Advice for a newbie: Vox Solaris/"Talk to Thursby"

[DoktorVinter]

So, I've gotten to the Fortuna part of the missions. Venus and stuff. Yeah. But.. I can't survive. I get the drone down once but it regenerates and tells on me, haha. And also, apparently it's a solo mission? --because it seems I can't bring a squad. Some info: I'm a Mag/Tenno. Is that a bad starter character? And a bad character for that mission? I've only been playing for 4 days and not that many hours, so I'm not at all familiar with the game yet. And definitely not the lingo.. ;P
Anyway, any advice on how to progress so I can get to Orb Vallis?

Edit: Now just a thread for me to update everyone on my progress honestly

[Yuki]

Mag isnt a bad frame. But she is a bad starter imho. A "late bloomer", incredibly powerful in the end and particularily useful against corpus. Which is the enemy faction you will face in the vallis. Before having some decent gear and mods though...not so much.

You may indeed want to invest into a new frame first (e.g. Rhino) and travel through the star map up until sedna. You will need a few more things down along the road to the vallis that you will get there.
Alternatively there is also the Plains of Eidolon.

As for the specific mission- no clue what you are talking about sorry. Aint all missions for fortuna in the vallis anyways? oO

Welcome to Warframe Tenno!
(We are all Tenno btw, its the "players" faction ;) )

[DoktorVinter]

Originally posted by Yuki:

Mag isnt a bad frame. But she is a bad starter imho. A "late bloomer", incredibly powerful in the end and particularily useful against corpus. Which is the enemy faction you will face in the vallis. Before having some decent gear and mods though...not so much.

You may indeed want to invest into a new frame first (e.g. Rhino) and travel through the star map up until sedna. You will need a few more things down along the road to the vallis that you will get there.
Alternatively there is also the Plains of Eidolon.

As for the specific mission- no clue what you are talking about sorry. Aint all missions for fortuna in the vallis anyways? oO

Welcome to Warframe Tenno!
(We are all Tenno btw, its the "players" faction ;) )

Ahh, thank you! :D And... what's a "faction"? I should add English is my second language as well. And like I said, I don't know the game lingo yet. Don't know what anything means etc. I've noticed there are tutorials, but I really don't get what they all mean (the categories, the titles etc) or stand for anyway.

And the missions I'm talking about is the one where it says "Talk to Thursby" and you talk to him and then you're getting stuff for him in "crates" being dropped off, I'm guessing to pay off his debt or something? And then you have to shoot down a drone that overheard a conversation we had. And well, when I try to kill that drone, I always die. I can manage up until that point though - and even take it down once. And I tried to get 1 friend to join in ("squad"?) but they got kicked out over and over again, so I guess it's a solo mission? But idk, maybe I'm doing something wrong. My friend has played 250 hours and is also puzzled regarding that specific thing. I should add this is on Venus I think? But I guess you knew that already. I've only been on Earth and Venus so far.

Getting a new "frame" - is that like getting a new character? Is a "frame" a character? "Warframes", are they the characters? Like I said, I know NOTHING. Haha. I've gotten the hang of the mods a smaaaaaall bit, but only because I upgrade automatically every time. The game told me that it would be smartest to do it automatically when new to the game, until you learn more advanced stuff.

What's the number 1 most important thing to do when new to the game? Like what should I focus on first and foremost? Cuz the game wants me to do 1000 things at once. And I need 1 direction, not several options and directions.. My ADHD is killin meeee. Hahah

[Yuki]

A faction is well...a faction :D
A group of people with a certain goal or other types of uniformity, race, language, belief (...)
You could also say its kind of our "nation", though nations in the sense we know them today dont really exist anymore.

Warframes are kind of the characters yes. Think of them as deployable robots you control (wont spoil too much about that). A bit as if you upload your mind into them. They are based on a technology from a fallen empire, the Orokin.
Think of them as a human high tech empire of a golden age. Far better than anything still available. But you surely remember waking up from cryo in a strange looking room. Thats the typical orokin architecture. A lot of gold and ivory. They where fancy guys these Orokin.

