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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1:32 pm, March 31, 2017
On the live stream, they have stated that the introduction and even design of Fusang, Stone Henge and Eld Dorado will be based on feedback received from players of SWL. It is also not guaranteed that [..]
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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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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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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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12:32 pm, January 6, 2017
Hello everyone, Myndr here!
In honor of Russian Christmas (Saturday, the 7th) and in the spirit of filthy American Capitalism we have an event for you all today!
This coming SUNDAY (the 8th) we are in [..]
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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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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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12:32 am, October 8, 2016
Sometimes there is a supply drop, where do they drop? Could it be anywhere or is it on the main road only?
Then there is the mission you get by a custodian when your faction is low populated vs the o [..]
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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, August 30, 2016
This past weekend, I got to see what happens when you successfully drop your faction's crate inside one of your facs that's under heavy attack. The magnificence was off the charts, and the carnage was [..]
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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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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 4, 2016
While no longer critical as it was when fuses were rare, I still would like to reuse gear if possible between my dps, tank, leach, and solo builds. I have come up with the following design to re-glyp [..]
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12:32 am, July 28, 2016
Hey all,
I've noticed a decent amount of unfamiliar faces in ED recently so I decided to put together some of my better builds that each serve a very valuable spot on any team. With each you'll find [..]
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12:32 am, July 14, 2016
Hello!
there was recently well... hmm... "event" in wich talking abaut ED went sideways.
The air of that discusion was poisonus and i would like to avoid it while talking abaut ED, becous [..]
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12:32 am, July 6, 2016
Now the title might sound like hyperbole, but I honestly think that in 18 years of playing various MMOs I've never come across anything worse than this. Let me explain:
The whole idea of creating a co [..]
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12:32 am, July 2, 2016
Event coordinators will post results here.
I'd like coordinators to identify themselves, the time, the faction, and the BG
Then for check point 1 (15 minutes), list the participating players (or link [..]
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12:32 am, June 30, 2016
Two hours into the event I have already counted 3 afk players (funnily enough the same faction) camped out in the centre, sitting down in shrubbery of the pyramids waiting for the Golem.
This may or [..]
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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 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, June 13, 2016
On the Fourth of July Weekend, from Friday, July 1st until Monday, July Fourth we will be celebrating the upcoming Fusang revamp by capturing and holding facilities in the Fusang Projects. Project Co [..]
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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, April 26, 2016
I realize most of the faction decks are junk and often the names and descriptions make little sense, but I try not to hold any of that against them. I also find it easier to grok the idea of a deck if [..]
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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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12:32 am, April 9, 2016
I just posted a reply to a Suggestion Box thread: https://forums.thesecretworld.com/sh...-Box-Version-2
"[PvP] Please fix PvP because as I'm sure you can see from your database (i.e. Chronicles) [..]
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12:32 am, April 5, 2016
It is my understanding that PvP has only gotten worse since the last time i tried it. And it is only getting worse. From my POV, there is Only One major Problem with PvP and 2 minor issues.
The Majo [..]
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1:32 pm, April 3, 2016
Lets just say that playing a faction mattered, suppose that a certain dungeon (new) could only be defeated by having a faction wide buff (world Domination buff) that was better than any combination of [..]
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12:32 am, April 2, 2016
I'm a new player dedicated to PvP. I have PvP char on both Templar (Extamus) and Dragon (Dooli). My gears are terrible so naturally I'm getting my butt kicked all the time but still have fun. At th [..]
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1:32 pm, March 30, 2016
I know as you read this title and see the person writing it, you might think HolloPoint is off on his high horse, trying the be the winter king or some sort of egotistical nonsense, but I cannot go to [..]
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12:32 am, March 29, 2016
Thread title says it all. But, some of you may ask, why should the TSW PVP community boycott Issue #14?
The answers are as simple as they are plentiful.1. NO PVP ISSUE AS OF YET
You've heard it said [..]
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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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12:32 pm, March 7, 2016
Shambala has been around a bit now, and I wonder if anyone else has noticed this.
I haven't looked at the map recently, since it's not too important to do in there. BUT....
The map I saw looked as t [..]
