Taxon

[Cheese_Cake]

Hey gamers I’m new, do I need Taxon ? What it does ?

[[Meyo]Frakura]

It exist to give you exp for your account level/mastery rank.

[Midas]

It's just the most basic sentinel that pretty much exists purely so you get used to the idea of having some kind of companion. They are convenient to have, and can get some useful mods that can restore your shields, heal you, grab loot for you, etc. They don't help out much in combat, and can get destroyed easily (especially by explosives hitting you), they're mostly for side-benefits.

And the Taxon in particular is one of the least useful. If you want to use companions, you'll probably want to go for something like a Carrier.

[Ittrix]

As a brand new player? It enables you to have a sentinel that gives a bunch of QoL and general gameplay smoothness.

Wanna triple your pickup loot range?
Wanna instantly get your shields back when they go down?
Wanna have a weapon on your shoulder spewing cold procs everywhere?
Your first sentinel will do that. Some of that at least, depending on your mods.

From a veteran perspective though yeah, basically what meyo said.

[Cheese_Cake]

What’s QoL ?

Originally posted by Ittrix:

As a brand new player? It enables you to have a sentinel that gives a bunch of QoL and general gameplay smoothness.

Wanna triple your pickup loot range?
Wanna instantly get your shields back when they go down?
Wanna have a weapon on your shoulder spewing cold procs everywhere?
Your first sentinel will do that. Some of that at least, depending on your mods.

From a veteran perspective though yeah, basically what meyo said.

[Kawalorn]

Originally posted by Cheese_Cake:

What’s QoL?

Quality of Life. Things that don't really make you stronger but just more comfortable playing.

I recommend getting Taxon, not because of the Sentinel but the weapon that comes with it, Artax. It's a great weapon that deals almost no damage but has 100% chance to slow enemy it hits. One of the very few Sentinel weapons that are useful the entire game, as no matter how much damage they deal, the others stop being any help when you get far enough into the game. There are a few other weapons that focus on Crowd Control like that, by Artax is my preferred one.

Just get Taxon and whenever you are done with it, sell it and move Artax to a better Sentinel.

[Bowbie]

Take it, craft it and cherrish it. It will gather much more loot that you can do on your own (with the proper "Vacuum" mod).
Any companion can equip this mod so you will swap your taxon for a (way) better one some day, but since it'll be your first, it's usefull to get

[Donitsi]

You should try companions (Sentinels, Kubrows, Kavats) because they can make your life better. They are usually offering more benefits than anything. I personally hate them because they block my vision or at least limit how much information I see on the screen and animal companions always choose to run in front of me if I'm doing sneaky stuff.

Their AI is bad which is compensated that they do not trigger alarms if they touch laser barriers or Grineer scanners.

[The Undead Watcher]

Originally posted by Cheese_Cake:

What’s QoL ?

You're new to the internet are you?

[[88th] ColPresumptuous]

Taxoff...

(had to say it)...

[The Big Brzezinski]

Well, Taxon is a useful starter for newer players. Can't exactly go from Vor's Prize to forma-ing panzer vulpaphylas in one evening.

[Nizar3003]

Aim for Panzer, Smeeta and if you new i suggest you Carrier and dont forget Helios for scanning everything.

[Razer]

Taxon won't kill anyone but it will slow down enemies with the cold beam and you can mod it for some useful things like AoE pickup, healing you, shield boost for you. Etc.

[Aoukar]

Originally posted by Razer:

Taxon won't kill anyone but it will slow down enemies with the cold beam and you can mod it for some useful things like AoE pickup, healing you, shield boost for you. Etc.

can kill if u give it a proper weapon

[Ittrix]

Originally posted by IneptiArk:

Originally posted by Razer:

Taxon won't kill anyone but it will slow down enemies with the cold beam and you can mod it for some useful things like AoE pickup, healing you, shield boost for you. Etc.

can kill if u give it a proper weapon

Aye... but it's in a schroedinger's noob situation.
If you're a noob who only has access to the beam it can't kill people.
If you're a vet then the sentinel as a whole is redundant anyways.

[Razer]

Originally posted by IneptiArk:

Originally posted by Razer:

Taxon won't kill anyone but it will slow down enemies with the cold beam and you can mod it for some useful things like AoE pickup, healing you, shield boost for you. Etc.

can kill if u give it a proper weapon

Yea but that requires other sentinels or ranking up fortuna. We're talking about taxon for a starting player.