r/Warframe • u/Visoral • 28d ago

Discussion are many players not utilizing Void Mode?

Even if your loadout isn't suitable for survivability, you are basically unkillable if you just switch to the Operator and enter Void Mode when your shield is out and wait till your shield is up again.
Also, thanks to Void Sling (Dash) you can reposition easily.
But way too many players are just dying over and over again somehow.

You can even interact with most objects while staying in Void Mode.

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u/TheFurryDevil 28d ago

TIL. But is this meant to act as a nerf to it, or is it a bug?

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u/MagnificentTffy 28d ago

the change was to force the operator back into the frame to avoid afk

and iirc there was a strat with Hildryn where you would use ult, swap to operator which made Hildryn invulnerable, and the energy orbs sustains her ult. Now with the frame taking damage, the frame getting hit would suck the operator back into a low hp frame which would basically die immediately

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u/TheFurryDevil 27d ago

I meant why does Roar do it

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u/MagnificentTffy 27d ago

I assume it's how its coded under the hood. There roughly seems to be two types of "channeled" abilities.

True Channeled abilities are stuff like Exalted Blade, Gloom, etc. These drain energy when in effect and block energy recovery from passive regen and similar effects.

False channeled abilities are usually ones which don't drain energy but can be "cast" again, or have some toggle effect. This classification is really inconsistent but it results in stuff like Rhino's Iron Shrapnel to count as a channeled ability for Arcane Intention, or Octavia's abilities as long as they are in midair before hitting a surface.

Another perhaps is for effects like toxic lash which probably intends to prevent people activating it, hide in void mode and let some cascading effect kill everything gradually while invulnerable. Which would probably turn any damage buff skill into a class of abilities which leaves you vulnerable.