The Valorplates represent a kind of class in the looter-slasher Godfall. The concept and function of the Plates will be familiar to fans of Warframe.
What are the Valorplates? The gameplay of Godfall revolves around the Valorplates: ancient armors that grant their bearer god-like powers.
There are a total of 12 different Valorplates that you can switch between in your “base” / your hub. Silvermane will be your starter plate, which you automatically have from the beginning.
Other Valorplates must first be unlocked or crafted at the forge:
- Unlockable Valorplates are tied to certain story progress in the game
- For craftable Valorplates, you must first gather materials. This primarily includes Valorplate cores, but also other materials that you get from enemies or treasure chests
Two identical armors can perform differently
How do the Valorplates work? The armors are essentially your classes in Godfall. When you switch between them, your stats and skills also change. Depending on the mission or the upcoming boss fight, you should select your Valorplates accordingly to gain advantages.
The Valorplates are divided into three different categories:
- Balanced: The stats of these hybrid armors are well-balanced
- Specialized: These armors specialize in a specific gameplay aspect
- Exotic
They also have their own roles in combat. Some armors like Hinterclaw are completely geared towards attack, others like Mesa can poison enemies, while others have strong crowd control skills or deal elemental damage.
The customization of the Plates is done on “Constellation Grids.” Each of the 12 armors is assigned to a zodiac sign, providing “slots” into which various augments can be placed.
The augments can be found by you while playing and can be used to modify your armors. Of course, identical armors with different customizations also play differently. But even if two players use the same Valorplate and the same augments, they can still differ from each other.
The distribution of the augments on a Constellation Grid also plays a role. The sequence and composition also impact how your Valorplate feels.
The Valorplates, however, have no impact on your combos in combat. This is determined by the weapons you use:
Warframes in a Fantasy Setting?
What are the similarities to Warframe? The Valorplates resemble the Warframes in several ways from the looter-shooter by Digital Extremes.
One obvious similarity is that with the switch of the plates, for example, your stats, passive abilities, and your powerful Archon ability (essentially the ultimate) change. But there are more parallels.
Interestingly, we have never seen how the player character actually physically equips these “armors.” In general, there is no trace of a character outside a Valorplate. A concept that will be familiar to Warframe players. After all, one of the biggest story twists of the game revolves precisely around this.
The Valorplates are also “full-body suits” in terms of the armor system. So you cannot combine the helmet of Silvermane with the pants of Mesa, just like the Warframes.
The “gender” of the Valorplates also seems to be fixed. The armors presented so far have not been seen simultaneously in both male and female.
- Hinterclaw, Silvermane, and Greyhawk appear to be male in build.
- While Phoenix and Vertigo clearly have female bodies.
Unless this changes in the future, this is also a characteristic that Valorplates share with Warframes.
By the way, there is quite a lot happening in Warframe right now. The new expansion “Heart of Deimos” is now out.
