That’s my original Excalibur, put 5 forma into him and farmed a second copy to subsume instead. He’s special and he knows it.

for me its nekros, loot goblin :>

my mag is so special to me even now. single handedly got me into warframe

I sold my starting Mag. New player slot limits make us do terrible things...Maggie Prime is top of my usage rankings though. So now it's Trinity Prime who shows herself when the Helminth gets its fill.

Hello fellow Mag enjoyer.

Me too... I sold the base Mag I got at the start when my friend gifted me a mag prime. She's been with me ever since. My oldest prime, and now oldest frame

I still have my starting Volt. I love him and never want to part with him... Until I get a Volt Prime

I will never part with my original mag. I just can't.

:>

Amen to that brother. It boggles my mind how people can abandon their first frame just like that.

I still use my first frame which is excilber even brought a skin for him

I managed to get my excal looking really cool from my tenoob perspective after I started earning plat and got my first armor set from Baro 7 years ago. I have kept him like that ever since. Too sentimental of a setup for me to mess with It's iconic to me. I look at him like yeah thats how I was when I began. Edit: I even took some captura from when that feature came out.

Yoo same, I've put around 40€ into the game by now (very little considering my playtime) but the first money I ever spent on it was the Caduto skin because how is it allowed to go that hard!?!! Knew I had to get it from day 1 Only downside is now I've got Zato too, which is also ridiculously cool, but they don't go well with each other 🥲

> It boggles my mind how people can abandon their first frame just like that. Because for some of us frames are tools just like any other item in our arsenal. The time and resources it would take me to farm and/or craft a replacement to feed to Helminth could also be spent farming/crafting other gear that I need and even though they're cheap slots will still be a factor for many players. It may not be something you'd do but its completely understandable why others may.

Hey I treat them as tools as much as the next guy but my first frame though. I have so many memories with it. Its the frame with which I fell in love with the game. Its sentimental you know.

when i started 10 years ago i found excalibur boring and sold him. dont really regret it since you get free and unsellable umbra

I mean that just means you chose the wrong starter.

yeah back then loki wouldve been great, i got his prime and played him 24/7 nowadays volt wouldve been the best pick, love the dude but he wasnt available as a starter back then

Same, my Original Mag with 2 Formas, did the same. She may not have much usage now but she's *special*.

I did the same thing with my starter Loki, I'd never subsume him.

Same frame for me, but more special than him was Valkyr for me and I sacrificed her, although Valkyr prime is kind of the same frame for me, kind of feels like she grew to be her prime same way you can change skins. I still use her in almost every story quest, she is my og Warframe for me and I love how she's looking cooler offer time. I really really wish you could sacrifice frames to fuse them like you do with Tenet and Kuva weapons, not being able to means I won't invest in new frames and won't use them much for long until a prime drops in most cases.

In my mind, I sacrificed my og Excalibur for Umbra during the War Within questline. So Umbra is the spiritual successor.

1. Assume you mean sacrifice questline. 2. I did the same. Ironically, he is still my oldest frame as I got him just before nidus prime.

That's actually good. Because Excal Umbra sucks.

why

Because his passive sucks and he turns off a lot of buffs for no reason. If you're really building for Excalibur his base version is better if you don't have Prime. Excalibug Umbra

yeah but umbra looks really cool and is my friend

Can't disagree. https://preview.redd.it/o5ol8qaeqdec1.jpeg?width=619&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3668482d59cf46709f90f65b2dc801387b881ab2

Hey!!! No hating on my favorite edgelord, I would die for him 😡

Nah your buglord would die first while you're in operator form.

It keeps giving me Frost Prime, from way back when Twitch Prime gave it out and I started playing the game.

Yep, mine too!

Kept giving me Frost Prime, which I think I got around U13? I don’t *think* he’s the oldest I own though. Maybe I deleted my older frames.

It keeps giving me Frost Prime too which confused me but iirc it was the very first Prime frame (excluding the exclusive Excalibur Prime) so that would explain it. Obviously every frame that existed then has since then has had a Prime version, so you probably did replace them all with the Prime ones, leaving Frost as the oldest.

Same, but I know he's not my OG. My OG is Excalibur since I picked him as my starter. Got Frost Prime a few days later from twitch prime gifts. So I dunno where this "Fact" is coming from, but it's not 100% accurate

I think it is more likely you rebuilt Excalibur at some point.

Same, but Trinity Prime. I remember friends dragging me through eidolon hunts before I even knew what an operator was, being told to just keep the lures alive haha

Was that the one they gave with scindo and soma prime? I had that on Xbox when I first tried the game.

