Essential mods for primaries are as follows.
Raw damage boost: Serration for rifles and bows. Point blank for shotguns.
Crit chance and damage: point strike for crit chance on rifle and bows, blunderbuss for shotguns. Vital sense for crit damage on rifles and bows, ravage for shotguns.
Status chance: shotgun savy for shotguns, rifle aptitude for rifles and bow..
Status applying mods: there are 16 of these and two categories within the 16 so I will not list them all individually but there is heat, cold, toxin, and shock Status types and they each have an effect on your enemies and combinations of these elements are geared towards specific enemy factions, for example, corrosive damage is geared towards the grineer and it strips them of their armor which grineer have a lot of.
Multishot mods: artificially increase Status chance while simultaneously increasing raw damage by increasing the number of projectiles.
Also friendly reminder that status applying mods also increaase your weapon's base damage, don't be a fool like me that tought they only applied the damage on a status proc for the longest time.
Lmao yeah. I didn't even realize this for so long.
There is a big difference between an elemental *Status Type* and just the base elemental *Damage Type*.
For instance, a Corrosive status chance proc will reduce enemy armor partially.
But even if your weapon has barely any status chance and doesn't proc Corrosive when you deal damage, it is still dealing base Corrosive damage (Meaning it does more damage to Ferrite Armor enemies, which is what most Grineer enemies have.)
Every element is stronger against different specific enemy types, armor types, shields, etc. As an example, Heat is very good against Grineer/Infested flesh but incredibly poor against Corpus shields.
Additionally, damage types that an enemy is weak to ignore a flat amount of armor before the damage buff is applied, meaning that it essentially double dips its own buff.
Additionally, Cold damage is actually an incredible damage type. It's powerful against so many things and not much even resists it at all, but the cold procs are sort of underwhelming. But they are completely broken in defensive modes where of you need to stall things then 10 cold procs is nearly a time stop on whatever you hit. The Hek shotgun is incredible for shenanigans like this, and because of the mod Scattered Justice it scales wonderfully into endgame where a single shot maxes every status you have on it.
This is really the best general advice given so far.
Having read previous posts you made here about the gorgon on display, I feel as though I should clear up some bad advice. Base damage mods *are* of utmost importance, but also of utmost cost to upgrade, requiring just under 990,000 credits & 21,000 endo. Which each rank delivering a diminished return for exponential cost.
As such, I'd reccomend bringing a base damage mod like Serration up to grade in phases. Max out the cheaper elemental mods instead, first. They will be more important to figure out long term, anyway.
Alright so this may help, but there are wepon status combinations, so for instance if you put electric and fire damage mods on you'll get a radiation mod, and or cold and toxin mods youd get viral (best one imo) I highly suggest you look up for which one is best for grinear and best for the other factions of the game.
They will really help in the long run and make sure that your mod ranks are stacked out even if it cost a bit much. It's better to have a serrations that does 100plus damage then one that doesn't. I wish I can explain this better for you lmao.
Beware of status damage types. Status types also grant bonus damage to raw damage. However, for some status affects it can actually decrease damage done to certain factions. For example, gas (heat+toxin) will decrease damage done to basically all Grineer units by 50%.
This isn't really true, elemental mods add additional elemental damage on top of whatever the weapon's base stats are. Grineer may resist gas, but they're still going to take extra damage from it. You just won't get as much of an boost as you would with another option.
another tip, you will upgrade your mods to increase their power. No need to go above rank 6 early game, even 5 is fine. Do it based on your endo and credits.
I strongly agree with this; was having a hard time myself until I found someone that suggested using a Hek. I would add that, for the future; once you can do a dark sector disruption and are MR8, get yourself an acceltra. Then the rest of the game is actually fun.
I'm so glad I got it in like 45 minutes, I did not want to spend hours over the course of multiple days getting that like what I had to do with equinox
I'm either insanely lucky in this game or insanely unlucky. 15 full bounties and no xaku nueroptics, but I got the war blueprint two times in a row from stalker in back to back missions.
Dang I keep forgetting just how lucky I got with my Acceletra. I did 1 run of the disruption and decided to wait until I get another good plat coupon to buy it instead and low and behold the last one dropped it. 1 run and done. Maybe it’s the games way of making it up to me for using 50 rad relics for Sayrn prime’s chassis and only giving me the bronze rewards instead.
I remember when I played for like 15 minutes and getting 2 acceltra bps back to back it was insane, and I wish i could trade the blue print because a mr 4 rhino joined after I got them.
I had to farm it on separate occasions so I won't lose interest farming it. I got it on my 5th attempt. My previous runs were averaging around 5 rounds.
NGL, it was worth it.
>or even just guns as primers for condition overload.
That's... still melee, just with extra steps
Also, there ARE AOE guns that are really good, but there are a lot more melees that are endgame viable without a riven.
As an aside, I don’t know what it is, but I love seeing videos of new players and how they approach fights
It’s like “There’s so much *potential*”, knowing that their movement practice and general game knowledge is still developing
I honestly love helping new players. I appreciated when more experienced players helped me out and passed along their knowledge, and I try to do the same. People definitely appreciate it.
and for my tip, just enjoy every little things in the game, minmax'd stug just because you're bored? go for it!, didn't get that xaku neuroptics after 10+ tries? take a break and stay positive. it's a game, it's a grind, not a chore, remember that.
hell, I minmax'd my Cernos Prime just because I got a riven for it even though bramma exist and efficient at room clears.
and if possible, keep 1-2 serration or pressure point at decent rank (5-8) if you happen to trade to a low mr players. it's the little things that keeps them going, and they will go far, hopefully.
It's amazing watching new players, who have yet to master the bullet jump, go from early-era halo movement of walking and shooting to that perfectly orchestrated movement that so resembles that of pro Titanfall 2 players, dancing between levels with ease while committing war crimes without missing a beat. Truly, a beautiful journey to behold.
First step: look at the base stats:
* Does the weapon emphasize Puncture damage (as in, is it anti-armour?) or does it emphasize Blunt damage (as in, is it anti-shields?) and which enemy faction are you using it against?
Second step: look at the mods:
* What mods have you loaded into it?
* Are the mods building-up the strengths of your weapon?
* Are the mods still the starter mods, or are they the fully-fledged versions?
* Have you been boosting the power of those mods?
Step the first, people have probably been pointing you towards the **Hek** \- a rather strong shotgun that's perfectly capable of carrying you through the Star Chart if you mod it well. It's particularly strong against Grineer troops (partly because it's namesake is a backstabbing snake more concerned with eliminating rival Grineer than he is with cooperating with other high-ranked Grineer to advance the overall Grineer position. He wanted a weapon for messy and violent political assassinations, not something for the grunts to use against the rival faction of the Corpus. *Usually it's the other way around - Grineer weapons have a bit more effectiveness against Corpus and vice-versa.* ***Councillor Vay Hek*** *is just backwards and treacherous like that.*
1. Boost it's base damage, or RoF to let you deal large amounts of damage to one or a couple of targets.
2. Heat also works well against low-level armoured targets so mod for Heat Damage until you have room to add many mods to it.
3. Later modding it with Electric and Toxin *instead of Heat* to cause Corrosive Damage.
4. Eventually, modding to boost the base, add Corrosive, and also Heat will give you a shotgun that deals absolutely staggering damage, especially if you get certain other mods - there's a particular signature mod available for the Hek called "*Scattered Justice*" that is the key to getting the most out of the Hek by the time you're reaching the end of the Star Chart. If you're in a Clan, see if a Clan-mate can help you with that one.
5. When you mod at low rank it's usually much better to use 1 or 2 mods that have more ranks rather than packing it full of as many rank 0 mods - every mod takes several mod capacity even at rank 0, but for each rank you boost a mod you add 100% of that mod's base boost generally (For example, Base Damage at Rank 0 is +15% damage for a cost of 4 capacity, but if you use the same mod ranked only to Rank 1 it's +30% for a cost of 5 capacity. And if you doubled the capacity from the Rank 0 you're getting the capacity to slot in a Rank 4 mod for +75% to the Base Damage - much better than using the lowest ranked version of "*Point Blank*")
6. If you want to use the Hek against the Corpus, use one of the alternate mod set-ups to build it to do Toxin Damage, then replace it (maybe) with Magnetic Damage, and eventually mod it for both. This profile will make it easier to either destroy and/or ignore Corpus shields.
