[Guide] The Basics of Grinding Platinum

If you need a guide to start you off with trading or avoiding scams, here's an article I wrote about it.

At one point or another you might have wondered how you'd get plat for another slot for a new weapon or Warframe. Yes you do get 50 plat at the beginning, but you might have spent that already and still need more.

What I'll be sharing is a way to earn a little plat almost everyday to get you the things you need, or to get you the things you want like that new cape. all you need is time and dedication.

The Daily Grind

These are activities that I suggest you do everyday that will earn you platinum.

Syndicates

I suggest that you choose either New Loka, Perrin Sequence and Red Veil or Cephalon Suda, Arbiters of Hexis and Steel Meridian.

In both cases you will be spending time earning affinity with your chosen factions daily. How will you earn from this, well, you can sell either the weapon or the augments (mods) for platinum. Weapons can be sold for 30-40 plat and each augment mod can cost 10-15 plat.

You will only be able to reap the benefits after you hit max rank in a syndicate (this is when you can access the mods and weapons) so be prepared to make those offerings!

Read more about syndicates here.

Raids

If you have the gear, why not go raiding? You can go on raids once a day and you can sell the Arcane you get from the raid. Depending on the arcane you can sell it for 30 plat and up.

Make sure you watch videos and research the raid so you can prepare for it.

Invasions

More specifically, Alad V Coordinates. You need 3 to craft a Key. and Each Key sells for 10-15p.

Other Sources

On top of those daily activities you can also earn platinum via more opportunistic means.

Duck Hunting

Sounds weird, but i find that it's an apt term for jumping into void missions for prime parts. Depending on the part, you can sell it for 1-5 plat. The basic conversion is 10 ducats:1 plat. It's a thing because of Baro, the void trader who gives people access to Primed Mods and Prisma weapons.

The best missions for this are Capture and Exterminate, t1 or t2. If you can get key shares that would easily multiply your potential earnings.

Try to sell it on the days where Baro is present to check for price increases or people who are willing to pay more for Orokin Ducats.

Selling Maxed 10-Rank Mods

Got a lot of credits and r5 Cores? Don't really need to upgrade anything now? Why not get an in-demand 10 rank mod, max it and sell it. Check the market and this guide to see what your prospects are. Depending on the market you can make a lot of plat. The most I earned was for selling a maxed Primed Point Blank for 950 plat (this only cost about 528 r5s and about 1.66 million credits) earning me about 422 plat (r5 to plat is roughly 1r5:1plat)

In order to prevent losses, i suggest that you sell a 10-rank mod you already have and just make another after the sale. This ensures that your mod will be bought vs making something that doesn't sell or for those times when the buyer disappears from one reason or another.

Selling In-Demand Items

These could range from a specific Mod or Prime part. Make sure to watch the market for the trends. As of this writing people are looking for Lifestrike - unranked (20-50 plat) and Ash Prime BP (about 100 plat). Vermilion Storm is also a thing and seems to be very expensive (i can't quote a price though). If you have any of the Event mods that aren't easy to obtain, like the buzz kill set, you can also make a killing on those.

Aside from the high price items, also take note of the prime parts or mods that people need but cost 5p and up. This could be a stable source of income if you of you farm mods or go duck hunting a lot.

The wiki contains the location of most the mods and Prime items (if not all). You can find it here.

Notes:

Most of the things mentioned above can be done at the same time. For example Earning Syndicate affinity or reputation can be done during duck hunts or while you're on a raid.

Selling items in the market requires patience. While peddling, watch the market for trends. Knowing the prices will definitely help you earn plat.

Thanks for reading!

[Build] Saryn: Miasma and Rage

I just tried (and failed) the Armored Agility alert and remembered how difficult these things were with the wrong set up AND, more importantly, how easy these are with the right tools.

The Build

The basic idea is to get dealt damage, build up your energy and spam Miasma. Health regeneration can be done in several ways, but the most common ways are via Furis (Winds of Purity) or Regenerative Molt.

Regenerative Molt vs Furis

Each Health solution comes with it's pros and cons. Depending on your build and play style, you might go for one or the other.

Regenerative Molt is a Syndicate augment that allows you to regain Health per second Molt is up. The Health you regain is affected by Power Strength.

It's a wonderful mod that really helps Rage builds regain lost Health. The problem is, it costs a Warframe mod slot. Some builds can afford the loss while some cannot.

