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Shrike
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Reply #350 on: February 16, 2015, 10:09:56 PM

Initial platinum should be spend on warframe (hookers) and weapon slots (blow). These you can't get anywhere else, so get lots. Save a bit back in case you need an emergency reactor or catalyst, since those are hard to come by and are necessary for guns or 'frames you're serious about. Buying sentinels early on with plat isn't a bad idea, either. They're extremely expensive for new players and have a lot of utility. Moreover, any you purchase with plat come with their own slot and reactors and catalysts pre-installed. Not a bad deal for 75p.

As for capture targets, yeah, they're twitchy and quick on their feat. Bring fast warframes and high dps weapons to deal with them. Also, a durable warframe isn't a bad idea, since you might have to rush the target past a dozen or so of his (now pissed off) buddies. I generally use Mirage, Valkyr, Banshee or NovaP on cap missions.  All of these are fast moving 'frames with either massive firepower (Mirage, Nova), a high degree of control (Banshee, Nova), or just implacable and impossible to stop (Valkyr). High firepower accurate guns help a lot, especially if you get the drop on them. Usually, you can smokecheck them before they can react and hightail it to the shuttle (Banshee is particularly good at this).
« Last Edit: February 17, 2015, 09:40:28 AM by Shrike »
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Reply #351 on: February 17, 2015, 04:25:48 AM

I have like 400 platinum, and am just starting out, what should I spend it on?

Hookers and blow.

But really? I echo what is said just about everywhere: buy warframe and weapon slots first. You will need them eventually. Weapons slots are a little less for me since I only keep 1 or 2 of my favorites and cycle through the other slots after leveling other weapons to 30. Warframe slots because you just gotta collect em all!

After that? Buy yourself something pretty. Maybe a Orokin reactor or two and a catalyst (if those are on the ingame market...I can't recall right now)

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Reply #352 on: February 17, 2015, 07:43:05 AM

Slots.

I got one of the founder packages and had a ton of plat from it.  Almost all of it has gone to inventory space.  A tiny bit has gone to reactors and catalysts for things I play the heck out of.

If you're thinking of dumping an item to free up space make sure to completely level it first.  It counts towards mastery the first time you level an item.

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Reply #353 on: February 17, 2015, 05:31:43 PM

This is a whole lot of fun. I can see I am going to need to hook up with a clan soon.

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Reply #354 on: February 17, 2015, 05:36:48 PM

Note that for slots you can buy them as needed. The game will even ask you if you try to buy something that needs a slot that you don't have if you want to buy the slot first.

Also if for some reason you really really hate your starter frame you can buy one of the other starter frames or Loki (which used to be a starter frame) for 75 platinum which is not a bad deal considering it comes with a slot for itself and a reactor (aka a "potato").

Edit: that slot buying thing I said above doesn't seem to work everywhere for some reason. I just tried to buy a secondary weapon without an open slot and it didn't give me the option to buy the slot first. Also the instructions on where to buy slots is confusing. It says to go to the Arsenal screen but what it really means is to go to the Inventory screen to buy slots.
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Reply #355 on: February 18, 2015, 04:51:48 PM

Earlier in the thread I vaguely recall somebody mentioning a clan, unfortunately, I am having trouble finding the exact page and post. Who are we supposed to contact for a clan?

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Reply #356 on: February 18, 2015, 05:30:03 PM

Engles777 is your best bet.

Though we're getting close to the 30 player limit for a Shadow Clan, so he may need to make some decisions there first.  I'm not sure what's needed to upgrade us a notch.

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Reply #357 on: February 18, 2015, 05:37:21 PM

Edit: that slot buying thing I said above doesn't seem to work everywhere for some reason. I just tried to buy a secondary weapon without an open slot and it didn't give me the option to buy the slot first. Also the instructions on where to buy slots is confusing. It says to go to the Arsenal screen but what it really means is to go to the Inventory screen to buy slots.

It only works when picking something up from the foundry.  The market doesn't let you by slots automatically, which is silly.
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Reply #358 on: February 18, 2015, 07:43:37 PM

May I ask your in game names Lantyssa and Ard?  I can't seem to catch Engels.

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Reply #359 on: February 18, 2015, 08:43:55 PM

Engels777 at that.  Stupid typo.

Ardh and KC-73-HQT-314.

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Reply #360 on: February 19, 2015, 10:59:37 AM

We purged a few old accounts off the roster so we have room again now. We got Flood in, and there's room for Pennilenko and others. Just send me an email in game or friend me (already got you friended Pennilenko). I'll be on tonight, 7 pm PST-ish. You can also bug Lant aka KC and she'll see if someone's around to tag you.

I should get back to nature, too.  You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer.  Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached.  Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe

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Reply #361 on: February 19, 2015, 05:56:45 PM

Sent a friend request to Engels, as Noitek. 

