molnizzle
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That's you the player, since this is a video game. If you play Uncharted online your name will say Karsticles too, even if the character you're playing is Nathan Drake.
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Warframe |OT| Ninjas Play Free - PS4
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That's you the player, since this is a video game. If you play Uncharted online your name will say Karsticles too, even if the character you're playing is Nathan Drake.
What was the price? Was it like 30 bucks for 100?
molnizzle
Member
Best description I've heard, putting her in the oven tomorrow.
Orochinagis
Member
I want to bite the bullet for buy more colors or Valkyr chains but still I want to save my plat for more warframe space or weapons spaces.
I whish mag would have a faster channeling crush spell since there are more instant aoe spells with the others chars, its soooo slow.
I whish mag would have a faster channeling crush spell since there are more instant aoe spells with the others chars, its soooo slow.
Karsticles
Member
You are Sdoots.
Oh, I know the effects. Why would you want the default over Swindle?
Agreed.
Just a man.
Uncharted is stupid, though. That does not make sense! How am I supposed to find immersion if I am a username? How are there 4 Loki's in a group?!
molnizzle
Member
How were there 4 Rogues in my old raiding guild that all had Illidan's Twin Blades?
How is Alad V sending his Harvester after us if we've already killed him dozens of times?
Wait, how did we even kill Alad V dozens of times in the first place? Don't people only die once?
Because video game. ;-)
Karsticles
Member
Repeating bosses is like watching a rerun. That is how I think of it. WoW should have server unique gear. Random generators are best.
Imperfected
Member
It's the future, they just upload Alad V's consciousness into a new clone body every time you kill him.
Karsticles
Member
I loved how Borderlands handled this.
Vidya Gaem logics!
I feel like I'm in a bit of a rut at the moment. The Frames I love using are maxed and I dunno if I wanna Forma them again, same with the weapons, and the new weapons I'm trying to level at the moment are underwhelming me (Paris Prime, Synapse). I have a Dread in the oven, so maybe that'll be better than the Paris Prime.
Maybe I'll feel better once the Cicero Crisis is over and I don't feel like I'm being rushed all the time, with the Operations etc.
molnizzle
Member
Hm? Those aren't part of the event. The only thing that has to do with the Cicero Crisis is the flower scanning stuff with the Injector. The Invasion mechanic is just a part of the game now. =)
Still, you shouldn't feel rushed. The Invasions are on like a 12-36 hour reset timer or something. Even if you miss stuff there will always be more.
Maybe it's just content overload, or maybe it's the Clan being split across so many different missions. I've kinda felt "blah" over the last few days.
Maybe it's because you've put ~200 hours into the game?
I'd put over 850hrs on ME3 MP and hadn't gotten bored. I'd probably still be playing, if the community hadn't dropped off for other games
I'd put over 850hrs on ME3 MP and hadn't gotten bored. I'd probably still be playing, if the community hadn't dropped off for other games
Wow, I only racked up 180 hrs...although, towards the end we were mainly camping that sea container.
That reminds me, the Citadel DLC is finally on sale, going to get that downloading tonight.
Imperfected
Member
Looking to do a Vermillion run tonight if anyone's set to go.
SirMossyBloke
Member
Finally picked up Bane of Corpus. Was beginning to think it didn't exist lol.
Got it from randomly joining a defense mission that was already on wave 17. Pretty sweet.
Got it from randomly joining a defense mission that was already on wave 17. Pretty sweet.
Imperfected
Member
I'll probably still be hunting. Is there a separate chat, or something? The Clan chat seems to be dead for me.
Also down for a Vermilion run...that's two?
SirMossyBloke
Member
Really? People are always chatting. That's odd. Are you getting anyone talking?
If I get lucky with getting the daylight times and can get the last 3 Jadeleafs I need for my 2nd Vermillion, I'll help you guys. Already done it myself, but will definitely help people complete the event.
Imperfected
Member
Nah, right now the only things in my Clan chat tab (having been idling for a few hours to track the Invasions while I do other things) are one message from Dave1988 and one from me.
SirMossyBloke
Member
Definitely an issue then. Me, Seth, Kurod and Shiki are all actively chatting and have been for a while.
SirMossyBloke
Member
I thought that too. I went from 1100 to now 211 from Xmas day lol.
