12:32 am, May 29, 2017
Anyone here anything solid on Aegis? Just watched an old video from earlier this month. They said there will be Aegis, but reworked. Others said no Aegis. It does seem weird to have it at all. The who [..]
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12:32 am, April 4, 2017
Hey all - Myndr here,
We need to come together now for what is possibly the final TSW PvP event - the End of the World Event!
The end is nigh so lets have a party! Everyone is going to **** each oth [..]
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11:32 pm, March 10, 2017
The goal of this thread is to provide a short guide on how to gear for PVE in the beginning of endgame, before getting to aegis content, without using too many Mark of the Pantheon, Black Bullions and [..]
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12:32 pm, March 6, 2017
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...zUqylTNU8/edit
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THE BOX METHOD: Pistol/Shotgun Guide
Ide [..]
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12:32 pm, March 6, 2017
Hey guys.
I know a lot of people doubt that 0-Hit rating is absurd, and doesn't work out because you might glance a lot, so I thought I'd share some videos showing parses in different environments.
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12:32 pm, February 25, 2017
There are two series of DPS signets for minor talismans, they both increase damage but they have different percentage values.
Examples (all purples):
Assassination increases Strike damage by 4.5% (Ham [..]
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12:32 pm, February 12, 2017
I've been searching around for build advice and have noticed that there is plenty of Beginning builds and Endgame builds out there, but precious little advice on what to do mid game. Which seems odd b [..]
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12:32 pm, February 12, 2017
I've been searching around for build advice and have noticed that there is plenty of Beginning builds and Endgame builds out there, but precious little advice on what to do mid game. Which seems odd b [..]
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12:32 pm, February 3, 2017
Hey guys,
First try at building a deck by myself from scratch.
The idea is to
- use blocking (hammer baby)
- use the fact that I have a lot of health ( several abilities give a result proportional [..]
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11:32 pm, January 18, 2017
Most of the time, PvP takes place in large open spaces, giving a competitive advantage for range weapons.
I would like to reverse this situation and bring at the same time a new tactical dimension to [..]
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11:32 pm, December 9, 2016
Hello, when I was in Fusang Projects battlefield, there was player in our team, whose clothe be from tsw store/clothing/uniform/shinobi. Player told, that his wear before 'sign up' to Fusang Projects [..]
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12:32 pm, November 10, 2016
Well... there has been this theory around, and I have to say, that I am a believer of this theory now a days.
When I play with Sunray, everything runs smoothly and fast.
But, when I play with Sawo, e [..]
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1:32 pm, October 27, 2016
Hi all, first time doing a serious post to the TSW forums. I hope everyone's doing well!
One thing that I keep ******** up now that I'm in the late game isn't so much looking up a build and putting t [..]
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12:32 am, October 21, 2016
The idea of this thread is to gather some information about the math behind the signet, items, actives and passives of the game. The goal is never to tell if signet a is better than signet b, but just [..]
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1:32 pm, September 25, 2016
Hi.
I have come up with a simple survival/bullet sponge gear setup that makes tanking WC (Regret) procs easy to manage.
This is sort of a proof of concept for me, since i see a lot of people regard [..]
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1:32 pm, August 18, 2016
now before any one jumps on me and says I'm whining, consider this, when we had the two sangs ( prior newsangsang ) patch global xp was sort of spread out fairly even, this new set up seems to award t [..]
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1:32 pm, August 10, 2016
Just wanted everybody to know, that you can only have one mission report per quest type active.
This means, if you finish the defensive mission for example and forget to send the mission report befo [..]
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12:32 am, July 15, 2016
Hello. I am new.
There's undoubtedly hundreds of these threads lying around here, but with the recent meta change due to passive/elite revamp, i will go ahead and ask these questions again on behalf [..]
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12:32 am, June 28, 2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloodwench
For groups, I'd like to be able to inspect the passives, for me I don't care so much about the active build. I'd also like to see [..]
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12:32 am, June 26, 2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloodwench
For groups, I'd like to be able to inspect the passives, for me I don't care so much about the active build. I'd also like to see [..]
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12:32 am, June 22, 2016
Hiyall,
I was playing a scenario the other day and thought about all the gadgets i have conveniently locked in an inventory bag just above my hot bars in order to use in certain situations. The probl [..]
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1:32 pm, May 23, 2016
El Dorado become an unbalanced battleground, Templars are rulling over it and for those (lumi and drags) which aims the challenges/bb reward is just another waste of time.
How to solve it?
Soo ther [..]
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12:32 am, May 20, 2016
I think one of the things that is causing such low participation is the relatively low payout compared to other activities and even among the maps an imbalance in rewards.
For example, a NM Polaris c [..]
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12:32 am, May 5, 2016
hey guys.
