1:32 pm, August 25, 2017
Hi,
I've only played dps back on TSW a couple of years ago and now I thought I'd try out a tanking role so I chose the trickster archetype. Now my tank is lvl 26 and in hell raised I keep loosing ag [..]
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12:32 pm, November 28, 2016
Hello good folks, newb to the game here been playing a couple of days. So far got a build like this:http://www.tsw-builder.com/#47v77070...12403332110816
with the exception that i'm still working tow [..]
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1:32 pm, August 17, 2016
My younger brother and I played this game back when it first came out. I instantly fell in love with the story elements and character creation/clothing choices etc. Back then I didn't have a clear dir [..]
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12:32 am, August 16, 2016
You do, you're awful. Thankfully, this can be rectified. In fact, there are a couple of really easy steps that will put you right on track to gitting gud and none of them have anything to do with your [..]
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1:32 pm, July 28, 2016
I've seen it come up here and there, forever, about Clearing the Path (CtP) being awesome. I now have four chars who currently use a Blade, and I'd love them all to have unique and characterful fight [..]
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1:32 pm, June 27, 2016
A couple of recent comments in the forum have got me wondering exactly what players expect other players to bring to the table, according to the suit that they're wearing, in order to be a 'proper' Ta [..]
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12:32 am, June 20, 2016
The dozen or so matches I’ve played in Stonehenge in the past several days since the 1.15.1 patch was launched have demonstrated the precarious balance inherent in PvP. It was tempting in th [..]
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12:32 am, June 17, 2016
We're getting quite a few lately. I have a couple of options. Just unstick things that aren't providing any value ( I worry that there are so many game changes that things like "build" threa [..]
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12:32 am, June 14, 2016
I'd like to use the stickied Fourth of Fusang post primarily for sign-ups as coordinators so I don't have to sort through dozens of pages to update the coordinator sheet. This (more aptly named) post [..]
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12:32 am, May 5, 2016
I finally had *some* Fusang PvP action last night. At some point it had about 20 people.
Last night, I got bored while waiting for Shambala que with my Templar char. I thought I'll mess around in F [..]
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12:32 am, April 1, 2016
NEWIssue #14: Call of the Nameless is now out! Six all-new main missions and assorted side missions await in the sands of Egypt. This issue is available from the item store and may be purchased with [..]
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11:32 pm, March 10, 2016
Hello all!
So some of you old timers may remember this thing called Fusang, and that a guy named Gremel organized Sunday's to be a day that lots of people knew there would be competition in Fusang an [..]
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11:32 pm, February 8, 2016
A piece of advice that we have to dispense to new players over and over again is about the Faction-specific decks, and I thought it would be useful to jot down a detailed explanation we can point at. [..]
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12:32 pm, February 8, 2016
How does the QL scale work from QL10? QL11 doesn't exist as far as I know, but there are many levels in between 10 and 11.
Above QL10, the scale is difficult to follow and it makes me wonder why they [..]
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11:32 pm, February 4, 2016
I never know what best suits my play style in any game, so I typically try out a bunch of weapons, pick what I like the look/feel of the best, and choose a bunch of skills that help me **** monsters t [..]
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11:32 pm, February 1, 2016
Hi all!
We’d like to keep you all updated about a couple of changes to Customer Support services coming up in the next week.
First up, the Live Chat service will no longer be available beg [..]
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11:32 pm, January 29, 2016
Well, I enjoyed those few mad scrambles... But it looks as though the devs went to a lot of work for what is effectively a 60-second skirmish. I had hoped for something much more thoughtful and tactic [..]
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11:32 pm, January 15, 2016
This is a completely generic guide with universal advice for any new player who wants a solid soloing build. It is applicable to ALL weapon combinations. It is NOT the only viable soloing build but it [..]
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11:32 pm, January 13, 2016
There are a couple of ways to get information or contact Funcom for assistance if you have questions. For in-game help please log into the game and use the /petition command. If your question is not a [..]
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11:32 pm, January 11, 2016
Hi all!
We’d like to keep you all updated about a couple of changes to Customer Support services coming up in the next week.
First up, the Live Chat service will no longer be available beg [..]
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12:32 pm, December 25, 2015
Hi All,
I started playing the TSW when Issue 5 was released but haven't played for a LONG time. I'm currently blue mountains and was using a Clearing the Path + Empowerment survival build (sword/fist [..]
