It's the same choppy stilted shootfest it's always been but the devs are seriously slacking and allowing the game to rot and die.

Railjack was a silly semi-interesting gimmick that was only fun for a very brief time, it has no connection to the rest of the game and honestly, even if it did I don't think I'd care for a mediocre space vehicle shooter.

Kuva assassins are a useless, extremely painful grind to get yourself a slightly stronger version of an existing weapon, or one of the ugly ephemeras that have become more common through patches and as such, less special or even enticing at this point.

Melee changes did little to improve the quality of the gameplay and are being rolled out with blindingly slow progress. The combat honestly needs a thorough workthrough. Warframe's movement and combat systems are only good in a bubble, compare them to another title of similar mechanics and you realize how painfully lackluster the mechanics truly are.

Combine that with a suffocating meta problem that forces you to only use the best guns, instead of the ones you like, and you'll be bored to tears if you've truly reached the end of DE's grind. And if you have, you've got nothing to show for it.

True veterans have nothing special, Mastery Rank is a trashy lie that suckers people into feeling superior for wasting their time using guns they immediately trashed afterwards, its only real purpose is gatekeeping the good gear so newer players can't actually get anything useful until they buy boosters or grind to death.

Any pleb can spend big bucks to get all the flashiest cosmetics and gear, for all your time wasted playing this game you'll never have anything mommy's credit card couldn't buy.

There's absolutely zero endgame, no challenge, and nothing left but grinding. Fanboys will tell you otherwise but they can only cobble up excuses about arbitrations and sanctuary onslaught, which do not fulfill anything. Events are lackluster and are usually just themed missions that offer existing players little to no meaningful reward. The only thing you can do is grind out the same missions that you've played for years to get whatever tiny thing you haven't already acquired.

Nightwave was created to fill the void between updates but we've been intermission for months on end.

Genuine problems go completely unsolved in favor of creating less and less interesting prime releases. Realistically the only thing you can do is log in every few months to see what they've added, play for two hours and then drop it for the next few months.

Despite all this time, the game's still buggy, unrefined, and progressing at Yandere dev speed, given the dropping playercount I feel as though we'll be watching the death of a free to play giant in the coming year.

Digital Extremes, if you somehow read this, you're not on a roadmap, you're on a doomsday clock.

[h1]A once exciting game long gone off the rails with no clear sense of direction.[/h1] It's the same choppy stilted shootfest it's always been but the devs are seriously slacking and allowing the game to rot and die. Railjack was a silly semi-interesting gimmick that was only fun for a very brief time, it has no connection to the rest of the game and honestly, even if it did I don't think I'd care for a mediocre space vehicle shooter. Kuva assassins are a useless, extremely painful grind to get yourself a slightly stronger version of an existing weapon, or one of the ugly ephemeras that have become more common through patches and as such, less special or even enticing at this point. Melee changes did little to improve the quality of the gameplay and are being rolled out with blindingly slow progress. The combat honestly needs a thorough workthrough. Warframe's movement and combat systems are only good in a bubble, compare them to another title of similar mechanics and you realize how painfully lackluster the mechanics truly are. Combine that with a suffocating meta problem that forces you to only use the best guns, instead of the ones you like, and you'll be bored to tears if you've truly reached the end of DE's grind. And if you have, you've got nothing to show for it. True veterans have nothing special, Mastery Rank is a trashy lie that suckers people into feeling superior for wasting their time using guns they immediately trashed afterwards, its only real purpose is gatekeeping the good gear so newer players can't actually get anything useful until they buy boosters or grind to death. Any pleb can spend big bucks to get all the flashiest cosmetics and gear, for all your time wasted playing this game you'll never have anything mommy's credit card couldn't buy. There's absolutely [b]zero[/b] endgame, no challenge, and nothing left but grinding. Fanboys will tell you otherwise but they can only cobble up excuses about arbitrations and sanctuary onslaught, which do not fulfill [i]anything[/i]. Events are lackluster and are usually just themed missions that offer existing players little to no meaningful reward. The only thing you can do is grind out the same missions that you've played for years to get whatever tiny thing you haven't already acquired. Nightwave was created to fill the void between updates but we've been intermission for months on end. Genuine problems go completely unsolved in favor of creating less and less interesting prime releases. Realistically the only thing you can do is log in every few months to see what they've added, play for two hours and then drop it for the next few months. Despite all this time, the game's still buggy, unrefined, and progressing at Yandere dev speed, given the dropping playercount I feel as though we'll be watching the death of a free to play giant in the coming year. [b]Digital Extremes, if you somehow read this, you're not on a roadmap, you're on a doomsday clock.[/b]