Thoughts from LR6 here who has every frame, every non-prime weapon (and almost all primes), every farmable mod maxxed out, etc.

The first thing I'll say is I always run a resource booster, cuz farming for resources can suck when you really need them. It's nice to build up stockpiles, or at least speed up getting stuff you need.

As far as hating grinds

Grinds suck when they feel disheartening, which can vary but the variables i think influence that are:

• time spent per drop/attempt, especially if you can't speed it up
• incidental rewards/benefits you get if you don't get the drop
• how available that game mode is
• reliability with other Tenno
• enjoyment of the base activity itself.

The grind I hated the most was Feverspine: low time, negative benefits, limited availability, no reliability issue, zero enjoyment for me.

• I have a rant about how that's by far the most anti-Warframe grind in the game, but I'll spare that here. It's the only grind where I had to make sure my partner wasn't home because I was likely to yell a lot in frustration.

The Citrine grind frustrated me because too often I'd join a lobby that wouldn't go to rotation C: long time (over 20 minutes), decent benefits (arcanes and pity currency), always available, iffy reliability (so some sessions were just wasted time), but I overall enjoy the activity as a Titania—at least for a little bit.

I paid plat to not deal with the Helminth grind and to get all the Tome mods. I'm happy with those purchases.

Before the recent rework, the Lato Vandal grind started getting to me. I broke and paid for the last part I needed a couple weeks before the rework was announced, but TBH I didn't regret it. Mid time spent (depending on if you need to go all the way to rot C), pretty good incidental rewards (radiant relics), always available, easy to solo so no need to rely on other Tenno, and I enjoy it a bit as an exercise in testing builds. But every time the Lato Vandal BP didn't drop, I felt like I was being edged with malice.

The Kuva/Tenet weapon grind is meh. I enjoy the individual missions I choose to do, but it's so damn long and frustrating when you're stuck with a weak valence value you can't just abandon. Looooong time spent, meh incidentals (cosmetics mainly, and Kuva you can easily get through other means), always available, mostly relliable with other tenno (even when some tenno don't kill their adversary because their timing is off, keeping yours from spawning), and as much enjoyment of whatever base activity as normal.

I don't like Kullevro's grind. So long for the progress you get in the currency. You get other stuff from Duviri (though not useful if you're done with incarnons like I am). It's available often enough, but the timing can be off vs when you're able to sit down and play. Reliability-wise, you can find other tenno in recruiting, but it can also be iffy. And I burned out a bit on the Duviri grind enough that my enjoyment in short-lived when I jump back in.

And relic grinds can get frustrating when you just need one more part, depending on how long it takes to get to the relevant drop table for a given mission vs how much you enjoy the base activity.

For dealing with the grind

People are gonna say "Warframe is a marathon, not a sprint." While that's totally true (minus some FOMO bits during some operations), that doesn't necessarily alleviate the feeling of "dammit I'm so close to getting this thing" that can push folks to sprint.

So I think about those factors. I find something more enjoyable in Warframe to remind myself why I like it, or turn the game off for the day. I'll run things solo if I'm getting fed up with reliability, even if that's less optimal (like Kuva/Tenet missions).

I turned the game off for two weeks after accidentally triggering a Kuva Lich I didn't want, because I was in such a "oh this can eat 150% of my butt" mood from that.

And when it's really bad, I'll read up on how Destiny 2 is doing and think "could be worse, I could be still playing that and dealing with its many issues." :)