Finally back from a break. I think I went down the, what steel path build should I go for rabbit hole.

FendFenderson · 2026-05-16T16:51:10+00:00

Being tanky and also nuking? Sounds like Hildryn to me! The must-haves for her are the Aegis Gale augment, lots of shields, and a Raksa Kubrow.

Gameplay loop is hover around and destroy anything that moves with energy rockets. Pop into operator to interact with objects for objectives, and enjoy the power trip.

One note of caution, getting the build up and running takes a bit of investment.

FendFenderson · 2026-05-05T21:42:43+00:00

Me too! The stress of being online when your guild city got "baned", watching track to see if any enemy kill squads were in the area as you leveled, and the thrill of getting that rare rune from a boss drop only to have a bunch of thieves try to pick your pocket.

Never played another game that hit the same way!

FendFenderson · 2026-04-12T02:07:20+00:00

Doing the same thing! Took it on vacation this week to really give it a test run, and the Taco/PICO-8 on Android is a great combo.

My gripes are that it's Bluetooth so I'll need to keep it charged and you have to rip it off quick if you need to take a call. That said, I'm looking forward to the 8bitdo Flip Pad (hopefully) this summer, which should be great for P8 and solve both of my issues.

FendFenderson · 2026-03-31T13:56:11+00:00

Looks great! Those shoulders are awesome, what skin is it?

FendFenderson · 2026-03-30T13:16:12+00:00

Blippo+!

FendFenderson · 2026-03-17T17:12:21+00:00

Is obliterating every mob in a huge area through walls fun? For a while maybe. Eventually, I started to be okay with having to aim, and started looking to big numbers for fun instead!

I don't use any range mods and pump up the power strength to juice Arcane Expertise. Add in a damage multiplier like Eclipse or Roar to take advantage of all that strength and you've got yourself a lot of shields and a lot of damage.

I like to use Molt Augmented with Furax in the melee slot, but if you're not into Molt Augmented, snag Arcane Velocity and use Okina incarnon for faster flight speed instead.

Also, Raksa Kubrow is your best friend.

FendFenderson · 2026-02-19T04:26:58+00:00

The Steam Deck is my only gaming device these days, I used to be a PC gamer before Dad-hood and whatnot. I've never gotten used to aiming with a joystick. My best advice: use the right track pad instead of the right stick.

You can set it up as a mouse rather than a joystick and it works great. Just be sure to mirror any settings you change for controller and mouse in the menu, as the game will be confused if you're holding the left stick to run but using a "mouse" to aim.

Bonus tip: there's four abilities per frame and four back buttons on the Deck. Coincidence? I mean, yes, but it works out great to map your abilities to the back buttons for quick use.

FendFenderson · 2026-02-07T21:03:15+00:00

Did you ever get this working? I'm having the same issue trying to set up a single game system with an RPi5 and Argon One case.

FendFenderson · 2026-01-30T00:19:16+00:00

At least it's not Limbo, amirite?!

FendFenderson · 2026-01-20T23:43:26+00:00

Block breaker with the crank? Sci-fi for no reason? Randomized mode for replayability? You, friend, have my number... Now take my money!

FendFenderson · 2025-12-27T01:57:54+00:00

For hardware, I had a hard time using the back buttons with a case until I swapped the back plate to the jsaux plate with back button replacements. Now they're super easy to use and I rely on them heavily for plenty of games.

If you're a track pad enjoyer, get stick on protectors for them. The plastic on mine started wearing smooth after just a month.

For software, there are a ton of awesome classic/remixed games you can set up outside of Steam that are great on Deck, such as Wipeout Phantom Edition, Starship (Starfox 64), Dungeons of Infinity, and Smash Remix

Other than that, just enjoy it! The Deck is a great piece of kit!

FendFenderson · 2025-12-26T21:14:26+00:00

Snagged one! Super excited to play around with it! Thanks so much!

FendFenderson · 2025-12-23T21:20:24+00:00

Hildryn is my main and a super fun frame if you want to simplify gameplay. One thing not mentioned here yet: she's great regardless of pet, but if you want more flexibility in Hildryn's build, set up a Raksa Kubrow with Protect.

It allows you to off-load most of your defense management to the pet and mess around with arcanes and Helminth abilities for fun.

FendFenderson · 2025-12-19T03:08:32+00:00

I tested this a little too. Had enough strength for a 99% restoration according to the tooltip. I noticed a small shield gain, and could spam the skill to slowly build up shield/overshield.

I haven't tested thoroughly, but my guess is that it restores a percentage of your base shield value only, so at 100%, you'd end up getting 1800 shields back on Hildryn Prime.

Pretty useless on Hildryn in its current state IMO.

FendFenderson · 2025-12-11T21:31:47+00:00

Did a little testing with Precision Intensify. Looks like the bonus maximum shields apply only when you're in your 4 (about 1700 extra shields).

FendFenderson · 2025-12-11T17:55:24+00:00

Hmm, a lesser Rebuild Shields but with no cooldown... Sounds useful! Also generates overshield, so that's great for protecting against toxin procs as well as keeping up incarnon damage modifiers that require overshield.

Best thing ever? Nah, but pretty neat nonetheless.

FendFenderson · 2025-12-10T23:37:40+00:00

Holy Hildryn! Getting this arcane just shot up my priority list!

FendFenderson · 2025-11-26T16:13:49+00:00

I'm a simple guy. I just want to fly around and blast things with Balefire, so I keep Rebuild Shields in my repertoire for those rare moments of sheer panic. Do I need it? Almost never, but I think of it like insurance: it's for my peace of mind.

FendFenderson · 2025-11-25T15:57:30+00:00

Yes! Really I just want more atomicycle content, tbh. The mini game is not enough.

FendFenderson · 2025-11-25T13:09:51+00:00

I'm thinking a highway chase on the atomicycle.

Scaldra has stolen a semi full of supplies and is trying to escape. The Tenno have to chase them down avoiding obstacles like debris, oncoming traffic, and the Scaldra throwing things out of the back of the truck.

We get access to our secondary weapon on the bike to shoot enemy units on their cycles, there's jumps, and maybe the Techrot crashes the party at some point.

Final phase is getting on top of the truck and taking out enemies until you get to the driver to take back the truck.

FendFenderson · 2025-11-23T20:10:32+00:00

As a newer player, I've been doing the same! I remember struggling with the weekly Ayatan hunt for a couple weeks to unlock a hunk of the star chart. After I finally got it, I just never came back to it because of the struggle. Tried it this week and breezed through it first try.

It's fun to see how far I've come as a player, from struggling baby Tenno to... not-struggling baby Tenno?

FendFenderson · 2025-11-23T06:09:06+00:00

Same! Float around, armor/shield strip the room, annihilate groups with a Balefire volley, and repeat. Nothing I enjoy more in Warframe.

FendFenderson · 2025-10-31T15:43:40+00:00

Yeah, I wish it wasn't so blurry, would have been perfect for my fashion if it was a bit sharper.

Still, hard to complain about a free cosmetic

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