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Avuls

What should I do with this Hydroid Prime?

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So I've just got all the blueprints and materials to craft Hydroid Prime, however I'm currently building Frost,Oberon and Valkyr and have no slots open(Excal,Mag and Rhino are my current frames), being a new player I don't exactly know if Hydroid Prime is so good of a frame that I should just craft it, or if the slots I'd buy from selling it would be better in the long run, what should I do?

Edit: I was thinking of selling Rhino for the slot to use Hydroid, but I didn't like this idea much since it's just 10k Credits for all the materials and time it took to get him.

Posted Oct 4, 2017, 9:45 AM UTC

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ScareTheRivenBird girl! Away! •

You should build every single Weapon+Warframe in the game at least once (and level it to 30), for the Mastery Rank.

There is 0 reason to not build something, you can just leave it in your Foundry for as long as you want and it has no ill effect.

I've had a built Magistar waiting in there for at least 8 months.

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TheAnhor•

While this is right Hydroid Prime sets are currently still worth a bunch. He seems fairly new so selling it now, using the plat for slots and then building Hydroid at a later time for mastery xp or to use him might make more sense.

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ScareTheRivenBird girl! Away! •

Eh, their value is quickly draining so unless OP hasn't built any parts at all (unlikely since they're talking about building Hydroid and not his bits) they'd have to farm out a whole new set to do just that.

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TheAnhor•

So I've just got all the blueprints and materials to craft Hydroid Prime

A Set sells in a few mins/hours on warframe.market.

And because the value drains quickly it's better to sell now and get a second set later. Especially if he doesn't even really want to play it. There are tons of easier and better ways to get mastery xp for someone like him.

I don't think a Hydroid set will anywhere near 80p in a month or two. What's the use in keeping the set or building it now just to keep it in the foundry?

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ScareTheRivenBird girl! Away! •

Personal opinion, I would never sell something on before I've ranked it up.

I assumed most players were like that, since if OP doesn't want to have to farm it out again they're going to have to buy it again.

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Icpmcpthe unpopular opinion•

just let him stay in your foundry for now if you don't have the space for him.

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peachesgp•
  1. Acquire plat
  2. Buy more slots
  3. Become the puddle
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Tzoedn•

Sell him now while he still has a slightly inflated value. Since he was just released he will be around for a long time, and you'll be able to find radshares pretty easy to get another set. The extra slots early on are much more valuable than a built frame sitting in your foundry.

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Darkshadovv•

Hydroid Prime has some decent crowd control in his 3 and 4 abilities, but he's a top-tier resource farming frame with Pilfering Swarm augment that causes enemies to give extra loot if they die while under his 4 ability. No reason not to get him.

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RadehPuddle pirate•

Don't forget the armor stripping, super helpful at high levels. Corrosive barrage rocks :)

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fanaticVertRadial Disappointment•

SELLL MAAGGg

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VesigaQueen Saryn•

have him fully built waiting in the foundry. Make some plat for slots by opening more relics. 20p isn't too hard to come by even if you're a new player. Opening 20 relics of junk and selling things at 1-2p each works. Or you can use warframe.market.com to get a real deal

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AvulsOP•

Gotcha, the main reason I considered selling it was because I've already have 3 frames on the way and thought I'd have to get them right away, plus I haven't made any plat at all despite having a good bit of dual stat mods, so seeing the opportunity to make decent plat I thought I should take it, but I might just do that then, I didn't think 1-2 plat stuff actually sold for some reason, thanks for the help everyone.

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PokWangpanmangLMOA BEARDED OBIE WHEN•

GET ALL THE PRIMES!

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RadehPuddle pirate•

Hydroid is awesome and will be even better in PoE.

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