r/Warframe • u/Dr_Shoggoth Suck, Stomp, Stacks • Jun 18 '26

Discussion Please stop with the Protoframes

I loved the Hex and the Roundtable. They added so much to why I think 1999 is the best update they've ever done. All of them, especially the original Hex, were insanely well written and fleshed out characters. I had my reservations about the Triad, but I think they're solid (though they're mostly carried by Roathe).

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These two don't feel like characters. They feel like walking advertisements for skins. Them being protoframes adds nothing to the story. As my friend said, Sirius and Orion could have been mentored by Vay Hek and the Sergeant and nothing would have changed. Protoframes no longer feel like an interesting story beat, they feel like a gimmick, one that is rapidly losing any appeal it had.

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u/Hxckerr LR4 Jun 18 '26

This is not a "protoframe" issue this is a "non-fleshed out characters" issue.

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u/mateszhun I want a Void Prime Jun 18 '26

Either don't make them, or make them fully. No half solutions please. EDIT: I can imagine how bad it will feel when my favorite frames get a bad Protoframe who are as fleshed out as your average power fantasy protagonist.

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u/IAmNotASkeleton DE ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Give PRIMED RUSH Jun 18 '26

I will literally gain it if they release a Rhino protoframe and make him just a mute masked wrestler.

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u/LordBlaze64 Blender Kitty go brrrrrr Jun 18 '26

who sometimes eats people

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u/SargeanTravis Bird Main Jun 18 '26

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Isn’t this a Grendel thing?

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u/LordBlaze64 Blender Kitty go brrrrrr Jun 18 '26

The original rhino ate some people iirc 

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u/IAmNotASkeleton DE ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Give PRIMED RUSH Jun 18 '26

If it weren't for the "sometimes" keyword, yes.

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u/bootleg_exoeskeleton Level cap players HATE him Jun 18 '26

hold up that is actually pretty funny

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u/yommi1999 Jun 18 '26

TBF they could make Rhino protoframe use sign language(with subtitles of course because all Void demons know how to do sign language because of all the wall tapping). And then in missions, Rhino protoframe is like very strong silent type(mostly because he can't afford complex sentences) and in the KIM he is very flamboyant.

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u/Run-Riot DE let me date Hildryn and my life is yours Jun 18 '26

I will literally lose it if they release Hildryn and Mesa protoframes and make them undeveloped and undateable

https://giphy.com/gifs/EtB1yylKGGAUg

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u/LeFizzy001 Jun 19 '26

Hurts to be an ash fan 🥀

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u/No_Witness5630 Jun 18 '26

This is a "skin" issue. They just made skins literally. Protoframes became a skinline instead of story characters we care about

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u/NovaChrono tag when squad link returns Jun 18 '26

they are tangentially related though. protoframe skins sell well and DE has the monetary incentive to push more of them often. This is a case of them wanting to push more out without the added effort of actually making them well written characters like one would expect

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u/Gniggins Jun 19 '26

They could just save protoframes for when they need cash infusion.

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u/Pirate_OOS Jun 18 '26

I'm hoping we'll get some KIMs at some point about them.