This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. I've written guides before directed to the more newer players of the game, who like me have learned tips and tricks for playing the game that we have learned via experimentation, reading and by asking questions. +30% to Headshot Multiplier. Do you want to use the power of GUN to destroy your enemies? Higher difficulty can or cannot be fun, thats a subjectivity dependent on the playerbase. Steel Path only affects core Star Chart missions and daily Incursions. Fixed Junction Specter being of normal level when attempting to complete it in Steel Path. The final way to get more steel essence is to complete all of the missions in each location. Warframe - Steel Path in a NutshellToday we're going to take a brief look at the new Steel Path or Hard Mode game mode for Warframe.From my own subjective point of view it lacks character, features, rewards and the list can go on and on. Once you step away from it being fun to being rewarding, you're not playing you are working. Uncover the secrets of Hidegpuszta in this classic survival horror, Remorse: The List. What do you think of the Steel Path so far? If you need to access older Star Chart nodes, you may toggle off Steel Path at any time. As soon as a new node is unlocked, gamers can move on to that location and begin the missions. Fixed the option to speak to Teshin about the Steel Path missing after unlocking it. We would rather try something else. B. <3, Valkyr + Eternal War + Eclipse + Hirudo go brrrrrrr. After the initial rush this will make doing things like interception and defense harder on players that get to steel path a month+ behind. Stacks up to 12x. Excellent kuva farm. Are you tired of using the same tired meta melee build to handle steel path? +100% Ammo Max, PRIMARY DEADHEAD The Steel Path provides Tenno with two things: a more difficult journey on the Star Chart, and a new economy with Steel Essence to get some gear. It would leave the newer players with noone to play with and everything would feel empty. Eh, no. it might've been just a good riven, a good riven can make many weapons more viable. On Kill: In non-endless missions, a max of 3 Acolytes will spawn. The melee attacks feel much more satisfying in SP cuz of the non paper enemies. Steel Path has its own Star Chart progression. I still think getting 10k kuva from arbitrations and spending NW creds is the apex kuva farm. This change addresses and fixes the AFK Acolyte spawning exploit within Steel Path Sabotage missions. Subscribe. Fixed an issue with protective measures in The Steel Path mode being unoptimized (any accounts impacted have been cleared for Trading). Players can find all of theseenemiesin the Plains of Eidolon, where they will be in random locations across the plains. There are Primary and Secondary versions of each Arcane, so the Acolytes have six Arcanes in total. I don't really remember. Aren't thosejustthe S-tier meta weapons? It makes no sense to fight tougher enemies without anything to go for it. No reason to come back because people already got everything they want from it. Strategy, or combat. As of this Hotfix, any Tenno who have already walked The Steel Path will receive a Resource Drop Chance Booster. This unlocks the Steel Path difficulty mode, toggled on the right-hand side of the Star Chart menu. I know that steel path doesn't follow that rule. Completing the nodes on the Zariman Ten Zero will require the player to complete the Angels of the Zariman. Every week, the 8 offerings will rotate from left to right, which takes 8 weeks for a full loop. Once you clear all the nodes in a given planet, they reward you with 2 essences. They were initially turned off to ensure the inherent Steel Path Resource Drop Chance Booster worked as intended. https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1328361-weekly-veiled-riven-cipherweekly-archon-shard-not-available-fixed/, https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1236094-deimos-arcana-steel-path-changes-megathread/, Players must re-unlock Star Chart nodes on The Steel Path starting from, All enemies have their level increased by. Disruption enemies are ridiculously difficult to kill in sorties, can't imagine how bad it gets in steel path. This is not an in depth guide that will answer all your questions, nor give you an exact solution to how to beat SP, but rather some tips to make it more enjoyable. Ultimately, this makes the Prime content not as engaging as it could be, while also leaving new players behind in the dust as the experienced rip through enemies before they can get to them. A good example of higher difficulty = better rewards in this game would be Arbitrations and Disruption. Vendors with weekly offerings (such as Teshin) will now reset those items on Monday at 0:00 UTC/7:00 PM ET to be in sync with all the other reset timers. The drop boost happen every B rotation if i remember well. I continue to face tank in the second hour of steel path survival. You can on the other hand have play that gives poor rewards but is enjoyable. Saying this doesnt change what appears to be the broader issue, which is concerns with Steel Essence drop rates. +30% Damage for 4s. Also what's about testing your gears in real situations without having to wait for hours in survivals ? Many players that were champions of the decision did not like the end product for several reasons, which are discussed below. I have 3 primaries, a secondary and 3 melees that I have focused on to make