Warframe: The New Player Experience in 2025

[@Adamzz]

Hey guys, I have a Discord server that EVERYONE is welcome to join! For those looking for the next Warframe update you will get notified the second I upload! There is also a whole category dedicated to Warframe, for General Discussions, Help and Support for New and Veteran players and more! Also a great place to just hang out! If anyone is interested, here is the link: discord.gg/X3EKxufeFC Hope to see you there!

[@nikoa890]

hey if you like volt you would LOVE gauss. its main feature is that its the speedster frame(aka fastest frame)

[@Adamzz]

@@nikoa890 I’ll keep an eye out for that. Speed gives me that dopamine hit 🤣 thanks for the info

[@kaseybaka]

hey, i advise making a section for warframe with experienced volunteers who can help newer players out. for example, i could help you or anyone else out if needed!

[@Adamzz]

@ Great idea, I'll get on to that!

[@nikoa890]

@@Adamzz may i ask where you are now in the game?

[@airforcegame]

5000 hours for me. It’s alright

[@Parrot-2328]

10 years in I might recommend it I'll let you know in another 10

[@chinocao3881]

@@Parrot-2328I’ll be back in another 10 years for your review

[@LegalMikel]

oh boy

[@PvMKrazy]

Lmao my guy I’d say it was a little bit more than alright for you 😂 5000 hours on just that game is menacing. I’d love to see the games you do “like”

[@ConsultantAzeron]

13 years. I'd recommend at any time

[@Privateerblack]

Welcome to Warframe where we have robot ninjas with guns in space, hunting, spear fishing, mining, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Metal Gears of War Solid, giant robots, evil robots, space fighter dogfighting, Sea of Thieves, eldritch abominations, interdimentional crises, Flappy Bird, body horror, Guitar Hero, crazy AIs, Street Fighter, and a bangin' soundtrack! Did I forget to mention the motorcycles and the 90s boy band? There's that too.

[@Adamzz]

The fact that you’re not even over exaggerating makes it even better

[@slomo3035]

You also forgot the overly glorified dress-up game that we call fashion frame, actual player housing with decorating features and a clan system that isn't just a screen, with a dojo and in depth customization/decoration, which there are actual official contests for. And then there's the dating sim as well, yes you read that right we do get freaky in this game, hella freaky actually. And outside of the game itself there's dev-streams (huge spoiler warning for those tho!!!) where they play with the community, talk about new content and show just how beautifully unhinged they are. There's a yearly convention as well with a cosplay contest, charity, give aways, a showcase of the bigger future updates, live performance of ingame music and much more! Also the skins and decorations that actually cost money are Tennogen which is a project where they put skins designed by community members in the game and the creators get a cut from for every sale! So as an artist myself I'm more than willing to spend my entire pay check on that stuff.

[@Nanoqtran]

One reason warframe gets so many return players is because of the trust the company has built. Unlike other games that nickle and dime you warframe sits back and lets you move ar your own speed. They avoid many of the pain points of other games like fomo and loot boxes. Because they build the trust first it lets the community overlook things like build timers and bugs. We could really use more companies that act like them.

[@Adamzz]

You can say that again! Nice to see there are still Developers that care about their communities and put love and care into their product!

[@thegrouchization]

@ I recommend checking out their streams. Prime Time is focused on playing and interacting with the community, as well as showcasing stuff like fanart. Devshorts are weekly 15 minute streams where the Rebecca Ford (Warframe's Creative Director) and Steve Sinclair (Digital Extremes' CEO) sit down, go over news, read out questions from chat, and just generally hang out. And finally there are Devstreams, which are monthly shows where they show off upcoming stuff and WIP assets.

[@flow-big-stupid]

I mean while we technically have relics if you get in a team its really not that difficult to get what you want

[@knicklichtjedi]

Without saying a lot more, you are definitely still in the tutorial phase of Warframe. Soon(tm) the game will open up a lot more to you.

[@Adamzz]

@@knicklichtjedi 100% i feel like I’m going to be in the tutorial for quite a while 🤣 just enjoying the journey!

[@knicklichtjedi]

@@Adamzz Looking forward to the update! :D

[@wake-digital]

​@ To put it into a more tangible perspective, you've probably just about finished arc 1 of the story (awakening). Arc 2 is what many people consider the end of the tutorial and it starts at around neptune and pretty much ends with the last planets. After that, you've still got arc 3 and arc 4 which is currently still in progress left to experience. So yeah, arc 1 is pretty underwhelming compared to the rest of the game but the hidden benefit in that is that whoever likes the game enough to keep playing in arc 1, creams their pants later.

[@nelson2095]

​@@Adamzztutorial ends when you completed the main quest. Nuff said.

[@briceno9229]

@@Adamzz Hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

[@zxzbg1236]

Fass and Vome (the worms on deimos) are the day and night cycle. When you go to deimos, open the map and look at the right corner of your screen to see when they are gonna fight.

[@Adamzz]

Ahhh that’s great to know, thank you for the info!

[@elseggs6504]

​@@Adamzz The Nightcycle matters when youre trying to grab residues which can in turn either be traded in for tokens or used for fishing, as some fish only appear in certain times and locations.

[@Adamzz]

@@elseggs6504 That’s so cool!

[@mfwiloseintouhoubossfights9305]

​@@elseggs6504I think some of the creatures also depend on the cycle

[@thegrouchization]

@ Yep. There's one variant of each conservation target that appears in both cycles, and the other two only appear in Fass or Vome specifically.

[@VinceMouse]

A lot of the fanbase actually considers rushing items with platinum to be a waste; the real money maker is the Forma Bundle, and other items like it, like Orokin Reactors and Orokin Catalysts.

[@kingknightisbestknight7398]

I wouldn'tveven consider Forma cause xou get it naturally when Farming Relics or do Bounties sometimes. Though the reactors Those are REALLY rare to get

[@jonathanflanagan1504]

Nah as a newer player myself the REAL thing to spend platinum on is inventory slots so you can collect more warframes, weapons, and basically everything that has limited inventory slots.

