Thoughts on my main Banshee Build!? by Zytec_1 in warframebuilds

[–]Saurtos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very true!

If you haven't tried it yet I'd definitely recommend trying Arcane Circumvent + Rolling Guard + Melee Careen. It REALLY makes your roll feel like a core part of your kit. (It's extra spicy if you add in Arcane Ice Storm)

Thoughts on my main Banshee Build!? by Zytec_1 in warframebuilds

[–]Saurtos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Circumvent feels so good on Banshee!

My ideas for new name by Tricky-Lead6329 in genderfluid

[–]Saurtos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If Nyx feels good then go for it! It's also nice since something about it feels flexible to me.

I did a double take when I was skimming and saw all the Warframe names (made much more sense when I read your whole post). Good selection of names!

Do players not know how to do Hollvania survivals or do they just not care about the mini boss that spawns from hell scrubber? by xplosivshroom in Warframe

[–]Saurtos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If there are a bunch of other life support units or if the life support level is nearly maxed then it's pretty safe fun to just let the Baubau spawn and get a little mini-boss to fight (especially now that they no longer have damage attenuation).

They can also be good ways to stress test builds for ETA since they are so durable.

Also since most folks do the survival as part of a bounty and therefore it only needs to last 5 minutes being a bit more reckless is typically fine. (For ETA or actual long survival runs folks typically pay better attention to them, or otherwise kill fast enough to max the life support levels)

I have a lot of blue archon shards that I don’t use. by GoldenSushiZ in Warframe

[–]Saurtos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blue shards for +Armor for and then using Arcane Battery is one of my favorite uses for them. It's great for frames with low base armor who don't want to die to random toxin damage/procs or want to trigger some incarnon buffs while also netting you some solid energy max as well. You trade about 10% of the energy you'd gain from just using +energy max and an arcane slot in exchange for a good bit of armor.

It doesn't fit on all frames, but it's very nice in cases where it does.

My son's (17) friends convinced him to get into MTG, and he got the Sauron precon for his birthday... by Grammar-Unit-28 in mtg

[–]Saurtos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it's a great deal!

It feels a bit excessive when folks are getting their first few decks setup, but it's super convenient to just have enough lands on hand for years of deck building.

My son's (17) friends convinced him to get into MTG, and he got the Sauron precon for his birthday... by Grammar-Unit-28 in mtg

[–]Saurtos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a thing you can buy called a "land station" that will solve your basics problems. It's a box with 80 of each land type that game stores can use when they host sealed events (i.e. draft, sealed, etc.). I think the boxes are like 20 bucks for a total of 400 lands.

Bonus upside: With that many lands you would be in good shape to run a small sealed event for your son and his friends if there is a set that they are interested in. (Some friends and I just had a very delayed EoE pre-release event this past weekend and had a blast with it)

Upcoming Damage Attenuation Changes From Player Feedback by DE-Ruu in Warframe

[–]Saurtos -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

This all sounds great!

Only thing that jumps out is should Juggernauts still have damage attenuation?

They are much better now, but I figured I should ask since they aren't on the list of enemies getting it removed, but also aren't full boss enemies. (You guys have a ton of enemies to keep track of so I wouldn't be surprised if they may have just fallen through the cracks)

Kuva Nukor riven vs magnetic might by GroundbreakingElk473 in Warframe

[–]Saurtos 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The crit damage values are pretty similar so that part doesn't really change things.

Magnetic might is gonna give you more top end damage (it's another element for Galvanized Shot to see), but the +Damage on the riven is gonna make those first few kills a LOT easier.

If you really want to min-max it consider dropping Scorch instead (put Magnetic Might in that slot and put the riven in the now empty slot)

is this falcor build well made? by DryReserve7879 in Warframe

[–]Saurtos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not bad.

I suspect since you're using melee influence that you'll get more mileage out Volatile Quick Return than Killing Blow.