So I started off with fists/elemental and then switched to pistol/elemental. I'm still finding it frustrating at Kingsmouth when I get swarmed by mobs. I have no real clue where to go with [..]
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12:32 am, April 27, 2016
I've followed some TSWDB beginner builds to get through Valley of the Sun God. And now the sheer complexity of the outer rings of the skill wheel are overwhelming. Any advice?
So far I have been Pi [..]
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1:32 pm, April 22, 2016
I have a question about this glyph stat.
I was looking at tswcalc to determine what stats would be if mixed with others.
However upon doing so at QL11 I find that glyps can only be mixed evenly, not u [..]
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1:32 pm, April 9, 2016
I very often lose my spot in minigames because of serfing internet while waiting for it.
I would like to have pop-up in windows (I saw it in SMITE game for example).
Maybe there is some kind of MOD [..]
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11:32 pm, March 19, 2016
taking this dabs proc build as example - http://www.tswdb.com/builds/dungeon-...gunpistol-proc
how much crirating to make it work? it recommends 500+ but i get 195 without weapons glyphs (after i get [..]
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11:32 pm, February 29, 2016
Hi !
As you have probably noticed the amount of pop for ED / SH is really low these days, it only happen during a daily challenge which is sad in my opinion.
So the goal of this thread is to provide [..]
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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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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 5, 2016
Are they a thing? I mean, I know efficiency is paramount, but would themed builds be okay to use as long as they work well?
I had a few in mind, but they're really rough examples.
Blood and Thunder (A [..]
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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, 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 11, 2016
As I earn more and more Ability Points, it gets more and more difficult to pick abilities. Because I only can equip 7+7 abilities, I should feel it was important to learn new abilities as fast as poss [..]
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12:32 pm, January 8, 2016
Ok, So Fusang is pretty dead atm. Unless there is a daily challenge for it, no bugger goes it seems. That being said I believe I might have an idea that combines the old way with the new way that woul [..]
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12:32 pm, December 5, 2015
will update as we go
- Randomised start locations for ED + SH
- You can change PvP uniform on *****
- Placed relics give a debuff in aoe (1 relic = 0 debuff, then it stacks up from there)
- Held relic [..]
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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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12:32 pm, November 10, 2015
Hi
there is no item section and I can't login to test, also could not find patch notes.
As I remember from somewhere Signet of Ablation got nerfed right? I mean it now ticks down on all effects, not [..]
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11:32 pm, October 29, 2015
Hey people just thought the new Woodcutter's Talismans were a pretty cool addition to the game and I love additional effects that add to build diversity. I haven't seen this really talked about yet so [..]
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12:32 am, October 21, 2015
Hello everyone.
Wanted to throw this out there. What stat distribution do people recommend for soloing builds?
I currently have one that is crit-heavy. It works wonders for some builds (chaos/fist b [..]
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1:32 pm, October 7, 2015
I am not sure where make this thread but the Builds & Decks seem like the most appropriate place. I have a question about aggro generation that has been bothering me for a while but I have nev [..]
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1:32 pm, October 6, 2015
In this thread, some people said interesting things on the topic of the most sturdiest tank possible in TSW, a topic that interest me a lot.
Since however this was not the main topic of this thread, [..]
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12:32 am, October 3, 2015
Let's talk about skills that no one uses.
Born leader, for example.
*Utterly outclassed by Bombardment for damage.
*Completely blown away by Empowerment for healing.
*And the one unique thing tha [..]
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12:32 am, September 29, 2015
What the hell is equal footing and why should you care about it?
The equal footing buff (EFB in short) is a buff that is applied to you whenever joining a PvP minigame. Its purpose is to raise your s [..]
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12:32 am, September 22, 2015
Hi All,
So after an incredibly long period of absence I have decided to reply this game from scratch only to find out AOE spells took major viability hit and to learn I know very little about the game [..]
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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 5, 2015
I'm new to TSW, so I have a few questions about what powers stack, and how the mechanics work.
1. Do DOTs stack with other DOTs? For example, If I hit a target with Infection, then follow it up with [..]
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12:32 am, September 2, 2015
Back with another newbie question. This one regarding El Dorado.
I've been participating with the daily/weekly challenges and it's regenerated my PvP love. But I'm not sure I always get some of the [..]
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1:32 pm, August 21, 2015
For awhile now, I've been managing to get by with builds made up of random NM drops and bits of custom gear I've thrown together in, ah, "serviceable" builds. But now that BBs have become fa [..]
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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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1:32 pm, August 14, 2015
New player here.
I'm playing an AR/Blood build following this guide (https://www.tswdb.com/builds/solo/le...anged-survival), and I'm a little confused by how Gross Anatomy works exactly (I'm still f [..]