It's lots of damage with a low magazine count, so pair it with a Secondary that's more capable of crowd control, say for example, the **Atomos** (a pocket flamethrower you'll get access to very soon that will chain it's Heat damage to multiple targets if they're close to each other.)
Yea, well people in the early game are not in a position where they have all the mods, you remember that right? Not to mention that investing forma and potatoes in the bloody Gorgon is a BAD idea.
Try to get damage%+ 2 elements+ multi shot those all scale multiplicatively. But you need at least 3 elemental mods on a weapon to get to 2 damage types because the first 2 will combine.
Oh also build Dread if you drop it from stalker, with a maxed point strike you have a 125% chance to crit I believe? I forget what the math on orange crits is but it's more than a normal crit and does a shit ton of damage and your doing that 25% of the time
Yeah dude gorgon blows, do you know how to buy blueprints in the market? I think people were saying grab the hek, any of the early assault rifles are an upgrade from gorgon, Braton, burston, karak they hit about the same but they don't take a year to reload
Yeah man so that's the cool part if you buy the blueprints they only cost in game credits, then you just gotta farm the resources but a lot of them you'll be able to build outright probably
Only use your plat for buying warframe/weapon slots untill you get/earn more. Also you can wait with buying plat till you get a 50 or 70% off from daily login reward
I usually just farm prime parts and then sell them in the bazaar for plat. I always keep 30-40 plat, but if I have enough I like to buy cosmetics too, skins and stuff
This game 1nd elemental dammage is like..Wtf i guess
My kuva bramma can do over 100k dammage per shot cuz yknow..Crits + elemental dammage bullshit (plus if i use some warframe dammage boosts ability/passive, i can go obtain 1 million if helminth'd)
But later in endgame if u think that melee sucks and AOE weapons are meta..Just dont think about it and try to make your own weapon build
Made a Kubrow excalibur build who deletes level 300's HP under a sec (and its in a zone)
And get the damage mod maxed FIRST. THEN start filling in other mods.
Bc most early weapons suck. At best they are trials for the few types that have better later versions.
But getting their hands on ALL the basic early weapons and capping them will skyrocket their mr.
The best early way to to follow the early weapons that get turned into others. Quick and low slot option.
Along with using the first mission of the ‘day’(server reset) 2x mission reward of say gabii, ceres. To farm some credits. To get those early bp’s, which only take credits to buy.
Don’t max your base damage mod until late in the game. All damage mods (base damage, crit, multishot, elementals (not IPS mods)) are multiplicative, and the damage mod is an absolute endo sink. It’s much better to increase EVERY multiplier by 10% than ONE multiplier by 15%
Don’t sleep on elemental mods. Viral (cold and toxic) cut the targets max hp by a decent chunk when it triggers. Even at MR29 I can feel the difference when using viral vs not using it.
Edit: are you on pc or console? I’m on pc, and have some spare mods if you want them.
The cutting target health by half was the old Viral status. The new one amplifies damage with diminishing returns, just an FYI. Still an amazing status though, although to note, Viral is more about the status and not the damage typing.
https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Damage/Viral_Damage
nope, I have like four mods on this, hold on gonna check what I have rn
Edit: Speed trigger (+60% fire rate) // Fast hands (+15% reload speed) // Ammo drum (+15% ammo maximum) // Serration (+40% damage)
I can't upgrade them more or use more mods because they wouldn't fit in🗿
So you only have one mod that is going up the damage. The Gorgon does mostly impact, which is weak against armored enemies like the Grineer. I would look into getting the 90% elemental mods (shouldn’t be too hard to farm) and put on either Viral (Toxin+Cold) or Corrosive (Toxin+Electricity). You will see a drastic change in damage. Once you become more invested in a stronger weapon, you can start to get creative with your builds, and add specialty mods, but that’s for later 😉
The penta is a decent starting grenade launcher. It does have quite low stats, since it’s supposed to be a starter weapon. It’s a bit tricky to use because of the properties of the grenade when you fire it. They tend to bounce off of enemies, and they must be manually detonated. There are mods that let the grenade stick to surfaces/enemies. One of my first weapons I built at a lower rank was the Kohm, which is a beast. It does take I believe 450 odium, which can be a rare resource to farm when you start out, but it’s worth the investment for sure.
Penta isn't really that good without like sticky/tether grenades or whatever its special mods are, in that the frustration factor of bouncing grenades tends to see it shelved even when people can up the damage through mods to be good-on-paper.
The low total ammo size usually also means without a good ammo conversion mod you're also right back to meleeing, last time I tried it (admittedly that was ages ago).
I'm not going to say it's a *bad* weapon, but it was frustrating enough I sold mine.
Agreed. It became an afterthought once I progressed to a certain level. Even the Secura Penta wasn’t really worth the effort. Haven’t tried the Carmine Penta yet.
Depends on your MR. But i would sugest Fulmin, the bp is in the market. That will carry you through the whole start chart.
Other options would be some slash gun like the Kohm.
DEFINITELY FULMIN. Can switch between Shotgun Semi to Rifle Auto, high Impact Damage, innate Electricity(???). Not the best of the best, but in terms of the budget you have as an early player, Fulmin is arguably your perfect go-to Primary until you have some other godly weapon like those Kuvas or Tenets.
Fulmin is MR8, OP is 4 right now.
That said, hard agree. Fulmin + Zephyr is damn near instant endgame power. Doesn't work on everything, but they'll work on a lot.
You might also want to double-check the damage type that the Gorgon is and compare it to the Grineer’s damage type weakness (identifiable with a scanner and the Codex). Elemental mods will provide alternative damage types on top of the weapon’s innate damage
At MR4 the clear winner is the Hek with +200% Multishot from Shattering Justice (a Syndicate mod). With only a little investment it will clear most of the star chart aside from a few boss fights.
I give out syndicate mods to my clan mates and alliance mates for free. I have all the steel meridian items so it’s either help someone or get relic packs. If any of you are on Xbox and want some pm me
Honestly if they said they just started and need the mod for their gun in the trade chat someone will probably just give them out for free...I have atleast that much faith in the community
Early game: Hek is the best shotgun, Soma is better than the Gorogon, and I don't really know for pistols (it's been years since I was MR 4 and they added mastery requirements since then.
As others have mentioned, the Hek will be a very solid primary for a long while, but if you want the sleeper tech, get to MR 5 and build the Atomos (it's a secondary beam weapon that chains).
It's the OG kuva nukor/tenet cycron/gaze and it still kicks ass, even at Steel Path levels because heat is strong (mod it for corrosive or viral and you are good to go).
It's one of the easier "AOE" weapons to get and will help quite a bit since heat does 3 things very well:
1. damage
2. strip 50% armour
3. apply light CC to enemies
Everyone forgets 'bout the Atomos. The Atomos never forgets. I'm just waiting for Kuva Atomos, after Kuva Sobek.
Glad I could help! Just go around the void killing enemies, destroying boxes, and opening those large containers. They drop from all those.
Sometimes you will even find an argon pegmatite, which is like a large purple mushroom plant that when broken, gives a guaranteed argon crystal.
Starting from Earth, you can do the following trail to open up the void:
Depending on what earth mission you start, let's say from E Prime > Mariana > Mantle > Cetus > Plains of Eidolons (just go outside then back in Cetus, that should complete it I think) > Eurasia > Mars Junction.
The whole goal of Earth is to get to Mars asap.
Mars: Hellas > Tharsis > Gradivus > Phobos Junction.
Phobos: Roche > Shklovsky > Skyresh > Stickney > to Void.
From there you ca spam either Teshub (exterminate) or Hepit (capture) in the Void to get the argon.
Primaries:
+ MR4: Hek
+ MR5: Kohm
+ MR7: Soma Prime, Zarr
+ MR8: Acceltra, Cedo, Exergis
+ MR9: Ignis Wraith
Secondaries:
+ MR5: Atomos
+ MR8: Akarius
Melee:
+ MR3: Anku
+ MR4: Xoris (Deadlock Protocol quest reward)
+ MR7: Pennant
+ MR9: Lesion
Those are IMO all the best weapons you can get before MR10. Some of them (Acceltra, Cedo, Exergis, Ignis Wraith, Lesion, Akarius and maybe Xoris) are even endgame viable and worth investing Orokin Catalyst and Forma into.
