I think most people know how to get the orbs. But few people know how to defence and how it benefits. To make it simple, read the following to defence: 1. Make a barrier to block the orbs of your opponent's color. 2. Repel the orbs. 3. After your barrier is destroyed, quickly make 1 and repeat step 1 and 2. Note: 1. If your own color orbs are also blocked, repel the opposing color orbs and destroy barrier. 2. Step 1 and 2 can be switched, depends on the situation. 3. Don't repel opposing color orbs after the clock is flashing. The game won't allow you to do it anymore. 4. After the clock is flashing, make sure to switch to attract wand and help teamates to get orbs. 5. Don't practise this method out if there are only a few people on the opposing side. 6. If your team is leading by large number of orbs(like 10), don't practise this method. Get more orbs to get more essence. 7. Remember not to repel your own color orbs! 8. There is obvious patterns for the orbs to appear. For example, green orbs usually appear at the north east at all altars(I am not member so I don't know if it's true for member). Why to do it? It is because: 1. There are usually many people in your team to get orbs but no one to specialize in defence. You can help a lot if you defence but you can't help much if you attract orbs since many people are doing it. 2. If you consider defence a waste of time, then your opponents waste much more time since there are usually more than 1 person to get 1 orb. If you keep blocking the orbs, more than 1 person in the other team is wasting the time to get those orbs instead of getting other orbs. You use 1 person's time to waste many people's time. This is an advantage for your team. Practise this method out in a crowded world and you will be an expert! Thank you for reading these tips. =D>