[@neolordie]

Nah, you can get the occasional orokin reactor, but when you use upward of 5 or 6 formas on one item, the bundle is a godsend ​@@kingknightisbestknight7398

[@rileymoore6914]

@@jonathanflanagan1504first thing i bought with my first 50 plat was weapon slots & a warframe space 😂

[@JWolfiez]

The reactors always get me to spend plat on

[@victorzoque829]

The dang dark sector callback hit me like a flashbang

[@Adamzz]

I loved Dark Sector man, game was so good

[@dsvdaniel9031]

@@Adamzz When you have a Excalibur frame, you can buy for platinum a dark sector skin to him. Exacly the same model from the original game. AND when you have a Nyx frame, you can buy to her a skin of the Nemesis character from Dark Sector.

[@Unearthlysoap]

I know they're looking more into the crafting time of warframes, one of the new warframes, Koumei, can be unlocked on Earth (if you go to Cetus and do the Saya's Visions shrine defense mission you can get her parts) and she has a 24 hour build time so you can get her pretty quickly as a new player! They have talked about potentially working more on the build times for warframes, but there were no specific promises. I think they should make early game warframes have a shorter crafting time, and then the later warframes stay as a 3 day craft time. Or have your first 2-3 Warframes have a short crafting time, which would make it more new player friendly. At least with the craft times, you can still always progress, and like you were saying, it's not much of an issue later in the game as you will always be crafting new things. But I think it's cool that they're experimenting with making building times better when most companies wouldn't even bother! They have been working more and more towards making the beginning of the game easier to navigate, but I think the fun is also figuring it out for yourself. I think they just need to add a bit more for new players (especially in terms of the modding system) and it can make it a lot easier for new players to stick around. Overall great video!

[@Adamzz]

I agree, having to wait 3 days for your first frame to craft is kinda annoying, think they could reduce the time maybe for you first 1 or 2 frames just so you can try something new. I’ve definitely seen a lot of people saying that they are working on making it easier and more welcoming for new players which is cool to see. I think that in itself could get a lot of new players onboard for longer

[@yolyrodz33]

@@AdamzzI think they started to notice the amount of new players jumping over from Destiny so I hope that’s a sign that the next upcoming updates will also be focused on new player experience, for the last year they’ve still added a lot to the new player experience but I hope they keep going for all ya’ll new Tenno :)

[@ellpee775]

@@Adamzz they have also in a recent update removed mastery rank wait times after you fail so you can try as many times as it takes

[@TechtodaProductions]

Except you need sp to do her mission lol

[@thegrouchization]

@@TechtodaProductions No you don't? The only prerequisite for unlocking Shrine Defence is completing Saya's Vigil. What's gated behind Steel Path are her weapon augments.

[@allstardevitt]

In December they actually just changed the Mastery Rank ups. It used to be that you had to wait 24 hours even if you failed the rank up challenge, but they removed that part of it because it was just overpunishing. They also knocked the success timer from 24 to 23 hours to make the wait slightly better.

[@KippoKupo]

yeah 24 hour wait times suck cause youll inevitably push back the timer naturally and have to do a hard reset for a day.

[@oneevilchef]

I still annoy my warframe friends by playing "We All Lift Together" on repeat.

[@Adamzz]

I don’t think I would ever get tired of it, it’s brilliant

[@richardshueydc1529]

Every time I hear “we all lift together” in sends Frickin chills up my spine. That was an incredible moment for me as well and sold me on the game.

[@Adamzz]

I agree it was incredible, just couldn’t believe how perfectly was done.

[@kwekzonghan]

For quick extra mastery experience, the MK weapon series in the market are cheap and easy. You can buy them instantly without crafting and with in game credits too. The recent updates DE gave new players (and veteran players) more weapon slots and warframe slots so they are putting effort towards easing the new player experience.

[@WorstPoopEver]

Also, you get MR from the star chart so you could always push that for MR

[@andylynguyen8659]

one feature that was removed from the game were 8 player raids. they did that due to countless fixes whenever a new update launches, so it felt detrimental to keep it up and running. it was a unique experience to behold.

[@JWolfiez]

I miss those raids, but the Archon Hunts make up for it

[@flavianampoicean7997]

Oh boy, you have still so much to discover 👍

[@Adamzz]

Cannot wait, the surprises just keep coming. Such an awesome game

[@flavianampoicean7997]

​@@Adamzz If yuo love sci-fi lore with a true action gameplay with finest ragdoll and physics, in a world with awesome artistic style and quite good graphics (almost impressive for a 11 yo game) you are in the right place ✌️ I think modern devs should learn from Digital Extremes how to put passion and love (and you can feel that) in modern videogames.

[@TigraPolosatiy]

@Adamzz keep going junctions to Uranus. There will be your end point of... well, i leave it up to you to figure out. Maybe you wanna make another video after.. 😼

[@Adamzz]

100% more videos on Warframe coming, can’t put the game down. It’s so addicting

[@flavianampoicean7997]

​@@TigraPolosatiyExactly... for me it's been 2 month playing warframe and that point on uranus and just after was mind-blowing to me!

[@mikedraper5878]

Would really love to see update videos once you do these key story missions: Second Dream, War Within, Sacrifice, and New War. Please don't do Duviri Paradox before New War. I know it will be offered before New War, but story-wise, it fits better after New War.

