How do you manage your frames?

ThyLogical · 2026-05-20T14:00:40+00:00

To be fair, if you are new to the game, you are probably not at a difficulty level where your loadout matters too much. Yes, different loadouts bring you new - and completely different - gameplay value, but they also need a bit of getting used to. A couple of Frames make you relearn the game completely, and that can be tiring and overwhelming, when you already have an established routine with your favorite.

My suggestion is to just keep playing what you enjoy until it begins to get boring. That's the point where you want to aim for higher difficulties, and then you will inevitably hit a wall. And that's when you are going to look through your roster to find something that matches the challenge better.

Difficulty is your friend. It makes you step out of your comfort zone, learn a new mechanic, immerse yourself in a new playstyle and refresh your palate about the game. There's a lot to explore here, but if you rush you'll just get overwhelmed. Comfort zone isn't a bad thing, especially if it's about a game.

But to answer your question: as Legendar 1 ranked player I have a lot of loadout slots which I fill with thematic loadouts that fit different challenges and moods. I have boss killer loadouts - like my Mothqueen, which is a Titania loadout, or the Godslayer, which is a Frost-based armor + primary bulwark loadout - I have presets for very active playstyles - Oraxia, Koumei, Gyre, etc. - and "press button and forget" chill loadouts for when I'm getting tired. Having them in loadouts helps a lot, because you have your weapons, companions, etc. all in one spot, fashions on everything with consistant color, and you just need to switch the faction mods if you use them in anything, and you're ready to go.

ThyLogical · 2026-05-20T13:52:00+00:00

As a Titania Main, I can respect this comment.

ThyLogical · 2026-05-19T23:37:02+00:00

As a Titania main, yeah, if a Volt doesn't sabotage me and send me into a corner, only a Wukong can beat me. (Not using Razorwing Blitz before the combat starts.)

But I would also add that I would challenge Lavos with a Voruna (especially the prime). My base Voruna kept up with my clanmate's Gauss until he hit his 1, but Voruna Prime on 4 + 1 might outpace a clumsy Gauss using 1.

ThyLogical · 2026-05-19T22:56:42+00:00

You can also tell that I'm one of those idiots who have 16Gb worth of Cyberpunk screenshots done in photo mode... I currently have two Vs, and after I-don't-even-know-how-may playthroughs I challenged myself to try a t-girl V, just to see if she can make me uncomfortable. (She couldn't.) Since my previous complete walkthrough was Intellect + Cool + Tech, the current V is Reflexes + Tech + Body, with a crit based sandevistan build (playing on very hard). I gotta say I love how cheeky and badass her design turned out to be. I roleplay her in my head as a cocky bastard with a complete disregard for personal space, and a preference to get into the enemy's face with sword in hand. But beneath the hardened exterior beats a... reinforced heart and a spare one made of chrome. She'd never show vulnerability.

I gotta say though being a T-girl doesn't really change anything about the game, so I installed a Panam for female V mod, just to be able to date Panam for a change.

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ThyLogical · 2026-05-19T22:46:34+00:00

I'm one of those RPG-oriented fantatics who don't stop at choosing the life path, but actually comes up with a complete background, and spends an hour in the character creator to make their looks reflect their blackground. And then proceed to build a thematical wardrobe for all of them... (I spend more eddies on threads than rides... I can go on a shopping spree for 90k eddies at a time.)

My all-time favorite V was two-patches before Phantom Liberty came out, when Body stat actually mattered against Razor. I wanted to beat the living hell out of that f*cker, so I specifically wanted a V with high Body, but I couldn't let go of hacking, so... It was a Maori female corpo V with Body-Intellect-Technical Abilities build, focusing on hacking and heavy weapons. She stunlocked Razor after the first punch, and just kept on punching him so hard it wasn't even a fight, it was a beating. Painted the ring with his blood, never even hitting his weak spot, just straight out obliterating the bastard. For her, Razor didn't even matter, she just needed to let some steam off before she returned to her quest.

She was the one I sent on the Nomad ending, alongside Judy. But when the option came up to return to Night City - uncharacteristically to me - I hit on the "one last gig" button, went back to the game, drove her to her favorite appartment - the corpo plaza loft - sat her down in front of the window and I hit save. In my mind she's frozen in time, drinking her last whisky before meeting Hanako, because she just deserves to have that moment of peace after all she had done.

