1:32 pm, March 30, 2017
LoneMonkey - Templar
Bom-bay - Illuminati
The choice is a difficult one, only one out of these two will cross the rainbow bridge into the New New NSFTSW game, i care for both toons and their respec [..]
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1:32 pm, March 29, 2017
Thanks all for the years of fun and community. No idea if I'll stay in old TSW or go to new TSW or just quit completely as Funcom managed to do the one thing we all didn't want them to do and not allo [..]
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11:32 pm, March 25, 2017
Approximately a week ago, I participated in a Stonehenge match on the Arcadia dimension, and was somehow voted to be kicked from the match approximately 4 seconds after being ******. I was just tryin [..]
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12:32 pm, February 27, 2017
PvP Strategy Guide~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Intention/introIt goes without saying that within TSW's co [..]
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11:32 pm, December 28, 2016
Hey, thinking about returning to the game. Left shortly before Tokyo's release.
When I left, there didn't really seem to be any viable Pistol/Blood builds for DPS or Solo'ing, at least not that I coul [..]
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11:32 pm, December 2, 2016
I know that there's an older thread about this, but the problem seems to still be in effect. I queued for Sham for a while, finally got in, the screen went black, nothing I could do so I had to hit t [..]
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11:32 pm, November 18, 2016
Hello all,
For those who weren't online last american night, we had a... discussion about getting new players into PvP. Now I won't get into the argument of premades or not, because I want to address [..]
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11:32 pm, November 7, 2016
Hi guys,
I'm very satisfied with my current build for solo (except the quantum brace, but tbh it's the only Aux I have right now so it'll do).http://www.tsw-builder.com/#41v42017...10332143114a21
No [..]
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12:32 am, September 21, 2016
After enjoying lots of fun Pvp in Fusang due to everyone trying to get the doomboard I'm sad to see things are going back to normal. While the doomboard challenge was active and players were trying t [..]
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1:32 pm, September 13, 2016
I was in Fusang yesterday when I was on my way to a facility that we were attacking and there was an Illuminati that I was going to ignore that started chasing after me and attacked me. I let him bea [..]
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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, August 12, 2016
http://i.imgur.com/Al1KVLS.png
Tossed this flowchart together to keep it as simple as possible, please give any feedback or additional tips you'd like new players to see in this thread.
I made this [..]
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12:32 am, August 12, 2016
Hello, I'm currently upgrading all my gear and I'm working on getting it all to 10.5 at the moment but I think I've messed up with my glyphs because I have very little penetration. I'm using the elit [..]
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12:32 am, August 7, 2016
This was discussed on yesterdays streaming ones and I didn't want it to get lost in threads.
The update is going to take place next week but the details of what is actually going to change can be fou [..]
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12:32 am, July 5, 2016
PvPers are offensive. I've lost track of how many times I've been offended during the Fusang PvP Event and the Fusang golem peace rally.Minaui groped me.dbl called me 'bby'.Fuka gave me new nicknames. [..]
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1:32 pm, June 25, 2016
I've been trying to come up with something that works as well as the old EF-Dancing Blade centered builds, but just can't find anything that feels right, so I figured I'd check out the forums. I didn' [..]
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1:32 pm, May 15, 2016
I just started getting into to elites. People say that you can do elites in 10B and I've seen some people say you can do them in QL9B. No I mostly do solo content so, I don't have super 10.9 max gear, [..]
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1:32 pm, April 14, 2016
Just a heads up, didnt get a chance to catch anyone in the game I was in where I didn't participate in shambalah - I've got that auto-accept plugin and I forgot to unqueue after running to salvage my [..]
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12:32 am, April 13, 2016
Hello. I have just returned from a looong time away. I generally solo the normal content. I wanted to know if the Grifter build is a solid build? I have been using it for a day and it seems to work fi [..]
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11:32 pm, March 1, 2016
Hi guys. I played a little secret world a while ago closer to when it first released but quickly got involved in another game at the time and now I just reinstalled because I wanted to try this again. [..]
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12:32 pm, February 20, 2016
Hey there,
Before I start my rant - I know that option for votekicking in PvP was needed, especially for ED and SH arenas [having 3 leechers in ED during summer holidays (at least on Illuminati side) [..]