[@Adamzz]

I’ll make sure to record my thoughts on those, I’m pretty sure I completed Duviri Paradox quest yesterday already :// I could always complete New War and then go back

[@Alexus00712]

Well, while I agree that playing Duviri before The New War is a bit strange to me, I'm at least happy they moved the quest requirement forward past The Second Dream

[@gmailmailg1440]

@@Alexus00712 funny story, duviri doesnt require second dream, you can do it before for some reason

[@SirLanik]

New player here, the game forces you to do Duviri way before you can reach New War. So that’s not an option. Just have to deal with the slightly disjointed story

[@mikedraper5878]

@@SirLanik Just a minor correction for other new players reading. Duviri becomes available early on, but it does not force you to do it right away. You can hold off on doing Duviri and pick other quests to do first for story cohesion. My friend who is also new has done this.

[@MonkeyManDanArt]

Im a new player, same play time as you and they explain how to mod,use endo and all that stuff pretty well, theres a tutorial button on literally every single page of rhe game from what ive seen so far, ive never had an mmo hold my hand like warframe before

[@wake-digital]

I'd say the majority of players never rush their crafting. Personally, here's what I spend plat on: Cosmetics Weapon / Warframe slots Prime Gear I don't feel like farming Orokin Catalysts / Orokin Reactors / Elixus Adapters etc. Rivens sometimes I think the crafting times are there rather to give players a reason to come back later. Same thing with daily syndicate caps etc.

[@Adamzz]

It’s definitely a clever way to get people coming back

[@IfeAlikaboss]

I am ashamed of myself about how many formabundles ive bought lol

[@shevek5185]

And forma when needed

[@wake-digital]

@@shevek5185 I mean forma is pretty easy to farm compared to the catalysts, reactors and elixus adapters. Unless you mean the special formas of course.

[@JWolfiez]

I currently have every available Prime Warframe and I spent plat on 60% of them

[@Ima9ineBreak3r]

The learning curve on Warframe is one of the nastiest of any game I've ever played. I started playing this game when it came out on the PS4, and back then, there weren't a ton of guides. There wasn't trading, there was stamina for your character, and health was hard to replenish. 4k hours of gameplay later, I still log in on an almost daily basis. This game rocks, and I want to continue to support DE as long as they are making a fair, fun game.

[@pptuominen]

Welcome tenno! It was fun to watch your experiences and I can relate to them. I'm LR4 player myself and I've started to play 2010 or 2011 in the beta phase. And I still play it at least once a week. I kinda even see Warframe as a cozy place to wonder around by myself or with friends. I know it's extremely grindy, but when you have been around as long as I have, and seen how the mechanics, story, graphics and characters have evolved... The grind part is just something that is there, as part of the package and the experience. I'm glad to hear you liked the game and going to keep playing it! Maybe we bumb on each other in the Orokin system? Happy trails!

[@Adamzz]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed, the game is awesome! The COMPLETE opposite of what I expected and so glad I finally tried it, the grind honestly doesn’t seem bad with how engaging the gameplay is and for sure! Let’s hope we do bump into each other!

[@roundchelsea8403]

Amazing community I started playing recently and so many people have tried explaining things and guiding me so I’m not overwhelmed it’s so friendly

[@Adamzz]

I completely agree! From my experience its the most welcoming/helpful community I've ever seen

[@RC-Sev]

7:31 Fun fact, this actually DOES happen again. Many times in fact. Every time Deimos changes from "night" to "day" it happens with an earthquake but the cinematic camera-controlled cutscene is just a one-timer.

[@tonyolmstead8282]

I *love* seeing these videos haha I have nearing 2k hours in Warframe. This game has a very passionate community for a reason - it is a game like no other. There’s so much to do, and the love that was put into this game can be felt. On their YT channel, PlayWarframe, they do regular streams where they actively interact with the players, they tell us what’s in the works, they’re transparent and honest, and they just act *human*. The more time you spend playing, the more you get involved, the more you find out why the community is so, so passionate. Keep at it - your mind is going to be blown so many times from here. There’s an actual, real story. As a side note, I absolutely love how many of these videos reference the Fortuna cutscene as the moment they understood haha. But, it really is true. That cutscene right there is when you *understand*. This isn’t shovelware slop, this isn’t a cash grab - this game is a *story*, it’s a labor of love. And Fortuna is only the beginning :) Good luck Tenno, and welcome to our community ❤️

[@Adamzz]

Definitely going to have to check out those streams that the devs do! From what I’ve played so far, the countless good reviews and information I’ve read online, the devs care so much about the game which these days is hard to come by. The Fortuna scene shocked me, it was the turning point that made me realise they put real effort into the game, think I’ll look back on that moment and it’ll be the first (of I’m sure many) moments that completely hooked me. Thank you! Glad to be a part of what seems like a great community of gamers.

[@EJtoU]

10:50 this is a feature which I can see is frustrating, but reinforces the casual nature of the game, and encourages game-life balance. Especially since you can craft multiple items at once!

[@Trofacrylic]

Exactly! It’s also not in-game timer so it’s really not a big deal given I plan on playing a day or three from now, it allows me to actually enjoy the content and get to use it instead of just blasting through stuff like fodder.

[@myiurimochizuki1284]

Would love to see more warframe content from you, honestly good job for sticking with it :D But hope you dont let the content making take away your fun with the game. The lore/story is similar to rest of the game itself, confusing, lot of things at once and needs you to get into it to enjoy it/understand it

[@Adamzz]

@@myiurimochizuki1284 Already working on the next vid as we speak :) glad you enjoyed! I wouldn’t let it ruin it for me, it kind of enhances it as I am researching a lot which is something I probably wouldn’t be doing if I wasn’t making content!

[@pentagonofpeople]

Something important to note about the premium currency (platinum): It is tradeable. And that means it is farmable. Grind yourself some void relics (another thing the game doesn't tell you about) and if you can get a complete set of something you're usually looking at 50+ plat depending on what it is. As a result even plat stuff is technically obtainable free to play. The only things that aren't are prime access accessories and tennogen cosmetics, which skip plat entirely and have prices in dollars

[@adamleanyvari5215]

But Even the tennogen cosmetics are from players, and they get a certain % if someone buy that skin. Other than that i also wanted to comment this tradeable plat. Just go fishing, or mining and bumm easy plat.

