will eventually get, and despite the explosion they're naturally considered silent weapons as well.

[Fake]

Octavia is a stealth Warframe.

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[Bibo1]

You're better off getting Plat for Warframe and weapon slots.
You can also buy Prime parts from other players with that Plat.

Weapons, Warframes and other stuff bought from the shop always come with slots regardless of how many empty ones you have.
Concerning bundles, they can be worth it because they come with built-in Orokin catalysts or Reactors and some Warframes can be extremely difficult to grind for as a new player.
https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Orokin_Catalyst
https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Orokin_Reactor
Get used to consulting the wiki regularly.
Some weapons are required to build other weapons so selling them after have acquired their mastery may not be in your best interests.

Edit: When you buy blueprints you have to build them yourself which means having the neccesary resources.

[HumanMirthquake]

Ivara was my first prime frame so she has a special place in my heart; She's super fun, and if you can get a hold of mods that make weapons silent (even shotguns have a mod), you're golden. Also she has an augment that lets her walk through lasers of spy missions without triggering them, and there's a sniper mod that lets you regen energy with headshots (which works while stealthed); if you slap Flow or Primed Flow on Ivara and use Exodia Brave on a Zaw, you can get a lot of energy that way, too.

[AcidVenus]

Thanks everyone.
I'm gonna look into the silence mods and defo will get on the wiki, had quick look and some of the weapons or even warframes don't look too difficult to get once I open up more nodes.
Good to know the purchased items come with slots. I built 3 weapons in my foundry and had to buy slots because I didn't have space for them.

When I get home ill decide if I'm buying warframe only or the bundle depending how quickly I think I can get the parts.

Problem is the difficulty, the levels don't always seem to match up with the difficulty. I struggled with the first open world Venus mission for example, had to quit. I can hack the drone but then I can't defend it, the enemies seem much stronger than their level suggests. Then I go do another mission with higher level enemies and I can complete it one handed while eating a snack lol.

[Bibo1]

Just ignore the open world on Earth and Venus.
You can only really do those bounties etc. for standing much later with fully upgraded weapons and warframes.
Edit: Oh, and those are places for a lot of grinding for resources.
Essentially they're just a time-sink for doing boring or annoying crap like mining or fishing to get resources.
To build stuff.
Which you then use to build other stuff ...

[AcidVenus]

I'll keep that in mind but I don't mind the open world. The only quest that has bothered me is the one where you're not a warframe. It felt like a completely different game. I hope it's not required for anything soon, as a new player I just want to do the warframe stuff.

[Captain Nathaniel Joseph Claw]

Always buy platinum at discount, always. Stay away from the game a few days and it should appear.
Also there are some great prime weapons for low MR, you are better buying it from someone, use warframe.market (it is a non official legit website, great way to trade far cheaper than trade chat).
Usually bundles never worth it, unless it for fashion purpose, same for buying weapons directly if not the prime parts from someone else.

[AcidVenus]

Lucky day to log in! 50% off platinum. If I'd gone ahead last night it would have been £33 for 1000 platinum. Since I intended to spend that I opted for 2100 platinum for the same £33.

Thanks once again everyone. Gonna explore the market and also parts farming for blueprints.

[Marmarmar34]

If you want stealth, unlock Loki. He's an easy frame to get, AND you can get the bow and kunai BPs from the hunter when you do assassination missions.

[Shure Iam]

Originally posted by AcidVenus:

Lucky day to log in! 50% off platinum. If I'd gone ahead last night it would have been £33 for 1000 platinum. Since I intended to spend that I opted for 2100 platinum for the same £33.

Thanks once again everyone. Gonna explore the market and also parts farming for blueprints.

There's also a 75% off where for $50 you get 4100 or whatever the highest plat bundle is,

But don't count on ever seeing it, I have almost 900 logins and I've only seen the 75% show up twice, maybe 3 times ever. on my account at least, I have friends that get one at least once or twice a month.