I split my time between solo and team play depending on mood. The trouble is Warframe does use peer-to-peer connections rather than dedicated servers, so finding a hosted game that isn't lagged to hell is somewhat hit-and-miss. Even with regional filtering. I am in a clan, though it's J. Random Internet People whom I can't really vouch for. I was asked, so I joined, it's pretty much simple as that.
You can quite reasonably solo most of the present content...depending of course on your skill with action games and the quality of your guns/mods. I say this as someone who's unlocked everything save the latter half of Pluto (the highest level planet), and that's only because there's a defence mission in my way; I could solo the initial Pluto content (albeit, when solo you get fewer and lower-level enemies).
I love this game because of its style. It's space opera with SPACE NINJA fighting evil empires, nanotech plague zombies, corporate evil robots and all sorts of craziness, combined with a very distinct Evangelion-Guyver aesthetic for the hero armour.
You can flip out and do crazy acrobatic melee attacks, you can go in two-guns blazing, you can do all sorts of awesome things.
With that said, it is ultimately a gear-based shooter/melee game with some RPG elements, so there's a mix between stats and skill one has to consider. I'm happy with the balance, but how well that works for someone else...I recognise mileage may vary.
The game ultimately does boil down to shooting or stabbing/slashing, not power usage. Maximum energy bar is limited, even with max capacity mod (Flow) and the Energy Siphon artifact (regenerates energy over time).
On top of that, while you have powers at your disposal, power damage is static and does not scale based on your level. This means a power that one-shots enemies at low level is...going to be rather underwhelming when you're fighting on the later planets. The ultimate 'nuke everything' powers are fine, their base damage is high enough even for the later content, but other damage powers are sort of weak (with some exceptions, such as Excalibur's Slash Dash).
This does mean that the best powers really are utility ones, not direct damage. Which is why I think you made a good choice with Mag, because she's all about utility. Well, her ultimate is a nuke, but as I said, nukes are okay.
So you shoot. And you stab. But that's okay, because those things are awesome.
EDIT: I realise, I never said what I play. I mostly play Nyx (mind control powers, confuses enemies to fight on your side) and Rhino (invincibility, close-range crowd control). I'm trying to level Loki, and I can see it becoming one of my main 'frames. I also have Saryn, Ash, Excalibur and Volt unlocked, but I don't like those nearly as much. I intend to go farm for Trinity, Mag and Frost at some point, but it's not really a high priority.
-- Acyl
You can quite reasonably solo most of the present content...depending of course on your skill with action games and the quality of your guns/mods. I say this as someone who's unlocked everything save the latter half of Pluto (the highest level planet), and that's only because there's a defence mission in my way; I could solo the initial Pluto content (albeit, when solo you get fewer and lower-level enemies).
I love this game because of its style. It's space opera with SPACE NINJA fighting evil empires, nanotech plague zombies, corporate evil robots and all sorts of craziness, combined with a very distinct Evangelion-Guyver aesthetic for the hero armour.
You can flip out and do crazy acrobatic melee attacks, you can go in two-guns blazing, you can do all sorts of awesome things.
With that said, it is ultimately a gear-based shooter/melee game with some RPG elements, so there's a mix between stats and skill one has to consider. I'm happy with the balance, but how well that works for someone else...I recognise mileage may vary.
The game ultimately does boil down to shooting or stabbing/slashing, not power usage. Maximum energy bar is limited, even with max capacity mod (Flow) and the Energy Siphon artifact (regenerates energy over time).
On top of that, while you have powers at your disposal, power damage is static and does not scale based on your level. This means a power that one-shots enemies at low level is...going to be rather underwhelming when you're fighting on the later planets. The ultimate 'nuke everything' powers are fine, their base damage is high enough even for the later content, but other damage powers are sort of weak (with some exceptions, such as Excalibur's Slash Dash).
This does mean that the best powers really are utility ones, not direct damage. Which is why I think you made a good choice with Mag, because she's all about utility. Well, her ultimate is a nuke, but as I said, nukes are okay.
So you shoot. And you stab. But that's okay, because those things are awesome.
EDIT: I realise, I never said what I play. I mostly play Nyx (mind control powers, confuses enemies to fight on your side) and Rhino (invincibility, close-range crowd control). I'm trying to level Loki, and I can see it becoming one of my main 'frames. I also have Saryn, Ash, Excalibur and Volt unlocked, but I don't like those nearly as much. I intend to go farm for Trinity, Mag and Frost at some point, but it's not really a high priority.
-- Acyl