[@justicegaminginc]

Warframe is one of those games where you either really like it or kinda hate it

[@Adamzz]

I kinda hated the look of it for years, jumped in and can’t stop playing. Awesome game

[@dawiek81]

It's an awesome game , I have over 900hours, and still don't know everything. Sometimes I stop playing for months, then dive in again.

[@justicegaminginc]

@@dawiek81 dude same

[@crimsonviper8872]

Its good to see new players joining and seeing the beauty of the game we love. The timegates are really annoying though but once you really get into it they're trivial.

[@Frozino_Duck]

The gameplay loop really starts working once you hit mid game (begins ~mr7). When you have enough resources to constantly be crafting something new. The wait time doesn't feel that bad when you have a new warframe and weapons finishing in the foundry each day.

[@Tyler412324]

Im about 200 hours in. Still a complete noob, wiki open 24/7. Trying to complete all the story stuff so that I actually have access to all the locations so I can do all the content. To any new players here, focus on 2 things 1. star chart competition, 2. story completion. The hardest thing will be trying to make yourself strong enough for some of the content you need to complete in order to do that, but that's where the community comes in clutch. Im sure any veteran of the game will be able to guide you to something awesome

[@spidewebs8421]

this is all awesome, love you're getting into the game, an amazing feature as well would be the chat at the bottom left, the community is amazing and the Q&A is full of people to answer your questions, and same with recruiting chat

[@Adamzz]

I’m so glad I finally gave it a chance, I was missing out! The community is probably the most welcoming community I’ve ever seen for a game. Makes it so much easier for newer players like myself to get started

[@deejaydark07]

I'm a FTP player and love the fact that I don't have to spend a dime to have fun. I can buy platinum to get things early, but you get what they sell in the market for free with patience (of course I'm not talking about cosmetics). I don't mind waiting three days for my rhino warframe to finish. There's other things to do in the game to keep me busy.

[@jonathanflanagan1504]

There's also ways you can just make platinum by selling items to other players via the in-game trading system. Specifically as a newer player myself I find it most profitable to go to parts of the game that most people dislike playing, and selling them gear that can only be obtained there (though I personally love those parts a lot so it's a win-win for me lmao)

[@deejaydark07]

@jonathanflanagan1504 Awesome 👍🏾I saw yesterday through the chat feed of some random saying "Out of all the money I spent through the years, I feel sorry for a Free to Play noob". At first glance I was like 🤔 then I was like "I feel sorry for you spending all that money, when you could have just casually played the game" 😂. I just picked up four Prime blueprints and now farming the pieces for it. Im having fun and that's what matters to me 👍🏾

[@leonardavignon7950]

i've reach 1000 hours recently, i'm still mr 19 because i'm not focusing on grinding the xp, but i gotta say it's always refreshing to see new players truly appreciate the environment, the music, the visuals and the mecanics some players have been living with for thousand of hours. Great vid, keep it up !

[@Adamzz]

Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed!! I thought it could be an interesting watch for experienced players to see a new players experience and maybe relive the new player experience again!

[@zeus21125]

I love when i spawn in cetus and go to open world and it joins me with random players they actually do their own things every day even tho the game is so old

[@NocturnalPyro]

0:36 ah, so just a baby.

[@MacCay27]

Something to note for the foundry there is no limit on how many things can be crafted at the same time you can be crafting 20 things at once and the timers go at the same time and you can just leave the crafted things in the foundry as long as you like

[@formosamortem]

So they have been discussing on various locations (DevShorts, DevStreams, X, etc.) reducing build times, especially for the Frames. They make most of their money through the cosmetics, Primes, and slots for weapons/frames; the wait times are usually just a meme for most people, cause there is so much to do the later you get that you often forget that you were waiting for something, and suddenly you go to build something and there's 5 weapons just waiting for you to collect them. If there is something you don't understand you can ask the QA channel in game and usually someone will respond in seconds. Some of us play with the wiki on our second screen just so we can help faster, and we can explain it like a person. I've been a fan of Warframe for 11 years, and since then I've held Warframes monetization as the Gold Standard, especially for their community creators. Something I noticed you didn't mention (and probably didn't realize since its not explicitly said), some of the cosmetics are actually created by the community themselves and when purchased the creators actually receive 30% of the revenue. These cosmetics are known as TennoGen and are a great way to support DE and a fellow Tenno. Any how, i'm glad you're enjoying yourself and hope you keep at it. You've only just started, things get so much better the further you go. Good luck and Good loot.

[@Adamzz]

I will 100% keep playing, finding it hard to put the game down! I missed out on not playing it a lot earlier but so glad I finally gave it a chance. The game is awesome

[@formosamortem]

@ Well you've got a long way to go, and I'm sure most of us Tenno would to help out.

[@nelson2095]

I heard some people who created cosmetics quit their day job because they made enough money from tennogen to live on comfortably. There's even a player in the Philippines who was able to help his village get by during the pandemic, send his siblings to college and bought a house for his parents. It's the only game I know of that are able to do this for players, I'm sure there are others. But if you know Blender or Maya and have a creative mind, tennogen is a cool way to make money.

[@ernonikkola1084]

All the timegates are an early game issue, like you said. People rarely use the rush function. That being said Digital Extremes is looking into shortening the crafting times of items, probably geared toward early game items. The warframe Kumei was a test run of that direction. Plus many of the main path progress rewards that were originally blueprints requiring you to build and therefore wait have been replaced with prebuilt items that you can use straight away. In the same vein of removing progress blockers DE just increased the amount of warframe and weapon slots an account initially has, and being the MVPs they are they gave the same amount of slots to all old accounts as well. Over all the developers are constantly extending a hand to the players in various ways, which is why Warframe is so beloved by the playerbase.

