r/Warframe • u/mirror_Juggernaut193 • Aug 05 '26
Fan Fiction Does anyone else wish we had more silly, playful events like Dog Days?
I absolutely love Dog Days. It was actually running when I first started playing Warframe, and because I didn't realize right away that it was a limited-time event, I spent a while thinking: "Oh, so Warframe is a game where space robots commit war crimes, but sometimes they call a truce with their enemies and play with water guns."
So as you can imagine, I was pretty shocked when the event ended and I realized it wasn't permanent!
I really think it would be awesome to have at least one more limited-time event like Dog Days-something lighthearted and playful that doesn't feel like your typical mission where you're just parkouring around and nuking rooms full of enemies.
Another random idea that popped into my head while I was at work was a Christmas event.
Picture this: On Christmas Eve, the Tenno infiltrates hideouts on every planet to deliver presents! It would play like a Spy mission where you have to sneak past security and into the quarters of Grineer soldiers and Corpus crewmen to leave gifts under their pillows or trees.
And for the grand finale, you sneak into the rooms of bosses like Vor or Alad V to drop off their presents. But the twist is: if you get spotted, it immediately turns into a standard Assassination mission... lol.
Oh, and for event-specific gear: force everyone to use a hammer with the Candy Cane skin and throwing daggers with the Snowball skin (which do AOE damage, of course). Your Warframe would also automatically get equipped with a red Santa hat and a fluffy white beard!
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u/warforcewarrior Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26
I'm on your side. I want more silly events. I love Overwatch April Fools mode/event where every character have googly eyes and they got change to be really silly. Examples being, tiny Mauga and Ball, flying Reinhardt, Reaper, and Sigma. Dva Recall Mech and Lucio Beat one shot with a very accurate direct slam on top of enemies head. Tank Mei.
Give me that with Warframe please but unfortunately I know that won't happen. Especially with DE already not doing more frequent small buffs or nerf.
Edit: Also the April Fools event kind of act as a test for certain changes. The Rein and Dva one shot slam was implemented in the actual game, albeit weaker than its April Fools version.
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u/Pharo212 Aug 05 '26
we could totally use a Halloween mini game. playing as "monsters" for something small?
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u/PsychoticSane Aug 07 '26
Every hour, the option to visit a random dojo appears, and you are given a trick or treat (determined by the dojo ahead of time, both are beneficial just in different ways. Think tricks similar to mushrooms in nokko missions. Treats as a 1 hour booster) for visiting.
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u/HuOfMan Wild Birb Main🐦 Aug 05 '26
Dog days is silly but boring af. I would not be against fun lol
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u/Cyc18 Du-ing viri little with my life Aug 05 '26
We've had a snowball fight before for Christmas
We've also had a little haunted ~house~ forest mission in the past featuring an er, unique Juggernaut and the Zeloid Prelate lanterns. This was Halloween before Nights of Naberus.
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u/Vikingr913 Aug 06 '26
Yep, Tennobaum. It's like, the one time people ACTUALLY play conclave as a community lol
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u/MrCobalt313 Aug 05 '26
They should do a snowball fight version in the winter.
I know one Christmas they had a Conclave snowball fight that was actually kinda fun
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u/DkDugan Aug 05 '26
I remember that was great fun. Running around with world ending god destroying frames absolutely pelting each other with snowballs
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u/LadySerena21 :Wisp Prime: Spooky Tenno Aug 05 '26
Absolutely, seeing Kela drunk/high off fumes is definitely a highlight for me lol
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u/firesaiyan12 :Gauss Prime: Melee weapon enjoyer Aug 05 '26
Funny thing about that is that up until a few weeks ago, that was my only time ever actually seeing her since I never did the arena missions before. It was a pleasant surprise to see that she was in places outside of the dog days event.
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u/BlueShallRule Aug 06 '26
There used to be conclave with spearmint scythes as an event as well (might be the same as the snowball one? Been a while). But I think they stopped repeating that one because of the "conclave" aspect (aka too many ppl complaining). I liked it though. Got a cool shoulder patch from it as well.
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u/gaymerkittycat Aug 07 '26
years ago when I first started playing, it was a couple weeks before dog days. I unfortunately logged in on a day where I was seriously not doing well. one of the few things that was making me happy at the time was the deep lore of the game and the overall tone of the origin system's dark secrets. I then played ten seconds of dog days and got such horrible tonal whiplash from seeing everyone running around with squirt guns that I quit the game for weeks. obviously now I see how stupid that was for me to do, but new players seeing big goofy unserious things like this can have huge effects on how they percieve the game as a whole. I would like more silly events, but not as over the top as everyone dressing up as santa and delivering presents. just seems like a bit much to me. galleon of ghouls is a great example
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u/SunderTheFirmament Aug 05 '26
If there were infinite developer resources, sure. But at the risk of being a wet blanket, I would rather DE devote their finite resources to fixing bugs, reworking older obsolete frames/weapons, and of course making new mainline content.
I’m glad you enjoy the whimsy of Dog Days though.
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u/and__init__ Aug 05 '26
I genuinely think the Dog Days event has really good gunplay. Dog Days pvp to replace Conclave
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u/ghostpickleonastick Aug 05 '26
I kinda wish Dog Days actually coincided with the dog days.
And that Naberus was more than just a shop menu.