Got the 75% discount on platinum today, the week I moved and am too broke to do anything with it, of course.  why so serious?

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Reply #362 on: February 19, 2015, 10:01:18 PM

I appreciated the mission runs, I gained quite a bit of xp. It's crazy how many undocumented mechanics are in this game. Sorry I had to bail. My wife wasn't feeling well and I didn't want to disrupt her sleep.
« Last Edit: February 19, 2015, 10:13:23 PM by Pennilenko »

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Reply #363 on: February 19, 2015, 10:16:13 PM

There's a lot of stuff going on under the hood.

The wiki is good for information on stuff like this, but it's hard to look it up when you don't know what you don't know.

Although they've degenerated some as the game has become more popular, the O-fficial forums are still a good resource for information. You just have to filter out the whining about everydamnedthing imaginable. To DE's credit, the worst offenders do get banned...eventually.

Oh, and there's some really cool stuff on the alphabets used in the game with full translators available. Also, lore discussions can be both fascinating and illuminating (assuming you ignore the obvious dumbshits). Unfortunately, there isn't too much to work with so the lore sub-community has been spinning its wheels for awhile.
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Reply #364 on: February 20, 2015, 12:23:21 AM

Missions with no shields are Ohhhhh, I see.

I did manage to barely escape with my last life as Loki, though awesome, for real
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Reply #365 on: February 20, 2015, 04:09:02 AM

Missions with no shields are Ohhhhh, I see.

I did manage to barely escape with my last life as Loki, though awesome, for real


Yeah I did my first nightmare the other day with a PuG. I went in with Rhino so not too bad, but man there was a lot of rezzing.

And I get a little miffed at the fucker(s) who just run through a zone to the goal and leave a shit ton of mobs in their wake, on alert and pissed off. So when my slow ass tries to catch up, I get stomped into the floor. I get the fact people want to max their time efficiency but I am a little tired of playing run through the zone and never seeing the boss fights or objectives. (and yes, I have learned to sprint and slide/helicopter for an added boost of speed - some maps I just have a hell of a time getting through all the twists).


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Reply #366 on: February 20, 2015, 08:04:27 AM

Yeah my PuG had a Rhino too so he tanked going to the objective. On the way to extraction, though, we got in a bad spot and kept dying as a group and near the end I was the last one standing. It got really hairy when literally right at the end an alarm locked the door going to the extraction room and I had to disarm the alarm in a room full of mobs.
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Reply #367 on: February 20, 2015, 11:12:58 AM

Sent a friend request to Engels, as Noitek. 

Got the 75% discount on platinum today, the week I moved and am too broke to do anything with it, of course.  why so serious?

Sorry I missed this last night. I will check in tonight and see if you are on. Also, is anyone playing as 'a_grue'? I ask because I have a friend request from them and I do not know anyone by that name here.

I should get back to nature, too.  You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer.  Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached.  Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe

I LIKE being bounced around by Tonkors. - Lantyssa

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Reply #368 on: February 20, 2015, 01:31:57 PM

I think lesion might be a_grue? I believe that's what he uses on Steam.
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Reply #369 on: February 20, 2015, 03:18:26 PM

Yeah I recognize the name as an F13er but can't remember who it is. Trippy is usually right though  Oh ho ho ho. Reallllly?

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Reply #370 on: February 21, 2015, 09:25:32 AM

He is indeed.

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Reply #371 on: March 02, 2015, 03:32:04 PM

The first Tactical Alert stage (Tempo stance) was an interesting challenge for somebody who hasn't been (re)playing for very long. This last weekend was my first one since I've been playing where I've had a bunch of free time so I planned going into the weekend to try and PuG the first stage. Took a few attempts but finally managed to get it on a non-optimal Loki disarm build. I finished ranking up my Loki and then got a Trinity and ranked her up for the event though I wasn't comfortable playing her (seems to require a bunch of micro to stay alive) so I stuck with Loki for the attempts. Biggest challenge getting ready for the event was actually dealing with the game's cumbersome trading system. I ran out of money once from the trade tax and ran into the daily trade limit multiple times.

First attempt on a really ghetto Loki build* actually went pretty well given how little I was contributing until one of the players dropped after which we promptly fell part. The next 3 PuGs didn't go well though we almost did it one with only 3 people failing at like 96% on the last wave. The final attempt had a Trinity and a Nova and one more I can't remember and except for a sloppy first round it was pretty easy thanks to the Trinity and Nova.

Still don't understand why my first set of attempts required only 5 rounds at the last 2 needed 8 rounds. Also the 8 round versions started with enemies already spawned right when we appeared from the elevator while the 5 round versions gave us time to cap before enemies appeared.

