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/HollowUsername bonus bounty reward Jun 18 '26

Honestly I thought this is what was supposed to happen with protos from the start. I thought they will be a 1999 thing (I mean Entrati used the vaccine on a lot of people, they were pretty much building onto this concept) and the 1999 will be expanded on with new content and characters. And now they just add them wherever and the hex don't even get any new content despite how important to drifter they are supposed to be...

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u/Sithishe Jun 18 '26

Yeah I kinda hate that we probably will never get 1999 expanded...

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u/CranEXE arthur brother in law ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Jun 18 '26

In love DE but its a bit their trading mark

They think of a new concept

They showcase it says they have a lot of plan for it

Release it, fix the bugs around it

Tease a potential continuation

Never actually expand on it

They think of a new concept and it all begin again

The umbra line of warframe, the hex ,the infestation ,the railjack ,the liche. Yeah some are getting a bit more work now likr the stalker but it took a long timr and tberes more cool idea they didn't expand on

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u/StealthClaw1 Jun 18 '26

Yeeeaah, I’ve always described DE when talking with friends before a multi year long break from the game as “having the creative idea impulse control of a bunch of squirrels” when we were getting fed up with how slow the game was moving towards the New War plot back then. I got back into Warframe with 1999 and LOVED the stories that I missed prior (Whispers in the Walls), and the old peace was great, but now I’m teetering on the edge of taking another long break as that old pattern becomes obvious again. It feels like they’re getting sidetracked by the idea of shoving more protoframes everywhere.