Polarity made easy(ish)

[JsinOwl 644]

You may have noticed a little symbol in the upper right corner of all your mods, that's polarity. You probably also noticed that some of the mod slots on your Warframe have similar symbols. If you match the mod symbol to the symbol of the slot you put it in, the cost of equipping the mod is reduced by half. Pretty nifty. If you don't match the symbol, the cost of equipping the mod is increased (though not doubled). That's basically all there is to it.

 

All Warframes have at least one polarized mod slot; the aura slot is usually polarized as well. Some Warframes and all Primes have multiple polarized slots. These slots are really powerful because they allow you to equip expensive mods for half the cost. Perhaps you wish you had even more polarized slots... well you can. This is what Forma does. Once your frame (or weapon) reaches level 30, you can use a Forma to polarize a mod slot, or change the polarization of a slot that is already polarized. You can select whatever polarity you want. Doing this though, resets your frame to level 0 and you must level it back up like normal.

 

There is no limit to the number of times a frame (or anything that takes mods) can be polarized. Sounds great yes? Because it is! But it is also a rather advanced activity that you can only take advantage of if you have a collection of high level mods.

 

Let's review the sequence in which you upgrade gear

1. Acquire gear.

2. Rank it up to level 30. (You now have 30 mod capacity.)

3. Is it something you really like? If yes, stick a potato in it. (You now have 60 mod capacity.)

Note that there is no way to increase the number of mod slots you have, but by increasing mod capacity, you can equip mods that have much higher cost or drain as it is referred to in game.

4. Have you consumed all 60 mod capacity and find yourself wishing for more? Use Forma to polarize a slot to the same polarity as the most expensive mod you are using.

5. Rank gear back up to level 30 and return to step 4.

 

The possibilities are truly endless.

[cyberninja2601 1,103]

Hey,

 

maybe you should start writing Video game blogs or something. Maybe even on youtube. 

 

the amount of detail you provide is a hell of a lot more useful that anything the video game publishers put out

 

just saying

[TigerBurge 2,374]

^^^^ this guy gets it

[The3rdWalker 1,263]

We could use the website's blog section for game guides...

[Sennex 1,903]

I honestly had no idea that that was what the Polarity section was for!

 

This is some complex shit right here

[JsinOwl 644]

As long as it's helpful for you guys, I'm happy. [emoji5]

I was thinking of doing status effects next.

[The3rdWalker 1,263]

You're basically diana ross and we are your supremes. I still would pay platinum to find treasure rooms though...

[Sennex 1,903]

Isn't there a sentinel that specializes in this?

[JsinOwl 644]

There are mods that highlight chests on the mini map

[BO7H B4RRELS 2,449]

Awesome stuff as usual Jason. A blog on Warframe would be pretty cool. Outline how awesome/overlooked it is, then go into some of these sweet guides you've been doing. Would make for an awesome blog.