Warframe brings with the update Deadlock Protocol not only a new story and a revision of the Corpus faction but also a new Warframe named Protea. Many players would have liked to farm her, but the grind is intense.
What’s included in the new update for Warframe? The popular coop loot shooter Warframe has brought more content for story fans with the update “Deadlock Protocol”. The Corpus faction, a bunch of greedy space looter capitalists, is having trouble electing a new chairman and is hence on the hunt for their legendary founder.
This is the ideal background to thoroughly revise the Corpus faction. Corpus levels now look different and the boss Jackal has been completely overhauled. This led to a curious incident involving “popcorn”, which our colleagues at GameStar have elaborated on.
The big highlight of the update is the new Warframe Protea. She can manipulate time and support her team. But to farm her, you might need a lot of patience.
Farming Protea? Then enjoy the grind!
How can you get Protea? The Warframe Protea is only available in the new levels called “Granum Void”. You can only enter these by collecting special coins beforehand. These can only be obtained from specific enemies that appear for a short time in any Corpus missions. If you miss them, you won’t get any coins.
What are the coins used for? The coins open the access to the new Void zone, where you need to kill as many enemies as possible within a minute. If you succeed, there’s a small chance that you will find one of three needed component blueprints for Protea.
So you first have to farm coins through grinding to get access to even more grinding, where you need to farm the component blueprints. Additionally, you must farm each of the three difficulty levels of the Void, as the respective components can only drop at specific difficulty levels.
And each difficulty level of the Void requires its own coins for access, which you also have to farm separately.
This is what players say about the grind: Grinding is nothing new in Warframe and players are used to slaughtering the same enemies repeatedly to obtain coveted items. But for some, the grind for Protea seems to be getting a bit too much:
- Fulminero: “The grind has reduced my hype from 100 to 0!”
- AbyssWalker_Art: “It’s just annoying to slow down and wait for the stewards to spawn. And you have to farm them in different missions to receive the various tiers of the crowns depending on the tier.”
- Gladosleonid: “I farmed T1 for 5 hours – No Neuros. I mean, I know they exist somewhere, but I just have no luck.”
Other players take it with humor. Since you also get decorative coins for the spaceship during the runs, which gradually stack up after countless attempts, a player commented on reddit:
Let’s be realistic, the true goal of this update will be to fill the Orbiter with money like a space ninja Scrooge McDuck.
Moreover, the grind is not too much for everyone. This opinion on reddit summarizes well what the pro-grind faction thinks:
I played for 5 hours and unlocked Protea and the weapons. Completely without spending real money. And I had fun doing it. If you don’t like the grind, why are you even playing? It’s a game built around grinding.
So for those who appreciate the grind as an essential aspect of Warframe, they should be able to come to terms with the new frame and the farming effort. Warframe is also supposed to be part of the next console generation. Read here, why it’s important that Warframe is coming for the upcoming PS5 and Xbox Series X.