You- the operator- are among the selected few "minds" who can control a warframe. But you are not the warframe, otherwise you wouldnt be able to swap them between missions.

This combination of Warframe and its Operator is called a Tenno. Without an operator the warframe would usually be inert. A humanoid looking piece of metal.
We Tenno are the former elite force of the Orokin. For outsiders its also not always clear that the warframes are not the individuals. Hence the use of the word Tenno is kind of cloudy. Is it the machine, the mind, the support staff as well?
Today that word also often applies at some kind of support staff affiliated with us like all those people on the "relays", the big space stations that "we" kind of control (NPC "we").
So for outsiders today the Tenno are those remnants of a fallen empire, the faction of the Tenno. While for people within this group Tenno may specifically apply only to the Warframe/Operator combination, or even only the group of operators.

More of that will be revealed in the story, and parts of the story i highly recommend doing BEFORE attempting to go to the vallis. Head for Sedna ;)

You can swap Warframes between missions just like any other weapon. And you need to level and equip each one individually. Though the "mods" you put in one warframe, or frame for short, can be used in another as well without getting them out again. You can only have one warframe at a time anyways so this is swapping of mods is kind of "automated".
Think of warframes like vehicles. You cant be in two cars at once, but you may want to take your air refresher with you from one to the other.

Getting them usually means crafting them once you got the parts. Parts can come from a lot of different sources. Other players (so called "prime" warframes), drops from bosses and the like.

And having 1000 things to do...well, thats warframe. Thats what its about. Warframe grew in width not depth. You wont grind a single dungeon 500 times to uprade your chestplate from T12345 to T12346. Instead you farm the parts for one of the several hundred of weapons, each and every different to the other. From classic bows that can however pierce an enemy to a wall, over bows that fire explosives, standard full automatic rifles, sniper rifles, weapons that can be both, weapons that deploy turrets, shoot homing missiles (...)
Same for the dozens of warframes. Not just 6 character classes. More than 40! (and most of them even in several variants)

As for important in the beginning: The story is. It will give you some mastery rank- which will unlock certain equipment, and unlock a few things as well. So again, head for Sedna ;)
And if you "get stuck" because its too difficult- take a step back, take a look what equipment is in reach for you, upgrade, update, try again. Try a new weapon, invest some endo in fusing your mods, try a new warframe. Thats the game.

[DoktorVinter]

Originally posted by Yuki:

A faction is well...a faction :D
A group of people with a certain goal or other types of uniformity, race, language, belief (...)
You could also say its kind of our "nation", though nations in the sense we know them today dont really exist anymore.

Warframes are kind of the characters yes. Think of them as deployable robots you control (wont spoil too much about that). A bit as if you upload your mind into them. They are based on a technology from a fallen empire, the Orokin.
Think of them as a human high tech empire of a golden age. Far better than anything still available. But you surely remember waking up from cryo in a strange looking room. Thats the typical orokin architecture. A lot of gold and ivory. They where fancy guys these Orokin.

You- the operator- are among the selected few "minds" who can control a warframe. But you are not the warframe, otherwise you wouldnt be able to swap them between missions.

This combination of Warframe and its Operator is called a Tenno. Without an operator the warframe would usually be inert. A humanoid looking piece of metal.
We Tenno are the former elite force of the Orokin. For outsiders its also not always clear that the warframes are not the individuals. Hence the use of the word Tenno is kind of cloudy. Is it the machine, the mind, the support staff as well?
Today that word also often applies at some kind of support staff affiliated with us like all those people on the "relays", the big space stations that "we" kind of control (NPC "we").
So for outsiders today the Tenno are those remnants of a fallen empire, the faction of the Tenno. While for people within this group Tenno may specifically apply only to the Warframe/Operator combination, or even only the group of operators.

More of that will be revealed in the story, and parts of the story i highly recommend doing BEFORE attempting to go to the vallis. Head for Sedna ;)

You can swap Warframes between missions just like any other weapon. And you need to level and equip each one individually. Though the "mods" you put in one warframe, or frame for short, can be used in another as well without getting them out again. You can only have one warframe at a time anyways so this is swapping of mods is kind of "automated".
Think of warframes like vehicles. You cant be in two cars at once, but you may want to take your air refresher with you from one to the other.