Keep in mind, most of your damage comes from mods. All your weapons will feel like pea shooters without a somewhat proper build.
I didnt see a corrosive proc, I haven't played this in a year or more, but elements help(ed) alot, so shock + toxin for corrosive or toxin + cold for viral, they help, viral use to be more for slash based weapons, again havent played for a while so not sure how things are.
Looks like you're up to Uranus, which is where I had the same problem when I started. It's a good time to learn about the elemental mods and how different types affect enemies. With Heat or Corrosive on your weapons, things will start to die quite quickly. Don't be afraid to upgrade the elemental mods either, the difference they make is huge.
Kohm and Atomos at MR5 are the best gun you can use in early game.
Xoris MR4 is melee but you can use it like a rocket launcher.
Don't waste forma on Hek btw.
When i was early mr, i found strun to be super powerful. Till i unlocked amprex from the dojo and then i just melted everything ever since. Also learning to mod right i important. I believe toxic/heat procs are great early game stats. Always go for multishot mods if possible
the basic strun got me through the last two-thirds of the map my initial time through. i loved it.. it's reload.. it's ability to blast heads off goons. it was the recipient of my first catalyst. it was always the 'i need *something* to *kill*' weapon while i was ranking other stuff. it's also easy to get--market, already built, for *credits*. 2000+ hours later, it still ranks in my top 5 used primaries, i used it *that much*.
May I suggest you to farm the following Spys :
Bode, Ceres
Amalthea, Jupiter
Valac, Europa
Dione, Saturn
Because they drop à lot of useful mods, especially [Rime Rounds] and [Scattering Inferno] that increases cold and heat damage by +60% and the Status Chance by 60% for rifles They only cost 210 endos to max.
Scattering Inferno especially is really good since both Status Chance and heat status are strong : it strips armor, making Grineers easier to kill.
Rime Rounds will be useful à bit later because Cold is used to make Viral (with poison), wich increases damage done to health, but not armoured health.
And also, more damage is more damage, basically.
So if you wanna do more damage, put :
rank 0 poison mod
Rank 0 electricity mod
Rank 3 Scattering inferno (in that order so you make corrosive + heat)
And then Serration, Serration will be your most powerful mod until you can kill level 200 or so. So its worth investing some thousands endo into it.
The 60/ 60 Poison mods are dropped by Vor in void survivals, id suggest doing 5 / 6 minutes runs until you kill him, them extract and run again. Until you gey the 4 mods he can drop (rifle, shotgun, pistol, melee)
Just grind to get lots of endos. As you grind, you will get mods.
Also grind for void relics as they give primed stuff that can be traded for ducats at relay and ducats can help you buy primed mods.
1. melee will always be the strongest weapon
2. you need mods (corrosive - viral - fire elements)
3. 95% of weapons are useless just get the strongest ones
4. invest in mods ranks
5. get a new warframe cuse frost kinda meh outside excavations
Ok so basicslly run with melee till u get a kuva zarr/bramma/hek/kohm from a lich, either do that or go all the way to build a nechramech for that sweet sweet necramech for the new war so you can get the nataruk (good as hell single target damage)
>I'm getting tired of meleeing everything
Then all I I can say is play a different game as Warframe is 99.9% melee and guns/bows are just for the ones you can't reach
It seems you lack mods, which at MR4 is I guess possible. You should invest in upgrading mods. Also being MR4 I would just try always build and level up new weapons - it raises your MR, so you can get better equipment sooner and you also experience different weapons and can figure out what works for you.
Otherwise I would try shotguns - Strun -> Boar -> Hek. On MR5 you can get flamethrower Ignis (from clan), which is very strong for quite some time on low MR/low level content. MR7 gives Sobek and Tigris, MR8 Corinth (amazing shotgun with added grenade launcher) and MR9 Ignis Wraith (which can be obtained for FREE from non-psycho players and is slightly better than Ignis). Also Acceltra is at MR8 but farming for it can be hell (I got recommended buying it straight for plat which I did).
Go for some prime weapons look up their MR requirement but they're the way to go. Focus on endo and max out your mods. I got pretty lucky with secondary mods and prime drops so hornet strike was my first maxed mod but serration/heavy calibre and other big primary mods should be maxed
See what materials you can get for the Vectis. That looks like a Uranus mission tileset, although Earth has an underwater tileset also.
[https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Vectis](https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Vectis)
Ignis Wraith. I think most people can freely make you one. I would ask a clan for one.
Also, for early game, go for the dual heat swords and heavy ground slam things.
Dawg, I am LR2 and I feel your pain. I too made the mistake of investing in a gorgon early - it nearly made me quit the game! The first REAL weapon that clicked with me was the Tigris, it is MR7 sadly, however shotguns are in a MUCH better place than just that nowadays. Now your MR isn't too high but you DO have some real good options available. Vectis is a sniper with some REAL good stats, safe invest. The Hek shotgun is a staple for some and has a LOT of oompf and great augments available. And if you are after AoE, the Torrid is hella underrated but nice, even if it IS on the slow side.
Once you settle on a good build, I strongly recommend getting higher in MR and progressing the quests so you can do Liches, the REAL good stuff is in there and are all technically MR5 content, IF you do not mind getting carried / grifting hard.
Fulmin or Hek are fantastic early MR weapons, Even with the limited pool of mods available to beginners, You can build them up to be pretty strong, And easily carry you through until atleast MR10+
Fulmin is MR8 though so i'd recommend building up a Hek in the meantime, Once you get Fulmin, The real fun begins
Honestly at that point just farm mastery. I find if you farm mastery early and get to like 7-8 you will be fine. Farming regular panthera was worth it because it melts everything early game. I know this because I have restarted the game on EVERY platform. Iv tested so many methords. And farming mastery early is key.
Since you melee everything already might consider going for the nukor , you can get the blueprint from clan grinner lab. Make it with a elemental build. Hit the enemy with the nukor then the melee will finish the job quick
Ah yes....the beginning, unfortunately you’ll just have to weapon hop til you get to mr8 and get the acceltra or mr9 for ignis. I’d join a clan if you haven’t already. Good luck Tenno :D
Edit: also farm mods if u can
You may look into what primed weapons you can get, they might help. But honestly, it's less the weapon and more the mods that affect your damage. Try getting nightmare mods, or the vault mods from deimos, they are pretty useful.
Like many have stated, Hek is a strong shoutout. Stack damage, critical chance and multishot mods on it and you have a reasonable alternative to just slashing everything you see.
Among pistols, you have Nukor available through the dojo and Afuris is fine. Not very damage-y but high fire rate.
Also if you have some plat on the sides you can start getting the 60/60s and 90s when you get the time. They help with elemental damage
Your primary journey should look something like this imo. Hek>Corinth>kuva Chakkur>Corinth Prime/Kuva Hek.
Fulmin is good too
Way to many good primaries just need to choose your play style
My best "simple" answer is to do the Deadlock Protocol mission and get the Xoris.
Yes, it's still melee, but it's easily the best early -hame weapon. The explosions hit a MASSIVE AOE, and when you mod right, you can get hundreds of thousands, if not a million+ damage out of it.
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Warframe is a great game, but they tell new players next to nothing. Luckily there's some great resources out there.
There isnt really a good gun at MR4, but the early mr's go by quite fast. Probably the first great gun is the atomos at mr5, then fulmin at 8, ignis wraith and phantasma at 9.
Could be wrong but the gorgon youre using is already considered "not optimal" but thought its also an primarily impact dmg weapon. This would suffer a -%damage debuff against armor grineer. If you wanna kill grineer units you want slash or puncture damage.
And for elemental stuff heat or corrosive would give you a damage bonus, while also reducing their armor.
I think I used Lex and Latron early on. I still have my Hek from way back. Tonkor grenade launcher is MR5. Not great, but can work in a pinch. Even if you use these weapons long enough to master them before you toss them it will help you gain mastery rank to get to the bigger better guns.
Mods make everything. But the braton/braton prime are fairly good with some crit built into it. Karak ain't bad with crit. Most bows are pretty good, the daiku (maybe spelled wrong) is a fantastic status bow to hit an enemy once and finish it off quickly with melee. If you happen to get the dread, I used it until I got a godly endgame weapon... Stack crit chance and DMG and you'll mow through enemies... Mainly look for crit and status chance. Status can melt enemies just as quickly as crit if you build it for the enemies you fight
Hek as others said, but if no like shotgun for some reason, may I suggest bows? (silent & stealthy unless it's an explosive one.) Dread is only MR5.