Winds of Purity is also a Syndicate Mod that can only be installed in Furis, a fairly low tier secondary (automatic pistol). Winds of Purity allows your frame to get healed by a percentage of the damage dealt by your Furis (maxed at 20%).

It's the perfect weapon for tight builds and survive-ability for any Warframe. The trade of is of course, you can't use any other secondary weapon. Another is that you will have to invest a lot of forma, 4 for my build, to make it work effectively, especially at high levels.

My Furis Build

My Build

I have invested in Furis already and I also have a very tight and specialized build so i cannot fit Regenerative Molt in my build.

The only types of mod I installed were damage and utility.

My damage mods are Transient Fortitude and Intensify. These increase the damage output of Miasma. Transient Fortitude also lowers Miasma's duration effectively increasing the damage further.

The utility mods I used are Fleeting Expertise, Streamline, Stretch and Overextended, Primed Flow (or vanilla Flow) and Rage.

Fleeting Expertise and Streamline help maximize the number of Miasmas you can cast so you don't have to harvest more energy just to keep spamming. Fleeting Expertise also helps increase damage output by lowering the duration of Miasma.

Stretch and Overextended help deliver the damage to as many enemies as possible.

Flow ensures that you have enough capacity to store any energy orbs you get, or it also allows you to start the mission with a huge amount of energy and hopefully decreasing even sometimes eliminating the need to refill your energy mid game.

Rage of course is at the heart of the build. It allows you to gain energy when your Health is damaged.
 

For Nightmare situations, Swap out Overextended with Vitality to keep me alive.

Thanks for Reading!

Here's a Video of the build.
In the first part you will see the build with Vitality used in a Nightmare Survival alert.
The next part shows the build with Vitality swapped out for Overextended for a regular mission.

[Build] What the HEK!

The Hek was one of the old favorites since closed Beta. Since closed beta til now I've used Hek on and off but still managed to accumulate more than 21 million experience on it (17% of my total usage),

Usage waned as new weapons came in after he damage falloff was introduced. Now, shotguns are making a major comeback with the U17 buff increasing most shotgun stats and setting a 50% damage floor beyond the falloff.

The Build

The basic concept is to maximize damage and then to efficiently deliver this damage.

Hell's Chamber, Primed Point Blank (vanilla point blank), Scattered Justice, and Blaze are meant to increase damage.

You Get damage and a bit of utility from Vicious spread allowing you to hit and kill multiple enemies at a distance, especially at normal levels (non endless).

Most of your ability to deliver comes from Seeking Fury, which helps with reloads and Gives you punch through, allowing you to deal the same amount of devastation to 1.2 meters-worth of enemies behind your original target, effectively multiplying your DPS!

Elements will depend on the faction you're opposing in the mission. I would suggest to go 4Vs and 1 - when applying Forma so you can use Viral when necessary.

Thanks for reading!

[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

• The next frame has a hand to hand combat theme.
• Upper-body and head is beefed up.

Was there a philosophy in the reworks. Will it be taken to the new frames?

Yes. The synery was key. Looking at how powers combine and work together.

Valkyr and Saryn are the next to be reworked along with Mag and Volt.

Tile Sets

Will there be a tileset fo the Sentients?

• The moon.
• An Orokin colony was established tehre
• This will be released in U18 and will be the setting of the 1^st cinematic quest!

Mobile App

What is the  progress on Mobile App?

The free app is still underdevelpment although it is targeted to be released in U17.5.

It will be free.

Syndicate Primaries

 New Loka

 

Red Veil

Perrin Sequence

 New Sentinel

• New Grineer Type Sentinel
• It will have attacks similar to an Arc Trap

The Image above does not do the work justice. I am choosing to add these images from the forums:

[Build] Survive or Die Frost

Frost just got reworked in U17 and is now even more viable as an area control frame especially against the infested.

The build focuses on the use of Snow Globe and the augment, Chilling Globe to control areas near the defense objective or the pod.

The Basic Concept of the Build

The focus of the build is to stack as much Range as you can to give you and your team wiggle room in the Snow Globe. Since this is an infested build, it's important to make sure that you are never FORCED to up close if you do not want to.

Another focus is to stack Duration to make the effect of your Chilling Globe last. The base duration is 8 seconds (100%) the more Duration you have the longer it will last. Since it activates 50% of the time, it will definitely help control the amounts of infested streaming into the Snow Globe.

Avoid sacrificing Range for Duration as in using Narrow Minded since it limits the area you can maneuver in.

The Build

The Strategy

Cast a Snow Globe around the Pod and at the entrance to the pod area. Place them as close as possible with as little overlap as possible.