Getting them usually means crafting them once you got the parts. Parts can come from a lot of different sources. Other players (so called "prime" warframes), drops from bosses and the like.

And having 1000 things to do...well, thats warframe. Thats what its about. Warframe grew in width not depth. You wont grind a single dungeon 500 times to uprade your chestplate from T12345 to T12346. Instead you farm the parts for one of the several hundred of weapons, each and every different to the other. From classic bows that can however pierce an enemy to a wall, over bows that fire explosives, standard full automatic rifles, sniper rifles, weapons that can be both, weapons that deploy turrets, shoot homing missiles (...)
Same for the dozens of warframes. Not just 6 character classes. More than 40! (and most of them even in several variants)

As for important in the beginning: The story is. It will give you some mastery rank- which will unlock certain equipment, and unlock a few things as well. So again, head for Sedna ;)
And if you "get stuck" because its too difficult- take a step back, take a look what equipment is in reach for you, upgrade, update, try again. Try a new weapon, invest some endo in fusing your mods, try a new warframe. Thats the game.

Alright. That's a bunch of info.
So.. Abandon the mission then and start with another easier one, is your reasoning? I'm actually looking for parts for a blueprint (Rhino) I bought just now, since you suggested playing with the Rhino frame instead. I'm missing 2 parts so far (Chassis + Neuroptics). The Foundry is the only thing I'm actually getting the hang of, haha. So right now I'm getting through some stuff on Venus to get those parts. Some boss on Venus drops the "helmet" I read somewhere. Dunno if that's correct or not buuuut. --Also, the "operator" part was new to me! I thought the "operator" was me - as in my character, my body, my outfit, my whole thing. So.. Who's communicating with "The operator" (me?) when I'm on my Orbiter? Is it the Warframe or is it some built-in AI? Haha.

I'll try my best, I guess!

[Ratt]

Despite being listed so early in the quest log and appearing on such a low-level planet, Vox Solaris isn't for new players. The enemies on the Orb Vallis (the place where Vox Solaris happens) are more dangerous than their level suggests (though not so much now as on release), and most of the resources you get on the Orb Vallis are only usable for Solaris-related stuff. The same goes for the Plains of Eidolon on Earth and the Saya's Vigil quest that happens there. You should ignore both of those for now.

A more manageable and more appropriate goal for you as a new player is to progress through the star chart, unlocking the rest of the planets. Travel between planets requires the use of a space station called a Junction, and each Junction has both a boss fight guarding it and a list of requirements that you have to meet to attempt that boss fight. You'll see them as nodes on the map.

As for these things...

Originally posted by DoktorVinter:

I'm actually looking for parts for a blueprint (Rhino) I bought just now, since you suggested playing with the Rhino frame instead. I'm missing 2 parts so far (Chassis + Neuroptics). The Foundry is the only thing I'm actually getting the hang of, haha. So right now I'm getting through some stuff on Venus to get those parts. Some boss on Venus drops the "helmet" I read somewhere. Dunno if that's correct or not buuuut.

Go fight the Jackal, the Venus boss, again. Every time you do, it drops a blueprint for a random one of Rhino's three components: the neuroptics (formerly called "helmet"), the chassis, or the systems. If you need resources from Venus, don't go to Fortuna or the Orb Vallis, but do try to do every other Venus mission at least once so you can fully unlock the star chart.

Also keep in mind that the Foundry can work on any number of things at once and can hold any number of completed things at once for however long you want, all at no cost or penalty. Some people assume that it can only build one thing at a time, and that mistaken assumption makes things very inconvenient.

Originally posted by DoktorVinter:

Also, the "operator" part was new to me! I thought the "operator" was me - as in my character, my body, my outfit, my whole thing. So.. Who's communicating with "The operator" (me?) when I'm on my Orbiter? Is it the Warframe or is it some built-in AI? Haha.

Yuki went into more detail than he should have. The short version is that you, a Tenno, are one of the very few people trained to use (to operate, hence "Operator") the Warframes (Mag, Rhino, and so on). "Tenno" and "Operator" refer to the same people, the users of the Warframes.