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11:32 pm, December 11, 2015
After reading all 30 pages of Possible to "main" heal as blood? dating back to 2013, I thought it was time to resurrect this theorycrafting thread, for 2 reasons:
1. Exquisite Corpse has had [..]
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12:32 pm, November 12, 2015
Hail and greetings from the cluttered desk on JackMax. I haven't been around too long in this game (<3 months), but as I have run through the game one ability has stuck out as an aberration amo [..]
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12:32 am, September 8, 2015
I will start this off by saying I have not been a regular PvP player in TSW. I've dabbled with it here or there since the game launched, but nothing extensive or routine. Now with the Challenges, I' [..]
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12:32 am, September 4, 2015
Greetings all,OK, so a bit of background:
Up until the challenges came along, I think I've only set foot into the PvP scene 2 or 3 times (only in Fusang, and with horrible predicted results). There's [..]
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1:32 pm, August 25, 2015
Now with the daily/weekly PvP challenges, I'm sure many of us that haven't or don't regularly PvP will be doing so. So I had a couple or so questions about Stonehenge.
My understanding it's a 5 v 5 [..]
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1:32 pm, August 24, 2015
Hello, Builds & Decks
I was dared into producing numbers to support my assertions on hate in the age of the Orochi tower, as threads and posts by Yokai, Bluedot et al. are apparently not auth [..]
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12:32 am, August 24, 2015
Check out my Destiny Fulfilled DPS build here: https://forums.thesecretworld.com/sh...-DPS-Blade-Ele.Need Build Now!!!http://www.tsw-builder.com/#25v21155...16232421612a05Intro:
This is designed to be [..]
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12:32 am, August 21, 2015
"Damage reflection effects, such as Exquisite Corpse will now only prevent an amount of damage up to the limit of the barrier's size. For example, an attack which deals 1000 damage to a reflectio [..]
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12:32 am, August 16, 2015
Hello allo returning player after a long break. Have three questions the first being about how viable my current dps build still is which I will list below. My second question is what is the most brai [..]
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12:32 am, July 21, 2015
I've been running a Sword/Blood solo build with Martial Stance and The Scarlet Arts riveted to my skillbar for, gosh, actually a couple of years now on my main, so now that I've started messing around [..]
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12:32 am, July 17, 2015
I've only just started playing a couple days so I'm not far in game at all.
I started off with Assault Rifle & Pistols but I didn't like having to constantly kite the enemy. I realise now th [..]
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1:32 pm, June 14, 2015
I've heard about the "evils" of "glancetanks" in PvP. Even looked at a couple of build examples. But it still seems unclear to me as to what causes a "glance". It looks t [..]
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12:32 am, June 12, 2015
While I understand right off the bat many people will disagree with me on this, let me try to explain my reasoning. Currently there are quite a few high end PVP dps, from ALL factions, who instead of [..]
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1:32 pm, June 4, 2015
Not too long ago I would not have asked this question, but my eyes have been recently opened. Play in Fusang for any length of time and the illusions of PvP peel away, one stinking onion layer at a t [..]
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1:32 pm, June 2, 2015
I am using a chaos/blade build built around one build to solo Transylvania,https://forums.thesecretworld.com/sh...o-Transylvania
I have reached Tokyo but am get my *** handed to me and get ****** by [..]
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1:32 pm, May 20, 2015
Hey, there, guys.
Decided to come back to this game, after being away since roughly around Issue 4.
Started a new character, in order to play with a fresh friend, and though i'd try my hand at Chaos [..]
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1:32 pm, May 13, 2015
I started out with Blood/Ele years ago back before it was popular. Back then, procs really sucked. Since coming back, I've found out they've been buffed to be able to crit and penetrate, leading to th [..]
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1:32 pm, May 13, 2015
Disclaimer, my current tanking gearset has been built following the guidelines in Ciritty's Pink tanking thread, and I like her recommendations for tanking passives, and the only passive that will lik [..]
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1:32 pm, May 6, 2015
Hey, everyone. After spending the last couple hours reinstalling the game on my new PC and reacquiring my mods, I'm back to playing after a year and a half absence. I haven't had a chance to go throug [..]
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12:32 am, April 21, 2015
So, like many other of my 'casual PvP' brethren, the Power Weekend found me in Fusang a few times. However, I found that either my Blade/Chaos build was woefully inadequate for the task, or I just don [..]
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1:32 pm, April 9, 2015
Hi all
Some of you may remember that I said last year that I couldn't see myself ever doing PvP. I'm just not wired that way. Some of you will have noticed that I've ended up in Fusang recently too. D [..]
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12:32 am, April 4, 2015
So i have just picked this up a couple weeks ago and have been having allot of fun with it i enjoy the AR/SG line and have tried a few of the different decks including the commando starter deck. I'm a [..]
