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Another major patch comes with Riven Disposition changes and this time the Acceltra seems to be the one that stands out as a nerf. Many other buffs on several prominent weapons. This is most likely due to the fact that Kuva weapons are in the spotlight now and most players use them or chase after them.
Perhaps the most important thing to note is that we are still not seeing any melee riven re-balancing and this is also the first time DE is balancing "dispositions per weapon instead of per weapon family".
You can find the official info on nerfs and buffs here:
Along with the Kuva Lich system we got a whole bunch of weapons. Among them the Chakkhurr stood out thanks to its high base critical chance of fifty percent and two point three base critical multiplier. When you see stats such as these you immediately think about Eidolon Hunting with the Kuva Chakkhurr and while the weapon is not what I was expecting, I can happily report that it's fully capable of One-Shotting Synovia with no Riven Mod whatsoever in the hands of Mirage Prime.
For average everyday missions the story becomes similar to that of sniper rifles in the sense that there are far better and more usable options out there than the Chakkhurr. The advantage that the Kuva Chakkhurr has is that it can be very gratifying for the sharpshooter that only goes for head-shots. The weapon having an extra fifty percent head-shot damage by default. So if you're the type that always goes for head-shots than you're going to love the Chakkhurr.
One last trick that the weapon does is an area of effect explosion when the projectile makes contact. The area is only two point seven meters and the damage it deals is rather mediocre. The larger portion of damage lies in the projectile making contact with a target.
Now for it's many usability issues. Abysmal reload speed at three point three seconds. Projectile based attack means probability of leading targets. Very slow fire rate. Very low ammunition reserves drawing from the sniper ammo pool.
There are a lot of usability issues with the Kuva Chakkhurr but when that projectiles makes head-shot contact with the target and it simply gets obliterated you understand why this weapon is kept so heavily in check.
As for Eidolon Hunting, It's a more than competent weapon in the hands of Mirage Prime and it can guaranteed you one-shots with the correct builds and no Riven Mod Required. That said, it's not the best Eidolon Hunting weapon but it's far from being the worse and it's definitely worth investing in.
I'm going to strongly recommend this weapon for Eidolon Hunts in the aforementioned combo but advise against using it in normal missions unless you're the sharpshooter type.
Today we will be comparing two outstanding shotguns that can deliver epic amounts of slash damage! The Exergis and the Tigris Prime!
While these two weapons do mostly the same thing there are a lot of differences between them. First of all the Tigris Prime has a Duplex trigger system which a lot of players don't enjoy. Can't say that I'm a fan myself but it can be put to good use.
The Exergis only fires three pellets by default which results in higher value slashes but a lot less in number. This is why it's very important to make sure that Slash has the highest chance at applying a status effect.
The Tigris Prime needs all the four sixty sixty mods to reach the magic true one hundred percent status chance before multishot and the Exergis only need three thanks to its thirty six percent base status chance.
The Prime has a huge advantage in the damage layout and ultimately comes-out on top but the Exergis enjoys a riven disposition of three out of five. With the right riven the Exergis can be absolutely insane! Problem is getting such a Riven but at least the possibility is there. The Tigris Prime having a riven mod disposition of only one out of five.
One of the weapons that was a bit harder to obtain for me was the new Kuva Karak. Thankfully through a viewer I was able to finally bring you this absolutely epic assault rifle.
The Kuva Kara is a no thrills, standard Assault Rifle. You point, you shoot, you win. The advantage to this one is the fact that all start are encouraging. From the Crit chance to the status chance to the magazine size, fire rate, reload speed, IPS layout, in a word Everything. There's not a single bad stat on this weapon and it has performed very well with mostly any build I through at it. Speaking of which, the ideal build from my point of view would be hybrid slash through the use of Hunter Munitions and two of the sixty-sixty mods forming the Viral elemental combo. This way you can leverage two slash proc sources.
Riven Disposition for the Kuva Kara is also solid at a standard three out of five and I would recommend you prioritize critical chance till one hundred percent after which Multishot, damage or critical damage with a harmless negative or minus impact riven.
I have one bone to pick with this "old gal". It's to rudimentary for a game such as Warframe but that's entirely subjective. If you're into classic style assault rifles than look no further the Kuva Karak. It can pack a serious punch, has a bit of build diversity and there's not a single objective bad stat on it. Even the recoil is basically Baza level.
Objectively Recommend. Subjectively needs more Space.
The Railjack is finally complete after three days and now we can finally board it and check-out what is inside. Mostly everything is non-functional at this time but there was a bug that allowed us to see intro sequence to Empyrean.
So far so good, everything looks neat and we also got to use the Fire Extinguisher but we need to wait on the second phase of Empyrean to see and play more.