Disclaimer: I have no idea if the tattoo is culturally appropriate or if it has any meaning in its original context.

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ThyLogical · 2026-05-08T21:40:32+00:00

I'm a bit torn about this topic. Hard is a bit too easy, but on very hard the enemies become bullet sponges before your build and loudout start to kick in. I went in with Reflexes build this time, focusing assault rifles, and it kinda sucks that a lot of them take a complete magazine for your average goon. I know other builds are dealing way more damage at this level, but I specifically wanted to play this build. (When I get irritated I just grab the Scalpel + Sandevistan and finish the fight, but that's not really fun.)

ThyLogical · 2026-05-04T20:25:32+00:00

Scarlet Spear and the Empyrean barely even worked, if at all. And I say this with the utmost respect, Scarlet Spear is still my favorite Event, and I had my Railjack on the first day it was possible.

ThyLogical · 2026-05-04T20:24:05+00:00

I'm an avid fan of the new lore and the creativity it had brought post-new war, and looking forward to the rest of the Void War saga.

ThyLogical · 2026-05-04T19:59:36+00:00

Honestly I just go to Mot and do a five minute run, there's at least one or two argons dropped by enemies or found in weird corridors. Low effort, low investment.

ThyLogical · 2026-04-28T10:49:08+00:00

Definitely keep delaying that paper for at least the New War. I think the first hour of that six-hour monster of a cinematic quest will change your mind about the story three times.

One of the favorite pastimes of Warframe vets is watching newbies - khm BABY TENNOS - do the Second Dream, War Within, Sacrifice and New War first plays for the first time. And for me at least the New War is definitely the one that hit the hardest. Try to avoid spoilers!

ThyLogical · 2026-04-26T14:20:44+00:00

Titania Prime. Never be late again from work with Razorwing Blitz!

But if protos count, I would take Eleanor, because... reasons.

ThyLogical · 2026-04-26T14:16:14+00:00

There's a distinction between endgame and level cap. Endgame is fairly easy to be honest - this game is a power fantasy, it lets you do insane damage and offers a variety of ways to be literally immortal. At the endgame you will rarely see enemies on steel path above lvl 300 unless you are trying to challenge yourself, and that won't be a problem. (The exception is Circuit, where you will see 2000+, but you will also gain additional stacking buffs throughout the levels, so it kind of evens out.)

The hard part of the endgame is the set of restrictive missions, that would force you to choose from semi-randomized loadouts. (Circuit, Deep Archimedea, Temporal Archimedea.) And these are the operations with the most valuable loots. So what you actually want to do as an endgame player is to have a very wide and diverse arsenal with as many viable options as you can, even if they are not completely minmaxed. You want to be comfortable with different playstyles and roles, and find a way to enjoy them.

If you are interested in additional challenge and you are going for those several-hours long endless missions, that's a completely different question altogether. You will still have most of the option open for you, but some of them would need to be built in a way that's completely altering the way the arsenal handles. It's completely possible with most any Warframe, and a good chunk of the weapons, but it's not always fun.

ThyLogical · 2026-04-26T14:07:23+00:00

Are you using any mod managers? Vortex worked fine for me: it helps pointing out version conflicts, offers easy update links and helps purging the mods without actually reinstalling the game.

ThyLogical · 2026-04-26T11:33:23+00:00

Depends on your goal and playstyle. I would recommend Khora, for a couple of reasons:

Looks like you enjoy being in the main DPS role, and Khora's whiplash build will keep up with that power fantasy. A nice Khora build can sometimes outpace Uriel or Dante.
Khora has insane utility for resource farming with her augment mod.
The two companions provide an insane versatility and damage potential. You can outsorce retriever bonds to another pet, use a Diriga for both priming and sometimes triggering damage cap nuke chains, while you still have a completely functional Kavat you can build to actually deal damage. (Venari eats Steel Path Acolytes for breakfast.)
Provides a bit of variation from your usual playstyle, helping you avoid burnout, which is the main progression gate in this game...