work very good in SP. ", I'm glad I wasn't the only one who noticed. For non-endless missions, most notably Sabotage, a max of 3 Acolytes will spawn and their levels will incrementally increase with every new Acolyte spawn. This helps make the re-play more nostalgic than repetitive. Then you are both wrong. Stacks up to 6x. Gamers can toggle between normal and Steel Path difficulty by pressing the new button on the right side of the screen while the chart is open. When you dont do endurance, you would get next to jack of them since they drop from Eximus enemies while having double the drop chance of Oberons Parts (Eximus Stronghold Sortiesstill exist for OberonDE) and Eximus spawns becomes constant in every 40 - 60 Mins of a Endless run. That's what stood out to me as a new player trying to break into the Steel Path. Similar to how you get 2x more pigment drops since some pigments have a 100% chance of dropping. In order to access The Steel Path, players must have completed all nodes (excluding Mutalist Alad V and Jordas Golem Assassinates on Eris) on the connected Star Chart, including Dark Sectors, Lua, the Kuva Fortress, and the Zariman Ten Zero. A lot of people will be farming the Steel Path just for this brand new currency. You'll have to re-do the entire star chart, but this time with harder enemies. Use what you have. The solution: Steel Path Void Fissure missions. Last Guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/Warframe/comments/j9kmoj/tips_from_a_newer_player_to_a_new_player_early/. Steel Essence will now remain on the ground for 5 minutes before disappearing. Specifically Fissure missions where AoE lethality is common and problematic. 3) Make the steel essence influenced by the drop chance booster. : https://www.patreon.com/iFlynn My website: https://www.iflynn.co.uk/ (Work in progress) My SnapChat - https://www.snapchat.com/add/itsiFlynn My Twitter - https://twitter.com/xiFlynn My Twitch - http://twitch.tv/iflynn My Discord - https://discordapp.com/invite/iflynn My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iflynnphotos/ My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/iFlynnYoutube/ If you want to really farm these suckers, all 3 hard mode eidolons have a guaranteed essence drop. Both the eHP Warcry facetank build and the perma-Hysteria silliness build absolutely shred either in or out of Steel Path. I dont know, I'm past it already. But perhaps a compromise can be made. You may only purchase Teshin's weekly offering once while it's available. Note that Veiled Riven Cipher can only be bought once per week despite being an evergreen offering. It was introduced in Update 28.1 (2020-07-08). First SP mission I ran as rhino and facetanked. Cosmetic rewards also cannot be purchased more than once. Players will run into these enemies every few minutes, and they are one of the best essence sources in the Steel Path. You can have both. The Steel Path has plenty of unique endgame rewards, notably Weapon Arcanes. SECONDARY DEXTERITY -50% Weapon Recoil. The Build: This build relies on hitting 400% power strength through any combination of mods, arcanes, archon shards and focus school buffs to enable us to have 100% armour strip on pillage while also giving your weapons and abilities 200% crit chance. My currently favorite frame is, As far as weapons go, melee weapons are still king. 3) Make the steel essence influenced by the drop chance booster. I dont get what Steel Path is even for. The viral and heat procs will melt everything! Multiple Acolytes can spawn each mission in roughly 3-7 minute intervals depending on the kill rate of enemies, with an average of 4 1/2 minutes in Survival. 2020 Digital Extremes Ltd. All rights reserved. Update 28.1 introduced the Steel Path to Warframea few months after Tencent acquired the game. Why would you bother and try hard for rewards that match normal space map? Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. Clearly, they're a pain to farm, but fear not. The Steel Path Honors store now has a limit of 25 per week for each of the 10,000 Kuva and the Relic Pack offerings. Only one reward is available per week and it can only be bought once that week. This has been true about most content in the game. My suggestion is pick a few weapons and frames that you like and work on them. If you are an experienced Warframe player, you are extremely familiar with the Void Fissure mission flow: Select Relic and blitz through enemies to crack it. Steel Path Incursions are your friend: One nice thing about SP is that once you complete a node, it stays unlocked and you can move on, and incursions can be nodes that you haven't played yet, give extra Steel Essence, and since they are the same for all players, you can get help with multiplayer much easier. @Josephs Big Forehead while it's not 100% proved, almost everyone who farmed steel essences think that steel essence isn't affected by drop chance. Initially, there was going to be a hard mode and an ever harder mode, but the idea was scrapped for the Steel Path. Yes, because it gives me a reason to want to farm. I use lifesteal weapons (I think Im the only person with Hirudo on steel path) but frankly I think theyre unnecessary. SP was a mode for people who got sick of the paper enemies of the starchart and SP allows you to experiment with different setups to find out what works. