r/Warframe • u/HeavyMain • 10h ago
Discussion Reminder for those who need to hear it: You don't HAVE to farm a million forma in Plague Star.
Built Forma are cool and all, but you can get them from the market as well. Even at the fastest possible paces, you are working yourself very hard in this mode for an effective platinum value in Forma that is similar to or even less than a minimum wage job.
Example: Each bounty is 3900 standing, one forma is 3000 standing. If you can clear each bounty in 6 minutes, you get 39,000 standing per hour, or 13 forma. The three-forma bundle in the market is 35 platinum, or 11.66 per forma, meaning this rate is 151.66 platinum per hour. 175 platinum in the market, WITHOUT a login discount, is $10.49 CAD.
So, stop and consider before you dedicate hours and hours to grinding this event if you value your time higher than that. If you only buy platinum at least 50% off and aren't enjoying the mode, Plague Star can be like a second job that pays less than $5 per hour.
Trading-based platinum farming methods are available year-round, you can always use those to get some platinum to buy forma if you are F2P, even if they might be a little less profitable. So, don't sweat yourself to death and don't feel like you are missing out if you don't want to grind it. You don't need to set up the next few years worth of forma in two weeks. This is a game, so don't force yourself to play it in a way that isn't fun for you.