"Tenno" can also mean the group (faction) of the Tenno and their allies, led by the Lotus. When the Lotus says "a lone Tenno operative" at the beginning of survival missions, for example, she doesn't necessarily mean an actual Tenno, a Warframe user, but could be talking about an operative for the Tenno cause, a normal person on your side and under her command.

[Yuki]

Originally posted by DoktorVinter:

So.. Abandon the mission then and start with another easier one, is your reasoning? I'm actually looking for parts for a blueprint (Rhino) I bought just now, since you suggested playing with the Rhino frame instead. I'm missing 2 parts so far (Chassis + Neuroptics).

Yes. As Ratt pointed out- farm Rhino ;)
He is...well, some people would advice against him for good reasons. I personally never really touched him outside of one very specific mission where he indeed shines.
He kind of gives new players bad habits. His speciality is: he survives. A braindead tank, a heavy weapon platform. Thus many "early Rhinos" stay kind of stuck at him because every other frame will feel too fragile at first. And he doesnt really do much good for your team so...not exactly a good habit. As is standing still in the middle of a room and showering in bullets. Rhino can.
But there are (a very few) worse in team value and Rhinos at least usually dont need to be revived every other second. A good warframe to take a look into new mission modes you aint familiar with just yet. Which at the moment is just about 95% of the game ;)
Just dont get too used to him. Just swap back to your Mag every now and then.

Originally posted by DoktorVinter:

Also, the "operator" part was new to me! I thought the "operator" was me - as in my character, my body, my outfit, my whole thing. So.. Who's communicating with "The operator" (me?) when I'm on my Orbiter? Is it the Warframe or is it some built-in AI?

Even though ive been called out for telling too much already, your ability to freely swap frames should make it kind of obvious that you are not that Mag body.
But you are the operator yes. The operator "operating the warframe". That is your actual character with the warframes being swap-able character classes and appearances.
In other games if you swap your character you swap your character. Start anew and what not. Here it should be obvious that you "just swap your body", but otherwise, like for example in quest progress and equip, stay the same. The Operator.
The one communicating with you most of the time and especially on your Orbiter is Ordis. Your fellow ship-cephalon. A kind of AI. Your ship-Alexa. And a very broken one at that. Otherwise its usually The Lotus, that woman that throws you into peril every other minute. You will find out more about both later.

Which brings me to another suggestion!
To find out more about Ordis you actually wont need a quest (though some throw in some information), instead you need to "scan" things. For that you need a scanner. You can buy the first few for credits in the market. You then need to put them on your gear wheel and equip them in a mission. This will allow you to scan many things, like enemies, loot containers, or special fragments. Hidden glowing things. All of them will fill your "Codex", that console in your cokcpit, left side. Here you can read about them and gain useful information ingame as well. Resistances, tactics, where to get what etc.. Or simply "lore".
Scanning also gives XP. Scanning an unalerted enemy gives more than scanning an alerted one, which you should probably just shoot instead anyways.

Originally posted by DoktorVinter:

I'll try my best, I guess!

Thats the spirit!

[DoktorVinter]

Originally posted by Ratt:

Despite being listed so early in the quest log and appearing on such a low-level planet, Vox Solaris isn't a place for new players. The enemies there are more dangerous than their level suggests (though not so much now as on release), and most of the resources you get on the Orb Vallis (the place where that quest happens) are only usable for Solaris-related stuff. The same goes for the Plains of Eidolon on Earth and the Saya's Vigil quest that happens there. You should ignore both of those for now.

A more manageable and more appropriate goal for you as a new player is to progress through the star chart, unlocking the rest of the planets. Travel between planets requires the use of a space station called a Junction, and each Junction has both a boss fight guarding it and a list of requirements that you have to meet to attempt that boss fight. You'll see them as nodes on the map.

As for these things...