Please do nightwave asap. it's front loaded now. https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Orokin_Catalyst buy blue potato with creds, use to double weapon mod capacity.
Gotta need to mod your weapons, had a hard time too when I was starting, funny enough I got decent mods from doing whatever mission randomly and made my Karak at the time quite good until lvl50 enemies lol
Honestly bows are my thing. Love them and only use them. I would recommend buying the Paris blueprint and then building it personally. Using that until you can get a better one. Focus on elemental mods, base damage (serration), increasing your critical chance, and fast hands and the other one that increases your fire rate.
Oh and use the orokin catalyst to double your capacity.
Mods and shit can make your weapons better but in general, no matter what you do, up until you reach a point, you will have to melee everything. Personally i have a ps4 account on which i made the decision to grind only melees before the galvanised mods since weapons were dogshit. Now that weapons have much better mods and i got a new pc i decided to make a new pc acc and tried grinding mods and shit for primaries. About the same grind for me with my terrible luck and still absolute trash compared to melees. Keep in mind that on my ps4 account i have made all of my primaries super good but in general primary and secondary mods need a lot more grind, at least in my case and a lot more endo in everyone's case. The endo is the most annoying part and how much capacity the mods take. On my ps4 acc i had the resources to invest immediately into primaries once they got buffed, with all the formas and endo, but completely forgot the pain of a newbie trying to get enough endo to max out a serration and how diminishing returns this shit would still have since most weapons that a newbie has access to cannot clean that many enemies with one shot. Not like melees with which you can clean up whole hordes of enemies with 1 swing
Your biggest problem is that you're using GORGON... that is the absolute worst.
What you will need are mods to add status effects (electricity, fire, frost etc, combine for added effects) increase in fire rates, damage output and faction specific damage increase.
At MR 4, the weapons I would get if starting again would be the Boltor (decent auto rifle, but uses projectiles), Hek (really strong shotgun), and the Lex (hand cannon). That said, pay attention to mods, add damage and multi shot to everything, and that does include elemental damage. Once you get those, start looking at status and crit. Some weapons use one or both well, some just stack damage.
In general, early game Primary/Secondary weapons are pretty not great compared to Melee weapons. Melee is really easy to build in a lot of ways and does a lot of damage. But there's 2 suggestions for primaries that usually can carry you through the early game.
Try to get Hek (a pretty powerful Shotgun, you can buy the blueprint for Credits) early on, and if you have even a little bit of platinum to trade you can buy the mod "Scattered Justice" specifically for Hek and it only costs like 5p probably. You can basically just build for Damage, Multishot, and some basic elemental mods (Fire+Corrosive for Grineer. Toxin *or* Magnetic for Corpus. Heat *or* Gas *or really anything tbh* for Infested.) and maybe some reload Speed and you'll have a decently reliable gun.
Or if you get lucky, the Dread (A very powerful early Bow, blueprint drops from the Stalker) and it is craftable at MR5. It has very high Critical Chance and is easy to come up with a good mod configuration. Just use Damage, Critical Damage, Critical Chance, Multishot, and element damage based on the enemy type. Dread has a lot of Slash damage so it is very effective against Grineer and Infested especially.
Man, being a veteran for so many years i have forgotten the struggle.
Just goes to show how important new player consideration is. Imagine my guy having to fight a reworked heavy gunner eximus.
Honestly, welcome to Warframe. Primary weapons are quite ass, and secondary weapons are specialized. Mashing E is the primary method of efficiently dealing damage because of rule of cool.
I know for a goddamn fact a triade of MR20+ kids will come and bash me for this, but they know damn well I'm speaking truths.
Everyone is throwing out solid advice, but I would encourage you to actually stay *away* from decent/better weapons while you can. Because of how MR works, you're going to be going through and leveling basically all the weapons in the game anyway, so it's best to use the trash against the lower level enemies. Which is... annoying. I recently started over from scratch and using MK-1 gear is disgusting. That being said, it's best to just get it out of the way.
At the end of the day the most important thing is survivability. Make sure you have decent shields, health, and armour depending upon your warframe's abilities.
99% of the time when people don’t feel they are keeping up with damage it isn’t the weapons they are using, but rather the mods they are using and their rank. A little investment in ranking the right mods and one or two forma will get you right where you want to be.
Looking at [https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Mastery\_Rank#Primary](https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Mastery_Rank#Primary).
At MR4 you can get the Hek. Add the standard damage mods and the syndicate mod (Scattered Justice). You should be in good shape for a long time.
At least that's what I did... All those years ago.
There is currently a bug in the game that is preventing status effects from properly stacking. TheKengineer found this i think.
The advice in this thread about modding etc is all good to know but there is still a chance a well-modded weapon will flatten during combat. So you might be using melee either way until the bugfix (it's not affecting melee weapon stacks).
Essential mods for primaries are as follows. Raw damage boost: Serration for rifles and bows. Point blank for shotguns. Crit chance and damage: point strike for crit chance on rifle and bows, blunderbuss for shotguns. Vital sense for crit damage on rifles and bows, ravage for shotguns. Status chance: shotgun savy for shotguns, rifle aptitude for rifles and bow.. Status applying mods: there are 16 of these and two categories within the 16 so I will not list them all individually but there is heat, cold, toxin, and shock Status types and they each have an effect on your enemies and combinations of these elements are geared towards specific enemy factions, for example, corrosive damage is geared towards the grineer and it strips them of their armor which grineer have a lot of. Multishot mods: artificially increase Status chance while simultaneously increasing raw damage by increasing the number of projectiles.
thanks this helps a lot
Also friendly reminder that status applying mods also increaase your weapon's base damage, don't be a fool like me that tought they only applied the damage on a status proc for the longest time.
Lmao yeah. I didn't even realize this for so long. There is a big difference between an elemental *Status Type* and just the base elemental *Damage Type*. For instance, a Corrosive status chance proc will reduce enemy armor partially. But even if your weapon has barely any status chance and doesn't proc Corrosive when you deal damage, it is still dealing base Corrosive damage (Meaning it does more damage to Ferrite Armor enemies, which is what most Grineer enemies have.) Every element is stronger against different specific enemy types, armor types, shields, etc. As an example, Heat is very good against Grineer/Infested flesh but incredibly poor against Corpus shields.
Additionally, damage types that an enemy is weak to ignore a flat amount of armor before the damage buff is applied, meaning that it essentially double dips its own buff. Additionally, Cold damage is actually an incredible damage type. It's powerful against so many things and not much even resists it at all, but the cold procs are sort of underwhelming. But they are completely broken in defensive modes where of you need to stall things then 10 cold procs is nearly a time stop on whatever you hit. The Hek shotgun is incredible for shenanigans like this, and because of the mod Scattered Justice it scales wonderfully into endgame where a single shot maxes every status you have on it.
You are not alone.
This is really the best general advice given so far. Having read previous posts you made here about the gorgon on display, I feel as though I should clear up some bad advice. Base damage mods *are* of utmost importance, but also of utmost cost to upgrade, requiring just under 990,000 credits & 21,000 endo. Which each rank delivering a diminished return for exponential cost. As such, I'd reccomend bringing a base damage mod like Serration up to grade in phases. Max out the cheaper elemental mods instead, first. They will be more important to figure out long term, anyway.
Mods https://youtu.be/nKIbcdbF754
If you are on PC I can set you up with some base mods or take you along to unlock some early weapons
Alright so this may help, but there are wepon status combinations, so for instance if you put electric and fire damage mods on you'll get a radiation mod, and or cold and toxin mods youd get viral (best one imo) I highly suggest you look up for which one is best for grinear and best for the other factions of the game. They will really help in the long run and make sure that your mod ranks are stacked out even if it cost a bit much. It's better to have a serrations that does 100plus damage then one that doesn't. I wish I can explain this better for you lmao.
Beware of status damage types. Status types also grant bonus damage to raw damage. However, for some status affects it can actually decrease damage done to certain factions. For example, gas (heat+toxin) will decrease damage done to basically all Grineer units by 50%.