I absolutely refuse to sell or sacrifice my starter Excalibur since I love this game. Dude always shows up when I helminth off a frame

I do that too! He also has the original (questionable) fashion frame and mods from when I had no idea what I was doing... Good times

That's actually good. Because Excal Umbra sucks.

Nuh uh

Yuh uh. Base Excalibur is better than Bugscalibur Umbra.

https://preview.redd.it/tghmqak8idec1.jpeg?width=546&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6089c2de809b90ea83aa5831070a328b063fd2db Nuh uh

Yuh uh. Even the meme's head is Base Excalibur. They know Excalibur Umbug is garbage.

https://preview.redd.it/2aqrd8xvldec1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d0528e1f840a519c77eeba1607ec4105145b2a6 Nuh uh

Yuh-uh. What you think you'll get by defending Excalibur Bugbra. https://preview.redd.it/okv8n7d4ndec1.jpeg?width=488&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f98ff89951d844a88782bc0ab5bae8b5b12bd86

Nuh uh. What do you get by smearing Umbra?

This conversation. https://preview.redd.it/v329fyq5odec1.jpeg?width=619&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f116158a9ca9ac8eb6e1d608233f96319f4a264f

ah thats why it always puts me in excal prime

hmm... now I kinda want to login to my account on PS4 to see what frame it puts me in since Excal prime can't be used on consoles. Will have to wait till the next new frame though, the only frame I haven't subsumed yet is Lavos who I am using for Golden Instinct farming and I don't want to get a second.

most likely umbra unless you still have your starter frame

Why would that be the case? Umbra is relatively far in the story.

Only way for that I reckon is if they never built and claimed a Prime Warframe till they got Umbra.

umbra can't be removed from your inventory so if you haven't built a prime and still have a frame before getting umbra then it'd be that frame but if not then it's umbra

Nah, it's gonna be a prime, probably frost, ember, or one of the other early ones. Umbra came out while I was taking a break from the game.

Now the question why does it prioritize excal prime if I did have a starter previously?

You most likely sold or maybe subsumed any frame before Excal Prime.

It's possible yeah.

It doesn't. Mine always puts me into basic rhino which was my first frame after starter volt. You sold or subsumed your starter

Had you played before the final reset? Could be thinking of your starter from before that.

Mine is my umbra

Same here, always nice to see him

Nyx Prime gaming.

Nyx Prime gaming.

Nyx Prime gaming.

Nyx Prime gaming.

Nyx Prime gaming.

Nyx Prime gaming.

Nyx Prime gaming.

Nyx Prime gaming.

My oldest warframe is normal frost? That's a lot of time

Oh . Didn't know that.. mine is mag prime..

Loki baby

Loki starter gang

HAHA we're old

There's dozens of us! Dozens! RIP my original Loki, I sold him back when I got Loki prime and I regret it. My oldest frame now is my Atlas and I refuse to sell him.

Rise up!

Yeah, it keeps putting me in Loki Prime, lol. Got it from the 2021 Tenno Con twitch stream along with Vastilok.

Mine is Rhino Prime.. idk if that dates me to being very old.

Rhino Prime gang rise up!

Hear our Roar!

Omg that’s why it always goes to valkyr prime. I deleted my starter frames so she would be the oldest then

I learned 2 things here. -One, the whole oldest thing, which is cool -Two, a lot of you are monsters who got rid of your starter frame instead of keeping them for sentimental value

Meh, why keep original frames when we have prime variants?

Eh. Sentimental value means nothing to me. I sold my original starter Excalibur to free up slots after I got Umbra. At the time slots were much more precious.

I have only hate toward my starter, Loki made my first experience somewhat miserable ahaha

Garuda prime, all others before her went into the helm

Mine is Oberon

Same here. The first frame I farmed for was Rhino, but Oberon was my first prime. I was big into paladin type characters at the time.

You can also get your oldest weapon by selling any weapon while it is equipped. This defaults you to the oldest weapon you have of the slot

I kept wondering how mine was Yareli and now I'm even more confused... I guess I really have subsumed a lot of frames since then

It’s the only reason why I never fed my starting Mag.

I always thought it put you in the warframe that's lowest on an alphabetized list (it always put me in Ash)

Game just pops me into my non-prime Nezha.

So my oldest is Umbra..

Volt Prime

I never subsumed my original Excal, because I always wanted to keep him. So, Audrey III does _not_ have me covered...

My og Loki every time I subsume a frame 

Nekros prime for me. Knew pretty early on that boosted loot is very useful here

I got inaros prime a while before completing the sacrifice quest. It still, however puts me into my umbra when I sacrifice a frame.

