Warframe Reworks

#Hydroidrework #warframelore #abyssofdagath #warframecrosssave #shieldgating
With the latest Rework to Hydroid, he has risen from the depths of the ocean and has took the meta by storm. Now considered a God-Tier warframe, dominating the entire game, and offering insane levels of damage and armor reduction. However, what is really the main purpose behind a rework? And how does a rework become successful? Today let's discuss the main reasons for a Rework and figure out whats the main goals behind them.
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Street Fighter 3 2nd Impact Character Select
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This video is NOT about any endgame or high endurance and level cap strategies. I base my review and points off of how the frame performs in the GENERAL META and 90% of the game throughout the years.
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[NovaUmbral]

Fellas! Sorry about the small typo at the beginning, I couldn't be bothered to render again :p
The sources have been linked in the description like always.

[BalaDeSilver]

18:00 Sea water actually corrodes vessels by galvanic corrosion, actually. It's not just erosion, but actual corrosion.

[blueray]

One thing have to disagree is his themeing, OG Hydroid had 4 water abilities and 2 half pirate abilities, now he's got 2 half pirate half water abilities, one water ability and one pirate ability as well as a thematic and useful passive, so while i do agree that it would have been cool to have puddle actually do something as he is right now he's got more than enough to the point the puddle would probably bloat the kit, special mention to the fact he's now one of the best new players Frames in the game.

[Kintaro-shenanigans]

I used to main hydroid and get shamed for it, this makes me happy :))

[Purturtur]

Honestly undertow and tidal surge being on the same button with tap and hold would have been fantastic

[ethanemerson]

( 0:33 ) No, the Slide-blind is not free. Look at the energy bar every time he uses it.

[fran]

Like you said, I would have loved to see hydroid having undertow in the same ability as tidal surge since they work the same thematically. Having the tap be tidal surge and hold be a reworked undertow would be amazing. I don't have as many gripes with the rework as you though. I still think they did a good job, and the abilities will still be used in a lot of scenarios.

[BeeBeeBeeLol]

They don't want to add pilfering swarm into his base kit because that would bleed too much into Nekros. Nekros doesn't have to build for it, Hydroid does. Plunder contributes to the "pirate" theme at face value now.

Either way, the hydroid rework was aiming to do one thing and one thing only, Bring him to the end game. They did that. You can either just sit there and spam tempest barrage away all day if you find that fun or you can take advantage of plunder and buff your weapons. 2 methods of enjoyment + ease of use + power fantasy easily checks all the marks like you said, If you find it boring well, that's on you lol. That's why there are 50 warframes and not just a warframe that has roar, eclipse, nourish absorb+its augment all in one. The spice of life my guy, i'm sure you know what it is.

[Stormandreas]

I'm glad there are other creators echoing the same thing I've been saying about Undertow and Plunder, great work Nova!

[addmen]

I bet it'll take another 10 years or so before DE decide to give Valkyr a rework

[theta-rx]

I actually would argue that the hydroid rework was kinda really good, like he is not just a weapons platform, he has also remained the cc that made him who he was. I could only really see something like undertow staying if it became highly mobile with it swimming through the ground, but warframes with an integral part of their kit tied to gimmicky movement historically has gone quite poorly (despite how much fun i personally think the frame in question is nowadays), so i dont really know what else they could have done there really, like undertow was his main survivability tool, so they gave him a survivability tool to gain armor, which he was kinda lacking on, and this filled a hole in his kit. Now when i play hydroid i really feel like an eldritch pirate caption in the middle of the storm with the cc and debuffs from his one and his 4. Tidal surge is great now but i think it could do with a little more control, hell maybe even add an alt function and put puddle on there as a way to heal, that could be a neat way to reincorporate it while keeping the new stuff. Idk i personally really enjoy it and it could use a tweak or two here but overall it made him much more fun to actually play, instead of just being used solely as a thing when you are bored ya know?

Edit: oh hey you had the same idea i guess lol

[ReeceRacc]

His puddle and wave should have been combined. Puddle when stationary, and turn into a wave when moving. Think of it as more of a "water form" ability.

[artificialintelligence]

Day one player here took about a year later off of the game. just getting back into the swing of things searching for videos just like this. I appreciate the thorough assessment and the hard work and dedication that it takes into critiquing such a complex game. well done.

[kyaii]

This video is great and outlines some important perspectives on the term "rework"!

Regardless, great as always, keep it up

[Wonback]

Still waiting for my Loki rework, its been 10 years

[MortalTempest]

If a frame turns off the game at low level it makes the game even worse for new players. If you start a new game and it's just a walking sim because everyone else is doing the content so fast you can't interact with it you aren't going to play the game for long. That's why Embers WoF got nerfed, it was actively making new players leave the game.

[badash]

Lets talk about this man crediting people's footage! Mad Respect for ya! And the video is rad man! Keep it up!

[futurescholar]

It's funny that for years people bashed on hydroids puddle as crap and now that its gone people are like " now that i think about it was good/thematic/funny" and want it back or as a second passive when crouching. Personally i agree with adding anything to tenticle swarm to make the "kraken" part more apparent.

[BlackenedEclipseCurse]

I think i seen this idea somewhere but id love it if hydroids four just summoned pools of water around battlefield and a cluster of tentacles emerged from them when enemies got close and pulled into the depths, similar to undertoe but several of them. It would be a roundabout way of keeping undertoe yeah, but those tentacles need something.

[Sci-Fi_Freak_YT]

The moment I saw this I had to drop my video editing dude. Can’t miss my Nova fix.