#warframe infested

[inside-black-moon]

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

[depressed-sock]

Infection

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

[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.

[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

[the-only-real-lotus]

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

[sirswooshnoodles]

One of my brothers is one of the guys who spread the infection aka space herpes at TennoCon

I don’t play but it’s still pretty darn cool

[valentineeatsargoncrystals]

DE, RELEASE THE LICH TYSIS AND MY LIFE IS YOURS

[katzs-gameblr]

The Lotus: Stay focused. There’s a heavy unit approaching.

The Infested:

[fel-does-warframe-things]

"What if we got isekai'd into Warframe?" ~ @thatbeeperson

In which Bee spun a wheel to see what happens to us, and what warframe we become.

I drew a fusion between my sona, the infested (drawing inspiration from both deimos wildlife and the flesh petal...things, that the entraty sprout from when you wake them up), and Protea.

This was an absolute delight to draw

[flamingphoenixfox]

So I was doing a Deimos Isolation Vault on November 10th (hence my very fashionable mustache in the video below), and doing the extra stuff to get to the Deimos Jugulus Rex fight (I like loot). Everything was normal until I did a ground slam on the Entrati Orb that gets stuck in the...esophagus?? This Orb--

Doing this somehow forced me into the wall and into what feels like the Warframe Iso Vault equivalent of The Backrooms. Here's the video I captured shortly after that!

I tried to get back into this area after the video ends, but couldn't get a repeat of the incident. The generic tile texture was a very fun find though!

[frameposting]

I thought i posted this here before or on my main art blog but one of Crewman Anto Riiva's "life paths" is into a Volatile Runner and I drew what that might look like back in 2021. (cw body horror)

Basically a vaguely human-shaped orange twizzler with a few Crewman jumpsuit vestiges. Due to OC plot armor reasons his explosive mass is reactive more than active, but he's still more likely to lob some explosive infestation chunks at you and flee.

[inside-black-moon]

Preparing sketches for drawing in a sketchbook. Today I added some trial details to "Obelisk" and "Hostage". I mix several themes - Zariman's Angels, infected, Narmer and my great love desert landscapes. I found a great endless landscape generator in reality - a sand moving picture. I like to look at it while do detailing, allowing my eyes to rest from the strain. The landscapes of the Albrecht laboratory and the more in-depth study of psychology, philosophy and religion recently definitely influenced my creativity.

[quietarcher]

It’s October so that means it’s time for the Infested power couple

[on-zhere]

I just think the maggots are kind of cute

[dei-khalina-and-others]

“Sorry for our silence at times. Dox seems to enjoy chewing on cables....”

“Serafima has been trying to control him, but it’s not working too well since he’s surprisingly sneaky.”

[mitsudelyedraws]

Sketched these two for fun