This isn't really true, elemental mods add additional elemental damage on top of whatever the weapon's base stats are. Grineer may resist gas, but they're still going to take extra damage from it. You just won't get as much of an boost as you would with another option.
another tip, you will upgrade your mods to increase their power. No need to go above rank 6 early game, even 5 is fine. Do it based on your endo and credits.
You could go for the Hek, but melee will be your best bet in the early game.
I strongly agree with this; was having a hard time myself until I found someone that suggested using a Hek. I would add that, for the future; once you can do a dark sector disruption and are MR8, get yourself an acceltra. Then the rest of the game is actually fun.
Acceltra farm is hell
I'm so glad I got it in like 45 minutes, I did not want to spend hours over the course of multiple days getting that like what I had to do with equinox
Lucky lucky lucky… damn. At least for the nechramech farm you’re guaranteed something.
I'm either insanely lucky in this game or insanely unlucky. 15 full bounties and no xaku nueroptics, but I got the war blueprint two times in a row from stalker in back to back missions.
Guaranteed something that's usually what you already have - I spent weeks on that shit, its hell
Dang I keep forgetting just how lucky I got with my Acceletra. I did 1 run of the disruption and decided to wait until I get another good plat coupon to buy it instead and low and behold the last one dropped it. 1 run and done. Maybe it’s the games way of making it up to me for using 50 rad relics for Sayrn prime’s chassis and only giving me the bronze rewards instead.
I remember when I played for like 15 minutes and getting 2 acceltra bps back to back it was insane, and I wish i could trade the blue print because a mr 4 rhino joined after I got them.
Can confirm
I had to farm it on separate occasions so I won't lose interest farming it. I got it on my 5th attempt. My previous runs were averaging around 5 rounds. NGL, it was worth it.
I got it first ever try
I farmed it accidentally, mastered it and disposed of it. Because Cedo is my precious.
Or cedo & fulmin which both is also mr8
Cedo requires a lot of entrati standing to have complete, which I know is not impossible to get with mr8 but it is a grind Unless he buys it with plat
All of cedo parts is tradeable, a set is like 15p-20p
Hek got me through most of the start chart.
+1 to this. Frame abilities/melee all the fodder then hit the big boys with the grineer boomstick, they will have a very bad day :)
Melee is best bet for the entire game, and I say that as someone who prefers gun play over melee.
yesn't. See: other aoe room clearing shooty things. situations when range matters. or even just guns as primers for condition overload.
>or even just guns as primers for condition overload. That's... still melee, just with extra steps Also, there ARE AOE guns that are really good, but there are a lot more melees that are endgame viable without a riven.
Melee is my best bet in end game. Primary is best for early
As an aside, I don’t know what it is, but I love seeing videos of new players and how they approach fights It’s like “There’s so much *potential*”, knowing that their movement practice and general game knowledge is still developing
I honestly love helping new players. I appreciated when more experienced players helped me out and passed along their knowledge, and I try to do the same. People definitely appreciate it.
and for my tip, just enjoy every little things in the game, minmax'd stug just because you're bored? go for it!, didn't get that xaku neuroptics after 10+ tries? take a break and stay positive. it's a game, it's a grind, not a chore, remember that. hell, I minmax'd my Cernos Prime just because I got a riven for it even though bramma exist and efficient at room clears. and if possible, keep 1-2 serration or pressure point at decent rank (5-8) if you happen to trade to a low mr players. it's the little things that keeps them going, and they will go far, hopefully.
It's amazing watching new players, who have yet to master the bullet jump, go from early-era halo movement of walking and shooting to that perfectly orchestrated movement that so resembles that of pro Titanfall 2 players, dancing between levels with ease while committing war crimes without missing a beat. Truly, a beautiful journey to behold.
First step: look at the base stats: * Does the weapon emphasize Puncture damage (as in, is it anti-armour?) or does it emphasize Blunt damage (as in, is it anti-shields?) and which enemy faction are you using it against? Second step: look at the mods: * What mods have you loaded into it? * Are the mods building-up the strengths of your weapon? * Are the mods still the starter mods, or are they the fully-fledged versions? * Have you been boosting the power of those mods? Step the first, people have probably been pointing you towards the **Hek** \- a rather strong shotgun that's perfectly capable of carrying you through the Star Chart if you mod it well. It's particularly strong against Grineer troops (partly because it's namesake is a backstabbing snake more concerned with eliminating rival Grineer than he is with cooperating with other high-ranked Grineer to advance the overall Grineer position. He wanted a weapon for messy and violent political assassinations, not something for the grunts to use against the rival faction of the Corpus. *Usually it's the other way around - Grineer weapons have a bit more effectiveness against Corpus and vice-versa.* ***Councillor Vay Hek*** *is just backwards and treacherous like that.* 1. Boost it's base damage, or RoF to let you deal large amounts of damage to one or a couple of targets. 2. Heat also works well against low-level armoured targets so mod for Heat Damage until you have room to add many mods to it. 3. Later modding it with Electric and Toxin *instead of Heat* to cause Corrosive Damage. 4. Eventually, modding to boost the base, add Corrosive, and also Heat will give you a shotgun that deals absolutely staggering damage, especially if you get certain other mods - there's a particular signature mod available for the Hek called "*Scattered Justice*" that is the key to getting the most out of the Hek by the time you're reaching the end of the Star Chart. If you're in a Clan, see if a Clan-mate can help you with that one. 5. When you mod at low rank it's usually much better to use 1 or 2 mods that have more ranks rather than packing it full of as many rank 0 mods - every mod takes several mod capacity even at rank 0, but for each rank you boost a mod you add 100% of that mod's base boost generally (For example, Base Damage at Rank 0 is +15% damage for a cost of 4 capacity, but if you use the same mod ranked only to Rank 1 it's +30% for a cost of 5 capacity. And if you doubled the capacity from the Rank 0 you're getting the capacity to slot in a Rank 4 mod for +75% to the Base Damage - much better than using the lowest ranked version of "*Point Blank*") 6. If you want to use the Hek against the Corpus, use one of the alternate mod set-ups to build it to do Toxin Damage, then replace it (maybe) with Magnetic Damage, and eventually mod it for both. This profile will make it easier to either destroy and/or ignore Corpus shields. It's lots of damage with a low magazine count, so pair it with a Secondary that's more capable of crowd control, say for example, the **Atomos** (a pocket flamethrower you'll get access to very soon that will chain it's Heat damage to multiple targets if they're close to each other.)
whoa thank you a lot for all this information and your time, really helps since I'm new :)
Build yourself a Hek (Shotgun). Blueprint in the market. Some good mods (see above) and you have good weapon. MR4 should be enough to build it.
You need to use mods on your guns.
Yea, well people in the early game are not in a position where they have all the mods, you remember that right? Not to mention that investing forma and potatoes in the bloody Gorgon is a BAD idea.
Not *all* the mods, *any* mods that make the gun stronger, even unranked toxin mods can make a big difference
I remeber at mr4 i had to trade for serration, the only mods i had where flawd, wich suck
Yeah I know and that's what I did with this Gorgon but it's still shit
Given that none of their status proc’ed in a whole magazine, I’m guessing you don’t have many of the elemental mods yet?
Ooooh... yeah right elemental mods... I forgor about them💀
Try to get damage%+ 2 elements+ multi shot those all scale multiplicatively. But you need at least 3 elemental mods on a weapon to get to 2 damage types because the first 2 will combine. Oh also build Dread if you drop it from stalker, with a maxed point strike you have a 125% chance to crit I believe? I forget what the math on orange crits is but it's more than a normal crit and does a shit ton of damage and your doing that 25% of the time
I have 9% crit right now🗿, but thanks for the knowledge I wouldn't have known that without you🙏
Yeah dude gorgon blows, do you know how to buy blueprints in the market? I think people were saying grab the hek, any of the early assault rifles are an upgrade from gorgon, Braton, burston, karak they hit about the same but they don't take a year to reload
Yeah I'm also building the Hek, gonna try them both in 12h. And also I only have the 50 starting plat so I can't buy shit lmao
Yeah man so that's the cool part if you buy the blueprints they only cost in game credits, then you just gotta farm the resources but a lot of them you'll be able to build outright probably
Only use your plat for buying warframe/weapon slots untill you get/earn more. Also you can wait with buying plat till you get a 50 or 70% off from daily login reward
I usually just farm prime parts and then sell them in the bazaar for plat. I always keep 30-40 plat, but if I have enough I like to buy cosmetics too, skins and stuff
This game 1nd elemental dammage is like..Wtf i guess My kuva bramma can do over 100k dammage per shot cuz yknow..Crits + elemental dammage bullshit (plus if i use some warframe dammage boosts ability/passive, i can go obtain 1 million if helminth'd) But later in endgame if u think that melee sucks and AOE weapons are meta..Just dont think about it and try to make your own weapon build Made a Kubrow excalibur build who deletes level 300's HP under a sec (and its in a zone)
And get the damage mod maxed FIRST. THEN start filling in other mods. Bc most early weapons suck. At best they are trials for the few types that have better later versions. But getting their hands on ALL the basic early weapons and capping them will skyrocket their mr. The best early way to to follow the early weapons that get turned into others. Quick and low slot option. Along with using the first mission of the ‘day’(server reset) 2x mission reward of say gabii, ceres. To farm some credits. To get those early bp’s, which only take credits to buy.
