#warframe infested

[inside-black-moon]

Juicy outfit for Lotus. 14 hours. It was interesting😀

[kaiserouo]

warframe playing warframe

[harrowedknight]

Art of @spiike660’s infested tenno because hes so cool and neat :^]

[keolaisdatacenter]

Ancient Disruptor in gouache

[depressed-sock]

Infection

Isn't 100% what I was envisioning in my head but still pretty happy with it! :D

[makode-name]

Just a spontaneous thought on Arthur's aromorphosis. and because I need a reason to cry before bed time

(tongue version included)

[sorok0put]

when i got my hands on the new ephemera, my 1st thought was INFESTED CAT BOY operator (send help)

[chronicler-of-narrative]

So, On-Lyne, huh?

Let's be honest here, they're actually an incredibly cool system. If there's one thing I like about DE is how they spice up stale systems. Like how Poe and Fortuna paved the way for Deimos and Duviri, the technocyte Coda seem to be doing the same for the lich system (especially considering how they dont seem to have any weapons).

While lightly disappointing because they have set identities unlike the very oc-friendly randomness of liches and sisters, its still basically the most hype part of the 1999 update for me.

However, praise aside, I also wanted to do some light speculatuon on their story and personalities, and specifically, why I think they weren't always infested.

Now, look, ik they look weird conceptually, being likened to fortnite skins by some, but I think that is mostly just foreshadowing. To me, they look like digital avatars, which considering their name is quite literally On-Lyne and all of the internet imagery in the 1999 promotional videos and ads seems to support this. Now, this is actually really important because if they are digital avatars of real people (as I suspect), then that sets up the main theme of their story: Appearances.

This is why I think they're not some infested psyop but rather started out normally, before being overtaken. Because at the end of the day, Warframe's stories are deep in the most batshit way possible. DE aren't afraid to use the mighty Allegory for their stories, and I think this is what they're doing here. The infestation is On-Lyne's Monkey Paw, being either a wish-come-true or a punishment, or both.

This, imo, is most evident with Zeke. After all, we literally hear him talking about how "if management gives him one more passive aggressive comment, he's gonna snap", which to me tells me that Zeke probably isn't able to endure the price of being famous. This, combined with a transcription of the infested writing on their fanpage I received from a friend, tells us what the Infestation has done for Zeke. "Zeke hungers to unmake himself" and calling him "Fleshskin" to me sound like Zeke seeking to become acceptable to the band at the cost of himself. As in, to literally martyr himself, to become the band's skin and remove the part of himseld that can't stand the pressure, becoming in the proccess an empty shell, a skin-suit, if you will.

For the others, we know a little less, so imma just summarize my theories on them :

-Hardrive's the one who spreads the infestation, the infection mechanism. But by the...unflattering language the hivemind uses to describe him unlike the others, what i get is hes trying to escape the infestation, escape the life of fame, but in doing so is only falling deeper into the very thing he's trying to get away from.

-Packet's the tactician of the group. Different from Drillbit in the fact that hes directly responsible for unity within the group. I mean, "Soothes the dissident voices" doesnt get more explicit than that. Its weird how hes the most "fresh". To me it sounds like he may have had a hand in unleashing the infestation on the group in some attempt to keep them from having a falling out, and is now in charge of keeping the whole hivemind together after being the last one to be consumed.

-Drillbit is the guide of the group. Especially with the brain and larynx lines, sounds to me like he was the second-in-command to Zeke who always wanted to be the face of the band but couldn't with Zeke in the way.

-Dj RoM is a little hard to figure out, but to me he sounds like the group hedonist. He doesn't question whats going on, hes just there to have a good time and might even be the most accepting of the infestation. Especially considering how it directly mentions how his 'palpatations reverberate' while the band is 'digesting' which may imply hes actually enjoying it.

So yea, these basically it. If im wrong, feel more than free to share your ideas. After all, this is just speculation, but to me it seems very fitting from a narrative perspective.

[adr1fting]

[aliennachos]

Alex j Mercer inspired Nidus (for obvious reasons)

Gotta love a dubious man made of ominous black sludge, how could I not?

(I tried to capture that signature 2009 over contrasting in the cutscenes)

Clear unfiltered pics for those who want to copy the look

That infested two handed nikanas skin is a blessing from the heavens

[inside-black-moon]

[kaiserouo]

yay friend shaped infested tv

btw the standard is EIA-170-A, the color tv signal standard in north america from 1957, which is probably still used in 1999?

the image is yoinked from page 203-204 of this ppt (https://usermanual.wiki/Document/1990BrooktreeGraphicsandImageProductsApplicationHandbook.1484485004.pdf)

also translation

it's just a bunch of random words tbh

[the-only-real-lotus]

To all warframe players, an important reminder: We are the gateway to immortality, assimilate.

[keolaisdatacenter]

Nidus in gouache!

[hornet-best-bug]

Did some art and tested a new way of blending. Time taken; 16 hours

Below; finished peice

Below this; Progress shots (in no particular order)

[frankdraw]

not having the suit all the way on is probably some violation of corporate law but i guess nobody's watching

also the lil carrion drone is dippy's pet and it just likes to tag along sometimes