Originally posted by DoktorVinter:

I'm actually looking for parts for a blueprint (Rhino) I bought just now, since you suggested playing with the Rhino frame instead. I'm missing 2 parts so far (Chassis + Neuroptics). The Foundry is the only thing I'm actually getting the hang of, haha. So right now I'm getting through some stuff on Venus to get those parts. Some boss on Venus drops the "helmet" I read somewhere. Dunno if that's correct or not buuuut.

Go fight the Jackal, the Venus boss, again. Every time you do, it drops a blueprint for a random one of Rhino's three components: the neuroptics (formerly called "helmet"), the chassis, or the systems. If you need resources from Venus, don't go to Fortuna or the Orb Vallis, but do try to do every other Venus mission at least once so you can fully unlock the star chart.

Also keep in mind that the Foundry can work on any number of things at once and can hold any number of completed things at once for however long you want, all at no cost or penalty. Some people assume that it can only build one thing at a time, and that mistaken assumption makes things very inconvenient.

Originally posted by DoktorVinter:

Also, the "operator" part was new to me! I thought the "operator" was me - as in my character, my body, my outfit, my whole thing. So.. Who's communicating with "The operator" (me?) when I'm on my Orbiter? Is it the Warframe or is it some built-in AI? Haha.

Yuki went into more detail than he should have. The short version is that you, a Tenno, are one of the very few people trained to use (to operate, hence "Operator") the Warframes (Mag, Rhino, and so on). "Tenno" and "Operator" refer to the same people, the users of the Warframes.

"Tenno" can also mean the group (faction) of the Tenno and their allies, led by the Lotus. When the Lotus says "a lone Tenno operative" at the beginning of survival missions, for example, she doesn't necessarily mean an actual Tenno, a Warframe user, but could be talking about an operative for the Tenno cause, a normal person on your side and under her command.

Thanks for all your help! :D You can take a look at my achievements to see a bit of the stuff I've unlocked the last couple of days. I'm a silver initiate now and I have access to Earth, Mercury, Venus and Mars now. I also finished 3 quests, Vor's Prize, Saya's Vigil and Once Awake. And I'm now soon beginning to craft Rhino, I am crafting together all the pieces now. I also have some other blueprints. I got one after Saya's Vigil as a reward. The "Gara" frame I think..? I don't remember 100% but yeah. Also I'm pretty good with the pole, dunno why I'd ever use anything else because it's so efficient, haha. I love the Mag frame and their abilities etc! O_O

[DoktorVinter]

Originally posted by Yuki:

Originally posted by DoktorVinter:

So.. Abandon the mission then and start with another easier one, is your reasoning? I'm actually looking for parts for a blueprint (Rhino) I bought just now, since you suggested playing with the Rhino frame instead. I'm missing 2 parts so far (Chassis + Neuroptics).

Yes. As Ratt pointed out- farm Rhino ;)
He is...well, some people would advice against him for good reasons. I personally never really touched him outside of one very specific mission where he indeed shines.
He kind of gives new players bad habits. His speciality is: he survives. A braindead tank, a heavy weapon platform. Thus many "early Rhinos" stay kind of stuck at him because every other frame will feel too fragile at first. And he doesnt really do much good for your team so...not exactly a good habit. As is standing still in the middle of a room and showering in bullets. Rhino can.
But there are (a very few) worse in team value and Rhinos at least usually dont need to be revived every other second. A good warframe to take a look into new mission modes you aint familiar with just yet. Which at the moment is just about 95% of the game ;)
Just dont get too used to him. Just swap back to your Mag every now and then.

Originally posted by DoktorVinter:

Also, the "operator" part was new to me! I thought the "operator" was me - as in my character, my body, my outfit, my whole thing. So.. Who's communicating with "The operator" (me?) when I'm on my Orbiter? Is it the Warframe or is it some built-in AI?

Even though ive been called out for telling too much already, your ability to freely swap frames should make it kind of obvious that you are not that Mag body.
But you are the operator yes. The operator "operating the warframe". That is your actual character with the warframes being swap-able character classes and appearances.
In other games if you swap your character you swap your character. Start anew and what not. Here it should be obvious that you "just swap your body", but otherwise, like for example in quest progress and equip, stay the same. The Operator.
The one communicating with you most of the time and especially on your Orbiter is Ordis. Your fellow ship-cephalon. A kind of AI. Your ship-Alexa. And a very broken one at that. Otherwise its usually The Lotus, that woman that throws you into peril every other minute. You will find out more about both later.

