The Nataruk is a new Sentient Bow, introduced in U31 The New War. With a unique "perfect" charge mechanic providing immense potential damage-per-shot by Bow standards, it is a novel and very powerful conventional Bow.
All The New War spoilers have been censored from this review.
As his name suggests, Nekros is a necromancy-themed Warframe, introduced back in U10. Nekros Prime was introduced in U:The Silver Grove H3, between U18 and U19. With an odd collection of abilities, Nekros fills a unique and largely unchallenged niche as a Lootframe, as well as filling other roles to varying degrees of effectiveness.
Operation: Plague Star (alternatively known at times as Operation: Forma, Operation: Augur Message and Operation: Naramon Lens) has returned, lasting from 08 Sep 2021 to 30 Sep 2021 EDT. I'd done an article on it long, long ago during one of its previous re-runs. The event itself has not changed and only a few rewards have been added, but it is nonetheless worth farming for its many different rewards.
The MR14 Tenet Spirex is one of the completely new Secondaries introduced in U30.5 Sisters of Parvos. A slow-firing Semi-Auto Pistol, it has very good Crit and great Status Chance. Strong stats coupled with an explosive shot make the Tenet Spirex one of the best Semi-Auto Pistols in the game.
It's been a while since my previous post about Profit-Taker, a time before the Helminth Segment existed, before I even had a good Exodia Contagion Melee. Much has changed since then, with significant impact on the PT meta.
The Tenet Diplos is an MR16 Dual Secondary. Another new weapon introduced in U30.5 Sisters of Parvos, it is a conventional Full-Auto Secondary with a homing feature. With great Crit and an innate reload-while-holstered effect, it is a very solid weapon.
The Tenet Cycron is an MR14 Beam Secondary, one of the new weapons that can be acquired from the also new Sisters of Parvos. With greatly improved stats and a chaining mechanic, it is an overall very strong weapon.
One of the major additions in the Sisters of Parvos update (U30.5) was a new series of mods called Galvanized mods. These mods are one part of the "Arsenal Divide" section of the update, intended to reduce the power gap between Melee and ranged weapons. The Galvanized mods are all variants of existing mods, with slightly reduced base stats but a ramp-up mechanic that drastically increases their power upon kills.
These mods are all available from the Arbitration Store, for 20 Vitus Essence each. They are all Rank 10 mods, with the rank-up costs of a Rare (Gold) mod.
EDIT 12/11/2021: DE have clarified in U30.9 that the +Damage from Galv Apt/Shot/Savvy not working on explosions is intended.
A new mod that became linkable from the most recent Hotfix, otherwise not a great deal notable.
Octavia is a music-themed Warframe, originally released in U20.0. Octavia Prime was released later on in U29.9. A Warframe with a wide variety of potent abilities, she is quite versatile and scales quite well against very high level enemies. Octavia is often considered among the most powerful Frames in the game, though her unusual playstyle means that she is not for everyone.
Another Baro visit. The knee plates are new, matching the new chest plate from last fortnight's visit. The Relic is worth mention as the only way to get Volt Prime parts currently.
The Epitaph is an MR8 wrist-mounted Secondary. Sevagoth's signature weapon, it sports two very different firing modes. With each firing mode playing into a particular role very well, it has a number of major strengths, but also some notable weaknesses.
A few useful mods from Baro this time around, but nothing new of particular note.
A new Unvaulting has just been announced. Chroma and Zephyr Primes will become available once more starting April 27th, replacing Banshee and Mirage Primes.
Halikar Wraith is new, and there's a whole bunch of solid-but-not-amazing items this time around.
U29.10 was predominantly a Railjack update, adding in Corpus Railjack nodes, as well as another rework of Railjack mechanics. However, in the midst of all this, it also introduced two rather unusual mods.