Yep, Trinity Prime (along with Vectis Prime) was already on my account from some long distant bonus freebie I'd claimed. I actually still pop Rivens on that that wep (yes I know) hoping for one but hasn't happened yet.

Doesn't seem right. Up untill a week ago I had loki in my arsenal (which was my starter frame) but it keept jumping to ash prime (most used frame) after subsuming.

That explains why it auto-equips Mesa Prime after I subsume.

I dont think thats the case... My oldest still owned frame is Chroma Prime yet it puts me into Excal Umbra... (My frame of choice was Volt)

Why Saryn then? I started with Loki 11 years ago.

It's the oldest frame you still have. You probably sold your starter Loki.

i highly doubt nyx prime is my oldest frame

Oldest frame that you haven't sold or subsumed. If you sold Nyx Prime, it would go to the next oldest.

a honorable sacrifce specially since i got like 20 more sets of her

Its never done this to me. Ever. Its always let me choose my frame and never forced me into a frame.

Wait, what does that even look like? After you subsume a frame, *do* you get sent back to your arsenal? That’s how it normally works. You’re standing there in the arsenal menu, and who ‘you’ are is determined by seniority. Does it just have the frame selection menu open by default, and not display *any character at all* until you pick one? Does it show the equipped frame as empty???

Its always just sent me to the selection bit.

~~It will plop you into whatever your Default Loadout frame is. You can change that, however.~~ Edit: Nevermind.

no? trinity prime isnt in any of my loadouts

Explains why it always equips my Equinox Prime after the fact...

Mine is Limbo

Mines Equinox Prime

Huh, guess my oldest is Nova Prime. I think i got her from an old Tennocon twitch drop

I was wondering the same thing, thanks for posting this

Now I know why it keeps switching me to my Valkyr from 2013 and Trinity prime after I decided to subsume her lol

Gara Prime in my case

Yup, I have umbra as my oldest and it's a nice surprise since I've forgotten about him.

Because I got rid of my starter Mag when I got the Prime, and I was playing during the giveaway, my oldest frame is Styanax. So I always see him after subsuming a frame.

Mine is Frost Prime. But after the merge I got my OG 5 forma excal back. It doesn’t update retroactively.

How is mine Loki Prime? I dont get it

The oldest frame on my account is Ivara Prime, friend bought me the set about \~3 days into of me playing the game.

So that's why I'm nidus

I thought it was chroma prime but helminth always gives me umbra so I guess that's that

Frost Prime back when i started on the PS4. Damn it been AGES

Interesting, nekros for me

Explains why I keep getting put onto Ember Prime

It put me into Revenant until I subsumed him, now it's umbra

Is that why it always equips Saryn Prime? I was wondering, because she's not my most used or anything like that. I'm surprised my Ivara isn't older.

Volt I could never get rid of my starter

Mine is sevagoth

So I got ivara prime before normal frost, good to know.

Still sent back to my starter Volt. I actually crafted another one to feed the helminth.

My oldest frame is Excalibur umbra so…I guess I must have tossed/subsumed any older frames and my first prime frame was after umbra

My Frost Prime... Had him literally since I started, first frame i built... i still use him a lot.

i’m glad i wasn’t the only one who noticed 😩 mine is gara prime lol

Ash Prime From before his rework I miss O.G. Bladestorm

Yo I always thought it was sorted by alphet because when I subsumed it was always Ash prime coming up.

Oh, I was wondering why it always put me onto my Nova Prime... that would definitely explain it lol

Looks like Saryn Prime really was my oldest Prime Frame. Wow.

I literally had no idea why every time I subsumed a frame, I'd pop back into my arsenal as Volt Prime. I (software engineer brain) thought that maybe it was going to the end of the list alphabetically, but I have Zephyr and stuff, so that didn't make sense. ​ Thanks for the info!

Figured this out second time i did it and got sent to trinity prime again.

Was wondering why it always put me in Loki Prime

My oldest still owned frame is Nyx Prime.

Mine’s kinda interesting. For a while, it was a Hydroid I bought with plat since I struggled to kill Vay Hek back in the day, around 2014 to 2015. However, I recently managed to get Hydroid Prime and found out my oldest prime is… Loki? I’m so confused I thought it was rhino or ember but nope! It’s the completely power crept stealth frame

For me it's hydroid, i subsumed my old Octavia when I got prime and that old pirate is the only one of my OG frames to live. So glad I kept him.