If your team is getting overwhelmed, recast globe to push the enemies back.

Refresh Snow Globe at the start of every round to be safe.

Why It Works

Slow is already an effective means to control the infested, add a 50% chance to freeze for 8 seconds or more and you'll definitely be in charge of the battle.

The Snow Globe also works to prevent your team mates from being harpooned by Ancients from the outside. Another is it prevents the sludge that the infested MOAs sling from hitting the Pod.

Warframe powers also pass through the Snow Globe, which makes it east for AOE frames, even Excalibur to deal damage from a safe Distance.

Who to Team With

Fast Nova
Miasma Saryn
WoF Ember
Eternal War Valkyr
Exalted Excal
BS Ash

The frames above will help deal with the infested as they get in, keeping the Pod safe.

Gear

Bring a weapon with a Syndicate radial effect. I used Hek in my run. I would also recommend Furis. Just avoid getting into Melee Range especially because these guys are hard hitters.

Notes

Gorgon Wraith is a Nightmare alert and I assume the rest will also be Nightmare alerts. Be mindful of this fact and which penalty you will get. We got "No Shields" in the team I joined and we did okay. Don't be afraid to abort the mission if you get something nasty.

Good luck and Enjoy the Challenges!

[MODS] Maxing 10-Rank Mods: Some Insight into The Amount of Credits and Cores Required (Rare Rank 5 Edition)

This is it, the final installment of the 10-Rank Mod Max marathon. It's may even be the most economically impacting post i will write.

Why? Be cause we all know that R5 mods cost about 1 plat. Knowing how many R5s a specific maxed 10-rank mod will give you a guide regarding it's pricing, although, i must caution against the use of this as a hard pricing guide since several factors will continue to affect mod prices.

Here we go.

The Data

The table below details the amount of rare rank 5 cores (r5) and credits it takes to max a 10-rank mod from 0.

10 - Rank Mod	R5 Cores	Credits
Common	132	415800
Uncommon	264	831600
Rare	396	1247400
Legendary	528	1663200

Economics

If you are going to ask me, the most profitable mods to sell are the Common ones like Vitality and Redirection and the Legendary ones.

Common Mods aren't only common and necessary, but coupling that with the relatively low cost makes it an acceptable purchase even at 160 p.

Legendary mods are often sold close to 1k plat when it only costs a little more than half to make. Pick a really important one like Continuity or Point Blank and you're in business.

Rare cores and Uncommon cores usually cost less than it'll cost you to make em with Uncommons like serration or Hornet Strike costing about 200 a pop and rare ones like Blind Rage or Transient Fortitude Costing about 300. There's no money in those.

Of course, the fact that i'm posting this might already affect the market so don't expect things to stay the same.

Legendary Cores

So are Legendary cores worth it?

I say, if you're not the farming type, go for it. They are usually sold for 1k and will max any mod (ideally a legendary one, without a credit cost.

If you can farm, don't bother. Even if you do not have the rare cores to max a legendary mod, a combination of common and uncommon cores will eventually get you there.

Core Type	Cores for A Legendary	Credits for a Legendary
Rare Cores	528	1663200
Uncommon Cores	862	1810200
Common Cores	2775	2081250

Approximate Core Value

Here's a little more data. This gives you the equivalent value of each core based on the value of a common core. If you check the table below, you'd see that an R5 is worth about 5.26 Common Cores (Rank 3). This is based on the amount of each core required to max a Legendary (Primed) core.

Core Type	Approximate core value
Common	1
Uncommon	3.219257541
Rare	5.255681818

The Screenshots

Legendary

Rare

Uncommon

Common

Thanks for reading!

[Showcase] U17.0.5 Firewalker and Toxic Flight Updated Effects!

Thank You DE!

This is part definitely a wish come true.

When the elemental parkour mods first came out, i wanted to max them all, but after that transmutation spree that went through last week, i was a bit strapped for credits. I can only max one.

The problem is making a choice. Elements affect the damage done to specific enemies and of course the proc effect so I needed to choose something that that was to my liking, practically, in terms of game usage. The other aspect i had to consider were the aesthetics. Being practical is one thing, but making it practical and also look bad ass would be the best.

Prior to 17.0.5, Firewalker and Toxic Flight looked terrible Aesthetically (Check here for the entry and video). Even if i wanted the practicality of fire, I didn't like how it looked. So I was left with Ice Spring and Lightning Dash. I have been teetering towards one or another for the past few days and was about to make the decision to go for Lightning Dash when the update came.