Which brings me to another suggestion!
To find out more about Ordis you actually wont need a quest (though some throw in some information), instead you need to "scan" things. For that you need a scanner. You can buy the first few for credits in the market. You then need to put them on your gear wheel and equip them in a mission. This will allow you to scan many things, like enemies, loot containers, or special fragments. Hidden glowing things. All of them will fill your "Codex", that console in your cokcpit, left side. Here you can read about them and gain useful information ingame as well. Resistances, tactics, where to get what etc.. Or simply "lore".
Scanning also gives XP. Scanning an unalerted enemy gives more than scanning an alerted one, which you should probably just shoot instead anyways.

Originally posted by DoktorVinter:

I'll try my best, I guess!

Thats the spirit!

Hello again. I learned a lot about scanning etc through completing the quest "Saya's Vigil" where you're scanning for glass shards. :) But I dunno where or what I'd scan if I wanted to find out stuff about Ordis. Oh well, it's not super important to me atm. I'm progressing pretty fast even though I don't know the "specifics" yet. I mostly just pound enemies and crack open everything I can find etc. ;P But I've noticed a specific thing - when I'm playing with others, when random people join my squad going into a mission - they always seem to be WAY faster than me. They often need to wait for me etc. WTF is up with that? Why am I slow? Is it a mod or something that makes you fast as hell? Oooor am I just not using all of my capabilities? Lots of questions again...

[Ratt]

Originally posted by DoktorVinter:

I dunno where or what I'd scan if I wanted to find out stuff about Ordis.

That'd be those bright blue and white doodads labeled "Cephalon Fragment", one per mission. You'll need to scan several from the same planet (they can be from the same mission node or different ones) to fully unlock the relevant Codex entry. Those Codex entries have an overt part, which describe the region they're from or something in it, and a secret part, which has to do with Ordis but you have to do secret stuff to read. I recommend not looking for the secret Ordis stuff until you have all of the Cephalon Fragments from every planet fully scanned, because all the secrets are bits of one continuous story.

Originally posted by DoktorVinter:

I'm progressing pretty fast even though I don't know the "specifics" yet. I mostly just pound enemies and crack open everything I can find etc. ;P

That's a good habit to have, especially early on. That way, you'll have resources for when you need to build stuff.

Originally posted by DoktorVinter:

when I'm playing with others, when random people join my squad going into a mission - they always seem to be WAY faster than me. They often need to wait for me etc. WTF is up with that? Why am I slow? Is it a mod or something that makes you fast as hell? Oooor am I just not using all of my capabilities?

A little of it might be mods (some people use movement speed mods and others don't), but most of it is not using all of your capabilities. See, these people aren't just sprinting. You have bullet jumps, rolls, slides, and other maneuvers that, when combined in the right ways, can move you way more quickly than sprinting ever could. It takes a lot of practice, though.

[DoktorVinter]

Originally posted by Ratt:

Originally posted by DoktorVinter:

I dunno where or what I'd scan if I wanted to find out stuff about Ordis.

That'd be those bright blue and white doodads labeled "Cephalon Fragment", one per mission. You'll need to scan several from the same planet (they can be from the same mission node or different ones) to fully unlock the relevant Codex entry. Those Codex entries have an overt part, which describe the region they're from or something in it, and a secret part, which has to do with Ordis but you have to do secret stuff to read. I recommend not looking for the secret Ordis stuff until you have all of the Cephalon Fragments from every planet fully scanned, because all the secrets are bits of one continuous story.

Originally posted by DoktorVinter:

I'm progressing pretty fast even though I don't know the "specifics" yet. I mostly just pound enemies and crack open everything I can find etc. ;P

That's a good habit to have, especially early on. That way, you'll have resources for when you need to build stuff.

Originally posted by DoktorVinter:

when I'm playing with others, when random people join my squad going into a mission - they always seem to be WAY faster than me. They often need to wait for me etc. WTF is up with that? Why am I slow? Is it a mod or something that makes you fast as hell? Oooor am I just not using all of my capabilities?

