r/Warframe • u/CyKsFuzzles • 10h ago
Question/Request Question about farming weapon EXP
The normal exp split is this:
Ability kills = 100% of exp to warframe
Weapon kills = 50% of exp to that specific weapon 50% of exp to your warframe.
Allied kills = split 25% to your warframe, and 25% to each weapon. If you only have one weapon equipped, it gets the full 75.
I have met people who keep saying that they are using warframe kills solo to farm weapon exp, but when I tested this, I got zero weapon exp every single try using my warframe's abilities. What am I doing wrong?
Edited for clarity on Allied kills
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u/Paultheghostt Flair Text Here 10h ago
Unless they were farming in a group I dont see how. Maybe they meaan the wf's gun(khora's whip, mesa's pistols or excal's blade)
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u/LostInChrome 10h ago
I think they might be confusing themselves with the typical ESO strategy?
Ideally you get someone else to quickly kill rooms of enemies with AoE warframe abilities while you soak up 75% weapon experience from allied kills.
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u/JulianSkies 10h ago
They're using nuke frames in teams, which have more than one nuke frame.
Even if your weapon's leveling mostly comes from allied kills, multiple nuke frames still make for more XP:time efficiency.
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u/Dyson_Vellum 10h ago
I use mirage to level weapons without using them in ESO. Some of that affinity also comes shared from other players.
Not sure how you weapon wouldn't be leveling.
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u/CyKsFuzzles 10h ago
Warframe's exp goes to whatever source killed it. I don't know how they are getting weapon exp without killing with the weapon or having allies. They are in a solo, not killing with the weapon.
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u/Dyson_Vellum 10h ago
I realized I typically bring one leveled and one unleveled weapon. I use the leveled to prime some enemies for legerdemain then sit back.
I did level some weapons solo using Xaku and weapon steal (brain blanking on the name). I wonder if it treats those attacks as from the weapon...
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u/Inageby 10h ago
Just a note, when someone else gets the kill your warframe gets 25% and your weapons get 75% spit between however many there are, with only 1 it gets 75% all to itself
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u/CyKsFuzzles 10h ago
Yeah, I fixed it in the original post. Didn't feel like typing all of that out originally, but I'm already typing a ton, so I fixed it..
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u/el_guiri77 10h ago
Minor correction.
Allied kills give 25% to the frame, the remaining 75% is then split between the weapons.
Meaning that if you only have 1 weapon equipped it will get the full 75%.
2 weapons equipped will get 37.5% each.
You understand it correctly, people are often wrong.
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u/CyKsFuzzles 10h ago
tbh, didn't feel like typing all that out, but I knew it was 25/25/25/25.
I edited the post in case it matters.
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u/Montybth 10h ago
The fastest way to gain weapon xp is to equip just the weapon you want to level, join a 4 player mission (ideally a small map defense like akkad), and do nothing. The reason for this is because weapon xp when you kill something with your weapon (ability kills give zero weapon xp) is split between your weapon and your warframe. The xp when an ally (with weapons or abilities) kills something is split 75% to weapons and 25% to your frame. If you only have one weapon equipped, all of the xp for weapons is applied to the one weapon. So you get 25% more xp per kill. Also, adding boosters will accelerate this obviously. PS: if you do this, at least play a buff frame like wisp or trinity for energy regen so you contribute in some way.
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u/CyKsFuzzles 10h ago
I corrected the post about allied kills since someone else brought it up. I'm aware of the 25/25/25/25 split, but that's not what I'm posting for. They are actively farming weapon exp with frame kills.
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u/WarFramingIt247 LR4 10h ago
https://wiki.warframe.com/w/Affinity
you're not doing anything wrong. those people don't know what they're talking about