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11:32 pm, February 26, 2016
Brutally Efficient Dungeon Leechtank
I've been running a lot of non-aegis nightmare randomizer lately.
This allowed me to perfect my leechtanking and transform it into a kind of semi-bufftank.
In my e [..]
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11:32 pm, February 11, 2016
Evening!
So, I started out as Pistol/Ele, did a little switch to Ele/Blood, dabbled briefly in AR/Blood, then switched to Fist/Blood before now sort of settling on Ele/Blade. And so far... it's not t [..]
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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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11:32 pm, January 29, 2016
Hey all,
Still getting started with this game. Gonna start from scratch a new character today, and I'm wondering what 2 weapons would you recommend to start with to jump right into pvp from ground z [..]
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11:32 pm, January 26, 2016
So I'm throwing this thread since it has made me laugh so hard while talking about it with my cabal.
What would be your most absurd achievements if you could create your own in the game ?
We started w [..]
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11:32 pm, January 21, 2016
I've recently got back into TSW and am enjoying collecting BB thru dailies. I note that Capture 6 anima wells and participate in eldorado give lots of BB without having to fight much so I've been goin [..]
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11:32 pm, January 14, 2016
I guess you are all excited as I'm to try the next new pvp content, which will be Shambala !
A little reminder about what we already know about it :
Shambala will be a kind of last man standing betw [..]
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12:32 pm, January 9, 2016
Main issue (imo) is that nothing rewards defence.
In order to fix this I suggest to add an auto-completed quest (like the bosses' quests during PvE events):If a faction successfully defends a facilit [..]
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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, January 7, 2016
Wasted a whole hour queued for SH and ED, and not a single pop...
Scoreboard timer came up, and 0 wins for all 3 factions within the last hour, meaning not enough players to even queue up for it to p [..]
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11:32 pm, December 23, 2015
Hello PVP players,
Please always remember that the rules of conduct apply to PVP.
I am not saying this with the intention of stopping anyone from breaking them (because those who do, tend to not r [..]
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11:32 pm, December 18, 2015
i thought i would take a moment to give some feedback after playing some pvp with the issue 13 changes.
first and foremost i really love the ability to change uniforms in every battlefield whenever y [..]
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11:32 pm, December 17, 2015
NEW!
The Orochi tower may have been conquered, but Kaidan’s survivors still need your aid. In Issue #13: Trail of Shadows, new missions await from your favorite characters, including Harumi [..]
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12:32 pm, December 12, 2015
i have been sat on my lonesome self, while a friend has qued up in a premade group for both ED/SH. He has entered the match three times now, and i have 0.
The fact that the system picks group qued pl [..]
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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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12:32 pm, November 16, 2015
There is a huge population imbalance on Cerberus where the Templars have twice the players as the other 2 factions. So I'm looking for more even fights for pvp, is there a dimension with a good amount [..]
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12:32 am, October 22, 2015
This year, we asked you- the community- to share with us your teams for Extra Life, which happens on November 7th this year. Some teams are streaming 24 hours, some only when they can. No matter whe [..]
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12:32 am, October 20, 2015
Apologies in advance if this has been talked to *****, I have just made a forum log on and have a simple question about Fusang.
A little background, I haven't played this game since issue 10 aside fr [..]
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12:32 am, October 17, 2015
I've been away for a while, obviously, and everything got changed up and around. One of the more noticeable changes is the massive reduction in the number of currencies in-game. This is pretty welcome [..]
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12:32 am, October 16, 2015
Just went into PVP and there is some major lag issues in Fusang. I was attacked and this noise kept repeating over and over, the noise of an affliction i think, even when i was dead. The lag was so ba [..]
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12:32 am, October 15, 2015
PvP has changed radically since the introduction of daily challenges, and very much for the worse.
ED and SH have suffered particularly seriously because all that is required of a player is "par [..]
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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 13, 2015
Rant on
Seriously, a full raid with 4 tank suits and one healer, and everyone runs Center without saying anything, leaving, forcing your only healer to go pick the faction relic? That is not a wisedec [..]
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1:32 pm, October 11, 2015
Postcard from FusangSo reach out, reach out, get a hand brothers and sisters
Grow on your kindness, love harmony and peace
Empty yourselves of everything, gain in loosing, thrive in your freedom
I [..]