[@Adamzz]

Honestly I just thought that was how they would make a lot of their money seeing as time gates (especially early on) can be kinda annoying but 100% the more you play the time gates seem to not be so obnoxious as you just naturally unlock more items to rank up and the devs for the game are awesome. Nice to see there are still game devs out there that care about their game’s community

[@wolfewalker1168]

11:58 They actually changed the MR time gating with 1999, you can try as many times as you want to complete the test whenever you want after you unlock the test, rather than making you wait 24hrs. They discussed it in the DevStream before 1999 came out because that was a main complaint. Edit: You can also do Practice mode on the tests as many times as you want so you can see what its about and then go into the real test to rank up when you're confident

[@themomaw]

It's worth pointing out that the Foundry can craft things in parallel. If you have the materials for 2 warframes, 6 guns, a companion and 4 kinds of gem refining, you can do all of that at the same time.

[@itzzzrecker1587]

summary : STILL THE BEST

[@thewinterprince1731]

Your research into why Warframe and Dark Sector are similar is actually a bit backwards. Warframe was not inspired by Dark Sector, but rather Dark Sector was what they made when they wanted to make Warframe and publishers/investors told them it wouldn't work and refused to fund the game unless they changed it. This is also why the Warframes are also called Tenno, and why some proto skins look like Dark Sector equipment and claim to be "the original from the early days."

[@Adamzz]

Thank you for the info man!

[@cbirdman]

This game should be renamed to Squirrel. Can’t tell you how many times I started a session with a certain goal to find a mod or part then end up discovering something else I wanted and going for that instead. This can happen multiple times in a few hours. Not good for someone with ADHD 😂

[@eddy.gdelaleu3860]

7:44 “giant worm things having a little disagreement” Me: yeah they do that sometimes :)))

[@Adamzz]

Lol, had no idea what it actually was. Thought it was the best way to describe what I felt at the time 🤣

[@ballas333]

I love this video because there are a bunch of streamers out there that start the game and almost immediately get a power boost because their viewers want them to try their favorite frame. And the streamer just sees "ooh, free stuff! Thanks chat, your awesome!" Which is fine. And it's honestly a good representation of Warframe's community! But it gives a false narrative on what Warframe's new player experience is for non streamers. This is a much needed video to give newcomers a realistic way of experiencing Warframe. But! To all baby tenno joining for the first time please make use of the in game chats! If you say that you are new and need help figuring out what to do next I guarantee there will be at least one veteran in that chat willing to help you out.

[@Adamzz]

@@ballas333 Glad you enjoyed the video!! Thank you for your positive comment it means a lot! : D The community have been so helpful and welcoming, haven’t met someone that doesn’t want to help new players. Makes it way less daunting for us new players

[@rhomayyann4691]

I'm finding it hard to continue playing as a new player. Games that are this far in development and the story feel like a chore to get into. I may pick it up later.

[@Adamzz]

@@rhomayyann4691 That sucks to hear but I can also understand why you feel that way completely. I’m approaching 100 hours now and can say it’s definitely worth it!

[@tobebabs9037]

Thing is all the things that he said the game doesn’t tell you is false but not his fault. Most entry level info on things like mods, crafting, navigation, mastery rank, etc. can be found in the codex

[@tonyolmstead8282]

Yeah, that’s the one thing I think DE really needs to push front and center more for the new player experience: “Tenno, do this thing, check the codex for instructions.” Teach them that loop a few times and then people will get into the habit of “oh, I don’t know this thing, I’ll check the codex.” That would solve 99% of the confusion imo

[@joemarston1216]

@tobebabs9037 I had a veteran player get me into the game, but he wasn't there all the time. The thing I think he was referring to is that there is so much to attain at first, and it can get confusing and almost overwhelming. Like, do I run the star chart or go run bounties or do quests? What should I do first? The veteran didn't really tell me what was most important.

[@tobebabs9037]

@@joemarston1216 That’s the thing tho, there’s not rly a thing that u should focus on doing since there’s so many different ways to get started in this game depending on what u like. Some people like to rush through all the quest lines and others like to farm weapons and warframes first. I get what your saying ofc but since i started the game back before we even had and orbiter to walk around, all i had was to grind the missions since thats all there was

[@stevennewell]

Welcome tenno, giving you a follow, cant wait to see more of your progress. The story gets absolutely incredible with each planet.

[@Adamzz]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed and I’m Glad to be a part of the community :D

[@dsvdaniel9031]

The game really should be more friendly to new players. It has improved compared to past years, but there is still a lot to improve. To make your life in the game even better, I'd love to give you two tips: 1) Always build the item FORMA whenever you have a blueprint for it. It is a resource you are going to use a lot. You can read the tutorial in the MODS machine to understand exactly why. 2) SPECTERS: You can have your own NPC squad in almost every mission, and they help A LOT. -As a reward for rescue missions, you gain a specter blueprint. When you build it, it creates a clone of your current warframe and weapons, which you can use as support in missions. -The same goes for Clem, a little Grineer who, after you unlock his weekly mission, gives you his specter blueprint as a reward for the same purpose. -AND if you look at the left side of your ship, you'll see the Syndicate menu. You can ally with three of them, and each one offers a different type of specter (already built) with special skills for purchase. You can have one of each type at the same time in a mission if you want. They help a lot in difficult missions. That's it! Have a nice game, Tenno!

[@Adamzz]

Noted, thank you for the info!!

[@Ajss321]

I actually like some of the time gating. It does suck early on, but later in the game there is so much to be doing that having a new weapon waiting or new warframe gives you something to look forward to the next time you log in.

[@whysoserious4274]

I always find something to do Finding new weapons to like through rivens by unveiling them New warframe builds to try Companion build ideas and the many different modes around the game with different rewards Kuva liches Sisters ESO Steel path All the different syndicates and their open worlds or new maps and enemies The sanctum for example or the void angels on the zariman Nightmare missions with a new mod that you could use on your build after completing the missions Arbitrations for Endo farming You can either use yourself or sell the sculptures for plat Duviri Fashion frame Operator fashion Eidolons Archimedean Like this game is insane for content Always something to do

[@Keeper69s]

It's bedtime... but I have about six weapons and a new frame that'll be ready for me to rank up tomorrow.

