#warframe fandom

The Plan.

Cause you see, after TNW, DE themselves said that they wouldn't be releasing any more updates that cannonically happen before that quest. And yet, here we are (at least according to Pablo, the content of this update is geared towards new players).

Quite a mighty coincidence that this is the final update before 1999, no? Or, even, that its a filler update that got to be announced at a pretty big gaming festival?

Yea, no.

DE is planning a MASSIVE push with 1999, and Koumei is their setup phase. That's why we got so many reworks at the same time. They're trying to get players into Warframe with a generally broadly appealing update (I mean, its literally designed to appeal to weebs) so that they can then drop 1999 and get a surge of players.

And I genuinely hope this works.

Because 1999, what with the awesome music, to the literal anime short that's coming out alongside it, is actually a big deal. While I don't think anything big will happen if the update flops (which, lets be honest here, it won't), it still has the potential to bring about an incredible posibility.

It might just be Warframe's Big Break.

If enough people get hooked, we might see Warframe blossom into so much more than it was at the peak of Fortuna or The War Within. There could be a spike in its fandom popularity and playerbase. We could see so much more fan content, from more fanart, fics, potentially even fansongs once again, fan machinimas, etc. Heck, a surge in playerbase might give DE the resources to give us more updates, bigger central updates, and perhaps even allow Warframe's story and world to grow bigger than just the game itself!

1999, I think, with its more human characters and more grounded story, has the chance to give Warframe the presence it needs to truly become a historic game (especially with how its main competitor, Destiny, seems to be on the decline, however I might be wrong on that front)

Don't forget to put some really subtle stuff into your writing!

A character doesn't like your main character so they don't use preferred names? Build it up! Slowly but surely, they start to like them and use the preferred name more often over time.

More characters don't like your main character for no discernable reason? No one has to know right away! Just make them embittered in small ways that aren't immediately obvious until it finally comes up and can't be ignored later on.

Going from the perspective of multiple characters? Use wording and speech mannerisms like they would. Add in phrasing and formalities that are unique to that character's dialogue and/or background. Anyway/anyways, toward/towards, anyone/anybody, something/somethin', everyone/y'all, he drank heavily/he slammed it back, stuff like that.

Is your character upset? Happy? Scared? It doesn't just have to be describing them. Add in some scenery to really build on that feeling. "Not even the heat from the raging fire before him held a candle to his anger.", "The sun had never been so vibrant on her smiling face", and "Every corner threatened to swallow them up with their overreaching shadows." respectively.

Does someone have a overarching fear/hatred of something? Maybe they're reminded of it in a little bit of everything. A smell, a color, a shape, a shadow, a phrase, an attitude, a look on someone's face, a place, etc. and it effects their mood/attitude in some way.

Nobody's perfect! Make some small accident that comes back to bite someone in the backside or helps them get in contact with something helpful later on.

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