According to Pablo, it was via Styanax’s development that the team learned a wider gameplay adjustment is needed: “So I go to slap a guy, and he still has armour. Styanax also features some dedicated armour-shred, allowing them to rip through it like no other frame can. One addition to Veilbreaker that may fly under the radar (for many uninitiated in Warframe) is an overall change to how armour works on enemies, and the new-found abilities that players can use to strip that protection away. It was also important for us that Styanax was aiding the team, providing shields and energy to your team.” So we had to find a twist, when you hit them with a spear and they hit a wall, an AOE vortex triggers. But with a spear, something that requires precision, that’s just not strong enough. One issue we had was that single target abilities in Warframe weren’t particularly useful. “It was important that the spear and shield were integrated as much as possible. Pablo stepped in to cover the two main aspects they wanted to nail: the precision of the spear and supporting your party. Speaking of that gameplay loop, how exactly did the team bring that spear-and-shield combat fantasy to Warframe, so players can live the concept as they play through missions and grind out rivens. So now we have what is probably one of the more classic warframes we’ve released in years in terms of just sheer punchiness, execution of abilities, and the gameplay loop.” Styanax comes packing a special spear gun, which you can use to skewer enemies with devestating accuracy. “It may have been Hades! There have been so many fan concepts for spear users, hoplites or centurains. The theme for the frame was her idea, and the design based around that theme was nailed down roughly a year ago - way longer than the usual development cycle for a frame, this gestation period was necessary due to the animated trailer which was released for Styanax a month ago.Īs for the inspiration for the Hoplite, Rebecca Ford credits the idea to a mixture of fan-desire and her own Greekiness at the time, brought out due to a certain brilliant Rogue-like. To start, Rebecca Ford emphasised that to celebrate the occasion, the team “wanted to do something special” with a frame that both looked and played like a Greek Hoplite. Watch the brand new Veilbreaker launch trailer here!
Ford later informed me that a pair of sparkly pink boots will make an appearance on the next Dev Stream).
To find out more about the design of this new frame, its conception, and how it reflects a newer and more contemporary Digital Extremes, I sat down with lead game designer Pablo Alonso, as well as newly-pink-shorted creative director Rebecca Ford (which apparently don’t even fit. Going from hail mary release of Warframe back in the day all the way to recent months as it expands its tendrils into a multi-game developer and publisher.
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The Veilbreaker update is launching with Protea Deluxe, a new single player quest featuring Kahl with additional Kahl missions landing in-game very soon, and perhaps most excitingly, Styanax is here.Ī free gift to players (for a limited time) to celebrate the 50th frame added to the sci-fi MMORPG, Styanax marks a major milestone in the ongoing journey Digital Extremes has ventured through over the last few years. It’s a massive day for Warframe fans out there, in fact, it’s kind of like Warframe Christmas right now.
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