I’m still new to the game, and now, after playing exclusively with Volt, I find myself in a position where I can build Rhino, Nekros and Vauban.
I’ve heard the Rhino is good for survivability, but that hasn’t really been an issue so far, so that’s not a big seller for me.
Any tips or suggestions? I feel like it’s taken forever to get to the point where I could build a frame, so having to choose from 3 is mind boggling.
Nekros looks the coolest to me, so that’s how I’m leaning right now.
Rhino is a very powerful warframe, and can carry you through most content on the star chart essentially with just Roar and Iron Skin. Unfortunately, using Rhino as a new player tends to end up with using his abilities as a crutch and learning the actual systems of the game too late. I cautiously recommend Rhino.
Vauban is a king of crowd control, but he’s an energy-hungry frame, and as a new player your most reliable source of energy will be the Eximus enemies that ignore your crowd control. I recommend Vauban later on.
Nekros is kind of a one trick pony, but his trick is very good in a game where you farm drops. If your survivability isn’t a factor, I would recommend Nekros now.
All 3 are fantastic frames, but can really begin to shine when you have access to more powerful, specific mods (Corrupted mods from the dragon key vaults on Deimos, Augment mods from the 6 syndicates) and systems later in the game (Helminth for swapping abilities, arcanes for bonus effects). Nekros’s survival issues, Vauban’s energy hunger, and Rhino’s harsh fall-off in very high level content can all be solved with setups that you won’t quite have yet.
Honestly, while you’re new to the game, just pick up the frame that looks the coolest to you.
At low levels (anything up to 30), all frames can run most if not all missions. Later on you’ll find that certain frames specialize in certain things, like Rhino for leveling new weapons quickly or Nekros for farming certain resources.
Volt himself is pretty good for clearing all the starter content, I would recommend Nekros for the farming utility.
You might want to consider farming for a Volt Prime if you have a source of plat already
Ah, an answer that takes the OP’s current frame into account. I didn’t realize all of the others didn’t do that until I read yours, heh.
If you go for Nekros, you might want to consider grabbing his Despoil Augment from Perrin Sequence/Red Veil to deal with his energy management.
Shield of Shadows is another useful augment for reducing damage taken and for status immunity.
Rhino is a safe bet due to his defensive and offensive abilities so usually people recommend him. If you want something more than just combat though, Nekros is good for resource farm and Vauban is a big CC (crowd control) beast that can pull in enemies and group them for easier killing or objective defense.
You can’t really go wrong with any of them and sooner or later you’ll probably have them all, so I’d say just go with the one that appeals the most to you.