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In roughly 2-3 years of game play off and on... I finally have a critic of this game. i run steel path almost exclusively, love the mechanics of the combat systems, love the customization's of literally everything... honestly, theres not a lot of bad mechanics or glitches of any kind that i have found. doesnt mean they dont exist, i just havent personally found anything like that. However, there is 1 thing that stands out among the rest of good aspects that quite honestly kind of pisses me off. The yarelli wave rider quest... is by far the dumbest thing in the game and its such an easy fix. TAKE IT OUT OF THE GAME. problem solved. I'm playing an alien with crazy abilities meant for absolute and utter devastation of enemy combatants... WHY AM I PLAYING SPACE ALIEN TONY HAWK???? its by far the worst mission requiring you to develop mechanics your literally never using ever again for a dated system of travel in the game that is by far the absolute worse traversing experience in the game. btw you can crack relics on a basic frame and farm the archwing in roughly 3-4 hours from a literal basic account, no tricks or plat needed. WHY IS THIS QUEST STILL IN THE GAME?!?!?! the frame is terrible, the questline is terrible, learning mechanics for something i've never used in almost 3 YEARS is stupid... I'm sorry but im not sorry. I'm 10000% positive the person in charge of that questline was definitely fired during a performance review.

Other than that, The game is absolutely one of the most enjoyable games I own. I dont have much bad to say but that questline being removed, comping everyone with a "im sorry heres the frame and some resources you dont use" package with a heirloom or something for those that completed it so they dont get butt hurt, and moving on is a very simple solution that is harmonious with the narrative of any mistake warframe has made in the past and definitely a welcome change needed to keep new players during the games current renaissance. I hope the devs see this and make the change.

my current opinion of the game is this... the knowledge barrier to entry is WAY TOO HIGH. Just fully understanding the insanely complex stat distributions and how each stat affects this or that is way too much. People are making meme's out of the stat distributions at this point honestly. A ranger with crazy high strength in HR with windlass crossbow could 1 shot half the classes, high will caster clerics can 2 tap all classes unless your a PDR fighter with 50-60% PDR and then that class can just eat damage like its a snack, dont even get me started on how insanely expensive warlock gear is in comparison to literally every class, mobility meta is king and doesnt look like its ever going to change, devs want every class to be able to 1v3 while they look at the streamers and no lifers sweating gallons of water from their bodies per raid and balancing classes based on that while neglecting the ENTIRE MAJORITY thats playing duo's and solo's... the list of cons to buying this game is almost infinitely long in comparison to the very few positive things I could say about the game. Honestly, I wish I never made this purchase because this game is extremely rewarding in the moments you win the fights but the problem is... most of the time your fighting teamers in duo's and solo's so when your supposed to have a 1v1 with maybe a third party or even 4th party its actually a 5v1 in solo's and most of the time a 8 v 2 in duo's.

honestly, the best change they have made was making all gear static and the random rolls were what made the gear good... however, the streamers that relied on gear diff and not actual skill in most cases cried about it and now its reverted back. So when the gear was static here's a very short list of fixes that happened quite literally almost instantly...

1) gold farmers and teamers quit the game... (massive win across the board for the community)
2) gameplay was literally nothing but skill based and even if you spent 100k on your kit (which you couldnt because the gear dropped in price massively because that massive stat distribution was nullified with the patch)
3) cheaters werent around as often because there wasent really a point to killing everyone with kits only a cheater could afford because now their advantage was quite literally just perk related and based on class and nothing more. if they wanted a guaranteed win they would have to rage rather than closet cheat and watch people through walls and bum rush them at 5 hp as a 3rd party in a random corner of the map where theres literally no reason to go or shoot them through walls with a bow or something more along those lines.
4) all classes felt playable in basic gear and that PROMOTED ACTUALLY FIGHTING PEOPLE in the game BECAUSE the fights felt more skill and timing based rather than a "oh yeah that dudes rocking close to a 800 gs kit, we're rocking a 300 kit, gotta run, later guys" and you run for your life.

I think the devs are more focused on making this some Esports related game... not sure why but theres not really a point to hard focusing the top 25 players playing trio's globally and using that to "balance classes" based on primarily that logic unless your trying to make it something along those lines. The game is RAPIDLY losing interest across the board and the only accounts typically seen (at least in my timezone) are kd drop accounts that literally just stand in 1 spot the whole match and die so when the cheaters rage and wipe the lobbies their kd is still negative 400. I might find 3-4 players if i rush spawns and thats guaranteed that someones cheating because lets be honest... which would you say is more probable... I rush a spawn and run into 1 team maybe 2 or the entire lobby converges on the exact same spot at the exact same moment over and over again.... see my point. purely based in mathematics.... thats statistically almost impossible to replicate over and over again when you consider how many variables just in the decision making process there are considering quests, bosses, and loot paths you could take then branching off of that to end up in the exact same location at the exact same time to a place where EVERYONE ELSE IN THE LOBBY decided to go....OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

