Is Warframe dying?

[Dogu]

guys i love this game but i read somewhere about this game is dying , is it true or not ?i want to know your opinions.

[ItsDaKoolaidDude]

Dying? no.
Being replaced constantly and repeatedly by "new blood" while people who have chugged and plugged hours into the game and had been around before Railjack and are losing interest and not finding anything worthwhile to do because they likely already have the loot and/or don't find them necessary anymore all while those under 2k hours are still defending on the forums that "veterans just suck and need to ♥♥♥♥ off if they can't find anything to do in game", all the while a random as all hell mafia ban targeting for the sake of Clan Monopoly? I'll take "Yes" for 1000, Alex.

[Cha0zb0rn]

It's certainly not going away in the near future but it in fact is past its prime and things are only getting worse from this point onwards. According to steams playerstatistics the game peaked in 2016/2017 with roughly 60K players each day and has fallen over the years to a stable average of 40K with little peaks here and there. Judging from the way the game is managed and the little bit knowladge I have on lifecycle-Management those numbers wont go back up unless heavy investments will be made which is unlikely. But the game can obviously still sustain itself and the acquisition by tencent means that the company runs very profitable. The game could probably still go on for another decade.

DE spends it's current budget mostly on marketing but i guess ppl dont stick around for too long judging from my experiences ingame. Most ppl who actually stay play on and off and take long breaks. High player count with little engagement would be very bad for most other games but the gatcha game model is very profitable as i lures especially new players into big spendings while long term players arent likely to spend as much.

But thats just the business side of things. In terms of actual content and engagement this game has been "dying" for a long time. Its clear that the developers are burned out and want to do something else. Cant blame them after 7(?) years on the same project. Instead of focusing on the coregameplay they add more and more fluff thats not warframe and thus not very well received and abandoned soon after release. At this point the gamedesign is without direction and a clear focus. And that hurts everybody involved.
The older devs should just move on and DE needs to get fresh air into the office.
And they really need to start spending on Quality Management. After such a long time there is no excuse for delivering content as unfinished and unpolished as they have been with every bigger release. RJ is a very good example. Never played something this buggy before. And I heard necramechs were just as terrible at launch (took a break during that year. dunno for sure)

Hard to tell what the future will look like but I dont expect a rise in quality anytime soon. We will be able to play for a long time for sure but I actually dont know if I even want to. Once the loot is looted there is little incentive to play. But it will for sure be my go to game for times whre nothing better is around. And I guess thats what most long term players feel like.

[Luciole]

after this update railjack 3.0 pretty much DE killed railjack.

Everything in this update is broken or too much easy.

[ItsDaKoolaidDude]

Luciole eredeti hozzászólása:

after this update railjack 3.0 pretty much DE killed railjack.

Everything in this update is broken or too much easy.

Which is another thing because oh yes the game is for everyone, however that isn't the issue nor a reasonable thing to say anymore because (among many other issues) if you make a game too easy or easily broken to where you can breeze through a solid majority of what is available for you to do, you're more than likely going to bore people. And if the game itself cannot be held in a stable condition where you can easily find ways to break the game in one fashion or another, you're going to frustrate people in a negative and detrimental way.

[SomeMMORPGplayer]

ItsDaKoolaidDude eredeti hozzászólása:

Luciole eredeti hozzászólása:

after this update railjack 3.0 pretty much DE killed railjack.

Everything in this update is broken or too much easy.

Which is another thing because oh yes the game is for everyone, however that isn't the issue nor a reasonable thing to say anymore because (among many other issues) if you make a game too easy or easily broken to where you can breeze through a solid majority of what is available for you to do, you're more than likely going to bore people. And if the game itself cannot be held in a stable condition where you can easily find ways to break the game in one fashion or another, you're going to frustrate people in a negative and detrimental way.

you woke up and chose facts. sadly the game is easy and the combat ai has been dumbed down so much its boring

[✪ Wtf_Noodles]

Frodo eredeti hozzászólása:

guys i love this game but i read somewhere about this game is dying , is it true or not ?i want to know your opinions.

yes

[Daren]

It's always the same, people who lose interest in the game claim the game is "dying". No, it's not dying.

[Gremmy]

Yes, Warframe is dying. Just like I'm dying, you're dying, earth, solar system and the entire universe is dying. Everything dies, only question is at what rate is it dying.

[Cyber Kitten]

MeaNGremmy eredeti hozzászólása:

Yes, Warframe is dying. Just like I'm dying, you're dying, earth, solar system and the entire universe is dying. Everything dies, only question is at what rate is it dying.

Not fast enough

Also, i like this answer the most

[Mirai]

OP: Every single game is dying and on it's last legs, no matter how well it's doing. Because this is the internet and people can say whatever they want.

Daren eredeti hozzászólása:

It's always the same, people who lose interest in the game claim the game is "dying". No, it's not dying.

It's dying .. for them. Heh.

[CollectedHappy3]

i stopped playing shortly after the relic system was implemented, they tried to fix the grind by adding more grind and making it hard to solo to get prime parts. i dont have 12 hours a day to grind anymore and the grind is just waaay too much. (just my opinion)

[✨Saint✨]

People go and people join Warframe and vice versa, as long as this cycle continues this game wont die for a long time.

[ItsDaKoolaidDude]

Saint eredeti hozzászólása:

People go and people join Warframe and vice versa, as long as this cycle continues this game wont die for a long time.

:saint:

Soul of it will tho

[moot criminal]

Everyone's got their own opinions of what's good and what's bad. Whenever the game has an update, naturally something will be added/changed that people form strong opinions about. If you meet a salty enough player, they'll tell you the exact update in which warframe was "ruined." When old crusty vets (like me, but with more salt) claim that the game is dead, they could be speaking on a more personal level.

As for me, I enjoyed the game (possibly even more than games I had to pay to get in the first place.) It's heavily farm-y, grindy, a massive time sink, and perpetually troubled by RNG, but what mmo isn't? And, as I mentioned earlier, the game has an active and dedicated dev team seeking to update the game constantly. So, while some level of salt is unavoidable with any great change, I feel you can trust the team to always strive to add new and interesting features to the game.

On the other hand; conclave, the pvp aspect of the game, is straight-up dead. RIP.

[Luciole]

DE is killing the own game...sad but true prime! They are so much clueless.