Note: Hundreds of my hours have come from being AFK in my ship or clan dojo waiting on trades. I'd say about 200 give or take. during those downtimes while I'm waiting on something I'd be playing with my 3DS or my phone or just watching stuff.

100% free to play IF you take your time farming relics and opening them and hoping you get something good to sell on Warframe Market. Getting relics as a newer player isn't too hard. but you have to do mission('s) for them, hope you get the right one. then have to have the node where relic fissures are present in order to open them.

Also a lot of primed frames and weapons are vaulted. So you'll be paying around 100 Plat for each frame perhaps more.

Frames take 3 days to craft. Weapons take 24 hours to craft. You can spend plat to instant complete these but that's incredibly not worth it for legitmate Free to Play users.


I down right disliked this game in 2014 but they've made some massive changes to movement system. Biggest problem is this game is not new player friendly, bookmark the games wiki, you'll need it. As well as a friend('s) who can answer some general questions you'll certainly have.

Edit: 2019 Been MR Capped for about a year. have placed on leaderboard in tennobaum christmas season gifting board in 2018. I've made so much plat (for free, but huge time sink!) I was giving it away and trolling streamers with it like former lootbox like mod packs or just cleaning drones for their ships.

In short. I have done everything Warframe has to offer. no I don't have "everything". But anything that gives mastery rank XP I make a point to "Master" and I am so secure in plat I just buy slots myself. I turned gifting to me off because I can get everything myself now.

The issue here in 2019 and back in 2018 is DE's releasing very little replay valve content. The best we get is arbitrations and yet another open world map that ultimately leads no where. Yeah there's two giant mech spiders we can kill over and over but you don't truly need anything they drop. the story of Fortuna just kinda ends and DE themselves have no idea when the 3rd spider will be up to fight.


But worry not. If you are a new player Warframe has a MASSIVE ammount of content for you to grind trough and you WILL grind hard for it. As opposed to other games Warframe get's a lot easier when you progress trough it. The hardest levels are in the first half of the game simply because you'll be undergeared and normal enemies will pose a threat to you. however you can take care of this by simply playing on public and hope you meet a "farmer" who will just carry you regardless if you want it or not.

I do this all the time. I'd likely be a Ember frame with speed mods who will nuke enemies to death before you can even shoot them. all because I want it over with ASAP so I can get a certain prime part relic. or open them.


so yeah as a new player, go nuts you'll enjoy warframes grind or you won't. But I beg of you, please use the wiki, ask questions to the community if you need help on where to go for what, use youtube for Build guides for weapons and frames. If you go hard on Warframe as I have, you'll run out of content within a year and you'll quickly become bored.

I'd give this game a mixed review if I could simply because "endgame" truly doesn't exist. There's no true sustainable content in warframe yet just doing the same bite sized missions over and over. I do think everyone who likes "looter shooters" should give this game a fair chance. But it's hard to recommend if DE keeps deciding to add nothing sustaining to the game.

Note: Hundreds of my hours have come from being AFK in my ship or clan dojo waiting on trades. I'd say about 200 give or take. during those downtimes while I'm waiting on something I'd be playing with my 3DS or my phone or just watching stuff. 100% free to play IF you take your time farming relics and opening them and hoping you get something good to sell on Warframe Market. Getting relics as a newer player isn't too hard. but you have to do mission('s) for them, hope you get the right one. then have to have the node where relic fissures are present in order to open them. Also a lot of primed frames and weapons are vaulted. So you'll be paying around 100 Plat for each frame perhaps more. Frames take 3 days to craft. Weapons take 24 hours to craft. You can spend plat to instant complete these but that's incredibly not worth it for legitmate Free to Play users. I down right disliked this game in 2014 but they've made some massive changes to movement system. Biggest problem is this game is not new player friendly, bookmark the games wiki, you'll need it. As well as a friend('s) who can answer some general questions you'll certainly have. Edit: 2019 Been MR Capped for about a year. have placed on leaderboard in tennobaum christmas season gifting board in 2018. I've made so much plat (for free, but huge time sink!) I was giving it away and trolling streamers with it like former lootbox like mod packs or just cleaning drones for their ships. In short. I have done everything Warframe has to offer. no I don't have "everything". But anything that gives mastery rank XP I make a point to "Master" and I am so secure in plat I just buy slots myself. I turned gifting to me off because I can get everything myself now. The issue here in 2019 and back in 2018 is DE's releasing very little replay valve content. The best we get is arbitrations and yet another open world map that ultimately leads no where. Yeah there's two giant mech spiders we can kill over and over but you don't truly need anything they drop. the story of Fortuna just kinda ends and DE themselves have no idea when the 3rd spider will be up to fight. But worry not. If you are a new player Warframe has a MASSIVE ammount of content for you to grind trough and you WILL grind hard for it. As opposed to other games Warframe get's a lot easier when you progress trough it. The hardest levels are in the first half of the game simply because you'll be undergeared and normal enemies will pose a threat to you. however you can take care of this by simply playing on public and hope you meet a "farmer" who will just carry you regardless if you want it or not. I do this all the time. I'd likely be a Ember frame with speed mods who will nuke enemies to death before you can even shoot them. all because I want it over with ASAP so I can get a certain prime part relic. or open them. so yeah as a new player, go nuts you'll enjoy warframes grind or you won't. But I beg of you, please use the wiki, ask questions to the community if you need help on where to go for what, use youtube for Build guides for weapons and frames. If you go hard on Warframe as I have, you'll run out of content within a year and you'll quickly become bored. I'd give this game a mixed review if I could simply because "endgame" truly doesn't exist. There's no true sustainable content in warframe yet just doing the same bite sized missions over and over. I do think everyone who likes "looter shooters" should give this game a fair chance. But it's hard to recommend if DE keeps deciding to add nothing sustaining to the game.