Zephyr

Overview: Zephyr rains death from above, conjuring walls of wind to protect her allies and drifting twisters to disrupt her foes. She can be researched in the Tenno lab of your clan dojo. Zephyr also has a minigame called Happy Zephyr based on the Flappy Bird mobile game. It can be bought from Cephalon Simaris, or accessed by equipping Zephyr and selecting the Z tab in appearance. Prime: Zephyr prime is currently vaulted, meaning that you’ll need to ask friends and clanmates if they have the relics, try your luck on the trading channel or simply wait for an unvaulting … Continue reading Zephyr

The Elder Scrolls Online: Templar

Templars channel the power of the Aedra, summoning divine power to impale foes on burning spears or mend the wounds of allies. Templars are great choices for damage dealing or healing, coming with built in support abilities and a wide range of physical and magical attacks. Skill Lines: Templar possesses three skill lines to invest in, that can be supplemented with equipment, guild and world skills: Aedric Spear: High area-effect damage coupled with crowd-control, and if nothing else you’ll want Puncturing Strikes unlocked – strike and snare everyone in a cone, dealing a big chunk of damage, gaining minor protection … Continue reading The Elder Scrolls Online: Templar

The Elder Scrolls Online: Sorcerer

The sorcerer calls on the power of Oblivion, commanding eldritch storms, otherworldly crystals and daedric minions to overwhelm their foes with staff or blade. Skill Lines: Like all classes, sorcerer possesses three unique skill lines to invest in, each with their own specialities: Daedric Summoning: Call a variety of minions to fight beside you, mark foes with an explosive curse and generate a shield of raw magicka. If you want a whole bunch of pets to aid you in combat, this is where you’ll find them. Dark Magic: Encase foes in daedric crystal, summon arcane mines or launch blasts of … Continue reading The Elder Scrolls Online: Sorcerer

Octavia

Overview: The bard, Octavia conducts her fellow frames, orchestrating a symphony of destruction with her own percussive flair. Unlock her blueprint via the Octavia’s Anthem quest, pick up her neuroptics in Orokin Derelict Survival missions, systems in Lua exterminate caches and chassis in Lua musical puzzle rooms – and yes, that is a bit of a pain to get. Prime: Octavia Prime relics can drop from mission rewards and syndicate relic packs. She comes with higher shields and energy capacity. Special: Casting any power will grant you and your team 1 energy per second for 30 seconds. Needless to say, … Continue reading Octavia

Titania

Overview: Deal winged-death as this lethal pixie, mesmerising foes and using their own essence against them while buzzing about like the world’s most heavily armed hornet. You can unlock Titania with the Silver Grove quest, available in your codex. Prime: Titania Prime is currently available, with relics dropping as mission rewards and from syndicate relic packs. The prime variant comes with higher health, armour and energy capacity. Special: Gain a passive 25% bonus to bullet-jump and roll distance, and grant nearby allies Upsurge when casting any ability, restoring 4 health per second for 20 seconds. Pros: High energy pool, broad … Continue reading Titania

Nova

Overview: Control globs of unstable antimatter to shield yourself, teleport and cause massive explosions, all the while supporting your team with double damage – if this sounds good to you, check out Nova! Part blueprints drop from Raptor on Naamah (Europa) with the main blueprint available for credits in the market. Prime: The relics containing Nova Prime parts are currently vaulted and thus cannot drop in game. Keep an eye out for “unvaulting” events, ask friends and clanmates if they have any relics with parts or try trading for them in the trade channel. Special: Nova knocks down and damages … Continue reading Nova

Inaros

Overview: Did you ever see The Mummy (1999) and think Imhotep had a really nice set of powers? Well, Inaros is probably for you! Get him via the Sands of Inaros quest, available from the Void Trader every two weeks. Prime: Inaros prime is currently available via the relics that can drop in missions or syndicate relic reward packs. Boasting higher energy, health and sprint speed, Inaros prime can also buy beacons from Baro Ki’Teer (the Void Trader) to access a unique “Void Raider” mission. Special: No shields, but has a massive health pool and can steal life when performing … Continue reading Inaros

Saryn

Overview: Spread a lethal plague across enemy forces, shredding armour and health with horrifying speed or shed your skin as a decoy when overwhelmed – if this sounds good, pick up Saryn blueprints from Kela De Thaym in Sedna! Prime: Saryn prime is currently vaulted, meaning you’ll need to ask your friends and clanmates if they have the relics, try your luck on the trading channel Special: Status effects from Saryn last 25% longer – in addition, spores deployed by Saryn build in power over time. Pros: Massive map spanning damage that builds over time, removes armour from enemies, can … Continue reading Saryn

Guide: Exotic Damage

Overview: Unconventional use of the deflector coupled with showy phenomena characterise those who focus on exotic damage in combat – if that sounds like fun, read on to learn about the varying ways you can twist space-time… Exotic Particles: All damaging science and engineering bridge officer powers fall into this category, as do many console, set and trait powers – and probably most important of all, radiation damage from the secondary deflector of a science ship. Simply put, this magnifies the amount of exotic damage you deal, and thus is the core of most dedicated science builds. This stat is … Continue reading Guide: Exotic Damage

Elder Scrolls Online: Crime and Bounty

The Elder Scrolls games have always held that crime -does- pay, provided you can make your escape! Online is no exception, and there’s gold to be made from redistributing property… Burglary for Beginners: There’s plenty of containers in any city that can be stolen from, at the risk of being caught and assigned a bounty – so why do it? Well, the rewards can actually be rather good, including crafting materials, crafting recipes and general valuables going from 40 gold upwards – I had a 1500 gold find shortly before writing this. The other big advantage of stealing is that … Continue reading Elder Scrolls Online: Crime and Bounty