add a "test drive" function for base warframes.

[Herozen]

i feel it would really help new players if you were able to give warframes a test run.

push a button on the frame's page and it loads you into a low level grineer exterminate with a basic build of mods (stuff like vitality, intensify, stretch etc) and their signature weapon, or just the players current weapons.

mainly just so newer players can get a grasp of how a frame's kit performs in a mission before they invest the time/platinum into getting them

[Spirit]

agree , maybe even a simaris trial to test its abilities , test it and see if its for the desired playstyle rather then buying the cat in a bucket

[Wrong Way Up]

i mean all frames are farmable why pay for them ... frames need to be done for MR and to subsume

[Reclaim Her]

Originally posted by Wrong Way Up:

i mean all frames are farmable why pay for them ... frames need to be done for MR and to subsume

cause im not poor and i value my time

[The Big Brzezinski]

The leveling process is the test run. You're going to eventually assemble and level each frame anyway for mastery rank. Whether you keep or sell them afterwards is your prerogative

One low-level extermination mission is not a sufficient test. New players may, in their ignorance, think it is. They are wrong. It takes time to feel out a frame, understand its abilities, its limits, how well it fits your play style. After you've leveled the frame to 30 in your regular course of play, you at least have some familiarity on which to base your decision to make it a main or not. Letting players make that decision prematurely is only going to leave a bad taste in their mouths when, a reactor and exilus adapter later, they discover they hate it.

[Sirendire]

Also alot of frames dont really shine til you can get mid to endgame mods on them

[Herozen]

Originally posted by The Big Brzezinski:

The leveling process is the test run. You're going to eventually assemble and level each frame anyway for mastery rank. Whether you keep or sell them afterwards is your prerogative

One low-level extermination mission is not a sufficient test. New players may, in their ignorance, think it is. They are wrong. It takes time to feel out a frame, understand its abilities, its limits, how well it fits your play style. After you've leveled the frame to 30 in your regular course of play, you at least have some familiarity on which to base your decision to make it a main or not. Letting players make that decision prematurely is only going to leave a bad taste in their mouths when, a reactor and exilus adapter later, they discover they hate it.

this isn't a test for a frame at their max potential, it's for newer players, who really need a goal to keep them going besides "get 2 sec'nd dreem" people seem to forget that even if you're lucky with drops and progress quickly, unless you're willing to spend platinum, a frame takens about 4 days to build. whether or not i potato and exil it doesn't matter. if i feel i've wasted 4 days work on a frame i THOUGHT i'd love, i'd hate them regardless.

[Fireiznotkool]

I'm down for, would save the hassle for some hard to get frames that aren't great, like Gyre

[:3]

better idea: make them equipable in the simulacrum and they have infinite capacity, same for your frames, unowned frames and weapons

[Pakaku]

Originally posted by Herozen:

Originally posted by The Big Brzezinski:

The leveling process is the test run. You're going to eventually assemble and level each frame anyway for mastery rank. Whether you keep or sell them afterwards is your prerogative

One low-level extermination mission is not a sufficient test. New players may, in their ignorance, think it is. They are wrong. It takes time to feel out a frame, understand its abilities, its limits, how well it fits your play style. After you've leveled the frame to 30 in your regular course of play, you at least have some familiarity on which to base your decision to make it a main or not. Letting players make that decision prematurely is only going to leave a bad taste in their mouths when, a reactor and exilus adapter later, they discover they hate it.

this isn't a test for a frame at their max potential, it's for newer players, who really need a goal to keep them going besides "get 2 sec'nd dreem" people seem to forget that even if you're lucky with drops and progress quickly, unless you're willing to spend platinum, a frame takens about 4 days to build. whether or not i potato and exil it doesn't matter. if i feel i've wasted 4 days work on a frame i THOUGHT i'd love, i'd hate them regardless.

If you could test-drive them and realise they were unimpressive, you wouldn't spend time farming for them. I think DE is banking on that, because the more they "give away", the less time people could be potentially playing the game. It's also why new updates come with new guns and warframes, but they're always behind some sort of grind, because that grind gets people playing the update.

[:3]

Originally posted by Pakaku:

Originally posted by Herozen:

this isn't a test for a frame at their max potential, it's for newer players, who really need a goal to keep them going besides "get 2 sec'nd dreem" people seem to forget that even if you're lucky with drops and progress quickly, unless you're willing to spend platinum, a frame takens about 4 days to build. whether or not i potato and exil it doesn't matter. if i feel i've wasted 4 days work on a frame i THOUGHT i'd love, i'd hate them regardless.

If you could test-drive them and realise they were unimpressive, you wouldn't spend time farming for them. I think DE is banking on that, because the more they "give away", the less time people could be potentially playing the game. It's also why new updates come with new guns and warframes, but they're always behind some sort of grind, because that grind gets people playing the update.

mastery

[PoolNoodle]

ranking to30 gives you idea if you like the frame or not, and like someone told before, you will need to rank30 ALL things anyways since mastery wants it´+ helminth likes to eat as well

[Mr. Smiles]

Originally posted by gabe:

cause im not poor and i value my time

Hooooooooooooo boy are YOU playing the wrong game!

[Herozen]

Originally posted by PoolNoodle:

ranking to30 gives you idea if you like the frame or not, and like someone told before, you will need to rank30 ALL things anyways since mastery wants it´+ helminth likes to eat as well

new players arn't going to waste 4 days work for a test run.

[JJ, Professional Fool]

Originally posted by Mr. Smiles:

Originally posted by gabe:

cause im not poor and i value my time

Hooooooooooooo boy are YOU playing the wrong game!

Dude has multiple vacs and he is talking about valuing his time? Didn't value gaming in general of those he effected to deserve those. Valuable time haha.

[DLOZanma]

Originally posted by Herozen:

Originally posted by PoolNoodle:

ranking to30 gives you idea if you like the frame or not, and like someone told before, you will need to rank30 ALL things anyways since mastery wants it´+ helminth likes to eat as well

new players arn't going to waste 4 days work for a test run.

New players aren't gonna rank up ever, with your logic.