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11:32 pm, February 17, 2016
Hi, all! Membership has been greatly updated. This FAQ already exists on the main site under the Membership page: http://www.thesecretworld.com/membership/
But, for the sake of convenience and makin [..]
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12:32 pm, February 15, 2016
In the past you could do Shelter and see lots of yellow "6/12/20" come off of people as the Thirst buff was applied (Equilibrium did not show a number, but was also applied). Now signets on [..]
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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 5, 2016
Hey, just started playing 5 days ago and followed this build exactly:http://www.tswdb.com/builds/beginner...modern-samurai
I have everything now and even just got Bloodsport in place of Dark Potency. [..]
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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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12:32 pm, January 24, 2016
Hi, I'm fairly new to this exciting game… love it so far and I am eager to go on. I have 'sortof' finished Kingsmouth and have begun Savage Coast. I am a mostly QL3 Blade/AR abilities build [..]
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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, December 23, 2015
Hello!
I'm a fairly new player and just unlocked my rocket launcher. When I went to equip the launcher I had noticed that the damage of my skills went down? I tried searching the forums for a good an [..]
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11:32 pm, November 28, 2015
Having high-quality gear should provide either no advantage or a small advantage over less-geared players. There's a fair amount of discussion on these forums about what the magnitude of this advanta [..]
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11:32 pm, November 22, 2015
Didn't see a thread on this, after finally™ watching the Stream today, and hearing some of the new™ details on Issue #13 . . .
I'm just going to leave this feedback here . . . 1.) [..]
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12:32 pm, November 15, 2015
Hello everyone. I tried finding this information by searching for it, but I didn't seem to be able to find the right string (anything saying support tends to be looking for in-game support, or help). [..]
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11:32 pm, November 14, 2015
Hi there.
I know you will tell me "that depends". But in order to be a minimum effective, and considering EFB, as a tank, as a healer and as a dps, how much minimum pen / crit / crit power [..]
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12:32 pm, November 3, 2015
Hey,
I just want advices from healers, so please if you don't know a thing about healing a raid go away.
So before i12 healing survivability was ok, all stats were pretty good with some training.
A [..]
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1:32 pm, October 13, 2015
I'm still an average PvP player in TSW, however, I have something that currently bugs me.
I play in tank tank outfit.
Due to my build using many dashes, I always pick the "faction" relic b [..]
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12:32 am, October 1, 2015
Question regarding the passives on this build.
I was in SH with this guy and he did well over 1m in healing. I died once (due to my stupid standing in the poo). I was in a mongrel build AR/Blood te [..]
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12:32 am, September 29, 2015
I was speaking with a fellow beginner a few days ago, that explained me that he had hard time to deal with daily scenarii because he was still investing to complete his dungeon tanking gear, and thus, [..]
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12:32 am, September 15, 2015
The fuse-tank
Mysteries about high efficiency – unveiled!
Hey guys,
ever wondered why there are tanks with an elemental focus in their off-hand?
Ever wondered why there are groups able to ** [..]
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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 4, 2015
Bored at work, searching around didn't find anything.
Curious about these signets in relation to proc builds. I had an Opportunism Signet lying around so I slapped it on a Fist Weapon for kicks, and [..]
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1:32 pm, July 30, 2015
I've done a good Google and Search but only found comments that gatepulling doesn't happen much (it does) and that experienced PvPers know how to avoid it (I'm still a newb).
I normally stand off out [..]
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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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12:32 am, June 22, 2015
Hello guys !
Just one more boring psot about a good solo build :D .
I am at the savage cost ( and i will stay here even if the main quest lead me to the Mountain ) but i would like to know if my bu [..]
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12:32 am, May 13, 2015
This has happened now for three times in Fusang in the last month. Does not seem to be a common bug to happen nor I know how it happens in order to reproduce and report correctly.
Basically the enemy [..]
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1:32 pm, May 4, 2015
Out of respect to the intentions, I didn't want to post this on the (yet another) new PvP build thread...
But seriously, stop it with the build threads. They are enough of them already. And they don [..]