[@YakatoSan]

Someone probably said it already, but actually even the cosmetics can be acquired without spending a single dime Nearly everything in the game is tradable and there are mods people just dont want to grind and therefore are worth like 15 plat each without it being "too" hard to get.

[@nibirai4468]

the real endgame of this game is editing wiki and take care of newbies as a master and students

[@Revenant..]

That's why joining a large, peaceful and good clan is so important. They will take you under their wing, explain and help. And we have a great community :) The most important thing is to make the forma every day at the workshop (if you have the blueprint), daily/weekly from Nora and not spend platinum. And one more thing watch dev streams Good luck. 😁

[@getoffmylawn6275]

The devs are so for community and fun that a bug with one of the new items for their new "1999" story. That using the bike you get can be used in most missions, that the devs simply allowed as a feature. Digital Extremes is very fair to players, and is the main reason most people stay. To earn in game items through RNG, to earn a premium currency, because an item is valued by players. Best decision they made.

[@Adamzz]

The Devs for this game are awesome. They care about the community and game so much it’s nice to see!

[@panickysmurf5502]

A fellow brummy 💪💪 only started myself a week ago and loving the game so far tbh came from destiny aswell

[@myztixs]

Hey, also a new player here (less than 10 hours on the game) One of the first quests teaches you about mod fusion as it was a pre-requisite for one of the junctions. Dont remember if it was off earth or the second planet but one of them was definitely is mentioned early game.

[@FabiTheSnake]

The lore of the game is great, if you´re interested definitely look at a video. For Deimos it´s pretty simple; The Infestation you fight had free time to build it´s own eco-system on Deimos, but while all infestation has the universal mission to spread and convert physically, technically, or Religiously on Deimos there is some sort of seperation. Otherwise; I don´t think any consistent players use the Rush feature. I play the game for about 5k Hours, and i rushed about 2 items. And that was done with platinum i gained by trading, and you really don´t notice the wait for Weapons when it´s done after one night of sleep. It´s a reason to just do something else. I wish they´d change the system still, instead of the straight Plat-rush have the player feed resources into the blueprint to boost it. Some frames, like Gara or Garuda are un-obtainable for a new player, having the option to just start the Blueprint and wait, but grind and spent resources on it to gain instant access. And for the modding? Idk i feel like we are just all stupid. OFC DE should FINALLY AFTER 11 YEARS give you a propper introduction into modding, but there is a Tutorial in the bottom corner giving you the sauce. But nobody uses that. Like the ingame thing is there, the BP´s tell you where to get parts and resources, the Mod menu has the tutorial in the bottom, the codex has guides for combat and missions, but we all go read the wiki instead of looking at the ui propperly.

[@elseggs6504]

Honestly some frames not being immediatly obtainable for new players isnt even that big of a deal tbh. Think about how many hours youd need to grind just to even be able to grind Cyte. Or Dante and Qorvex.

[@FabiTheSnake]

@@elseggs6504 Well they are already for plat. I don´t get your take though can you expand on that?

[@theautomaticfiend]

Deimos is a different strain of the infestation, the grey strain. It's why Deimos is completely infested with giant creatures as opposed to everywhere else that is still mostly intact even when infested.

[@aiodensghost8645]

5:09 one of the moments people that are new to the game looks towards the veterans and asks "and this is FREE?" and we just say, "always has been"

[@wolfewalker1168]

8:24 "it made me feel like the environment is more alive-" well yes the whole moon is an ever spreading, ever mutating biomass that seeks to infest every single thing in the universe, living and dead. Excellent observations! (joking)

[@Adamzz]

xD don't worry I see the funny side, the game design on some of the planets are just awesome

[@salt7625]

Played warframe for a long while I'd say now, i got a friend into it, i am helpin em out, but this game is the culmination of passion...from all sides i feel there is something for everyone with it, yes it takes a bit to get your footing, that's with every live service game and warframe has a long form tutorial to try and help ya get in there. Fortuna i feel is what tends to grab ya cause BOY THAT MUSIC! At that point it's just...wow! There are tons of amazing people on warframe that can help ya out, for rn I'd say follow the quests, there will be a point you gotta refind the main story but for now doing those quests will get you started

[@Adamzz]

Definitely! I was captivated by the cutscene, was a huge turning point for me and pretty much sold me on the game immediately!

[@tortoisetanker87]

i honestly love this game and enjoy seeing newer and upcoming content creators finally giving this game a go. ive got about 2300 hrs and played for around 7 years. its a never ending onslaught of death and fun

[@Darthmufin]

To be fair, while you were talking about lack of direction there is literally text at the top right that suggests your next move, so this isn't entirely fair. You learn that blinky nodes are missions you have not done, you learn that the codex has quests and the quest tells you how to unlock it, and junctions teach you additional things in order to progress. I understand that people sometimes still get confused but if you actually read you shouldn't be too confused. 13:30 Pretty sure you are required to rank up a mod to complete one of the junctions so this isn't true, you probably just forgot lol.

[@Sunnyboy_684]

New Video in 6 weeks: "Why Warframe is a Masterpiece" 😂

[@nelson2095]

A Destiny streamer named Skillup did something similar. Where he called the main quest 'a masterstroke'.

[@fitzviandraduivenab2790]

@@nelson2095 Skillup? Destiny streamer? Isn't he like a general gaming reviewer?

[@nelson2095]

@@fitzviandraduivenab2790 He is now, but he used to stream Destiny on Twitch a few years back.