I have always been a fan of the Ogris but it always needed something a bit more than it had. The Kuva Ogris seeks to achieve that but did it manage it or not?.
The Kuva Ogris has a huge base damage increase as-well as a good chunk of base status chance increase. The weapon is also semi-automatic instead of charge which is another big plus. Unfortunately it only received a for percent base critical chance increase which is still not enough to make critical mods viable.
The Magazine capacity has also been decreased to three from five which is a bit of a bummer considering we can fire the weapon semi style now.
For a base elemental i would recommend a Toxin progenitor such as Saryn as the weapon works very well versus Corpus faction with a gas build. Than again, what does not work well versus corpus?
Nightwatch Napalm is also a mod worth mentioning but the damage it ads is not very high and untimely it's more for the gimmick.
If you plan on using this weapon with a frame which is not invulnerable than you might want to invest in Cautions Shot. While the mod takes a lot of Endo and credits to max-out the good news is that it only takes the weapon Exilus mod slot.
The Kuva Ogris receives the same Riven Mod disposition of three out of five applied by default to all Kuva weapons and the regular Ogris maintains its individual Riven Disposition. This change is set to come to all weapons in Warframe but we have no date as of yet.
I found the Kuva Ogris to be a decent upgrade to the regular Ogris but it still lacks a decent base critical chance which keeps the weapon from being outstanding. It still has its use case scenarios and overall I would call this one decent but not great.
Warframe is a free-to-play cooperative third-person shooter video game developed and published by Digital Extremes. Originally released for PC Microsoft Windows in March 2013, it was later ported to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.
Today we'll have a look at the MK1-Braton and what you need to know about it. This comes as a direct results of our recent pool!
The MK1-Braton is a new player weapon that does not have a lot of power and is simply meant as a introductory weapon in Warframe.
You should not invest in this weapon as it is extremely weak no matter how you chose to build it. Yes, even with a Riven Mod. If you are new to Warframe and don't know in what to invest in than I would suggest you have a look at the Hek Shotgun that can be obtained at Mastery Rank Four.
There, it's done! Let it not be said that I don't deliver.
The Original version of the Stubba was never really something fantastic but the Kuva Twin Stubbas improves greatly on that original recipe!
The Kuva version comes with a much higher magazine of one hundred and fourteen, better fire rate and a much higher status chance clocking-in at thirty one percent! The weapon maintain its original critical chance and critical multiplier so you can simply see it as a different version of the Dex Furis which is great thing considering that the Dex is not available all year around!
The weapon ca be build for slash but the issues because the high base impact value which leads us to use Maim to offset this aspect which is definitely not ideal but it does work!
The weapon shines a lot brighter when used with a straight elemental combo such as Corrosive or Gas depending on what the situation calls for. With that in mind I would recommend a Gas or Electricity or Heat progenitor when trying to farm Kuva Lich for it.
Riven disposition sits at three out of five which is normal for any brand new weapon added to Warframe.
In the past spray and pray weapons such as these use to have a big issue with ammunition but now since we got the Plexilus mod slot for primary and secondary weapons we can fit a ammo mutation mod and rest a lot easier!
Overall I found the Kuva Twin Stubbas to be a powerful secondary weapon, one that I believe has room in mostly anybody's collection. Being an automatic Hitscan weapon it stands-out through its usability and raw damage per second. The one gripe I have is the climbing recoil it posses but it does stabilize at full fire rate and this can be further alleviated by using Steady Hands in the Plexilus slot.
This is a complete tutorial on how to obtain or farm the Vasca Kavat in Warframe.
The process is simple and straight-forward and should only take you ca couple of minutes.
Make sure you have all the necessary components before you being.
You will Need:
- One Kavat with two imprints left to be made or two Kavats with one Imprint each and of-course two blank imprints.
- All the elements for a Kavat Breeding, power core, ten genetic codes, one free stasis slot.
The Spawn location where you can farm the wild Vasca Kavat is behind Gara Toht Lake on the plains of Eidolon and is shown on in the guide.
You can also use a Echo Lure to get the Vasca Kavat but when tried they did not seem to want to bite.
The New Vasca Kavat comes with two new mods, the more notable of the two being Transfusion which allows the Vasca to resurrect you during the bleed out phase by sacrificing twenty percent of its health. The internal cool down on this ability seems to be ninety seconds.
The Second species specific mod is called Draining Bite and it allows the Vasca Kavat to deal four hundred damage to a target and restore then percent of its health as this is the vampire kavat.
Me and my friend Acheron get together and discuss Warframe. Days passed and days to come.
This in essence is a chat between two players that outlines a bit of feedback from the Veteran perspective and a few ideas on how to further improve the game. Give what this is, I would encourage you to sit back, relax and enjoy but don't forget to take it with a grain of salt.
