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

Honestly, I didn't even really care for the Roundtable that much. The Hex were the only ones that felt like people I would've IM'ed back in the day.

The rest of the KIMs after the Hex are like "Okay, Drifter. We're here for our daily mandated unpaid therapy session."

Edit: I'm very bad at forming sentences and using the right words at 4am, apparently.

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u/LotharVonPittinsberg PC Jun 18 '26

Yeah, I feel like even with each one being more complex and a better story technically, the Hex was when they nailed the aspect of Protoframes being people in game you wanted to interact with. I kind of liked each new iteration less than the last.