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The Steel Path is Warframe's version of New Game Plus. Something. I have 3 primaries, a secondary and 3 melees that I have focused on to make work very good in SP. If the UI marker is blinking, be sure to get it before its gone! Owner of a very irrelevant psychology degree, feel free to ask me if I can read your mind. Once every node is cleared, Teshin will ask you to visit a Relay to speak with him. I dont know nor understand how you reached this conclusion. Teshins weekly item is now placed at the beginning of his "Steel Path Honours" list. Because the Steel Path is essentially just a second playthrough, completing the daily featured missions is a good way to take the Path in doses. Many frames can't just relay on health/armor/shield, but some can. This essentially fixes not being able to select the Zariman's missions on the Steel Path mode from Navigation. +60% Holster Speed. Rawbeard PC Member 3.4k Posted August 8, 2020 news at 11 Melee: Xoris (Love this Glaive), Dragon Nikana (yeah, it shreds with CO and a primer with just one forma.) Let say it happens 75% of the time, that would be 18 times so 21.6k kuva. Then you are both wrong. However resources should at the very least scale or have a boosted amountwith regards to enemy level. On Melee Kill: This isnt accounting Steel Essence: With Token systems theyre their own type of monsters that are reliant on drop rates and areas of acquisition to obtain that currency. Defeating an Acolyte has a 100% chance of dropping an Arcane. Repeat that cycle until "X thing" is simultaneously both too rewarding and too easy. Acolyte enemies that spawn in the Steel Path drop Weapon Arcanes that grant up to +360% base damage for your weapons, drastically increasing your total damage output. to unlock the mode. That . +60% Damage for 20s. A game that is not fun but is rewarding is a job. If you want to get more kuva from a resource drop chance booster, use it to farm steel essence or vitus. Related: Warframe: A Complete Guide To The Helminth System. As Valkyr main, facetanked on normal, facetanked on SP. Of course theres Eximus Wave in Disruption but its not as good as you would think. How you mod is more important that how you mod: Non-Steel Path missions are very forgiving in both how you mod and your frame setups. For each new Prime Access, we ask players to revisit these lower level missions to open Relics - in Lith missions it can be difficult to even earn Reactant if you kill too quickly! Required fields are marked *, You may use these HTML tags and attributes:
. Steel Path does require some investment: To make weapons and frame viable for Steel Path, you will need to invest some time and forma. Long term players already have everything they could want or need. Fixed Steel Path Incursion (Daily Alerts) nodes matchmaking with players who are doing the base version of that node and vice versa (if those nodes were unlocked). WARFRAME Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. And then proceeded to get slapped across the map. No challenge, everything get 1 shotted. With the low, low, somewhat high cost of eight forma you can have a weapon that is probably illegal in seven- no wait, eight star systems. You want to collect steel essence anyway for buying stuff like umbra forma BPs from Teshin. Steel Essence is an extremely rare drop from the new hard mode, dropping at a whopping 2% rate from eximus units. Grineer? 1) Reduce enemy bonuses to 200%. There is randomness everywhere, so it won't be like that everytime, but the steel path version should be better most of the time. Basic steel path isn't enough to break through a properly utilized adaptation build. Each mission grants three Steel Essence, giving you 15 in total. You have this, exactly backwards. (Fun can be tougher, but people who say that they want it to be tougher because more fun and demand rewards when they get it, are not understanding motivation). There are two notable rewards tied to the Steel Path: All Acolytes can drop Arcane Merciless, Deadhead, and Dexterity. Warframe is no stranger to game modes. Fixed inability to start any previously unlocked Steel Path nodes if there is an active Quest mission on that node. Hopefully DE can find a way to make this hard mode actually hard while engaging players in a new way. It does not apply to Nightmare Mode, Syndicates, or Invasions. You have to do this every week when the weekly reward changes, which is every Sunday midnight UTC time or when the countdown timer above reaches zero. Venka Prime, Lato Vandal, and whatever primary I felt that day and I'd be ripping through levels. Teshin has expanded his Steel Path Honors! Enemy spawn rates during Endless missions are increased as if playing in a full squad in normal mode. My currently favorite frame is Baruuk built around Serene Storm. The viral and heat procs will melt everything! currently got gauss, mesa p, equinox p, wukong p, octavia p and nidus p. looking at zephyr, mirage, wisp, banshee and ash and hildryn maybe baruuk rn. Raw number inflation hastily done to make a 'higher' diff. For the Steel Path, there are some frames that have proven to be especially powerful: Revenant has always been a strong one in the meta, especially if you build him around his Mesmer Skin ability. Corpus? The Steel Path becomes available when gamers have played through the star chart. Can you reclaim the Origin System and walk the Steel Path? Only good fun gameplay keeps them around. Then they should add the steel path modifier in simulacrum. I think we hit 2000 ONCE, and that wasn't in steel path even. Keep in mind that Warframes meta gets shaken up very often, so these builds are susceptible to being outdated if anything major gets changed. Helminth: Roar is the core of this build. Here is a selection of ten games releasing in March 2023 that we think you should be looking out for. In the long term, add Survival Steel Path Fissure mode, integrate more stuff in to steel path like kuva flood and liches. Combine that with the absurd stacking of damage and multishot, and the increased crit chance from [ Critical Delay], and NOTHING CAN STOP YOU! The thing with the Steel Path is that there are no new mechanics, just bullet sponge enemies. 