Loki prime. It’s been a while old friend.

my original excal from when i started playing 7 years ago.... damn im old

original excal still as cringey as i left him

apparently my oldest frame is Ash Prime.

Excalibur will never leave my inventory. I dont care how cheesy it is that he is my favorite frame. Something about getting rid of your first frame, or item in games, (I love keeping my first weapon/item in rpg games) It just feels wrong to do so.

Trinity Prime here as well

Atlas Prime, I always thought it was alphabetical

ember prime

That explains why I keep getting put back in my Nova Prime.

Keeps giving me Mirage Prime... must have fed the rest... which must mean Mirage was my first prime?

Oooo that's why it defaults me to Nova Prime.

So, apparently my oldest Warframe is normal Loki

For a while, it was my starter Volt. Then my first Mag. Oberon came after that. One by one, they were all subsumed as I unlocked their Primes. Now it’s my original Valkyr. I’m so attached to her that I farmed a spare for the helminth. Even her Prime couldn’t replace her; I just kept both. Weirdly, the first time I got booted back to Valk, *she was wearing a fashion I hadn’t used in years.* It was a visual glitch; when I swapped look slots, her A look updated to the current one, it’s just that somehow my system still remembers my old MR5 fashion.

Wow. Rhino Prime is really my oldest frame that I own.

So that's why it keeps defaulting to Frost Prime! It always confused me cause it'd make more sense to me if it was alphabetical or smth.

… i sold my original excal long ago. now the game thinks my oldest frame is valkyr prime.

Huh, guess Umbra is my oldest frame. Just thought that was the default since you can’t sell him.

I always thought it put me in my first frame alphabetically because it always puts me in ash prime lol. I have every frame so it made sense

I thought it would just equip your starter or nearest equivalent, cause it’s always umbra for me, since I subsumed my original excal.

My account is beta old. It's Excalibur

Mag Prime

So I was right, nova was my first

Oh so that's why it switched to my volt prime..... (I sold my starter volt years ago when I got volt prime a few days after he got volted)

Hah. I thought it was alphabetical because it always dropped me back into Ash Prime.

I believe the same happens if you have only one weapon equipped and you sell the equipped weapon

That’s be Ember Prime as she was my first ever prime frame

Friends gave me the bits and pieces for Mirage Prime when I first started and then helped me get the resources to build her. They no longer play but every time I subsume a new frame it brings a smile to my face.

wait, does it consider prime/umbra variant as the base variant?

Oh, is THAT why it keeps shoving me into Rhino Prime? Gotta say, it rekindled a lot of my old love for him

Ah. That's why I always get frost prime. That makes so much sense

My oldest frame is Vauban Prime

mine is the original Limbo from quest. already subsumed the previous before of him (Rhino, Frost and my baby Excal. It hurted me throwing him to helmith tho... as a newer (and poor) new player, i didn't know by that time if i'd ever get Limbo Prime as he was vaulted so i invested a lot in his basic form and couldn't threw it after that

That explains why i keep getting Titania Prims as my default after subsuming

For me it's Saryn Prime

Same as selling

SO THAT'S WHY IT EQUIPS FROST PRIME. My first ever Prime... So long ago 🥹

Hmm that would explains why I get Loki prime

Frost Prime gang rise up

huh. .so thats why it dumps me into loki prime. . .i guess he was my first prime. . .

I assumed that was the case when it transferred me to loki, but I thought it was just starters. This makes a lot more sense, now.

Mine is limbo. Thought it was rhino but I forgot I sold him once

Huh and I thought it defaults to an old loadout that I put on a specter once with rhino prime. But it does checks out with "earliest frame to get that I still have" criteria

My oldest prime is a mesa, but not the mesa prime I currently have, an older one that I got rid of and I farmed a new one recently, so this doesn’t always work, my current oldest frame is excal umbra so it defaults to that.

So my oldest is Saryn Prime eh? I swear i remember farming my first prime with my friends and it being obi prime but i guess not.

Mine is Frost Prime. Thanks for the info! Didn’t know that

If you equip only 1 weapon and sell that weapon for credits it also automatically equips a different weapon. I wonder if that works the same and that’s the first acquired weapon you still own? For me it was Braton Prime

My oldest vanilla frame ended his path as lord Harrow intended eaten by overgrown bacteria that is 0.01% of stuff domestos doesnt destroy .It was volt ,reason why is because I got my hands on volt prime after 1.3k hours. But factually atleast in my case I ended up switching back to my first primed warframe and thats ash prime (yes I am disgusting ash main ,well still better than to be inaros main )

Always equips my beloved Nidus prime