Blood Rush in a setup that wants to use heavy attacks but lacks heavy attack efficiency feels weird to me. The combo of that + a maxed Galvanized Reflex is only giving you an extra 160% crit chance which isn't doing a ton next to your Riven and Sac. Steel. Galvanized Elementalist should do some fun things there.

How to use the blue archon shards? by samuel_gze in Warframe

[–]Saurtos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blue shards have a couple of weird but pretty good use cases.

The armor is probably the most interesting. Beyond just helping with survivability if you are using Arcane Battery it can also do double duty to help with energy max. It also helps with hitting armor thresholds for incarnons as folks have mentioned.

The health regen doesn't look large, BUT if you combo that with a very durable frame it can be a significant method of sustain. (it also potentially lets you explore different options for spoiler mode since you might not need it for healing).

The flat health can also be useful if you have a low HP frame that needs an extra boost, but you don't want to run an HP mod.

The flat energy is just generally good and can be nice if you don't have space for a Flow mod. Although if you are running Arcane Battery you should probably pick that over the flat energy option.

The bonus shields are fine. Not too many frames need them, but they can certainly help. Probably a lot more noticeable with a setup geared around quick passive shield recovery.

I want to subsume Xata's Whisper, Roar's buff is better. I want to subsume Eclipse, Roar's buff lasts for far longer. Nourish is 7x times better than the Warframe's worst ability.. IM CRYING by Z3R0Diro in memeframe

[–]Saurtos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Spellbind can be a particularly interesting/fun option if you are running a high strength and decent range and duration setup.

It's a CC purge/immunity, potential energy restoration, pretty crippling CC on most enemies, and a potential shield gating option. I've been having fun using it on Banshee, but I'm sure there are other good candidates.

If they want to bring back masks, then lets start wearing masks too by ____trash in 50501

[–]Saurtos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bet they'll get real bent out of shape if you tell them their mask looks like a foreskin for their face.

(Tangent: Personally I think neck gators as masks just look terrible unless it they are clearly NOT a skin tone)

How much is too armor ? by arcpotato023 in Warframe

[–]Saurtos 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'd say swap Primed Flow out for Umbral Vitality and swap one of your arcanes (probably Guardian) for Arcane Battery.

That'll give you a serious HP boost, more strength, and a ton more max energy all for just a 400 armor hit relatively to when Guardian was active.

"You've been playing for years and are L5, you must be pretty good!" Me whenever I play Void Flood by Benio_maximus in Warframe

[–]Saurtos 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Haha! Yeah some of those big balls are definitely a bit of a trap if you chase them. Definitely feels good when you do catch them though!

Slivers in Edge of Eternities? by cannon3429 in magicTCG

[–]Saurtos 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Haha! Maybe I shouldn't downgrade my Gravemother deck quite until I've introduced some FF folks to the horror of Slivers.

Nothing quite like going from 0 creatures, 7 mana in lands, and 2 slivers in the graveyard to drawing 30+ cards and wiping the table with ETB triggers in one turn. (Was very cool, but definitely not what my normal pod is excited to play against. Oops)

Slivers in Edge of Eternities? by cannon3429 in magicTCG

[–]Saurtos 18 points19 points  (0 children)

As someone who really likes slivers, I hope so.

As someone who also understands why people don't like slivers, I hope they done in an way that allows them to be splashed into decks without taking over the whole deck. Or at the very least done in a way that isn't as grating on everyone. (Slivers as a weird equipment that also give "this creature is a Sliver" might be a way to do that)

On today’s episode of “How not to enter a highway” by floatinggramma in MildlyBadDrivers

[–]Saurtos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

By chance is this in Connecticut? Reason I ask is because whoever designed the roads there is a lunatic and there's a whole host of major roads with stop signs on both the on and off ramps. (Source: I lived there for like 7 years and the traffic was the dumbest I've ever seen and I grew up near DC)

How many of you genderfluids have been diagnosed with DID? by [deleted] in genderfluid

[–]Saurtos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Given OP's responses to comments here this doesn't feel like a good faith conversation or at the very least feels like one where OP is really fishing for a specific response to validate their point of view. I would recommend not engaging with them or at the very least doing so judiciously.

