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Warframe vs Destiny 2
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- RazzleSizzle
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I'm looking for another MMO to jump into and I like what I have been reading about Destiny 2 and Warframe. If you could only play one of these, which would it be and why?
- BDNYY23
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Really depends on you. I have well over 1,000 hours of game-time in Destiny and Destiny 2, but lately, I have not played much as it does become a grind after a while and the latest DLC has not interested me enough to come back. I will probably venture back at some point. I have only played Warframe an hour or two, granted that was back when it first came to PS4.
The biggest difference for me is that I prefer 1st person to 3rd person. I would say with Warframe being F2P you may want to give that a try first and if it fits what you are looking for then stick to that. D2 is a great game, but the biggest issue is finding players to work through the end game content with. Sure you can use LFG's like the100 to play that, but I prefer to play with a consistent group, especially when raiding so that you develop and work as a team.
Hopefully, you can get some responses from people that have put significant time into both games to give you a better perspective, I just have never really given Warframe a shot as I didn't like the gameplay.
The biggest difference for me is that I prefer 1st person to 3rd person. I would say with Warframe being F2P you may want to give that a try first and if it fits what you are looking for then stick to that. D2 is a great game, but the biggest issue is finding players to work through the end game content with. Sure you can use LFG's like the100 to play that, but I prefer to play with a consistent group, especially when raiding so that you develop and work as a team.
Hopefully, you can get some responses from people that have put significant time into both games to give you a better perspective, I just have never really given Warframe a shot as I didn't like the gameplay.
- RazzleSizzle
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Thanks for the info BD. I tried to get into Destiny when it first came out and even played the BETA. My copy of the game is still in the shrink wrap. I always wanted to get into it, especially after they released The Taken King. I wasn't even aware of Warframe until it started popping up on my PS4 timeline.
- dunkaroo69
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I prefer Warframe to Destiny. You get a whole lot of game for absolutely zero dollars.
I’m the opposite end: I prefer 3rd person to first so it has that going for it. Gameplay for me is also quicker than Destiny and doesn’t feel nearly as grindy. I love the weapons and I love the ability to craft other Frames, of which there are many. Don’t want to play stealth? Grab a Rhino. Don’t want to be a tank? Try Loki.
The immense level of variety in the game makes it a fantastic choice for anyone wanting a loot shooter game. You can go fast and hack and slash your way through a mission in minutes. Or you can take things nice and slow. Whatever your play style.
I’m the opposite end: I prefer 3rd person to first so it has that going for it. Gameplay for me is also quicker than Destiny and doesn’t feel nearly as grindy. I love the weapons and I love the ability to craft other Frames, of which there are many. Don’t want to play stealth? Grab a Rhino. Don’t want to be a tank? Try Loki.
The immense level of variety in the game makes it a fantastic choice for anyone wanting a loot shooter game. You can go fast and hack and slash your way through a mission in minutes. Or you can take things nice and slow. Whatever your play style.
- RazzleSizzle
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Thanks for the insight Dunkaroo. How do the missions play out? Is it an open world or are the missions selected from a central hub? My primary experience with MMO has been on FFXIV and Fallout 76.
- DrNiggle
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@RazzleSizzle I also recommend Warframe
There are 6 or 7 standard mission types with objectives and goals, then a bunch of unique missions with their own objectives. The first open-world free roam content was added a year ago; you get to run around the plains on Earth and get into all sorts of trouble. There's also a new open-world free roam map for Venus now: Orb Valis.
Missions are selected from your personal ship, or the observatory in our Dojo, or on a space station. For free roam, just select Cetus or Fortuna, travel there and walk out the door. Grouping up is easy (click a button, select a friend or 3).
The main appeal to Warframe for me is how enormous a game it is. There is already so much content between missions, gear, mods, amps, arcanes and collectibles, and DE is adding major expansions once a year, for free. The only thing to beware of is that it takes time (12-24 hours or sometimes 3 days real-time) to craft things, and you can speed them up by spending the ingame currency, so DE makes money off impatience.
Besides that it's almost the perfect 3rd person action adventure loot-based PvE/PvP multiplayer game with space ninjas.
There are 6 or 7 standard mission types with objectives and goals, then a bunch of unique missions with their own objectives. The first open-world free roam content was added a year ago; you get to run around the plains on Earth and get into all sorts of trouble. There's also a new open-world free roam map for Venus now: Orb Valis.
Missions are selected from your personal ship, or the observatory in our Dojo, or on a space station. For free roam, just select Cetus or Fortuna, travel there and walk out the door. Grouping up is easy (click a button, select a friend or 3).
The main appeal to Warframe for me is how enormous a game it is. There is already so much content between missions, gear, mods, amps, arcanes and collectibles, and DE is adding major expansions once a year, for free. The only thing to beware of is that it takes time (12-24 hours or sometimes 3 days real-time) to craft things, and you can speed them up by spending the ingame currency, so DE makes money off impatience.
Besides that it's almost the perfect 3rd person action adventure loot-based PvE/PvP multiplayer game with space ninjas.
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having played both Destiny 2 and warframe, i prefer warframe. Destiny 2 just feels like a grind, almost like a second job. Where warframe is something you can pick up and just have fun blasting shit, or running with friends. Now there is still a grind to warframe and a way to level up faster, but the grind isn't like a job. And like @DrNiggle said you can speed things up with plat, but the good news is if you play it often enough you usually get a 70% off coupon of plat, and i recommend buying some when you get those at least a couple of times. You can also use it to buy weapons and frames if you don't want to grind out finding the parts and waiting for them to build. I have done that a few times myself. But i still have spent less on warframe than i have on destiny 2 and i have been playing warframe off and on since 2013.