How the hell do you play this game
Ha, good question. It took me longer then usual to get my head around everything as well, but with lots of trial and error, and some helpful folk around here it all started to come together after a while. Kill shit, have fun, learn something, apply for more killing of shit and unlock something is a pretty basic formula I tried to run with in the early days
Usually I pickup on Game mechanics and how progress works, but seriously, joining co-op games only to see your teammates fly by like a mile, while you can only roll maybe 10 feet is like holy shit, let me catch up to get the xp
L1 slide into your jumps. You'll go further then 10 feet
Regarding progress, it comes in a few ways. The early quests, Mastery Rank (MR) and star chart progress would be the things to focus on early. MR is earned by ranking up weapons, frame, companions etc. There are certain weapons and quests that require you to be a certain rank, although I believe thats only up until MR13. Anything after that is e-peen size only really. A few other things:
- Star chart progress is important to unlock nodes to be able to run relic missions (which is prob why you can't get in to many) and also, after the recentish re-work, to pick up quests as rewards for completing the planet junctions.
- The early quests, I didn't find too amazing, but they serve a purpose to introduce you to things in the game like Kubrows (dogs), Archwing (which is actually pretty fun. Just ignore the haters) and syndicates (very important later on)
- A standard piece of advice for most newcomers, is go beat up the Venus boss a few times, and get the Rhino frame. Its durable, with a pretty handy all around kit that should serve you well as you start to get into some higher level stuff.
- New Frames are unlocked in a variety of ways, but a common way is, like Rhino, to kill a boss few times. Each frame has 4 components to build. One of those (the blueprint) can be purchased with in game credits from the marketplace, and the other 3 will drop randomly after killing a boss. That means, if you get lucky you can have all the pieces you need to build a frame in 3 boss runs.
- Also don't forget to rank up your mods. Not all obviously, just the ones you plan on using. Things like vitality, serration and redirection are pretty common and will be eternally useful. The systems much easier to understand now with endo being a universal upgrade component too.
- If you just piss fart around, unlock some nodes, kill a bunch of shit, do a few quests, unlock a frame or two, then in no time you should find you have amassed a bunch of relics, and unlocked a few nodes to increase your odds of being able to use them as well. Then you can look at start running more relic missions to get that sweet, sweet Prime gear. Until then I wouldn't worry too much about them.
So much shit is locked out for me gaming wise, I try to join Void Fissures, but it keeps asking for Relics, which I did have 2, no clue how I got them, got rewards, then just play them for fun w/o relic
Ya, the locked out part is mostly tied to the aforementioned Mastery Rank and/or lack of star chart progress. Relics are rewards for all sorts of different mission types. Personally I like running defense missions for them, because aside from being a fun game mode, you can potentially earn 4 relics per run if RNJesus is kind. Excavation and survival are good for them and pretty fun as well. Interception will get you relics, but its pretty boring solo. Spy missions I think are good for them too, but that requires being sneaky instead of killing all the shit, so I tend to avoid them.
Also, there is Gaf clan if you leave your PSN. There's 4 Frames I think, and a bunch of weapons that can only be acquired from clan research so its worth doing if you plan on being around for a while
Also trying to chase all the trophies in this game, yes I'm a mad man
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