120% Damage for 24s. Likewise, bounties will be 100+ level, but frames must achieve an MR of 10 to access them. We have decided to revisit the Steel Essence acquisition because at present time, people feel forced to play extremely long macro-based runs to optimize their runs. Steel path doesnt affect kuva since it has a resource DROP CHANCE booster not a resource booster. (XBOX)Yufix4574, August 8, 2020 in General. Every time it wouldn't work, I'd get discouraged and abandon that frame and weapon and start building something new and even more "meta." The go-to source for comic and superhero movie fans. I fell prey to the bad habits of lower level and it did not prepare me for the one shot kills. The only mission type I enjoy on steel path is disruption, everything else is the same boring base missions as always. has always benefited from their extremely powerful weapons, letting players be lax when it came to their warframe choice. We ended up with much higher level enemies that you have to spend hours shooting to kill with no real gain. If it was working just fine then you wouldn't see the same thread pop up every day. I'm used to running into a mission face first and face tank with a frame and power my way through missions. Completing 1 Steel Path mission will disable the pulse. Warframe has always benefited from their extremely powerful weapons, letting players be lax when it came to their warframe choice. I dont think that they will bring better rewards. SP starts you on earth with Grineer, so you quickly start fighting some of the heavier armored units right off the bat. Contents 1 Mechanics 1.1 Incursions 1.2 Rules 2 Rewards 2.1 Mission 2.2 Steel Essence 3 Tips 4 Trivia 5 Media 6 Patch History Mechanics So if youve been avoiding eidolon hunting but want those Steel Path cosmetics, you might want to study up. Here, let'stake a look at every relevant aspect of the Steel Path that Warframe players will want to know about. Combine that with the absurd stacking of damage and multishot, and the increased crit chance from [Critical Delay], and NOTHING CAN STOP YOU! BE SMART AND STAY SAFE. So requiem survival would be better especially since requiem relics can give 1.2k kuva too. Cost 7 Steel Essence instead of 15. Warframe - Steel Path in a NutshellToday we're going to take a brief look at the new Steel Path or Hard Mode game mode for Warframe.From my own subjective po. For consistency, Vitus Essence follows the same rules and will remain on the ground for 5 minutes before disappearing. Don't be afraid to try new things. Survivability changes in Steel Path: You can't just stack on more health, shields, armor and hope to survive. Here's everything you need to know about this mode. Daily Incursions guarantee 3 per Alert, and Acolytes will always appear in regular missions (Endlessly in Endless missions.). The Heart of Deimos, and Ropalolyst must be completed as well in order for the mode to appear. Im on Ps4 and at work, so i have yet to run steel path, but it does give 100% resource and drop chance, so i would guess its better. They do not go "hand in hand" nor do they actually have too. Defeating an Acolyte drops a Weapon Arcane and two Steel Essence, a currency type exclusive to this difficulty mode. As far as weapons go, melee weapons are still king. Lowering difficulty won't make it fun nor rewarding, so it ties down to how rewarding are those missions to play. Free Umbra Forma & More! +7.5s Combo Duration. The cool thing about these missions is that they take place in different spots in the game's timeline. Fear not, because this baby can make sure that there is no trace of Orokin corruption ever again! This was a UI bug only, health scaling was working as intended. Acolytes will now be teleported to a safe location if pulled into water. I can only hope DE don't ruin Steel Path in the same way. The Primary Arcane Adapter is a special item that can be fused with a Primary Weapon to unlock a Primary Arcane Slot, which is a special additional slot that can be slotted with Primary Arcane Enhancements for Primary Weapons. Then I learned that you didn't need a lot of these things to play SP and do good in it. We hope these changes reinforce one of this updates main themes - you should be able to play the game however you want, without feeling forced into prevalent strategies. The weapons as well, most of the time the normal version is just marginally worse and will still work for you. There are 8 items total, meaning that every 8 weeks the store will reset and allow you purchase anew. 4) Later add other things that can be purchased with steel essence like skin or other. I don't limit myself to these frames but they are my go to's, I mean yeah the main thing with steel path is less the enemy level increase and more the extra armour/shield/health buffs that they get, " This broke me for the longest time trying to copy builds and constantly chasing the meta.
