Warframe is now in its tenth year, and while its fanbase continues to grow, one common criticism about the game is how inaccessible the Warframe campaign feels, especially for new players. With the big December update, that’s all about to change as Digital Extremes is removing many of those barriers, including the Mastery Rank requirements.

For those unaware, Warframe campaign requires players to level up their Mastery Rank. However, to do so, you have to wait 24 hours between each rank, and if you fail a mastery test, you must wait again. It’s a system that’s been heavily criticized, though it’s one in place so players don’t blow through all the Mastery stuff in one sitting.

Still, for those who only want to play Warframe for the story, catching up to some of the newer content has been a hassle with those restrictions. The War Within quest, for example, required a Mastery Rank of 5, meaning you’d have to wait five actual days before you could do it. Understandably, that has turned some players away from the game, as it locks them out of content for a set time. Thankfully, Digital Extremes is removing those requirements, as revealed in today’s Warframe’s Devstream 175.

The Mastery Ranks still exist, but they won’t be tied to the cinematic campaign anymore. You could start the game as a new player once the update drops and play through the campaign without any restriction so that you can enjoy the new Whispers in the Walls quest.

The story skip pack has also been redesigned to a level skip pack. If players don’t want to grind Waframes and mods, they can buy power packs that give them access to high-end game content.

As someone who joined Warframe during the Heart of Deimos update, seeing these restrictions lifted is fantastic news. I’ve often tried to get my friends to join in on Warframe, only for them to drop it once they’ve hit those Mastery Ranks grinds. Sure, it’s a day, but given how much Warframe has evolved over the years and made the story more appealing, plenty want to join in for the story, and being restricted is an instant turn-off.

So, if you were someone who dropped Warframe because of those campaign requirements, you may want to give the game another chance when the patch drops next month.