Talk:Hydroid/@comment-75.190.40.11-20160425024451/@comment-188.180.230.146-20160428103945

@Darthmuffin

The problem is you don't really fight from that far away :/ So like I said to someone else here, while infinite range is theoretically really powerful, in practice, the usual fighting distance in Warframe barely takes advantage of it. I once thought about making a: Warframe roles 2.0, post on the WF forums, outlining different ways of thinking of and using the skills of many frames considered underpowered (which many of them still are honestly). One of the concepts I came up with was Commander frames, with the subcategories of Control frames and Leader frames.

I categorised Control frames (not to be confused with CC frames) as frames with the ability to manipulate the lanes of conquest. This is where Hydroid fits, he stays far away from trouble, somewhere where he has an overview of the battlefield. From there he can utilize the range of his abilities to temporarily block off chokepoints and routes that the enemies could take, effectively reducing the number of battlefronts his allies have to concentrate on. If he was in the midst of combat, he could handle one battlefront with a good weapon, by embracing the role of a Control frame, he can easily block off 1 choke and snipe priority targets, or with a little buffing to Hydroid's abilities, he could even block off 2 chokes, or 3 if he enters combat himself. The problem ofc is that you need an experienced and dedicated group or the group must use voice chat in order for this to work.