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1:32 pm, July 18, 2015
Hello I've been trying to do some research on a build but the posts I'm getting are in most cases 1-2 years old and I'm not sure they apply anymore. I'm still sort of new to the game so I'd like if yo [..]
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12:32 am, June 18, 2015
I have no experience in MMO games beside flight simulation ones. Due to complete ignorance of skill point distribution I might have built a very inefficient decks. For example, this one: https://chron [..]
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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 6, 2015
Hello!
I'm looking for some concise and straightforward directions about DPS gearing in TSW. I have always just used gear and builds to "get by" , never really mattered to me if the mission [..]
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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, May 5, 2015
Hai, I'm Ҝatarina1. This is my end-game DPS guide. It includes a list of working builds (Short - Mid/Long ) and video tutorials.Video [1080p] : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQitXwcb15s
&am [..]
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12:32 am, April 25, 2015
I think Fusang is set that a faction can not have more than 10 players more than the smallest faction has? Presumably this is meant to maintain some kind of balance, but even this means it is possible [..]
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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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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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12:32 pm, February 28, 2015
lately i have been messing around with my leech build and trying to optimize it as much as possible, what i found is that sometimes being a leecher with more dps isnt always good and that u have to le [..]
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12:32 pm, February 19, 2015
We do!
Dear PvPers:
I would like to address something that, which in my opinion, is the reason my group often gets beaten when we PUG even if we have very solid Dragons in the match. Notice that I s [..]
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11:32 pm, February 3, 2015
Hi,
my tests dont show much, since i been quite bad on ping for a bit, changing connection.
Do signets proc on beginning of skill or can proc in mid aswell? For example 2-3 second skills like Shooto [..]
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11:32 pm, January 26, 2015
The many forms healing manifests in the Secret World, as in damage and in mitigation, appear simple until you begin asking questions. Curiosity has led me to many wonders over the years, marked more b [..]
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11:32 pm, January 25, 2015
I'm having troubles with MS recently. Im getting same (low ~35k) numbers either I have bufftank or I don't have one. I remember one day I got 72k MS in polaris 6th. Now all I'm getting is 35ish. Wonde [..]
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12:32 pm, January 21, 2015
I was thinking about an afflict pen build with passives from blood and fist like iron maiden, dark potency and blood sport, which would work out better? Every hit would proc SitW but a good glyph setu [..]
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11:32 pm, December 30, 2014
Here's a simple way Funcom can release PvP related content and make it profitable. Also this idea works to encourage PVE players to buy it as well.
Step 1) Sell open world PvP versions of each region [..]
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11:32 pm, December 23, 2014
I feel as though the fight clubs in this game are very neglected. They are basically never used by anyone in a traditional PvP manner. Most people tend to use them to test out builds, but that's about [..]
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11:32 pm, December 11, 2014
Hey there,
after Issue 10 went live and with the new great patches to some underused skills, I would like to share my Tokyo-build (yea, Tokyo finally has my attention thanks to this item ) which is [..]
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12:32 am, October 22, 2014
hello.
as i say in title.
Is it possible?
For example: (focus attack) shootout+ (passive) elemental force = all 5 attacks get critical(I confirmed)
So..... Shootout + Elemental force + Insult to [..]
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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, September 28, 2014
Hai, I'm ҜΆŤΆṜίηΆ1. This is my end-game DPS guide. It includes a list of working builds (Short - Mid/Long ) and video tutorials [..]
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12:32 am, September 24, 2014
Yobo’s Efficient Guide to NM DPS Gearing
We’ve had a share of questions on this forum asking for advice on gearing up. So I figured it could be useful to have a guide to refer peo [..]
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1:32 pm, September 23, 2014
This is basically a set of simple ideas to balance PVP in such a way that uneven team sizes, gear strength, and team capabilities can be handled such that PVP is more accessible and functional even wi [..]
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1:32 pm, September 22, 2014
I enjoy SH alot, and think that it is pretty well designed overall. A catch up mechanism in the score algorithm might help the non dominant Teams and lead to even closer matches (Team score, not indiv [..]
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12:32 am, September 13, 2014
ScrapperJack is the first character I created for TSW. Completely by accident I chose Blades/Chaos as my build, and that happy accident (they synergize well) made it possible for me to go a fair dista [..]
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12:32 am, September 6, 2014
Alts, alts, and more alts. But not the afk leeching kind. These are worse. They're the ones who when their main's faction owns all of Fusang and the population cap is at its limit they log on their ot [..]
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12:32 am, August 30, 2014
Quite often i find people asking for a leech in chat for a dungeon run - and i have a feeling they dont just mean a healer.
So can perhaps someone here explain in a simple way what a "leech&quo [..]
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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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