While not technically a new player, I might as well be. I played back when Loki was my starter frame, and I don’t remember the planets being locked on the star chart. I have started over on a fresh account to try to learn the game, but holy cow there’s so much going on I am completely overwhelmed.
Do I need to really learn the following systems? Can I ignore any of these until later on, or do I need to focus on some now?
Railjack
Archwing
Void Keys
Fishing
Mining
Building my own weapons/pets/robot companions
Levelling up my Tenno powers
Conclave PVP
Riven mods
Trying to figure all this out while getting mastery ranks to unlock more trades and new weapons is a lot of mental overhead. Also, will there be stuff in the lategame that is more challenging and requires me to actually upgrade stuff? It’s pretty easy so far.
This image that was shared on the Warframe subreddit–while certainly debatable–highlights a lot of the key focuses and I’d argue that it’s a decent starting point for determining what to focus on and what to ignore when starting out.
My 2 cents is always be working on completing the star chart, improving your weapons and frames with mods and leveling those mods up, and acquiring new weapons and frames via the foundry.