A little of it might be mods (some people use movement speed mods and others don't), but most of it is not using all of your capabilities. See, these people aren't just sprinting. You have bullet jumps, rolls, slides, and other maneuvers that, when combined in the right ways, can move you way more quickly than sprinting ever could. It takes a lot of practice, though.

Yeah, about the movement thing. I noticed in some missions I myself moved way faster while sprinting than usual - can some players make ME move faster? I guess that has to be by modding? I mean I thought the game was broken but when I got close to the extraction point I moved slower again. Hahaha. They must've been tired of me. Well, anyway. Do you know what those jumps/rolls/slides are called in the "gameplay controls" menu? Are they called just that - roll, slide, jump? I mean, I can jump, but I can't do it that well on walls and stuff yet. And running on walls is super hard haha.

[DoktorVinter]

OH, and I'm in the process of getting a Kubrow egg open in my incubator as well now. :D And... I also accidentally cured my cyst. Oops. I wasn't the first one to make that "mistake" apparently after a search on Steam.. :P

[Yuki]

Originally posted by DoktorVinter:

Yeah, about the movement thing. I noticed in some missions I myself moved way faster while sprinting than usual - can some players make ME move faster?

Yes. Several actually. Volt is pretty well known for it, as is Wisp. For wisp you will probably see some "flowers" with a glowing ring being planted right into the middle of a room. That ring is the range of the flowers, they give you "take away" buffs. Among them and often the first to be planted is haste, which will enhance your movement speed, reload and firing rate.
Just pass through the ring when you see this. Do so again every now and then to refresh the buff.

Originally posted by DoktorVinter:

Do you know what those jumps/rolls/slides are called in the "gameplay controls" menu? Are they called just that - roll, slide, jump? I mean, I can jump, but I can't do it that well on walls and stuff yet. And running on walls is super hard haha.

There are some videos explaining it, though i dont really know any of myself. Being here from the beginning i had figured it out myself, several times. They changed a lot ;)
This does include running on walls. Which is no longer possible, but you may see some neat videos about that still being around.

You can however latch to a wall. Enter aiming mode (rightclick) while close to a wall.

However for starters:
Crouch down. Look up. Hit jump.
This is called a bullet jump. It will damage everything close to your launch point (which can further be increased by mods). You will also jump way way higher.

Step 2:
Run, crouch. You will slide now.

Step 3:
While sliding, jump. A bullet jump forward (or any direction you are facing)

This quickly becomes so automated you will probably try this in other games as well without thinking about. Nothing much to learn. But i always need an hour or two after coming back to remember it again :D
In effect you just remember to crouch before jumping, kinda like...you know, hunkering down before going for a jump. Intuitive really. And you will begin to just jump through levels. Practise this for a bit. Then move on:

Novice: Step 4:
While bullet jumping forward, hold your right mouse button. You aimglide. Can also be done from a normal jump, but you move faster if you do that from a bullet jump.

Step 5, intermediate and what most people use:
In aimglide, crouch. You will now keep one leg forward. Should you hit an enemy you will abuse him as a trampoline. And: should you hit the ground you will slide, from which you can immediately bullet jump again.

Step 6: now we are reaching racing class:
Try to aimglide immediately after take off. You will glide very close to the ground. Dont just glide, roll. And yes there is a simple key for roll, you dont need to double tab your movement key.
Rolling while aimgliding from a bulletjump is about the fastest you can do.
Immediately after rolling: Crouch. Land in crouch (slide), repeat.

Rolling in mid air can also help changing directions in mir aid, nice if you have to go up and left/right/backwards/Half left somewhere.

Racing class:
Step 7: Slide. Then roll on the ground. Bullet jump aim glide from within the roll. Roll again in mid air. Make that "air" so close to the ground you will hit the ground during the roll, bullet jump immediately again. So once set into motion you will only roll in mid air, land during that roll on the ground to bullet jump, and roll again in mid air, with mid air often being just about a puppers height.

