Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Host: Megan Everett

Guests: Rebecca Ford, Steve Sinclair, Pablo Alonso, Geoff Crookes, Sheldon Carter

Our main event! Mysteries surrounding Warframe 1999 will be laid bare with an extensive look at our most ambitious update yet. Welcome to the party, Tenno.

Watch it live: https://www.twitch.tv/warframe

  • sandriver@dormi.zoneEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I need the Eleanor Gemini skin emote yesterday. I’m glad Trinity and Nyx are getting looked at: Trinity because she’s kind of awful to play, Nyx because I thought she was already in a mostly good place and I’m eager to see what they do. “Light Rework” makes me think changes like the target cap on Psychic Bolts or changes to Mind Control (maybe have it work through Overguard?) or the energy consumption on Absorb.

    December is going to be a long way away.

    I’m also super excited to see what sort of Infested-themed weapons get updated. I had a bout of madness and went back and reviewed most of the old Bio Labs weapons, and there are some diamonds in the rough in there, notably Hema, Pox and Embolist. And of course an update to the Infested wing of the Entrati weapons, like Arum Spinosa and Sporothrix. Be interesting to see if they update some of the existing “secret boss” low-usage high-power weapons like Sporothrix and Catabolyst too.

    • tb_@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Nyx is useful I guess, but she doesn’t really stand out in today’s meta.

      Armour stripping is cool, but she can only handle a few targets at a time.
      With the augment for her 4th she’s really tanky, but also very slow.
      Her CC is pretty good, but why bother when there are frames which can wipe the room in the same amount of time.

      I guess that’s power creep for ya.

      Trinity used to be required for high level missions with her damage reduction, but who needs that anymore with shieldgating and all the other chaos abilities cause.

      It really isn’t much of a squad game anymore.

      • kbin_space_program@kbin.run
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        4 months ago

        Nyx, like Caliban, improves exponentially when you replace the weird and out of place ability with a better one, be Gloom, Xata’s Whisper, Condemn(for shield tanking) or Nourish.

        For Nyx its her 4, Caliban his 1.

        Caliban’s persistent aoe shield/armor stripping field is insane in the right conditions(E.G. Interception, Defense, Mobile Defense.)l

        Nyx gets insane with a magnetic weapon and a Jade Eximus. Take out the overguard, mind control, congrats, you have a pet jade light.

        • sandriver@dormi.zoneEnglish
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          4 months ago

          Caliban in general is really strong any time he gets to camp, namely conditions that can let his damage buffing shine and let him manage his ridiculous energy economy needs.

          The difference in reception between Caliban and Xaku despite their similarities really does my head in. Excited for the rework though!

          • kbin_space_program@kbin.run
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            4 months ago

            IMO: Xaku has a very good and obvious tank in his 4.

            Caliban is harder to figure out since its built around shield tanking and shield regen, without building for shields like Hildryn. You need to manage his 3 for that tanking to work, and frankly his 1 is just a mean trap.

            • sandriver@dormi.zoneEnglish
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              4 months ago

              That makes sense! I imagine it’s also why Mag is the most-used debuffer/CC frame by a long shot, since she has very straightforward survivability tools.

        • Convict45@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          4 months ago

          Pillage Nyx is quite good, and pairs nicely with Chaos and range for a CC build. That’s how I run her for things like mobile defense and interception. Nyx absolutely doesn’t need Nourish. She’s not that energy hungry.

          Agreed about the joy of using a bullet hose/beam weapon to knock down Overguard then mind control an eximus!

          • kbin_space_program@kbin.run
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            4 months ago

            True. Tbh I use Gloom or Aquablades with surging blades depending how I feel on Nyx.

            I have the Nourish on a lot of frames that don’t need it just because of Circuit. Generally rely on the pet giving me that. Especially now.

      • sandriver@dormi.zoneEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Nyx is one of my main frames because of how flexible and complete she is. If I’m doing Incursions or a lich hunt, Nyx is my easy lazy pick.

        Psychic Bolts is unique amongst fullstrip abilities because it’s one-handed, so you can stay mobile on linear mission types, and Pacifying Bolts provides a very long stun on non-combat mission types like Captures. It also has extremely low power requirements which can be met with shards alone, so I have my Nyx built just for Range and Duration, and one of my Arcanes goes towards Arcane Consequence so I can get through linear missions faster.