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12:32 pm, March 16, 2015
Have there been changes to hate generation?
In the past we have observed a high end Hammer/Fist DPS pulling off the tank if they didn't open with Stoicism. With Stoicism it was uncommon for Hammer/F [..]
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11:32 pm, March 15, 2015
The AoE nerf of 2015 has had positive and negative effects on the game overall but it made many abilities that were already underused even less desirable.Before you post in this thread please do not f [..]
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11:32 pm, February 4, 2015
Ive been trying to find a combination of skills and weapons I enjoy using before really diving into the game at this point.
Ive rerolled about 6 times so far. Every time I make it to Kings, I quickly [..]
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12:32 pm, January 18, 2015
....and what's with all the glass cannon AR that can pretty much one shot themselves on diamond grit if they use red mist?
looks like high evade tanks are still in favor for picking up relics in [..]
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12:32 pm, January 14, 2015
I've always enjoyed running AR/Blood in this game, either as a leech. or as a DPS. But after Fire in the Hole was fixed, it's definitely lagged behind most DPS builds unless you were leeching.
I trie [..]
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11:32 pm, January 8, 2015
Hey! I was wondering if anyone could help me out. I am interested in either a Blade/Pistol DPS build or a Blade/AR DPS build and just wanted to know which had the best synergy and most potential for D [..]
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12:32 pm, December 20, 2014
Ok, so I recently returnet to tsw and found myself in the middle of transylvania(haven't played since a couple of months after release). And I find myself dying a lot. I think the problem is my build. [..]
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12:32 pm, December 17, 2014
So I run Blades/Blood PBAE/penetration. Seems to be working pretty well, but my self healing ability is a bit sketchy at times. I'm in a group with three others with similar build, so I have some bl [..]
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11:32 pm, November 11, 2014
Alright, hey everyone, so I'm still fairly new at this game, only been playing for a couple of months. I'm mostly a PVE player, so I wanted to find a Deck that I could play that was effective and enj [..]
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12:32 pm, November 11, 2014
Hello!
I recently started playing TSW (2-3 weeks ago) as a Tank primarily with 3-4 friends. To learn the game I'm pretty much relying on trial and error as well as what I can read on the interwebs :P [..]
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12:32 am, October 26, 2014
Hey there,
A couple of months ago I started to play a Pistol/Blade Deck just for fun and style, but since it performed pretty good in Tokyo (and elsewhere) and it is a lot of fun to me, I stuck with [..]
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12:32 am, October 16, 2014
So yes, it’s one of these threads (again), yes I made a post similar to this a while back, but the recent matches have been an annoying experience, so I felt the need to share. :evil:
I ha [..]
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1:32 pm, October 15, 2014
I've been playing TSW very slowly since its release. So slowly that I only hit Transylvania for the first time this last weekend. It's felt like hitting a wall, where almost every mob is a struggle an [..]
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12:32 am, October 11, 2014
Hello, Builds & Decks
A couple of years back I hobbycoded a parser to fit my data extracting needs for TSW combat logs. It's that time of the year again, I went back to it, rejoiced at evades [..]
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1:32 pm, October 4, 2014
*warning: it's me (i.e. loooooong)
*The light is subdued on the stage, the band; bleery eyed and exhausted raise their instruments and begin to play as the man makes his way to the microphone. Blue [..]
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12:32 am, October 3, 2014
The shadows lengthen and the warmth leeches from the days. The glare of summer fades and trees shake the leaves from their branches to swirl on the wind in a Danse Macabre.
It is growing colder. It i [..]
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12:32 am, September 11, 2014
So I started playing the game at launch and in the first couple of dungeons I tried to heal and barely managed it. No AoE heals and it took like 10 or more casts of a heal to heal just one player to f [..]
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1:32 pm, September 6, 2014
Hi!
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tl;dr : I'm trying to design a "core" general purpose/survival PvE build that can be tweaked for PvP & [..]
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12:32 am, September 6, 2014
I've just started playing this game a couple of days ago. I started to build a Ele/Blood build but I'm not liking it as much as I thought I would. I'm not into melee weapons and wanted to try either S [..]
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12:32 am, September 5, 2014
The bodies of the innocent lay torn and ragged in the wake of those horrors that lurk in the shadows. With charged ethereal crossbows and an expertise in the occult, the Dread Hunter stalks all thing [..]
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2:33 am, August 26, 2014
So ive got about 10.4 days played. In that time i have been beat up, set on fire, had bombs explode on me, undead try to drain my life away, spoken with watchers, been to hell, all through it all i [..]
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