Looks like we got a brand new event for Warframe this Halloween in the for of the Hallowed Flame Tactical alert. The highlight of this one is the Naberus Ephemera or Bat Ephemera that got teased a while back.
The event is simple and straight forward. The player need to do for short survival missions for five minutes, seven minutes and a half, ten minutes and finally fifteen minutes to get all the rewards.
I Still Got It! - Trying Heroes of the Storm (After Over One Year)
This does not mean I'm gonna start playing HotS on a regular basis again but the Deathwing announcement got me to try the game and see how it has fared over the past year.
At a first glance it still seems the same game I remember so today it's time for my old Greymane routine.
Heroes of the Storm (originally titled Blizzard DOTA and later changed to Blizzard All-Stars) is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment for Microsoft Windows and OS X. The game features heroes from Blizzard's franchises including Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, Overwatch and The Lost Vikings.
I caught somebody streaming Dauntless and I thought it looked cool so I garbed the guys and gave it a try.
These are my early impressions of Dauntless and so far so good. I'm enjoying the game despite the fact that I did have some nasty technical issues applying to the 21:9 aspect ration (also know as Ultra Wide) which I'm using.
I never played this type of game before and I'll check out the competition as-well. For now we have about five hours of gameplay heavily condensed for your viewing pleasure.
Dauntless is a free-to-play action role-playing video game developed by Phoenix Labs and published by Epic Games. The game initially launched in beta in May 2018 for Microsoft Windows. An early access version launched on May 21, 2019 for PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, including full support for cross-platform play, and was fully released for those platforms on September 26, 2019. A Nintendo Switch version is scheduled for release later in 2019.
This is something I always wanted to do! Put these two fantastic weapons up against each other because appearances might be deceiving. Both the Lex Prime and the Aklex Prime have their strengths and weakness but I believe that for the time being the Lex Prime is the way to go. Come next major Warframe update that might be changed because of the weapon exilus mod slots but we'll have to wait and see.
For the time being the Lex has the advantage of better accuracy and the lower recoil. The Aklex has a larger magazine capacity and better fire-rate but is hindered by a very heavy recoil. Making that increased fire-rate a bit questionable.
Riven Mod disposition is in favor of the Lex with three out of five while the Aklex holds two out of five. Prices are comparable, none of them being expensive.
As always it comes down to you and what you prefer just try to keep in mind that the weapon exilus mod slots are coming and they should change the outcome a bit. Whatever way you chose to go rest assured you are getting a fantastic weapon!
My Troublesome Atlas Prime Farm (Warframe Gameplay)
The latest prime to be added Atlas caused us quite a bit of grief on the farm. In all fairness, you should have four players with three of four syndicates maxed when a new prime comes out. That can make things a lot easier. Normally that's what we do but this time there was an exception that resulted in a several hour grinds for the Axi A6 Relic that drops the coveted Atlas Prime Neuroptics. Right now on the PC trade chat, this thing goes for over one hundred plat because of how long it takes to get a relic drop.
This was our little adventure farming Atlas Prime and I hope you enjoy it! The footage is from our Livestream :
After I tried Dauntless it was time to see what Monster Hunter World has to offer! These are my first impressions after roughly thirty hours played on PC. Currently, the Iceborn DLC is not available for PC.
The one constant across everything I played so far is the absolutely beautiful landscapes that push you onward to explore and twenty-one by nine Ultra Wide enhances the experience greatly. The main plot is decent but nothing to write home about. Still, it should keep you playing the game.
The combat is a lot on the clunky side with all sorts of weird design choices for mouse and keyboard. The game is optimized for consoles and as such, it plays a lot better with a controller.
The main problem I had with the game is an atrocious multiplayer experience. Essentially there are plenty of hoops to jump through and a lot of waiting involved if you just want to play with your friends. Doable but frustrating.
And there you have it, my first impressions on Monster Hunter World. I will invest more into it because there's a lot of game here and despite my setbacks with multiplayer I am having fun and I want to explore more.
Monster Hunter: World is an action role-playing game developed and published by Capcom. A part of the Monster Hunter series, it was released worldwide for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on January 2018, with a Microsoft Windows version in August 2018.
My old gtx 970 was mostly everything I needed for 1080p gaming at 60 fps but when you try to push more pixels like 1440p or 2160p at 120 - 144 fps than you'll need a lot more horsepower. Enter the RTX 2070 Super which I consider to be the sweet spot between price and performance.
This Gigabyte version comes with a superior cooler and a small overclock over the reference version.
So far I'm pleased with the card as It performs well in everything I tried and the card stays quiet unless I activate more aggressive OC profiles. The looks are subjective nice and the RGB logo is not to "in your face" bold maintaining a cool look.
If I have one small complaint, I wish they would have included some molex to eight-pin/six-pin adapters in the box and perhaps a case badge.