        CC is useful if an objective defense comes up, since nuke frames can’t always keep up. And unlike Loki, she brings a native fullstrip at the cost of very slightly less taunt power.

        Absorb is in a weird place as I think it’s optional now that helminth exists. Chaos (+/- Chaos Sphere) and Condemn handles all my survivability needs. I only use it on my lich hunting loadout in case I get an early lich.

        Mind Control is my only huge disappointment. Overguard kind of spoiled the fun of stealing eximus abilities for yourself, especiall Heat and Energy Leech eximus. I barely use Mind Control anymore, although it does have nice non-eximus targets still.

        I would also love to see the (now broken?) Psychic Bolts function of removing infested auras expand to removing all Eximus abilities and doing so through Overguard.

        • tb_@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          4 months ago

          Huh, that’s a nice write-up. Maybe I’ll look over my Nyx again sometime.
          Couldn’t you have mentioned Arcane Consequence being interesting a few days ago?

          (Also, tiny nitpick; Ash with his shuriken augment also has a one-handed strip so Nyx’s is technically not “unique”.)

          • sandriver@dormi.zoneEnglish
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            4 months ago

            Good catch on Ash! Although Nyx also rips off shields in the few cases where shields are a significant health sink.

    • Dystopia@dormi.zoneEnglish
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      4 months ago

      My only real issues with Trinity are her low duration on her 1, 3 and 4, and her augments really need to be better, especially champion’s blessing which wasn’t really usable because of shield gating and is even less usable now with Overguard becoming more common. Energy Vampire Trinity still has its niche though, and is still probably my go to frame for the Index. Link isn’t bad either in Radiation sorties besides the very low duration.

  • Kayn@dormi.zoneOPMEnglish
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    4 months ago
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    #TENNOLIVE

    Housekeeping

    • The crew: Megan Everett, Rebecca Ford, Steve Sinclair, Pablo Alonso, Geoff Crookes, Sheldon Carter

    • DE donated 100k CAD to the ablegamers charity and SickKids each

    • Gift of the Lotus alert after the stream: Umbra Forma

    • DE will be at Gamescom on the 24th of august!

    • And Tokyo Game Show on the 28th to 29th of September!

    • Tennocon 2025 will be on the 18th-19th of July 2025!

    ##General Info

    • they are still working on making cross-platform trading more robust (especially regarding the current restrictions)

    Upcoming updates

    The Lotus Eaters, coming this August

    Unannounced 2024 Update

    • will be revaled at Tokyo Game Show

    • Caliban Deluxe

    • get Caliban for free when logging in after the update drops for a limited time!

    • QOL

    • Caliban Rework

    • Item favourites

    • 5 new Incarnons

    • Companions 2.0 part 2

    • New Warframe

    1999 coming winter 2024

  • Kaldo@dormi.zoneEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I am so on board a 1999 boyband / 2k virus infestation crossover, it’s such a good idea to connect these 2 places/times and introduce the long awaited liches too

    The city open world looked amazing, I just hope they kept it not too big, and they never add archwing to it

    Other than that not a lot of solid announcements or even news, but tbh I’ve been feeling pretty confident and optimistic about WF since Rebb took over so I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and let them cook.

  • doctortofu@reddthat.comEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Loved this year’s Tennocon - it still follows the trend I dislike of “here’s a story mission in a game called Warframe about those things called warframes, and we’ll make you play anything and everything except warframes”, but at least Arthur plays LIKE a warframe, so I’m good.

    Also, holy hell I absolutely love that On-lyne song, unironically. It’s just so nineties it hurts, and I want to play it on repeat all day :)

    Pretty excited about Tokyo Game Show too - as soon as they confirm which day is their big reveal I’m almost definitely buying a ticket. TGS lines are hell on earth, but I think I’ll brave it just to meet the team.

  • Kayn@dormi.zoneOPMEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I really would have loved for the “ride out” cutscene to play in one piece. Having Volt run along instead of hopping on a bike is chef’s kiss