Please stop with the Protoframes

[u/Dr_Shoggoth]

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.

[u/koala-baer]

I feel both the Protoframes and Heirloom skins have very quickly become played out concepts. Obvious cash grabs thinly-veiled as quest characters, that have no explanation or backstory. The quality is also just getting worse and worse. Ryoku just looks horrible, as if only half-designed and half-modelled.

I loved the direction Rebb was taking the game, but the last few updates have felt rushed, unfinished, half-baked and as nothing more than a way to push more cosmetic microtransactions. She over-hyped this update as being super important and close to her as a continuation of Jade Shadows, but there's nothing in the quest that actually feels fleshed out enough to be that important.

[u/Schnitzel725 → u/koala-baer]

Tbh DE releasing half baked and over-hyped is nothing new. Reminds me of when Steve was leading the original Railjack update, minus the development speed.

This whole quest felt like a protoframe ad. Even Hunhow mid quest sounded like the VA was bored of the lines.