Warframe’s first major update of 2020 is now live on PC, and it’s a massive quality of life release impacting a substantial range of areas. It’s intended to lay the foundations not only for the upcoming Operation Scarlet Spear, but for the year ahead too.
Developer Digital Extremes is calling today’s update Warframe Revised, and it brings a total of 20 top-level changes to the experience, including AI aimbot improvements, self-damage removal, increased FOV settings, new HDR and deferred rendering support, and significant overhauls to Warframe’s armour, health, and shield system.
However, the most notable adjustments for those not thoroughly entrenched in Warframe are arguably those relating to the Rising Tide quest added at the end of last year. This served as onboarding for Warframe’s subsequent deep-space-combat-focussed Empyrean update, enabling players to build their own dry dock and Railjack ship to take to the stars.
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As Digital Extremes explains it, though, the barrier to entry was simply too high – something it’s able to support “conclusively with months of stats” – and only Warframe veterans saw Rising Tide to its conclusion. As such, today’s update features a revised series of Rising Tide Blueprints, reducing costs for Railjack parts by 66%-75%, as well as reducing build time to 6 hours each.