Hello c/Warframe!
First of all, I want to make a big shout out to @[email protected] , whose effort in writing the Weekly Warframe Revisited posts here are what got me back into the game recently.
I just crossed something like 120 hours played (across many different attempts to “get into” the game over the last 10 years), which I know is peanuts compared to many folks, but it’s a significant personal milestone. It’s very rare that any game holds my attention for that amount of time, though full disclosure compels me to state that, prior to this latest interaction with the game, I’d wager I didn’t make it more than 10 hours in any of my previous attempts.
So, thanks to Keegen and their work here. I’ll speak for all of my fellow lurkers (what are they gonna do, post something to correct me? I think it unlikely lol) by saying we appreciate the effort you’ve put into preventing this community from stagnating.
In an effort to contribute, do any of you have any moments you’d like to share where Warframe made you do your best 
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I’ll go first. Important to note 100+ playtime hours. I JUST discovered this week that the handful of mods I have in my inventory which affect multiple damage stats are rewards for Nightmare Missions. I’ve felt like my main frame’s power level had plateaued for some time, and routinely struggle to take on enemies in the 40-50 range on longer endless missions. Cue me learning that I’d been (intentionally) ignoring the mode which grants the exact sort of reward that breaks a build through to that tier of content, and cue my Picard impression.
I put over 1000 hours in before I got saryn and tried ESO affinity farming
I went from barely having a pip in all of unairu and a few in other schools to unbinding everything in three schools in like a month or so. I could’ve been maxed so early if I just fought kela de thaym a few more times after unlocking her.
Are Saryn and ESO (Endless Survival…Onslaught? I know it’s not Elder Scrolls Online…right?) things I should be aiming for? I’ve kind of just been aimlessly chipping away at reputation grinds and trying to get blue prints, while also chipping away at the last few nodes of the star chart. It may do me some good to proactively work towards some concrete “mid-game” goals.
There are a few ESO farmers, and we have other options for school focus now too.
ESO farmers (not exhaustive): Gyre, Mirage, Sevagoth, maybe Voruna.
Things that give focus: Conjunction Survival, Zariman (especially Mobile Defense and Void Cascade). Finding Eidolon farming groups. Maybe Circuit, but I can’t remember.
Elite Sanctuary Onslaught. It’s less of something to aim for and a useful mission type for grinding in. Lots of spawns, guaranteed affinity orbs. I used to only go there when I got a new weapon or frame I wanted to level up, but it’s also ideal for hitting your affinity cap each day.
Saryn is definitely a useful frame to have in your roster, though honestly I pretty much only pull her out for ESO specifically