That it is. I've been hitting their wiki so hunting down material isn't as bad, still it can be a pain in the ass.
I've been with it for about a month and I've unlocked about four Warframes and created a Tenno Lab in my dojo with everything I need to support it. I have enough material to make any weapon that comes my way so far.
I guess I'm used to the farming and grind due to Reach.
I don't even want to think about how much crap you'd have to hunt down for the player ship.
I'm about to unlock the Volt in the Tenno lab. I went 35 minutes on a Infested survival out on Jupiter with one in our group.
He and I just spammed the Rhino Roar and Stomp with his fry everything power. I think we could have made an hour if Life Support wasn't spawning all the way across the map while we were trying to float the time on 30%.