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12:32 am, May 3, 2015
Hi, so, I have probably a super-dumb question but... I'm new to pvp, 0 battle rank, and I'm confused by some situations I faced in Fusang. Very often, when I'm running somewhere, I see an enemy player [..]
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12:32 am, April 23, 2015
Hi folks, I've been reading a lot of threads and I think I have a good plan for how to approach my gear upgrades, but I wanted to run it by you all. Here is the scenario:
- I've recently started doin [..]
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11:32 pm, March 25, 2015
So I keep hearing about how a while ago, there was "multi-hit nerf." I hear conflicting stories, though, about what it actually was...just seeking some consolidated explanation on these que [..]
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11:32 pm, March 17, 2015
Ok, so I know this topic has come up a few times; but I was just sharing with one of our PvP community about some of my experiences and decided to post this here.
It is my firm belief that being a je [..]
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12:32 pm, March 16, 2015
Basically going for most efficient, like whatever weapon heals the most, or provides the most tankiness.
I've tried all the main weapons and have decided that sword is the best for me, since magic d [..]
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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 12, 2015
I'm looking for some advice on where to get started. I stopped playing quite a while back when I just didn't have time (probably around 1.4?) and now I'm looking to get back into things on a somewhat [..]
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12:32 pm, March 9, 2015
I didn't see it suggeested for any scenario builds, but i was curious and tested it instead of G&G (for a ele/blood aoe dps deck. Every single run it parsed as my top damage ability above GA. [..]
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12:32 pm, February 19, 2015
Hoi everyone,
I want to give Secret World another try as this is about the only modern horrorish mmo out here with a good theme and lore. I've played upto and into Blue Mountain but is got to hard f [..]
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12:32 pm, February 8, 2015
Ok, so I'm fresh from beating the Golden Boy (Gatekeeper), and now I've started running Nightmares with my cabal mates. I have 4 custom pieces so far-head, finger, neck, and wrist talismans at 10.1 or [..]
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11:32 pm, January 19, 2015
Please buff it. 15% leech is pretty bad. It's a little bit less than a THIRD of a QL1 (notice the lack of a 0) Leech pot. Meanwhile the Karma Curio (who's way easier to get) heals 2000 HP when a QL10 [..]
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12:32 pm, December 13, 2014
So I play Blades and Blood for the most part. PBAE Penetration build with Clearing the Path, Bloodsport, Stunning Swirl/Guts and Glory, Iron Maiden, Dark Potency.
Its pretty decent damage.
I've [..]
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11:32 pm, December 9, 2014
EDIT:
Okay I basicalyl answered my own question, but it appears to be only active heals that heal while they are activated (which is to say, not mockingbird). It looks like it applies an invisible b [..]
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11:32 pm, November 15, 2014
I recently overhauled my solo-group-elite scenario build after finally getting a breaching for my blade - had a few people test this last night and really enjoy it, so I thought I'd share.Background
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12:32 pm, November 14, 2014
With the scenario focus this weekend, I tanked NM scenarios for first time. I'm 10.4.4+ and ran with my normal tanking gear - http://joakibj.com/tswcalc/#weapon=5...4,5,0,4,0,3,39
I used the ground [..]
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12:32 am, October 12, 2014
OK, after reading Ciritty's tanking guide it appears the most effective form of tank is "Block tank" -- block gives you the lowest amount of damage mitigation, but also the most consistent, [..]
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12:32 am, October 11, 2014
If you want to be a tank, add block, and maybe defence if you're PvPing and want to let Nord **** himself while shooting at you. That is how it goes. Sure you need hit, and if you want to do damage pe [..]
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12:32 am, September 19, 2014
Don't hate me because I'm slow on the pick-up... but BOY AM I SLOW ON THE PICK-UP.
I started playing this game at some point last year, I think. And I finally, FINALLY figured out what Leeching Frenz [..]
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12:32 am, September 2, 2014
I think enough time has now passed for people to have tested the last change to Equal Footing sufficiently to give good feedback.
First of all, it seems to me that the new EF works much better than t [..]
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2:33 am, August 26, 2014
Hi there Dreadnecromancer here - new to the game and the forums!
I have been browsing the TSW wiki for quite some time now and thought it was about time i post my sort of ideal build and hopefully ge [..]
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