Dreamgazer
Member
The frame-specific accessories honestly aren't worth spending your plat on.
Unless you see yourself using Valkyr for the remainder of the game...
As for mag...you should even be using crush much. Shield Polarize is her true AoE ultimate.
molnizzle
Member
Your talking about our PSN chat, right? Nobody uses the in-game chat.
Imperfected
Member
Oh... no, I didn't know there was a PSN chat. (Actually, I never really used PSN before the PS4, I wasn't entirely aware PSN had global chat channels.)
Imperfected
Member
Only need one more Stalker weapon to complete my collection. Managed to tag him with the Genki Dama.
How do you join the PSN chat?
How do you join the PSN chat?
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Just based on the look of it to be honest. If I find I start needing the range I might swap again. I just prefer the way the OG helmet looks.
It's fine in Uncharted or Tomb Raider because we are playing someone else's adventure but Warframe is an RPG so it would be great to create a player character and just have us don the Warframe as a suit. The bosses refer to us by our PSN ids and refer to the Warframe as a "suit" which goes against the idea of it being an individual.
I see now that you are Kartsicles. Sorry I was being slow and wondering what everyone was talking about. I'm on the right page now.
Imperfected
Member
Disclaimer: I haven't really read any of the lore of even the codex entries.
That said, in a sufficiently transhuman setting there's not much functional difference between a "suit" and a "body". If you can migrate your consciousness between bodies as easily as you can change clothes, it really can be a case of, "Hmm, what cybernetic ninja body do I want to be today?"
(Though I have to say, from the perspective of someone who doesn't read the lore, the in-game presentation really makes it feel like we're playing the villains. Sure, the Grineer are kind of fugly and gross, but then Tenno are dicks.)
That said, in a sufficiently transhuman setting there's not much functional difference between a "suit" and a "body". If you can migrate your consciousness between bodies as easily as you can change clothes, it really can be a case of, "Hmm, what cybernetic ninja body do I want to be today?"
(Though I have to say, from the perspective of someone who doesn't read the lore, the in-game presentation really makes it feel like we're playing the villains. Sure, the Grineer are kind of fugly and gross, but then Tenno are dicks.)
So you believe that the Tenno warframes are actually clones of the original super ninjas (like the cylons) and we are actually post-corporeal beings whose consciousness can inhabit their physical beings at will in order to do battle?
That sounds totally rad. I'm happy to go along with that.
Imperfected
Member
So you believe that the Tenno warframes are actually clones of the original super ninjas (like the cylons) and we are actually post-corporeal beings whose consciousness can inhabit their physical beings at will in order to do battle?
That sounds totally rad. I'm happy to go along with that.
Haha, well again, I have no proper knowledge of the setting's lore beyond the bits and pieces you actually get through gameplay. I'm just saying that in modern transhuman literature (pretty much anything positing a spacefaring society written after 1990) the idea of people being able to completely disassociate their consciousness from their body - by creating a digital "copy" for want of a better term - and exist independent of a body or in a completely different body is pretty common.
The impression that I get is that each faction has pursued "immortality" in a different way: the Corpus have made themselves into a sort of machine Hive-mind, the Grineer endlessly clone themselves, and the Tenno... well, it seems they have some nutty Void-tech that the other factions can't properly replicate and liken to sorcery due to being beyond their present comprehension.
That would be my guess as to why the warframes "sleep" in pods and go into stasis for such ridiculously long periods, though: they aren't asleep in the traditional sense, there's literally nobody home, it's just a cyborg body waiting for a brain to get uploaded into it.
(Still total dicks, though. Lotus, why do you tell me to be such an asshole...?)
Dreamgazer
Member
We are the Collective Unconscious
Beings in the games are archetypes
"User name" is the self
Tenno is the Persona
Warframes are the Anima and Animus
Corpus/Grineer/Infested are the shadow
Lotus is the consciousness
The whole game is Hayden Tenno's dream and hence explains why it's related but not direct cannon.
Karsticles is just his messed up mind.
Well, in the absence of any lore from the developer, I am happy to take this and go with it.
Why do you think the Tenno are being dicks? Because we keep invading their sh*t and f**king it up?
Imperfected
Member
A few of the things The Stalker says and the fact some of the major NPCs call the Tenno "The Betrayers" strongly suggests that they have a background in superdickery.
