Warframe Chronicles: [PSA] Devstream 58 Summary with Screen Caps!

NOTE:ALL THE IMAGES IN THIS POST ARE SCREEN CAPTURES FROM THE STREAM

Miscellaneous

Housekeeping Highlights

PS and XB Cert Next Week
Umbra Coming to global. China is getting the prime version to celebrate their launch.

Will Multi Strike happen?

Maybe. Possible changes to Multi-shot.

Will Heat Sword and Heat Dagger get a visual update?

Already got the PBR treatment.
The goal is to revisit the early assets and update these aesthetically.

ETA on Kela De Thaym

She is targeted to release in U18.

Will the damage of Parkour Moves be displayed in the UI?

Yes.

Will damage of Parkour 2.0 moves be increased?

It will scale but not be tied to melee.

Will we get Exilus slots for weapons?

Have to figure what “utility” is for weapons.
Mag size, recoil and reload are some examples.
There was no answer to this.

Will corpus get new gear?

There will eventually be more corpus and infested enhancements.
The female corpus units are in progress.
They use a modular system that can yield Up to 700+ variations
There will be about 32 variants gameplay wise
Traversal Variations: Walking, skating
Weapon Types: 4 variations
Parts will also be modular (gloves, helmets, etc)

Will the alt-fire on tigris be returned?

It will not. It was an unintended consequence of the Alt fire change.

Can melee be stopped mid combo for more reactive moves? Will parry be more skill based?

It's already a bit complicated. Will be looked at but it’s not a priority.
Parry doesn’t scale well. it will scale with rank in the future.

Will we get sentient themed weapons?

A possibility.
Neural Sentry reactions may also be affected by the presence of these.

Will there be mission reworks?

May ship in U18.
This will ship together with the star chart change
The aim is to make more fresh and indepth game types.

What is the Priority of the Development?

Different Dept work on diff things

Solar Map Rework

The Solarmap rework will happen in U18
It will ave more variety
It will also provide a more goals and activities for veterans and New Players

New Quest

It will have the biggest answers to the biggest questions
Sentient Ai dev ongoing as they rebuild themselves

What is the progress on PBR conversion automation?

In progress, loki was the first of this and will eventually be used to convert all of the assets.

What is the progress of J3 Golem?

It’s Almost Done.
It’s currently being play tested.

Limbo trin frost cloth updates?

Is not in the queue. At the moment. It will eventually be addressed.

ETA on dark sectors?

Still working on it.

Will we get more coices in the quest/story?

We will get more., similar to Vor’s prize.

Liset and the Orbiter

Orbiter status?

There is no Art yet.
Conversations are happening.
Superfun.
Mindblowing.
Rework art and space. Make sure there’s room for new things.
What about “Player Housing”? May translate into personal space beyond just tints.

New Liset Upgrades/Replacements

You will be able to call on them for help once a mission (like an air strike)

"CATBROWS" AKA Kavat

What is the Catbrow progress?

They are cloaked.
You will need to Scan to reveal them and they will become aggressive.
They feed on infested meat
Breeding will involve scanning in conjunction with genetic foundry

Feral version below:

They have been domesticated by the Grineer and used as anti-Infested units

Handler

Can see through cloaking

Warframes

Skins

When will pre corpus valkyr go live?
No Date was given.
Quality of Life Changes like ripline cast time will be released with the skin
The rework will not be as drastic as the Excalibur rework

These are the Valkyr Skin Assets

Other Skins that are planned are:

Temple Guardian Rhino

Goth inspired
This will be released with an accessory set

Saryn and Trinity

Both are community sourced

New Warframes

Whatabout the Paracite warframe?

Typhus is an interesting concept with a lot of discussion involving it in the community.
It will have to be preceded by 4 Warframes in active development and reworks of current frames.

Tenno Brawler