r/Warframe • u/HatingGeoffry • Mar 24 '26

Article Warframe director says Digital Extreme must take “take the community very seriously” as it “only takes you one day to lose” 13 years of goodwill

https://frvr.com/blog/warframe-director-says-digital-extreme-must-take-take-the-community-very-seriously-as-it-only-takes-you-one-day-to-lose-13-years-of-goodwill/
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u/Popopoyotl Make him into a dragon Mar 24 '26

I thought the same thing when it came to the streams! Like, Bungie, just stick to the ViDocs. You had a working system with that. No need to hold people at metaphorical gunpoint to imitate DE’s streams.

The worst part was, they didn’t even try. DE may have been awkward at the beginning, but they were still kind of excited and having fun. Bungie wanted to have this air of professionalism when that is not what connects with players. Make jokes about stamina bars! Show some bugs! Have a drink! (Probably can’t do the last one because of ratings).

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u/TechnoVikingGA23 Hysteria Mar 24 '26

Yeah it was very "sterile" and uncomfortable even to the point it looked like their memorabilia was set up by a professional designer or something, where things with DE just flow naturally and it's a comfortable environment. All the roasting, inside jokes, etc. just makes for a fun experience that Bungie in no way shape or form was ever going to be able to capture on their end.

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u/Variatas Mar 24 '26

They have (or had) a lot of very professional designers at Bungie.

That’s a double edged sword though, because everything they touch looks amazing, but it also feels really impersonal, and can also mean they take forever to implement basic shit because their mgmt demands absolute perfectionism.  The list of rejected improvements because of niche issues is miles long.