Hello everyone,
In my endeavor for MR30 I’ve hit a bit of a snag, everything that I haven’t already wring all the affinity from is either a great pain to acquire or Prime.
I get how prime works, crack relics to have a chance of what you want and refine/don’t to bias the odds in favor of what you’re after. However the hard part for me is keeping track of what pieces I need and what relics have them…
I’ve just started what I believe is my third or fourth notecard on this subject. So, how do you track what you still need and where it’s from?
Personally? Look at what I was missing in my profile (a special fuck you to whoever decided invasion weapons should be hidden) and keep a mental note of X/Y/Z items.
If items in question are presently unvaulted -> farm relics for said items (Apollo Lua for Axis, etc) -> then burn the relic in search of said item. If item is a common, rawdog it in pubs. If item is an uncommon, rawdog it in pubs. If Lootcifer decides he hates you today or if the item is a rare, do Radshares from recruit chat.
If items in question are presently vaulted -> use the primed junk you’ve gotten from the relic runs above, because god knows you’re going to get a lot of it, and sell them for plat. Buying items piecemeal through Warframe.market is in 99% of cases cheaper than buying them as a set, as sets often charge a convenience fee on top, but it doesn’t hurt to take the 5 seconds to check just in case someone’s quickselling one.
This was back when MR 30 was, relatively speaking, much harder to obtain than it is now, as there’s a boatload of ‘excess’ MR that allows you to skip over some of the annoying farms if you happen to not be in the mood for them. I never saw the need for notepad/excel sheets or AlecaFrame (especially now with its mildly sus ban allegations. Overwolf was already a turnoff, fat chance I’m ever giving it the light of day on my system when there’s the thinnest possibility it could even get me temporarily banned) even when you have a large enough list to the point where ‘just remember them lol’ isn’t a valid strategy.
At that point, you’re likely missing large swaths of a certain category, so then you just focus on them. Missing K-Drives? Do a few K-Drive races each day, because that stuff gets mildly soul-crushing if you try to burn through 'em all at once. Missing Archwings? Grab 'em and, unironically, leech when you can off of Voidstorm pubs in Nu-Gua Mines in Neptune Proxima (the crewships give lots of juicy affinity), the current best RJ node for fissures. Grineer Veil’s faster, but it needs a squad with at least 4 braincells so no one has to share one. Salacia Neptune, otherwise. Need RJ Intrinsics? Get 'em done alongside your prime part farming, Necramech grind, Archwing Grind, etc while you -also- crack relics. Easy as.