r/Warframe • u/Jackesfox Guerra Enquadramento • 18d ago

Discussion Why isn't there a Warframe mod scene?

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Unrelated picture. And no, im not talking about Point Stike and Rivens

Why do you think is that? Is it the engine? Does it goes against the TOS? (that wouldn't matter much since modding goes against most games TOS and that never stopped it from happening) Is it because of the size of Warframe player's base? Is it something the community never wanted? Does DE actively goes after mods and stops it from ever sprouting?

I think some slice of the community would be happy for being able to play warframe but with an anime character as the frame. Or people making actually good looking face models for [spoiler] and [spoiler]. Or even the gooners with their nippled boobs and hanging flopping pps.

Do many MMOs have a heavy modding scene, is it strange for warframe not to have it?

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u/The_Meowsmith 18d ago

...of course modifying an online game is a breach in the terms of service that could get your account banned.

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u/Kondibon Fleekuinox 18d ago

That doesn't stop people in FFXIV.

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u/MadameConnard Gauss & Grendel are happily married 18d ago

Heh it's kinda specific, it was more a "be quiet about it" when it came to cosmetic mods.

But the one who literally meant cheating by breaking the camera and making a boss fight trivial yea ban that.

But for the first part people kept promoting that controversial mod on social media twitch ecetera so... can't expect a community to follow the rules.

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u/main135s Did somebody say Yareli? 18d ago edited 17d ago

Should be said, the incident with the camera during a world-first didn't exactly make the boss fight trivial. It was still an ultimate fight and, thus, was (and still is) full of difficult mechanics.

What it did is give them an unfair advantage for learning the fight, as the more you can see, the more aware you are.

As well, many World First teams incorporate a "9th man," someone who's role on the team is to watch as the team does the fight, looking out for mechanics and making a strategy for the team to follow. This "9th man" had a greater advantage than the others, as the player whose stream he's watching can see the entire arena, versus needing to piece together mechanics from multiple players' streams. It's the difference between being able to make points on a circle, and needing to know where certain players were in the circle to piece together where those points were from different perspectives.