The middle part of rolling is the fastest way of moving, they will watch you roll! (it actually looks more like a silly bouncing through the level like a rubber ball on steroids from the outside)

When you hear some strange wind noises you are doing it right. No kidding about the noises, its an ingame sound effect.

Step 8: Learn about Titania and her Razorwing Augmentation. Let everyone eat dust. Literally.
Titania is a Warframe so fast she can even beat the fastest air vehicles available to us, at ease. And while Gauss is advertised as being the "Speed" warframe, he needs 7 people buffing him to do so and the air vehicle may not use its teleport function. (which it now even lacks after a rework). Titania in an normal mission build can easily be faster than that including teleport...
Just for the lols we tried to push her to her limits. Its...supersonic, literally. 395 m/s without any outside support. Though most mission builds will be slower. Have to, its uncontrolable fast :D

[fmalfeas]

Oh, that drone.

I used Volt for that. With his 2 and 4, it couldn't get away from me, and I could shut down all the adds and focus on it.

But I also had a 2-forma Tigris Prime, so I only needed to catch up briefly.

I honestly think the starter options should be Excal, Rhino, and Volt. I love my Mag, ranks right up there with my Saryn, Nova, Banshee, and Ember for when I just want to let my frame do the heavy lifting instead of my weapons, but I remember lowbie Mag time. It was not pleasant.

[DoktorVinter]

Originally posted by fmalfeas:

Oh, that drone.

I used Volt for that. With his 2 and 4, it couldn't get away from me, and I could shut down all the adds and focus on it.

But I also had a 2-forma Tigris Prime, so I only needed to catch up briefly.

I honestly think the starter options should be Excal, Rhino, and Volt. I love my Mag, ranks right up there with my Saryn, Nova, Banshee, and Ember for when I just want to let my frame do the heavy lifting instead of my weapons, but I remember lowbie Mag time. It was not pleasant.

What ARE the starter options, really? I saw A LOT of frames to choose from when I began playing. But I was excited and didn't really think through my decision haha.. And after understanding a bit about the difficulty levels of each frame etc it seems weird that I even got the option to choose a Mag. O_o

[Ratt]

Originally posted by DoktorVinter:

Originally posted by fmalfeas:

Oh, that drone.

I used Volt for that. With his 2 and 4, it couldn't get away from me, and I could shut down all the adds and focus on it.

But I also had a 2-forma Tigris Prime, so I only needed to catch up briefly.

I honestly think the starter options should be Excal, Rhino, and Volt. I love my Mag, ranks right up there with my Saryn, Nova, Banshee, and Ember for when I just want to let my frame do the heavy lifting instead of my weapons, but I remember lowbie Mag time. It was not pleasant.

What ARE the starter options, really? I saw A LOT of frames to choose from when I began playing. But I was excited and didn't really think through my decision haha.. And after understanding a bit about the difficulty levels of each frame etc it seems weird that I even got the option to choose a Mag. O_o

The starter options are Excalibur, Mag, and Volt, the ones you can get for free from the tutorial as your very first frame.

Originally, it was Excalibur, Mag, and Loki (a terrible choice then and now). They seem to have been going for a warrior/mage/rogue kind of selection to appeal to more players and avoid overlap, and they seem to have wanted a female starter frame. Excalibur was the warrior, Mag was the mage and the girl, and Loki and Volt took turns as the rogue. On release, the only other female frames were Ember, Nyx, and Trinity. Mag and Ember both would have been fine as mage starters at the time, but both have since been made more complex and less powerful without high-end upgrades (but much more so with). Nyx and Trinity were too indirect to be starters, and on top of that, they're both much weaker now than they used to be.

I'm struggling to think of a better starter set, though. Excalibur unfortunately has to stay in because he's too iconic, and Volt's Electric Shield is a great crutch for when noobs get in over their heads with scaling. If we weren't stuck with Excalibur, I'd pick Rhino (warrior), Volt (mage), and Valkyr (rogue and girl) so newbies couldn't wind up with bad defenses no matter how they picked. Since we are stuck with him, though, I'd call him the rogue and Volt the mage and have Valkyr as the warrior and the girl.