* hadn't purchased any good mods yet from trade so only used what I had collected which wasn't a lot for that kind of build
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Reply #372 on: March 02, 2015, 07:45:31 PM

Took the weekend and leveled Frost and Trinity and finished out Ash for shits and giggles.

I am still trying to figure out how guys just sprint through higher level zones like Europa and Pluto and Ceres. I try and I am dead in the first area with alarms and all sorts of shit going off. I am assuming they are forma's and modded out, but their shields and hp are about where mine are so I have no idea. Stealthing around as ash is ok, but I always get seen and burn through my energy smoke bombing my ass around the map only to run out right before I hit the extraction. At this point, I am just going to have to throw my hat in the ring and get a clan.

Does any one know where the love of God goes...When the waves turn the minutes to hours? -G. Lightfoot
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Reply #373 on: March 03, 2015, 12:56:47 AM

Just ran the Pluto Nightmare Alert for the Rending Strike mod on my gimpy Trinity which was ACK! (no thanks to the fucked up UI which kept blocking the team status bar display with fucking popups). Fortunately we had a Rhino Prime to cover for my n00bieness with Trinity at the moment.

Edit: BTW any tips on getting Energy Vampire to land? I have a hard time with that one; seems like my aim has to be exact which is hard given how fast the game moves and lag issues.
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Reply #374 on: March 03, 2015, 04:05:39 AM

Just ran the Pluto Nightmare Alert for the Rending Strike mod on my gimpy Trinity which was ACK! (no thanks to the fucked up UI which kept blocking the team status bar display with fucking popups). Fortunately we had a Rhino Prime to cover for my n00bieness with Trinity at the moment.

Edit: BTW any tips on getting Energy Vampire to land? I have a hard time with that one; seems like my aim has to be exact which is hard given how fast the game moves and lag issues.


For EV, I been just spamming it and strafing my reticle over the target till it lands. Seems the target has to be on the dot or else nothing.

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Reply #375 on: March 03, 2015, 10:34:27 AM

Ard, finally a use for Hydroid.

http://warframe.wikia.com/wiki/Pilfering_Swarm

And it works on bosses. 

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Reply #376 on: March 03, 2015, 11:42:27 AM

It also stacks with nekros, but it's still worse than nekros by itself since it requires you personally get the kill with that.
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Reply #377 on: March 03, 2015, 12:28:30 PM

I have neither of those frames...yet. Though they will be a bitch to get unless I get into a useful group.

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Reply #378 on: March 03, 2015, 12:29:21 PM

Or a PC.  awesome, for real

Yeah, neither are easy to farm.  When ever the subject comes up it's met with "EH, Nekros isn't THAT useful", "Hydroid is useless anyhow", or "Gosh, I'm sleepy".

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Reply #379 on: March 03, 2015, 12:35:53 PM

Or a PC.  awesome, for real

Yeah, neither are easy to farm.  When ever the subject comes up it's met with "EH, Nekros isn't THAT useful", "Hydroid is useless anyhow", or "Gosh, I'm sleepy".

I got too much invested on the PS4 version unfortunately. And yeah... I heard it is a pain in the ass unless you find likeminded people who are farming it. I feel the same way about Ruk and Krel. Hyena pack was the most fun out of them all even though my groups died more to them than any other boss.

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Reply #380 on: March 03, 2015, 01:15:57 PM

I'm mostly just sleepy.  I don't really have any problems  helping people get either of them.  The bigger issue with nekros is farming the parts for his keys, which requires running other derelict missions, but that can easily be done in parallel with doing the runs for mirage anyhow.
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Reply #381 on: March 03, 2015, 01:38:05 PM

Time for three Hydroid one Nekros Alad V runs...

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Reply #382 on: March 03, 2015, 01:38:53 PM

I'm out of plat anyhow.  awesome, for real  Log in bonus needs to stop giving me companion exp.

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Reply #383 on: March 04, 2015, 03:39:08 PM

The new Tactical Alert is an Archwing mission Ohhhhh, I see.

I can't even rank up my starter Archwing frame cause the "easiest" Archwing mission is an Interception mission which is seemingly impossible do with a minimally ranked Archwing and nobody plays it.
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Reply #384 on: March 04, 2015, 04:48:29 PM

The new Tactical Alert is an Archwing mission Ohhhhh, I see.

I can't even rank up my starter Archwing frame cause the "easiest" Archwing mission is an Interception mission which is seemingly impossible do with a minimally ranked Archwing and nobody plays it.

Archwing is a novelty to me at best. It is way too disorienting and the passages in the ships are not obvious at all. That goes both ways for me in that it is kinda cool that there are no big yellow signs saying THRU HERE! But trying to find some of them with the wonky as hell waypoint marker moving all over makes it frustrating as shit... exp when my team (if i get one) is already through the map.

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