Devstream 52

Devstream #52 started on May 8th, 2015, @ 2 PM EST

And of course the awesome Livestream crew (Tom, Dean, Warren, Conner, Danielle, Arthur, Jake), Megan, and everyone at DE!

Update 16.5 Content (Next Week)

Tubemen of Regor Event - Regor Revamp Model & Sealab tileset
Conclave Content:
- 2 New Conclave Modes - Annihilation and Team Annihilation game (Deathmatch/Team Deathmatch)
  - Valkyr, Ember, and Oberon Warframes become playable along with old Conclave maps returning
Law of Retribution - Nightmare Mode
Genetic Foundry Upgrade - More on that Devstream 52 HERE

Tubemen of Regor

Coming in 16.5 (soon)
Huge Update, the previous few hotfixes PC has received have been small in scale in preparation for this one
Very ambitious event coming, that focuses on what made previous events great
The first tileset that has completely received PBR
Click HERE to see Rebecca play testing the Sealab tileset

Law of Retribution

On consoles, Law of Retribution was operating at 12 FPS, which is why it wasn't launched
Multicore optimization has been a huge focal point, and maximizing optimization on the consoles will also improve performance for PC players as well
Recent tests have been promising, should be sent for cert soon
Nightmare mode is coming in 16.5, feedback so far has been "OMG too hard"

Conclave Updates

Annihilation and Team Annihilation game (Deathmatch/Team Deathmatch) modes coming in U16.5
There is an aura that enemy Warframes drop upon death that must be claimed for the point
There is some Teshin-related lore that will accompany this game mode
Valkyr, Ember, and Oberon will become playable
The old Conclave maps will return, with added polish, including a PVP version of the Sealab

Excalibur Re-work

Aiming for release on U17
Recap: Slash Dash will ping pong between enemies in a cone shape in front of you, Radial Blind will be castable on the move and will open enemies up to Finisher attacks, Radial Javelin will become third power with heavy tweaks, new ult will allow Excalibur to draw an energy sword with a unique stance that fires energy waves with each slash
Click HERE to see Excalibur's sword combo animations
Click HERE to see Excalibur's new Slash Dash

New Warframe

Parkour 2.0

Aiming for release on U17 (very tentatively)
How stamina will interact with Parkour 2.0 is still up in the air - ironing out all the Parkour maneuvers first to decide how Stamina consumption will need to be adjusted
Stamina is being re-viewed quite severely; the ideology is that it should restrict you from constantly performing powerful melee techniques, not from running on the walls in a cool way
Old tilesets will be tweaked to accomodate Parkour 2.0
Potentially re-working the knockdown/getup animations (to allow directional rolling when you getup) and the bleedout/buttscoot animations
Rebecca shows off many Parkour 2.0 features including changing direction while wallrunning, braking on walls, charge jumping, zipline braking, zipline swinging, and more
Click HERE to see Rebecca playing a live demo of Parkour 2.0!
Click HERE to see pre-recorded clips of Rebecca doing neat stuff with Parkour 2.0

Genetic Foundry Upgrade

Coming U17
You'll have to retrieve a new module to upgrade your genetic foundry; not an automatic upgrade
Automatic stasis of Kubrows that are approaching death
There will be faster/convenient ways to get Kubrows in and out of stasis
Kubrow Armour in U17 (next stream there should be art to show of this)
New Kubrow breed: "Retriever" type; will have a very unique appearance

New Starchart

Hoping to appear in U17
300 nodes are being condensed to 20 nodes
There may be time-based instances, such as Vor appearing temporarily, dropping different things each time
Similar to Alerts, but hopefully not something that punishes players for sleeping
There will be some removal of player choice - you will no longer be able to select whichever mission type you want, whenever you want; hopefully this will be better for the game overall
Re-viewing player made quests again and designing the starchart so that these will be able to fit into it; hopefully this will be the answer to players that resent the removal of choice

Other Stuff

There is a feature added to mute Warframe's sound while it's alt+tabbed
There will be new arrow skins similar to the Valentine's day ones, but are not consumable
Nothing predicted for Archwing until U17
Syndicate emotes got postponed because the animation team got distracted by Parkour 2.0
Dark Sector is not a completely canon prequel to Warframe
New Cloth Syandana is not coming in U16.5, however, the Boltor Tonfas is coming