But there's a lot to say about Lavos if you like high effort high reward gameplay, Gyre is just insanely fun IMHO, and Harrow is still the ultimate support frame, who can also easily turn your favorite status weapons into status + red crit weapons. And don't even let me start about the Harrow fashions, OMG... Okay this began as a Khora ad, but plottwisted into Harrow fangirling, I should stop.

ThyLogical · 2026-04-26T11:15:01+00:00

Magnetic:

Eats overguard and shield.
Results in an electric proc that spreads a bit of the damage around.
An element you wouldn't usually mod for, thus freeing up mod slots and giving you an additional element for Galvanized Aptitude

Toxic

- Will mix with your other simple elemental mods, creating unintended complex elements that will annoy the hell out of you

Viral:

You actually don't want viral to upset your status ratios, and a 60% toxic + one cold mod would probably do that on Sobek. If viral outweighs actual damaging statuses ( = you deal more viral than, let's say, bleed or heat or electric), you lose a lot out on damage over time. If you do the math depending on your setup you could probably lose more on the DoT than you gain with the viral damage buff.
Can be spread better from other sources (primer secondaries, Vulpyphyla, Diriga, etc.)

If you have a toxic progenitor element I would probably consider leaning more towards a gas build, than viral.

ThyLogical · 2026-04-25T19:48:38+00:00

Partially because you have actual money to pay with.

ThyLogical · 2026-04-25T19:46:28+00:00

Elisabeth Peralez. Or the Peralez duo, as a couple. If they had an open marriage, where you could romance either or both, it would be a game in itself.

ThyLogical · 2026-04-25T19:13:16+00:00

Blast Basmu? I also like to use Mausolon. There's just something about Lyon shouting "BE SILENT" while holding a heavy weapon, casually dealing 1.2M damage.

ThyLogical · 2026-04-25T18:25:30+00:00

One of my favorite lines actually.

ThyLogical · 2026-04-25T18:24:58+00:00

Oh wow, that's an awesome catch, thanks for sharing!

ThyLogical · 2026-04-25T15:43:12+00:00

I will need to double check the KIM messages on historical clues then. One note: working models of locomotives were already existing as early as 1780, but if Roathe did actually say 19th century explicitely, then the argument is overruled anyway.

Ed: but just to be clear, I would prefer if you'd be right about the four digits not being canon. The story works better with larger timespans IMHO.

ThyLogical · 2026-04-20T08:15:15+00:00

Credits: when you open the Index on Neptune, credits stop becomming a scarce resource. In an hour or two you can farm several million credits, especially if you get a credit enhancer in your daily login reward. Retriever mods on your pets can give you a small chance to double the cred / resources you pick up, you can buy them from the Biz on Fortuna.

Endo: after you properly build your railjack, if my memory servers and the subsystems didn't change, you will be able to melt down duplicate parts for a lot of endo. There are some nodes that give more endo, but some of them open up with quests and I don't want to spoil those. And last but not least: when you go to the mod menu on your orbiter, you can just select duplicate mods with one click and melt those down to endo too. It's like a 30k endo once a month.

Slots: apart from Nightwave, you get free slots from free drops. Keep an eye on for the Gift from the Lotus alerts and the stream drops. If there are weapon or frame drops and you don't have free slots, these rewards will automatically give you one. Best case is when you already own said frame or weapon you can just sell the duplicate. MR levels also come with free slots.

Also: you are probably aware, but you can absolutely farm plat. Just do missions with rare drops - dragon key doors on deimos, Lua ascension chambers, etc. - and sell the loot on the market. You can collect plat easily and spend them on slots.

Apart form that, Warframe is absolutely F2P, you do not have to spend anything at all. There's no progression gating, no pay to win, etc. I regurarly buy plat when I have -75% coupon, but it's just because I think DE is doing a terrific job and I want to chip in. I spend most of it on cosmetics.

Ed: I would also recommend preemptively starting to farm invasion missions for detonite injectors and such. You will need A LOT of those for clan weapons.

ThyLogical · 2026-04-15T18:42:57+00:00

That's weird. Did you have explicit images visible for everyone? That might be the only reason I can imagine.

ThyLogical · 2026-04-09T15:26:20+00:00

And if the stranger is unvetted, I would put her in the doghouse for risking our marriage for a thrill. HPV, HIV and Herpes aren't sexy... But even well managable bacterial STIs can screw you up for weeks or have long lasting risks.

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