You should have an invite waiting for you. Welcome, and don't forget to craft your clan key at the foundry.
Boltor Prime is unvaulted along with Rhino. I'm not sure how much longer that's going to last though. Still, the Boltor series is decent, just outclassed at this point.
Here's a list of automatic weapons I use. Supra Vandal, which is inaccessible at this point. Quanta Vandal, which is inaccessible until Baro decides to sell it for Ducats, though regular Quanta is fine, but outclassed. Braton Prime, which is outclassed by other automatic weapons but still fun to use. Zhuge, high status crossbow that is also outclassed but still decent, wouldn't use in a sortie 3. Soma Prime, which is vaulted, but is arguably top tier primary automatic. Tenora, Soma Prime's rival, but locked to MR10.
Everything else is either MR fodder or just stuff I didn't like very much. Or I forgot about it. You'll find that there is a lot of MR fodder to go through, sadly, and there has been a lack of great automatic fire primaries in my opinion. The primary slot has been the shotgun/bow slot for me for a long time.
It's exactly the same as the quest version from what I remember.
Really? I think it's easiest solo, since squads don't show up in split places. I ended up doing the recent sortie defection with Oberon. Just throw your heal on the squad, then your only threat is running out of energy, or maybe a toxic ancient one-shotting them at higher levels. You don't need to escort them once you have your heal on. I didn't even need to pick up charges for the healing stations, as the energy barely got used. It's still a boring mission though.