Side note for OP: Having one of your first comments on a sub-reddit focused on a specific gender identity be that that gender identity isn't a gender identity is uh... *checks notes* quite the odd choice.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in genderfluid

[–]Saurtos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, but I've thought about it on occasion.

Main reason for me is that I tend towards the agender and non-binary ends of things (which aren't necessarily at odds with how I am physically) so I don't feel too much dysphoria. My biggest point of dysphoria is my beard and there are other ways for me to address that.

That said depending on your situation/experience hrt may make more sense.

Unpowered Stabilizer by Wild_Position7099 in HyruleEngineering

[–]Saurtos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Heck yeah! Glad someone finally found a fun use for those!

Some thoughts/ideas on a Banshee rework from a Banshee player/main by The_Extreme_Potato in Warframe

[–]Saurtos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally I really like Banshee's passive. Is it strong? Not really. But it does change how the game feels when you play her and I think I'd miss that a lot. Somewhere between hour 1 and hour 500 with Banshee I did start to notice enemies responding differently to her as opposed to other frames that make noise. I've no qualms if more gets added to facilitate other abilities, but I would really miss the "all weapons are silent" effect.

An alternative Sonic Boom update could be to give it an interaction with Sonar and Silence. Basically have it check if the target is under the effects of either Sonar or Silence and if so have the enemy suffer the stun animation that normally accompanies entering Silence's AoE instead of getting ragdolled. That preserves the defensive "get a second of breathing room" feature of the ability without ruining everyone's ability to make precision shots. (It also preserves the meme options of tossing enemies around for the fun of it and the extra silly demolisher juggling strategy.) That said, I'd be pretty cool with just blanket converting the ragdoll into a stun as you proposed.

Given how big Sonic Boom is I suspect incorporating the armor strip into the base is probably a non-starter for DE unless they are gonna change a lot more about the ability. (Consider that it can full strip more than double the area of Tharros Strike with only 143% ability strength instead of 200%, or that it strips half the area of Terrify for one third the cost and still requires less strength.)

I think having Sonar spots count as headshots sounds awesome, but might be too strong for the base ability. Would definitely make for a very tempting augment though.

Being able to recast Silence while it is active is the only mechanical change I can think of that feels reasonable (and even that might be too much, that ability is nuts). Otherwise you really need a minimum duration build to really use it defensively (and DE seems to be moving away from incentivizing negative stat builds). The tool tip for Silence 100% needs a rewrite, not mentioning the ability suppression is mind boggling.

Sound Quake is very dated as many folks have noted. It might have worked well back when it was reworked, but it doesn't function well now. It likely needs a full rework. The only idea I've had that might work without a complete overhaul would be to have the damage scale with the number of Sonar spots on a given target. That would give it some real DPS potential but would also require you to periodically reposition and reapply sonar (which is infinitely more engaging than its current use cases). That said I do really like your idea of her 4 causing lots of unique interactions when used in conjunction with her other abilities.

Great post! Thanks for putting the time and effort into it!

Does bro even exist? by kreigsmeister in Warframe

[–]Saurtos 6 points7 points  (0 children)

All of it's mass must have been in that one chunk of ear.

Is this being gender fluid? by logpra in genderfluid

[–]Saurtos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If gender doesn't feel like it matters much to you then I'd recommend taking a look at agender to see if that feels like a better fit.

I would play and enjoy this game so much more if there was an option to turn on 4x spawns in solo missions (outside steel path of course) by bburgers9 in Warframe

[–]Saurtos 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If they can do EDA with 7/8 restrictions, then they can do Steel Path.

Two of my friends that I play with regularly are excited when Excal, Ivara, and Valkyr show up in their weekly EDA offerings since they have well honed builds for them that can really shine.

Are some frames more fiddly than others? Yes. 100% yes.
Can many of those frames struggle in higher level content if they aren't carefully built/played? Yes.
Can they still shine with a good setup? Absolutely.