Talk:Tipedo Prime/@comment-38699202-20190403144934/@comment-32972576-20190411114432

Rivens are clearly a polarising aspect of Warframe, as evidenced by your conversation above.

I would say that rivens are probably the only reason I still play Warframe, for me they're the most interesting aspect of this game and I would have stopped playing the game ages ago without them. The draw for me isn't about how good my rivens are or any of that stuff, but rather that they make my weapons feel like they're mine. No-one else has a Prisma Grakata, or a Hystrix, or an Attica etc. that handles like mine; the riven helps to make it feel special. Likewise, someone else has a different riven, it's unique for them. How many other games have something comparable, where different stats can completely change how something behaves or how it can be used? I can't think of many...

I kind of understand the person who wrote that they don't use rivens much; I honestly think they're missing out on a key part of the experience, as I gave an example of above, but that another nice thing about Warframe - little is mandatory and it emphasises player choice quite heavily by design. If players choose to not explore rivens are much as others, that's okay.