Firewalker now looks much better and with this updated visuals, i made my choice and maxed it!

Again, Thank you DE!

Here's a Video of the updated Visuals:

[Showcase] Parkour 2.0 Damaging Mods

Parkour 2.0 is an amazing step to the right direction. It made the game feel really fast and accurate. the movement was mostly fluid, and the moves were more inline with battle and escape.

To assist with these, a new slot was created, the Exilus slot, where Parkour and other mods can be slotted. If your frame does not have an Exilus slot unlocked, you can always put it in with the other mods.

Here's a video of the mods in action!

I personally love the effects of Battering Maneuver. It really sounds explosive. :)

Share your favorite Parkour mod in the comments below.

Thanks for watching!

[PSA] The Mastery Rank (MR) 20 test is an Archwing Test

The Test is an Archwing obstacle test.

You need to get from the start to the end through a relatively straight course.

The catch? It's timed. and the in order to extend it, you have to pass hoops with  fireballs in the middle.

Tips:

1. You don't need to go through all the hoops, just pick the ones in your way or those that are close enough.
2. Practice! Go to Simaris' Sanctuary and practice the test. This will almost ensure that you will pass when you attempt to qualify.
3. As long as you are no longer just standing on the platform (already hovering) you can start the course, even though Lotus is still talking. Waiting for her to stop talking may cost you the test!

Here's the path to the mastery tests. You can also practice here if you select "Practice" instead of Qualify, When you are ready, you may select "Qualify". This is definitely easier compared to opting to qualify via your profile.

Go for the gold (or silver) Tenno!

Rewards

You get to MR 20
You Also get a load out slot! :D

[Guide] Natah (No Spoilers)

Natah is the reason why U17 is called Echoes of the Sentient.I Just finished the Quest and I must say that it is amazing. :)

There were parts that were a bit confusing so I decided to create a guide so you know what to expect.

Starting the Quest

Prerequisite: Mastery Rank 3

So while doing a mission, you're going to encounter a drone. It looks like this:

What will happen is the screen will flicker, similar to when a syndicate is about to ambush you or if one of the hunters are going after you (Stalker, G3, Zanuka, Vor). The thing is, and this is probably why people don't find the drone, it will not look for you.

Yep, that's right. Think of a synthesis target hunt. Sometimes it pops up nearby, sometimes you have to look for it.

Once found, all you need to do is scan it and afterwards Lotus will say something (this means you did it right). After you finish the mission, you will get the pre/post quest dialogue. Go to your codex and begin the quest, "Natah."

The Missions

There are five and they are all against the Grineer. Most of it is in the new tile set (Tyl Regor's Lab) so you will need an Archwing for that.

In case the pre/post mission dialogue doesn't start, logging out and logging back in will fix it.

Natah: 1 Scan the Drones

Location: Gaia (Earth)
Faction: Grineer
Level: 22 - 24
Type: Scavenger
Notes:
Scan 1x inanimate object
Scan 2x drones

Natah: 2 Help Tenshin

Location: Miranda (Uranus)
Faction: Grineer
Level: 22 - 24
Type: Mobile Defense
Notes:
I got 3 consoles nodes here.

It's not very hard, but it's the best time to test out that frost rework (which is amazing by the way). Frost makes it a cakewalk.

Natah: 3 Find the Sergeant

Location:Ophelia (Uranus)
Faction: Grineer
Level: 22 - 24
Type: Capture (Submersible) -Might need Archwing
Notes:

You can use your favorite frame for this. Just prepare your Archwing in case it is needed.

Natah: 4 Stop Tyl Regor

Location: Oberon (Uranus)
Faction: Grineer
Level: 23 - 25
Type: Survival (Submersible) -Might need Archwing
Notes:
Pretty easy. Again prepare an Archwing load-out in case it's needed.
I used Saryn for an easy run.
Here's the build:

Natah: 5 Seal the Tomb

Location: Ariel (Uranus)
Faction: Grineer
Level: 24 - 26
Type: Defense (Submersible) -Might need Archwing
Notes:
Use a Frost or bring a friend with 1.
There are 4 locations that you have to defend. After each wave, the location shifts to any of other locations randomly. That no duration buff to snow globe comes in handy here.

Here's my Frost's build:

The Reward:

An Exilus Adapter (unlocks the Exilus slot beside the Aura). This is unlocked from clan research and can also be bought with plat (20p).

Hope this helps.