[@nelson2095]

@@fitzviandraduivenab2790 He is, but he used to stream Destiny on Twitch a few years back. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqfYe5yqp8eHfLssi=5-dGVKPMOfd3ARA4

[@Landon.bryson_]

Awesome video man. One thing I don’t think was brought up is you can get platinum completely free through trading in the in game market. Usually by opening relics and acquiring blueprints other people want and putting up posts on trading chats

[@Adamzz]

Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed, I mentioned trading at the end, didn’t give too much info as I haven’t yet traded myself. I’m glad trading is in the game, think it’s another HUGE positive feature

[@TheAirborneKite]

Just spamming my build timer suggestion everywhere until DE notices - add a consumable that rushes warframe builds, and give it as an early junction reward (and maybe a sortie reward?). Building your second frame, 3 days is ridiculous. Once you get into the midgame, the content becomes so wide that waiting isn't a big deal. You're going to get smothered with advice, so I'lll keep it simple, because it looks like you're on the right track anyway. 1. There are lots of forms of progression in Warframe. As a new player, focus on quests, startchart, nightwave where you can, and getting your mastery rank into the low teens. Don't worry too much about building a big arsenal, open world progress, syndicate standing, or using forma to create a really tricked out build. 2. There are lots of systems to optimize in Warframe. As a new player, focus on modding. As you said, that's where all your power comes from. The story quests will provide you with gear that's powerful enough to cover you, but it won't mod it for you. modding crash course: it's usually better to lean into a weapon's strengths than it is to round out its weaknesses. Multishot is really good, so is attack speed. With the caveat that you don't really need to understand all of this to clear the story, generally speaking, you want to mod a weapon for one of the following ideas (very rough) 1. Critical damage. Give a weapon a high damage (elemental mods help here), high critical chance, and high critical multiplier. It will deal a lot of damage 2. Damage status. Give a weapon a high status chance, and give it a lot of damage with the type Heat (single target DoT, best with high fire rate), electricity (AoE + stun), Toxin (Single target DoT that skips shields), Gas (heat + toxin, AoE), or blast (heat + cold, AoE). When you deal damage, you have a chance to apply those statuses. 3. Utility status. Give a weapon a high status chance and give it damage with the type Cold (freeze enemies in place), Magnetic (cold + electric, shields take bonus damage), Viral (cold + toxin, health takes bonus damage), Radiation (heat + electricity, enemies attack each other), or Corrosive (electricity + toxin, armor is reduced). Use that weapon to add some of these statuses to an enemy, and then use another weapon to deal lots of damage. These status types don't scale off of how much damage you do with the weapon applying them, so this is great for secondary weapons.

[@PrincessTidge]

Welcome Tenno, you still have so much awesome content to discover, I hope you enjoy the journey 😊

[@Adamzz]

Thank you! The game just never seems to stop surprising me content wise and I definitely will!

[@Veridors]

Hey, Adamzz, I want to make a quick mention of something I've seen happening in the past. The fortuna intro music is pretty well guarded (copy rights), and I've seen other videos get taken down due to it (they did get re-uploaded after some time, without the music, but still). I would not like to see you get a strike because of this. Also, the foundry system is not much of a problem later in the game, at some point you just have weapons/frames waiting to be grinded. Mastery rank grinds to a halt because you need quite a lot of experience for the next level. About the MR test, it is possible to practice for it without doing the test, and failing it won't cost you 24h of time.

[@Adamzz]

@@Veridors I saw the Fortuna cutscene in other videos I made sure to check that and the videos were still up, hopefully it doesn’t get taken down and I don’t get a strike. Thank you for letting me know though! I can definitely understand that, I think the crafting times are just obnoxious when you first start but can see them becoming less and less of a problem the more you progress. And thanks for the info regarding the MR test!

[@BigBuraz]

My man, you havent even finished the tutorial. It gets soooooo much better.

[@Adamzz]

It just feels like there’s never ending possibilities for how good the game gets. So much content and so many elements of surprise that just keep me playing more and more, the game is so addicting

[@the_blue_dragon_bd]

It's also cool it's coming to android and is already on apple so people who don't have powerful PC's or consoles can play it now or soon on the go without needing a steamdeck, I'm pretty hyped for that because I've always wanted to play this game but never had good enough hardware to play it at decent fps which this might allow me to finally play it

[@justinsane332]

Ordinary literally tells you to mod in the beginning, and if your equipping mods, you don't explore the menu, buttons, available, I don't feel like you can blame the game for it. Warframe doesn't spell it out for you, but I remember when I started the game, and they point you to all the systems, and basically say explore this thing! I do have to look things up once in while, but it was never anything to do with the systems. You just click things and read what it says. I watched aztecross speed through this section, and get completely lost before his chat explained it. Slow down, look at all the menus, and don't be afraid to try things. THE ONLY WARNING I HAVE IS TO NEVER SELL STORY ITEMS. I HAVE A RULE THAT IF GOTTEN FROM QUEST, IT STAYS IN INVENTORY FOREVER. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU WILL NEED A WEAPON OR BLUEPRINT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.

[@Adamzz]

Really??? I must have missed that, I feel like that’s HUGE in this game, other games you can get away with it…. Actually reading what the game is telling you

[@cbirdman]

There is so much random stuff told to you by different NPC and along with being overwhelmed by new things to look at, most will not get these verbal clues you are talking about. There needs to be more ways to help people!

[@matteosamarani5727]

Wait until: "this is what you are..." Still got goosebumps from all those years ago

[@Cobalthammer2118]

i just started a new account after not playing for a couple years. The new player is far better than it used to be. They give you essential mods for completing tutorial missions. If you're willing to spend real $ the new player weapon pack feels like a pretty great deal as it comes with a fully upgraded weapon and damage mod you could use all the way to end game. It breaks early game difficulty but could be useful for tougher missions or speeding up early game grinds

[@marcogama7032]

the crafting is time gated because in the late game, it becomes hella easy to find something to do while stuff is crafting. and it makes the game much more rewarding

[@Adamzz]

I can definitely understand that later in the game the time gating may be a positive, but early game it’s quite obnoxious and can deter new players from playing

[@rileyphillips-p7o]

I see that you are a fellow volt main. Welcome to the brotherhood👍.(I started with volt and never used another frame. I'm a volt prime main now)

[@Adamzz]

@@rileyphillips-p7o Volt appealed to me straight away, think he’s a frame I will always come back to and use even when I have other frames unlocked!

