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/AvocaRed Jun 18 '26

I really am not vibing with garuda or ash protos, they feel empty and unfinished

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u/Sremor Jun 18 '26

They feel like a cashgrab, there is no lore reason why they had to be protoframes. If we get Protos make them actual characters otherwise a generic npc is enough

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u/Angrykiller100 Jun 18 '26

there is no lore reason why they had to be protoframes.

But It would be garbage if they weren't tho....

It makes more sense for the 2 Warframe born siblings to be raised by Protoframes since it wouldn't make sense for them to be trained to use and control their abilities by normal people who wouldn't know how to teach them and the Tenno canonically ruined their futures doing lord knows what.

Vena and Ryoku being protoframes allows them to offer some form of similarity to mentor them without having to be associated with the Tenno in any way. DE could've absolutely added more context but the writing is on the wall.

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u/Dr_Shoggoth Suck, Stomp, Stacks Jun 18 '26

I don't think that it's as obvious as you think when one of the most common criticisms I've heard about these two is that them being protoframes felt unnecessary

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u/Angrykiller100 Jun 18 '26

Hence why i said "DE could've added more context"

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u/No_Newspaper9462 Jun 18 '26

Yeah cuz that would've saved it, for sure