Mostly, though, it's the actual missions. Aside from the Exterminate missions - "Tenno, we need to send a message to the Grineer. Kill fucking everyone" - there's one Assassination mission that made me feel downright sleazy.
"Tenno, the target of this assassination is a brilliant geneticist making great strides in the gene repair of the Grineer. Left to continue his work, he could potentially reverse centuries of genetic damage done from overuse of cloning technology."
"Oh! So, we're going to rescue this guy, huh?"
"No, Tenno."
"... Capture?"
"Tenno, he must not be allowed to repair the genetic degradation of the Grineer. We need these guys having some super gross stillborn babies. For reasons."
"I, uh... I guess that makes sense. Um, Lotus?"
"Yes, Tenno?"
"... you'd tell me if you were a Nazi, right?"
"Of course, Tenno. Now hurry up and murder this doctor before he can save his race."
"Kaaaaay."
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
It always makes me uneasy that the assassinations are described as "contracts" by the Lotus.
Anyways, you should scan the stalker... his codex entry is, ahem, interesting...
I'm just going to straight up post the Stalkers entry. It's one of my favorite pieces of written lore in a game in recent memory, and scanning him 20 times is a pain in the ass. Spoiled for your safety/sanity. If you don't want your perception of the Tenno challenged, don't read this.
My own thoughts:
"Some have walked these desolate worlds while you have slept. Some like me. I remember what you did. I remember the day.
The Tenno appeared at the Terminus, gleaming and victorious. Our cold and gold Emperors, breathless, bathed you in savior's silk. Then came the sound. Across all our worlds, all at once, the ceremonial Naga drums. A royal salute to the honored Tenno. Ten solemn beats to declare the suffering was over. I watched from a distance, with the rest of the low Guardians. With each beat terror began to crush my throat. The Tenno were not stoic and silent. They were waiting. They were poised. I tried to call out but only a strangled whisper escaped.
When the ninth beat rang a torrent of blood filled the stadium, loosed by Tenno blades. The drums, the Empire, fell silent forever.
Now I hunt, dividing your numbers. Watching from that dark place, cataloging your sins, I am the ghost of retribution. You may forget but you are not innocent."
The Tenno appeared at the Terminus, gleaming and victorious. Our cold and gold Emperors, breathless, bathed you in savior's silk. Then came the sound. Across all our worlds, all at once, the ceremonial Naga drums. A royal salute to the honored Tenno. Ten solemn beats to declare the suffering was over. I watched from a distance, with the rest of the low Guardians. With each beat terror began to crush my throat. The Tenno were not stoic and silent. They were waiting. They were poised. I tried to call out but only a strangled whisper escaped.
When the ninth beat rang a torrent of blood filled the stadium, loosed by Tenno blades. The drums, the Empire, fell silent forever.
Now I hunt, dividing your numbers. Watching from that dark place, cataloging your sins, I am the ghost of retribution. You may forget but you are not innocent."
My own thoughts:
There's a damn good reason we were asleep. This, combined with the Excalibur Prime entry, lead into some interesting possibilites. The entry in question:
"The Sentients had won. They had turned our weapons, our technology, against us. The more advanced we became, the greater or losses. The war was over unless we found a new way. In our desperation we turned to the Void. The blinding night, the hellspace where our science and reason failed. We took the twisted few that had returned from that place. We built a frame around them, a conduit of their affliction. Gave them the weapons of the old ways. Gun and blade. A new warrior, a new code was born. These rejects, these Tenno, became our saviors. Warrior-Gods cast in steel and fury striking our enemies in a way they could never comprehend. Excalibur was the first."
Giving horribly mutated beings unspeakable power never turns out badly.
"The Sentients had won. They had turned our weapons, our technology, against us. The more advanced we became, the greater or losses. The war was over unless we found a new way. In our desperation we turned to the Void. The blinding night, the hellspace where our science and reason failed. We took the twisted few that had returned from that place. We built a frame around them, a conduit of their affliction. Gave them the weapons of the old ways. Gun and blade. A new warrior, a new code was born. These rejects, these Tenno, became our saviors. Warrior-Gods cast in steel and fury striking our enemies in a way they could never comprehend. Excalibur was the first."
Giving horribly mutated beings unspeakable power never turns out badly.