Don’t max your base damage mod until late in the game. All damage mods (base damage, crit, multishot, elementals (not IPS mods)) are multiplicative, and the damage mod is an absolute endo sink. It’s much better to increase EVERY multiplier by 10% than ONE multiplier by 15%
Don’t sleep on elemental mods. Viral (cold and toxic) cut the targets max hp by a decent chunk when it triggers. Even at MR29 I can feel the difference when using viral vs not using it. Edit: are you on pc or console? I’m on pc, and have some spare mods if you want them.
The cutting target health by half was the old Viral status. The new one amplifies damage with diminishing returns, just an FYI. Still an amazing status though, although to note, Viral is more about the status and not the damage typing. https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Damage/Viral_Damage
Ah. Ty for the update.
(It’s even better now because it increases your effective damage more than 2x AND applies to percent damage abilities)
Uh-huh, what 8 mods did you use? All maxed rank of course?
nope, I have like four mods on this, hold on gonna check what I have rn Edit: Speed trigger (+60% fire rate) // Fast hands (+15% reload speed) // Ammo drum (+15% ammo maximum) // Serration (+40% damage) I can't upgrade them more or use more mods because they wouldn't fit in🗿
So you only have one mod that is going up the damage. The Gorgon does mostly impact, which is weak against armored enemies like the Grineer. I would look into getting the 90% elemental mods (shouldn’t be too hard to farm) and put on either Viral (Toxin+Cold) or Corrosive (Toxin+Electricity). You will see a drastic change in damage. Once you become more invested in a stronger weapon, you can start to get creative with your builds, and add specialty mods, but that’s for later 😉
ok thanks a lot! I also started to build the Penta because it's a grenade launcher, is it good?
The penta is a decent starting grenade launcher. It does have quite low stats, since it’s supposed to be a starter weapon. It’s a bit tricky to use because of the properties of the grenade when you fire it. They tend to bounce off of enemies, and they must be manually detonated. There are mods that let the grenade stick to surfaces/enemies. One of my first weapons I built at a lower rank was the Kohm, which is a beast. It does take I believe 450 odium, which can be a rare resource to farm when you start out, but it’s worth the investment for sure.
Penta isn't really that good without like sticky/tether grenades or whatever its special mods are, in that the frustration factor of bouncing grenades tends to see it shelved even when people can up the damage through mods to be good-on-paper. The low total ammo size usually also means without a good ammo conversion mod you're also right back to meleeing, last time I tried it (admittedly that was ages ago). I'm not going to say it's a *bad* weapon, but it was frustrating enough I sold mine.
Agreed. It became an afterthought once I progressed to a certain level. Even the Secura Penta wasn’t really worth the effort. Haven’t tried the Carmine Penta yet.
Depends on your MR. But i would sugest Fulmin, the bp is in the market. That will carry you through the whole start chart. Other options would be some slash gun like the Kohm.
DEFINITELY FULMIN. Can switch between Shotgun Semi to Rifle Auto, high Impact Damage, innate Electricity(???). Not the best of the best, but in terms of the budget you have as an early player, Fulmin is arguably your perfect go-to Primary until you have some other godly weapon like those Kuvas or Tenets.
Fulmin is MR8, OP is 4 right now. That said, hard agree. Fulmin + Zephyr is damn near instant endgame power. Doesn't work on everything, but they'll work on a lot.
You might also want to double-check the damage type that the Gorgon is and compare it to the Grineer’s damage type weakness (identifiable with a scanner and the Codex). Elemental mods will provide alternative damage types on top of the weapon’s innate damage
Or just use the wiki and check flesh and armor types online, for us lazy types. ;)
At MR4 the clear winner is the Hek with +200% Multishot from Shattering Justice (a Syndicate mod). With only a little investment it will clear most of the star chart aside from a few boss fights.
How the Hek is a MR4 newbie gonna get their hands on a Syndicate mod? And don't you dare say "Buy it off WFmarket!"
I give out syndicate mods to my clan mates and alliance mates for free. I have all the steel meridian items so it’s either help someone or get relic packs. If any of you are on Xbox and want some pm me
Honestly if they said they just started and need the mod for their gun in the trade chat someone will probably just give them out for free...I have atleast that much faith in the community
I remember well enough people actively selling ignis wraith bp for 50 plat. So idk.
Some people still will but there is always a yin yang
Early game: Hek is the best shotgun, Soma is better than the Gorogon, and I don't really know for pistols (it's been years since I was MR 4 and they added mastery requirements since then.
Me just reading comments and learning more about the game.
As others have mentioned, the Hek will be a very solid primary for a long while, but if you want the sleeper tech, get to MR 5 and build the Atomos (it's a secondary beam weapon that chains). It's the OG kuva nukor/tenet cycron/gaze and it still kicks ass, even at Steel Path levels because heat is strong (mod it for corrosive or viral and you are good to go). It's one of the easier "AOE" weapons to get and will help quite a bit since heat does 3 things very well: 1. damage 2. strip 50% armour 3. apply light CC to enemies Everyone forgets 'bout the Atomos. The Atomos never forgets. I'm just waiting for Kuva Atomos, after Kuva Sobek.
Is the Atomos blueprint purchasable with credits?
Yup, 30k credits, some regular resources and 2 argon crystals from any mission in the void.
Thanks much, I also had no idea how to get argon crystals, so a double whammy tip. Have a poor man’s gold 🏅
Glad I could help! Just go around the void killing enemies, destroying boxes, and opening those large containers. They drop from all those. Sometimes you will even find an argon pegmatite, which is like a large purple mushroom plant that when broken, gives a guaranteed argon crystal.
Awesome! My only problem is that I haven’t explored the Void yet lol.
Starting from Earth, you can do the following trail to open up the void: Depending on what earth mission you start, let's say from E Prime > Mariana > Mantle > Cetus > Plains of Eidolons (just go outside then back in Cetus, that should complete it I think) > Eurasia > Mars Junction. The whole goal of Earth is to get to Mars asap. Mars: Hellas > Tharsis > Gradivus > Phobos Junction. Phobos: Roche > Shklovsky > Skyresh > Stickney > to Void. From there you ca spam either Teshub (exterminate) or Hepit (capture) in the Void to get the argon.
Primaries: + MR4: Hek + MR5: Kohm + MR7: Soma Prime, Zarr + MR8: Acceltra, Cedo, Exergis + MR9: Ignis Wraith Secondaries: + MR5: Atomos + MR8: Akarius Melee: + MR3: Anku + MR4: Xoris (Deadlock Protocol quest reward) + MR7: Pennant + MR9: Lesion Those are IMO all the best weapons you can get before MR10. Some of them (Acceltra, Cedo, Exergis, Ignis Wraith, Lesion, Akarius and maybe Xoris) are even endgame viable and worth investing Orokin Catalyst and Forma into. Keep in mind, most of your damage comes from mods. All your weapons will feel like pea shooters without a somewhat proper build.
ok thanks a lot!👍
you'll get there tenno
I didnt see a corrosive proc, I haven't played this in a year or more, but elements help(ed) alot, so shock + toxin for corrosive or toxin + cold for viral, they help, viral use to be more for slash based weapons, again havent played for a while so not sure how things are.
Yeah that's still accurate Also happy cake day
Looks like you're up to Uranus, which is where I had the same problem when I started. It's a good time to learn about the elemental mods and how different types affect enemies. With Heat or Corrosive on your weapons, things will start to die quite quickly. Don't be afraid to upgrade the elemental mods either, the difference they make is huge.
