Warframe is a grind, but in the end you can grind for everything in the game without spending $$$ on anything. Yes you have to farm to get that far, but it is truly FTP if you want it to be. That said, ~400 hours in I've still got things to grind for and definitely to learn, and I haven't even touched the new "open world" portion stuff. There's a ton to do, but a lot of it is abandoned by the devs post-release and mechanics seem to only get cursory touch ups, at best. Destiny 2 at least stays pretty consistent in its vision, something that Warframe can't get away with claiming. It's so bad that several (fuck, most) of the major bosses at the end of planets that have existed forever in Warframe are downright garbage fires.
As you get further into the midgame-endgame of WF, it starts to approach a really ability-driven "hero" game, so if you're not into tons of ability usage a good chunk of the frames will be pretty boring to you. That said, plenty of the warframes are designed around shooting real good like.
It's also way faster than Destiny 2, like by factors faster. It feels so smooth in comparison to how clunky D2 is (to me, of course) and I can barely play D2 now that I've gotten into how fucking fast Warframe is without even utilizing a frame designed to go stupid fast. This also makes the game less "tactical" at times, where it comes closer to an ARPG where you shred screens at faster and faster speeds in a group. Optimize the numbers and some mechanical skill is the name of the game for WF.
tl;dr - if you like ARPG's more than shooters, grind and all, hit up Warframe. GRIND AWAY. If you want to play other games and have a life while seeing progress, play Destiny 2.
e: Somehow I forgot that Warframe explains almost nothing to a new player and is a severe learning curve to overcome. So that's another potential positive or negative to consider.
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