my solution for all of this is quite simple:
1) bring back the static gear and get rid of the gold farmers and most of the cheaters instantly with that change and promote fighting in solo's and duo's to get people interested in the game. Most people have at least 1 person they actually like so that generates sales as well.
2) balance class perks after reverting to the static gear system based on duo's and forget about the top 100 players for the love of god. They are going to be fine without your pacifier (keeping it PG for the youngsters) in their mouths for a little while.
3) buff boss loot to reflect an actual reward to focus people in specific area's of the map to generate paths of engagement, not only does this provide more opportunities to fight players but it also gives you a reason to fight them and not team because you know if you outplay them you can actually win and not have to play 1000% times better, avoid 8000 skill shots, lock them behind a door 43 times, push them into 22 traps, and still lose the fight because they didnt die and got too close 1 time while you were pushed across the map, past every mob in the game, through troll and cyclops, into some random spawn where you killed 3 people and you still have this undying, king of the mist, levitating towards you like a deity thats absolutely unkillable and his judgement is inevitable.
4) before you make any changes iron mace... the community needs 1 very simple thing from you guys...
we need you to reach behind you, use your hand to feel your back, and walk your fingers up your spine until you feel your neck, and rip that son of a gun all the way out of your rears. your going to hear an extremely loud suction break that will probably rival that of jets breaking the sound barrier... what ever you do... do not let go of your neck. keep a firm grip and a steady resolve. You guys got this. its going to be hard. its going to suck... but you got to do it man.

in all seriousness, the game is extremely rewarding when you win. most of the time though, your going to run into gold farmers, teamers, and cheaters, which makes the game lose that enjoyment factor for me. I'm rating the current state of the game, the current mechanics of the game, and the current meta in the game at a solid 1.4 out of 10. It doesnt feel skill based, it doesnt feel fun, and it doesnt feel like the devs care about the majority. when the gear was static it was an absolute 8-9 out of 10 for me so.... yeah im big sad i bought the game honestly...

-side note: Ironmace... balancing anything based on the top players in trios.... for literally everyone else in the game... is like making a IQ test for steven hawkings to take and telling him he's going to take it with 99 other people and then grabbing those 99 people off the street and expecting them all to do well... thats just stupid.

currently trying to log into the game. played yesterday with zero issues but today i loaded into the game but could not enter shelter, change servers, or contact support. tried unistalling and reinstalling the game which didnt help, tried closing steam and then reloading and that didnt fix the issue i was having either. I looked online for ANY help with the issue and there was no help to be found. I was stuck in the loading screen for over an hour in total. Fun game but thats completely irrelevant if you cant play because it wont load up. EU friends are currently playing it with zero issues. I have fiber optic internet and more than enough space and specs to run a mobile game... still didnt help with this at all. definitely would recommend for the gameplay but again... if you cant load the game because the game just wont load no matter the specs on your pc... the gameplay is irrelevant. Hopefully, the devs get this fixed soon but unfortunately i have to say i dont recommend with the current game state.

game is basically unplayable for newer players due to people modifying their game files to remove water, bushes, trees. this makes hiding while your building up impossible as players using these .ini files and modifications clear line of sight no matter where you go. servers have maybe 15 people online across all servers in totality currently. official ark takes a literal week to raise a dino in some cases and taming some takes hours depending on what stage of the game your in. this game is definitely not solo type game unless your playing modded servers, in which case your adding more space to an already massive download. honestly, i've probably sank 35-45k hours into this game between console and pc... if your with a group of people that want to sink a couple hundred hours into a game... your going to get super bored. there isnt enough pvp to keep you wanting to build and once you get wiped your thinking more along the lines of "finally its over" rather than " we gotta build back up to get revenge". most of the time the servers are dead and the admin treat it as their personal kingdom of fkery. meaning most of the time its either admin spawned dinos your dealing with, admin that got bored and want to pvp in god mode (which god mode can transfer to the dino's so even if they deactivate god mode then hop back on the dino... the dino will still have the god mode state) or you buy vip and get banned for raiding the admin like i've had happen multiple times lol. Just a heads up, the game is going to take a big chunk of time and if you play official its going to take even longer. if you play unofficial, the admins will play games like "hunt you down and blow up your base because im bored" and "this guys cheating so we're going to whitelist him so he can rage hack on the server"... fair warning... dont buy the game. if you have bought the game.... sucks to suck bud. Im in the same boat.

play modded pve. it has absolutely some of the best video game interactions/ communities on steam. I dont play the pvp much but the pve side is great. double thumbs up all the way!

extremely toxic community, but if you can get past the 14 year old ear rapers... the game is very enjoyable.

amazing game that keeps you grinding and time occupied by either farming, pvp, upgrading your walker, increasing your characters knowledge base to unlock more capabilities.... the list goes on and on. If your into survival games, this is the game for you. Not recommended for players who have a very limited time to play, or have a very active and busy life irl. this game is a "Grinder" with a huge pvp base. Understand that if you play for 2 hours a day and a clan sets their sights on you... you will be out gunned, out manned, and most likely your going to lose your 8 total hours worth of work over a weeks time because these players have hit the grind hard and fast and put in your total time in about 2 hours in 1 day. Just a heads up from a Survival game clan leader who's been in top tier clans throughout several survival based pvp games... you will get ganked. Your work will be destroyed. You will have to restart over and over. Thats the beauty of it... you always comeback to that 0 gear, no weapons, ruff and ragged character model that leaves you cringing at where you were 2 days prior. Fully geared ready to take on any peasant that walks by... now your the peasant and the clan that raided you... the kings and queens... and the cycle continues...