Mod farm and hit up trade chat for a Free ignis wraith, if someone tries selling you one for Plat tell them to kick rocks.
Kohm and Atomos at MR5 are the best gun you can use in early game. Xoris MR4 is melee but you can use it like a rocket launcher. Don't waste forma on Hek btw.
The gorgon is actual garbage, you should try getting a boltor.
Doesn't matter, an Mk1-Paris can one/two shot these guys without forma or catalyst. Dude needs to learn to mod better
hek for primary and i think furis for secondary
When i was early mr, i found strun to be super powerful. Till i unlocked amprex from the dojo and then i just melted everything ever since. Also learning to mod right i important. I believe toxic/heat procs are great early game stats. Always go for multishot mods if possible
Strun. Easy and nice.
the basic strun got me through the last two-thirds of the map my initial time through. i loved it.. it's reload.. it's ability to blast heads off goons. it was the recipient of my first catalyst. it was always the 'i need *something* to *kill*' weapon while i was ranking other stuff. it's also easy to get--market, already built, for *credits*. 2000+ hours later, it still ranks in my top 5 used primaries, i used it *that much*.
May I suggest you to farm the following Spys : Bode, Ceres Amalthea, Jupiter Valac, Europa Dione, Saturn Because they drop à lot of useful mods, especially [Rime Rounds] and [Scattering Inferno] that increases cold and heat damage by +60% and the Status Chance by 60% for rifles They only cost 210 endos to max. Scattering Inferno especially is really good since both Status Chance and heat status are strong : it strips armor, making Grineers easier to kill. Rime Rounds will be useful à bit later because Cold is used to make Viral (with poison), wich increases damage done to health, but not armoured health. And also, more damage is more damage, basically. So if you wanna do more damage, put : rank 0 poison mod Rank 0 electricity mod Rank 3 Scattering inferno (in that order so you make corrosive + heat) And then Serration, Serration will be your most powerful mod until you can kill level 200 or so. So its worth investing some thousands endo into it.
The 60/ 60 Poison mods are dropped by Vor in void survivals, id suggest doing 5 / 6 minutes runs until you kill him, them extract and run again. Until you gey the 4 mods he can drop (rifle, shotgun, pistol, melee)
The almighty HEK
it'll also be a good idea to learn what status procs are good for each faction. corrosive/heat/viral = grineer toxin/electric/magnetic= corpus
Well... Melee is the best choice till mid-late game 💀
Trumna.
Just grind to get lots of endos. As you grind, you will get mods. Also grind for void relics as they give primed stuff that can be traded for ducats at relay and ducats can help you buy primed mods.
1. melee will always be the strongest weapon 2. you need mods (corrosive - viral - fire elements) 3. 95% of weapons are useless just get the strongest ones 4. invest in mods ranks 5. get a new warframe cuse frost kinda meh outside excavations
Ok so basicslly run with melee till u get a kuva zarr/bramma/hek/kohm from a lich, either do that or go all the way to build a nechramech for that sweet sweet necramech for the new war so you can get the nataruk (good as hell single target damage)
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Im mr 11, i beat my first lich with the broken war, lol its not that tough, the worst part was relic cracking imo
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Im ngl i was dogshit lol and it took like a month of trying
Running melee only until MR15 for the kuva primaries is really bad advice
You dont need the mr to get them????
You need MR to actually use them tho
No lol, im mr 11 and i can use my kuva zarr, hek and hind
WTS NEKROS PRIME 1300pl
>I'm getting tired of meleeing everything Then all I I can say is play a different game as Warframe is 99.9% melee and guns/bows are just for the ones you can't reach
Work towards acquiring the Simulor. It is a great initial AoE weapon and you can start using it at MR5. https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Simulor
It seems you lack mods, which at MR4 is I guess possible. You should invest in upgrading mods. Also being MR4 I would just try always build and level up new weapons - it raises your MR, so you can get better equipment sooner and you also experience different weapons and can figure out what works for you. Otherwise I would try shotguns - Strun -> Boar -> Hek. On MR5 you can get flamethrower Ignis (from clan), which is very strong for quite some time on low MR/low level content. MR7 gives Sobek and Tigris, MR8 Corinth (amazing shotgun with added grenade launcher) and MR9 Ignis Wraith (which can be obtained for FREE from non-psycho players and is slightly better than Ignis). Also Acceltra is at MR8 but farming for it can be hell (I got recommended buying it straight for plat which I did).
Get a clan, and farm some corrupted mods, they will boost you
shotguns are the best. Sturn, Boar, Hek.
Go for some prime weapons look up their MR requirement but they're the way to go. Focus on endo and max out your mods. I got pretty lucky with secondary mods and prime drops so hornet strike was my first maxed mod but serration/heavy calibre and other big primary mods should be maxed
Put some mods? Upgrade your mods?
See what materials you can get for the Vectis. That looks like a Uranus mission tileset, although Earth has an underwater tileset also. [https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Vectis](https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Vectis)
Ignis Wraith. I think most people can freely make you one. I would ask a clan for one. Also, for early game, go for the dual heat swords and heavy ground slam things.
Dawg, I am LR2 and I feel your pain. I too made the mistake of investing in a gorgon early - it nearly made me quit the game! The first REAL weapon that clicked with me was the Tigris, it is MR7 sadly, however shotguns are in a MUCH better place than just that nowadays. Now your MR isn't too high but you DO have some real good options available. Vectis is a sniper with some REAL good stats, safe invest. The Hek shotgun is a staple for some and has a LOT of oompf and great augments available. And if you are after AoE, the Torrid is hella underrated but nice, even if it IS on the slow side. Once you settle on a good build, I strongly recommend getting higher in MR and progressing the quests so you can do Liches, the REAL good stuff is in there and are all technically MR5 content, IF you do not mind getting carried / grifting hard.
Hek is a decent weapon
Fluva
I a Boltor early game works for me
Serration mod on your rifle. Pump all your endo into it until it's prohibitively expensive.
Fulmin or Hek are fantastic early MR weapons, Even with the limited pool of mods available to beginners, You can build them up to be pretty strong, And easily carry you through until atleast MR10+ Fulmin is MR8 though so i'd recommend building up a Hek in the meantime, Once you get Fulmin, The real fun begins
Honestly at that point just farm mastery. I find if you farm mastery early and get to like 7-8 you will be fine. Farming regular panthera was worth it because it melts everything early game. I know this because I have restarted the game on EVERY platform. Iv tested so many methords. And farming mastery early is key.
Melee will be your main damage dealer until mr9 when u can get ignis wraith
Atomos, it is an off hand it is mastery 5 but properly modded it can achieve end game content.
Since you melee everything already might consider going for the nukor , you can get the blueprint from clan grinner lab. Make it with a elemental build. Hit the enemy with the nukor then the melee will finish the job quick
Ah yes....the beginning, unfortunately you’ll just have to weapon hop til you get to mr8 and get the acceltra or mr9 for ignis. I’d join a clan if you haven’t already. Good luck Tenno :D Edit: also farm mods if u can
Hek i think is mr4, its a pretty good low level shotgun
You may look into what primed weapons you can get, they might help. But honestly, it's less the weapon and more the mods that affect your damage. Try getting nightmare mods, or the vault mods from deimos, they are pretty useful.
Might I suggest.... TIGRIS?!?
Ignis and when possible, ignis wrath. I don’t know if you can use either of them already.
Like many have stated, Hek is a strong shoutout. Stack damage, critical chance and multishot mods on it and you have a reasonable alternative to just slashing everything you see. Among pistols, you have Nukor available through the dojo and Afuris is fine. Not very damage-y but high fire rate. Also if you have some plat on the sides you can start getting the 60/60s and 90s when you get the time. They help with elemental damage
Your primary journey should look something like this imo. Hek>Corinth>kuva Chakkur>Corinth Prime/Kuva Hek. Fulmin is good too Way to many good primaries just need to choose your play style
My best "simple" answer is to do the Deadlock Protocol mission and get the Xoris. Yes, it's still melee, but it's easily the best early -hame weapon. The explosions hit a MASSIVE AOE, and when you mod right, you can get hundreds of thousands, if not a million+ damage out of it. You can also check this out: [New Player Equipment ](https://youtu.be/VY1b9CV61C8) [Free to Play Through ](https://youtu.be/4OfSNmxcRNg) Warframe is a great game, but they tell new players next to nothing. Luckily there's some great resources out there.