[@rileyphillips-p7o]

@Adamzz can I add you on Warframe? (You're free to refuse if you want. I ain't gonna take personally. I Asked a little late)

[@NocturnalPyro]

10:35 that is the one bad thing about warframe, but then again, as someone that plays Clash of Clans, waiting 12 hours for something isn't terrible, I just start it and then go to bed. I do wish that the plat cost of finishing was based more on the time, than a base value and time.

[@madhatten5123]

I just started Warframe the other day. I am already pretty hooked.

[@hatlesscrayon7265]

Dark sector was originally supposed to be the origin story of the warframes we play in game today. It got scrapped for what we have as a story now.

[@wlewisiii]

Dude, I am over 5000 hours in and I still have SO MUCH TO LEARN. God Damn, I love this game.

[@foxvrdog29]

dark sector was chage into this and they still relished dark sector

[@T405_MN]

1:07 from the games you've played before, you say? 😈

[@garyp3644]

one thing i love about warframe is the trading. like you can farm for a week then trade mods and relics for the premium currency so it really is a free to play game

[@Surr3alD3sign]

They do actually leave you in the Q&A chat channel and you can ask literally any question there and get an answer immediatrly

[@spidewebs8421]

overall would love to see you keep playing this game

[@Adamzz]

There will be plenty more Warframe content! Cannot keep myself off the game, glad you enjoyed!

[@corpsegarden949]

I’m a returning player from not playing in over a decade but I got into it again after meeting my now girlfriend and she mentioned that I could transfer my old save file from PS4 to PC. I thought it was daunting at first but now I have spent so much time and money on this game just merely to support the game going from MR4 - MR14 if you’re sick of the yearly $60+ dlc for D2 but love the grind I 1000% recommend this game

[@kentgrotjohn7875]

I just started again after 7 years. So much has changed but I'm glad I'm back.

[@thedalystreamer5966]

Dunno if it's been mentioned but the cutscene thing you saw in deimos is like it's version of it turning from day to night. The beast that dies drops vome or vass residue in parts of the map

[@Jaymo00]

Grinding so you can grind then you can finally start grinding which then allows you to begin the real grinding 😊👍

[@Adamzz]

Nailed it 🤣

[@LukasLeichtl]

I love that you gave Warframe a chance, 3500 hours in the game, it is engaging and you keep coming back! Did you already find Cephalon Cy on the Kronia relay at Saturn? There is a quest that will introduce a new game mode, in the free to play game with games in it. Highly recommend you get to Uranus to get the real story of the game going! Have fun!

[@Adamzz]

So glad I gave it a chance!! I haven’t come across Cephalon Cy no, just about to get to Uranus. A lot of people saying how the story ramps up there, really looking forward to it :)

[@usefulbobcat]

Basically the worms are immortal siblings who kill each other to create a day and night cycle

[@Nameless_One_]

There is another game mode where you control your spaceship called Railjack. And "game in a game" called Duviri Paradox. I don't like both, but this things extend the game in many ways.

[@Adamzz]

Haven’t got to the Railjack just yet, but played Duviri Paradox yesterday, was very different from the normal gameplay

[@EJtoU]

12:10 Fortunately, there are no mastery rank requirements to play new missions or quests. It only limits which new weapons you can get.

[@NeightrixPrime]

I believe technically there are, but they're to make sure players actually engage with the progression a bit. The New War needs MR5, which 99.9% of players will achieve by then anyway.

[@ofuets]

The 24h cooldown for failed mastery rank tests is no longer a thing. They removed it completely in 1999. Also, Koumei was the first warframe released that doesn't have a 72h build time, but 24h instead. I believe Rebecca wants to take things into this direction, which is excellent.

[@NeightrixPrime]

Something I don't see said much: hold on to the free Boltor you get as an early junction reward. It comes with extra capacity so it can fit more mods(more damage), while any weapon you craft needs a catalyst installed to do the same.

[@Adamzz]

That’s the weapon I’m using right now and from what I’ve used (so far) by far my favourite Primary

[@crimsonviper8872]

7:45 thats Deimos' day and night cycle. It happens like every 30 minutes or smthn

[@jasonboehringer4583]

1:20 ill be the "well actually" guy, bc i think its cool, Hayden tenno is technically a warframe cannon character from possibly another time line, but its the predecessor to warframe! You can even get a quest called the old ways and it says to complete a mission with a throwing disk and a pistol only, echoing your load out in Dark Sector, and the lotus symbol is right there in dark sector's O if you think im spitting you.

[@jasonboehringer4583]

Fortuna is so iconic.

[@Adamzz]

That is so cool! I look forward to that, thank you for the info!

[@taidgevans7336]

12k hours in and im so jealous of new players now in warframe. Years ago we would spend 3 to 6 months waiting on the next update to progress.. and that was the real progress wall.

[@Khafri]

There is an enclosed system a little bit later in the game if you haven't seen it yet which gives you a random selection of 2-5 warframes (you don't have to own them already) as well as a group of 2 or so random options for primary, secondary, and melee weapons to temporarily use specifically for the mission. It's a nice way to try out different frames and weapons to know what you may want to build to next.

[@vbmdsm]

Around 10K hrs since Closed Beta and I still don't have every thing on offer, or have done all that there is to do...once it gets its hooks into you, you always come back to the game...

[@iDarkZ3R0]

The deimos day night cycle is the worms killing eachother. Greatest sky box ever.

[@Adamzz]

Such a cool feature!