Warframe has been around for a while, and with its age it’s garnered a reputation for being a little daunting for new players eager to jump into a galaxy of sci-fi action and emotional rollercoasters. There have been attempts to fix this with revamped tutorialisation and an option to leap to newer content, but a core part of the experience has remained a wall of complexity: modding.
Modding is the avenue through which players increase the power of their warframes, and for over a decade learning how to mod properly has been in the hands of the community. However, revealed at Tennocon, a new quest will soon be added to remedy one of Warframe’s oldest issues.
The Quest – titled The Teacher – is a dedicated modding tutorial weaved inside a new story-driven experience. Teshin, a fan-favourite character that has always suddenly just shown up during the game’s main narrative, will also be receiving an introduction of sorts with its addition. The funny quirk to this new quest is that it took another development studio to get it done.
“We had the perfect partner to do it” explains Warframe creative director Rebecca Ford. “It is a little funny that it took us building a partnership with a co-development studio to get it done. It’s very difficult to run a GaaS game for 12 years, and everyone thinks there’s a silver bullet for what will fix the new-player experience. Not just for us, it’s a broad thing that happens in games over time.”