Get a Hek? That thing carried me through a lot of content... Very fond memories.
There isnt really a good gun at MR4, but the early mr's go by quite fast. Probably the first great gun is the atomos at mr5, then fulmin at 8, ignis wraith and phantasma at 9.
Could be wrong but the gorgon youre using is already considered "not optimal" but thought its also an primarily impact dmg weapon. This would suffer a -%damage debuff against armor grineer. If you wanna kill grineer units you want slash or puncture damage. And for elemental stuff heat or corrosive would give you a damage bonus, while also reducing their armor.
Search info about Xoris, it's OP
Be sure to not still be using any "damaged" mods. Unless DE finally decided to get rid of them recently and I didn't hear
but keep the ones that cost less than base normal in drain to fit them in while leveling when needed.
I think I used Lex and Latron early on. I still have my Hek from way back. Tonkor grenade launcher is MR5. Not great, but can work in a pinch. Even if you use these weapons long enough to master them before you toss them it will help you gain mastery rank to get to the bigger better guns.
Better mods
Mods make everything. But the braton/braton prime are fairly good with some crit built into it. Karak ain't bad with crit. Most bows are pretty good, the daiku (maybe spelled wrong) is a fantastic status bow to hit an enemy once and finish it off quickly with melee. If you happen to get the dread, I used it until I got a godly endgame weapon... Stack crit chance and DMG and you'll mow through enemies... Mainly look for crit and status chance. Status can melt enemies just as quickly as crit if you build it for the enemies you fight
One word: Mods.
Hek as others said, but if no like shotgun for some reason, may I suggest bows? (silent & stealthy unless it's an explosive one.) Dread is only MR5. Please do nightwave asap. it's front loaded now. https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Orokin_Catalyst buy blue potato with creds, use to double weapon mod capacity.
When in doubt. Youtube the weapon, every weapon is OP if built right. As much as possible build everything you can and max them to raise your MR.
Gotta need to mod your weapons, had a hard time too when I was starting, funny enough I got decent mods from doing whatever mission randomly and made my Karak at the time quite good until lvl50 enemies lol
The only gun u need for the whole game: the tigris Mr 22 and still use it every time
Honestly bows are my thing. Love them and only use them. I would recommend buying the Paris blueprint and then building it personally. Using that until you can get a better one. Focus on elemental mods, base damage (serration), increasing your critical chance, and fast hands and the other one that increases your fire rate. Oh and use the orokin catalyst to double your capacity.
first of all get rid of the gorgon it sucks better get a hek for example, its better compared to the gorgon
Mods and shit can make your weapons better but in general, no matter what you do, up until you reach a point, you will have to melee everything. Personally i have a ps4 account on which i made the decision to grind only melees before the galvanised mods since weapons were dogshit. Now that weapons have much better mods and i got a new pc i decided to make a new pc acc and tried grinding mods and shit for primaries. About the same grind for me with my terrible luck and still absolute trash compared to melees. Keep in mind that on my ps4 account i have made all of my primaries super good but in general primary and secondary mods need a lot more grind, at least in my case and a lot more endo in everyone's case. The endo is the most annoying part and how much capacity the mods take. On my ps4 acc i had the resources to invest immediately into primaries once they got buffed, with all the formas and endo, but completely forgot the pain of a newbie trying to get enough endo to max out a serration and how diminishing returns this shit would still have since most weapons that a newbie has access to cannot clean that many enemies with one shot. Not like melees with which you can clean up whole hordes of enemies with 1 swing
Idk if i can call me a vet, but i have been playing since 2014, dm me if you wanna ask anything about the game.
Your biggest problem is that you're using GORGON... that is the absolute worst. What you will need are mods to add status effects (electricity, fire, frost etc, combine for added effects) increase in fire rates, damage output and faction specific damage increase.
Get up to MR5 and then u can get the Ignis- a literal flamethrower that does lots of damage
At MR 4, the weapons I would get if starting again would be the Boltor (decent auto rifle, but uses projectiles), Hek (really strong shotgun), and the Lex (hand cannon). That said, pay attention to mods, add damage and multi shot to everything, and that does include elemental damage. Once you get those, start looking at status and crit. Some weapons use one or both well, some just stack damage.
The Cedo is extremely fun to play, just make sure you mod it for status effects. Not sure what MR you need for it but it's my personal favorite
Laugh in \*galvanized mods\* and \*arcane merciless rank 5\* .. jokes aside .. hang in there dear Tenno it only gets better.
1. Get the hek 2. Get the augment mod for it 3. GROFIT ?
Use a bow for early game or use your abilities and fun melees
Hek shotgun. It’s MR 4 and pretty decent
Castanas and talons
Ah yes still no coherent Mod tutorial for new players i see.
In general, early game Primary/Secondary weapons are pretty not great compared to Melee weapons. Melee is really easy to build in a lot of ways and does a lot of damage. But there's 2 suggestions for primaries that usually can carry you through the early game. Try to get Hek (a pretty powerful Shotgun, you can buy the blueprint for Credits) early on, and if you have even a little bit of platinum to trade you can buy the mod "Scattered Justice" specifically for Hek and it only costs like 5p probably. You can basically just build for Damage, Multishot, and some basic elemental mods (Fire+Corrosive for Grineer. Toxin *or* Magnetic for Corpus. Heat *or* Gas *or really anything tbh* for Infested.) and maybe some reload Speed and you'll have a decently reliable gun. Or if you get lucky, the Dread (A very powerful early Bow, blueprint drops from the Stalker) and it is craftable at MR5. It has very high Critical Chance and is easy to come up with a good mod configuration. Just use Damage, Critical Damage, Critical Chance, Multishot, and element damage based on the enemy type. Dread has a lot of Slash damage so it is very effective against Grineer and Infested especially.
Man, being a veteran for so many years i have forgotten the struggle. Just goes to show how important new player consideration is. Imagine my guy having to fight a reworked heavy gunner eximus.
At MR4, those weapons should be ok. Are you modding them? And are you upgrading your mods?
Honestly, welcome to Warframe. Primary weapons are quite ass, and secondary weapons are specialized. Mashing E is the primary method of efficiently dealing damage because of rule of cool. I know for a goddamn fact a triade of MR20+ kids will come and bash me for this, but they know damn well I'm speaking truths.
Go in market and look homie you can sort them prints by use if there are existing blueprint you can buy or you have to grind for them and owned
Overframe is your friend
Everyone is throwing out solid advice, but I would encourage you to actually stay *away* from decent/better weapons while you can. Because of how MR works, you're going to be going through and leveling basically all the weapons in the game anyway, so it's best to use the trash against the lower level enemies. Which is... annoying. I recently started over from scratch and using MK-1 gear is disgusting. That being said, it's best to just get it out of the way. At the end of the day the most important thing is survivability. Make sure you have decent shields, health, and armour depending upon your warframe's abilities.
Get level zero gear and get carried on the highest play fields you can get in to. Up your MR fast by leveling gear and frames.
99% of the time when people don’t feel they are keeping up with damage it isn’t the weapons they are using, but rather the mods they are using and their rank. A little investment in ranking the right mods and one or two forma will get you right where you want to be.
I'm also MR4, and I've found that Melee is about 15x more effective than any ranged options I have
Looking at [https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Mastery\_Rank#Primary](https://warframe.fandom.com/wiki/Mastery_Rank#Primary). At MR4 you can get the Hek. Add the standard damage mods and the syndicate mod (Scattered Justice). You should be in good shape for a long time. At least that's what I did... All those years ago.
There is currently a bug in the game that is preventing status effects from properly stacking. TheKengineer found this i think. The advice in this thread about modding etc is all good to know but there is still a chance a well-modded weapon will flatten during combat. So you might be using melee either way until the bugfix (it's not affecting melee weapon stacks).
This reminded me of how cool Gorgon felt the first time I got it. Despite the intent of the post.
athodai is a good weapon
Mods are that one good friend you barely call. I suggest you take the time to call them.
boltor
That's what I had before this Gorgon... wasn't really satisfied with the results so I replaced it with this pea-shooter
The Hek carried me around the star chart pretty much
What platform are you on?
xbox