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1:32 pm, October 4, 2015
Pure Rifle/Fist healing
Hey guys.
After playing so much time in TSW as all roles, i wanted to go back to my roots as a pure healer. I never really enjoyed HoT fist healing cause it’s so depr [..]
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1:32 pm, September 11, 2015
So Kemo brought me to the idea to release my favorite scenario deck.
Been a while since I shared stuff - but today I want to share the deck which escorted me to my 100% augment wheel.
This deck is for [..]
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12:32 am, September 3, 2015
Before I12, the tank uniform was great for tanking(obviously), but was also good for healing and dps.
Now with the new uniforms, using a dps or tank uniform and healing is quite detrimental.
(Every ve [..]
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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
I've not played yet but from the sound of it the Underdog mission is only obtainable through the Cust. It should be available through the Faction base too as people will camp the cust and prevent us f [..]
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12:32 am, August 14, 2015
So, I was playing on my Dragon main, Odd Man Out, in Fusang late this morning when my game went, for lack of a better term, bonkers. Massive lag spikes started hitting me, hard. All but 3 members of [..]
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12:32 am, August 6, 2015
Players create alts for one reason or another. I'm curious as to how many have done so to PvP. You needn't post your alts' names or factions if you reply as I understand there are those who create alt [..]
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12:32 am, July 24, 2015
These days, when I queue for El Dorado, all I see is either 6 people or more leaving the match while other factions have a full 10 players raids, or matches starting with 4 vs 4 vs 4 and other faction [..]
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1:32 pm, July 2, 2015
Finally! It is done! I managed to build my first QL10.4 talisman set. To celebrate this event I give you myGuide for Non-Healers in Fusang
If you ever wanted to know how to play with a healer in Fusa [..]
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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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12:32 am, June 11, 2015
I'm starting a new thread since mattman1995 asked that the pro-merge petition thread not include anti-merge sentiment.
The ostensible goal for the pro-merge forces is that a merged Fusang will have a [..]
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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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12:32 am, May 26, 2015
So it come to conversation by a fellow Faction player and then raised the concern with some friends from other Factions since Beta, regarding what is currently happening in Fusang and they said immedi [..]
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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, 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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1:32 pm, April 22, 2015
I'm wanting to start a Dragon character to see another faction after finishing Solomon Island with a Templar. I'm wanting to make a healer this time.
I was wanting to go with Blood/Blade, but I'm no [..]
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12:32 am, April 1, 2015
hello we are 3 new euro players planning on doing only pvp on that game.
could you recommend the best faction/server to have the less queue wait time?
is it still posible to pvp at any time of the da [..]
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11:32 pm, March 11, 2015
GENERAL
* Fast travel has been added to the map UI.
* Using /reset now automatically resurrects you at the closest anima well.Tilty says...
In order to make travelling through the bigger playfields ea [..]
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11:32 pm, February 19, 2015
They don't exist!
I can't be the only one sick of hearing about how the other factions are always premading, or such and such is a dirty cheater. It really kills my good PvP vibe.
And yes, i just co [..]
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11:32 pm, February 11, 2015
Heya folks!
So here's the deal. Speaking on behalf of myself and many others that I have consulted with full premade matches are some of the most competitive and thrilling matches there have been. So [..]
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12:32 pm, February 7, 2015
Here are some random tips and tricks I thought would help new players in the PvP world of TSW. As someone who was once new to PvP, I found these methods helpful in coping with the challenges of being [..]
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12:32 pm, January 22, 2015
Just did my first PvP instance in Fusang today. Realizing that I was under-geared I just made up a deck that focused on applying debuffs and impairs. I think I was the only one running around with a s [..]
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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 16, 2015
(Skip to next set of parentheses if the into is TL:DR)
*Horns blast and lights shine upon the stage! Men and women clad in small, tight, blue, red and green lamé tuxedo jackets and matchi [..]
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11:32 pm, January 6, 2015
I will try to keep it short.
PVP right now is favoring imbalance in the wrong way. Imbalance in PVP could be the fuel that fire the fun but only if it is controlled and weighted in the right way, the [..]
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12:32 pm, December 31, 2014
El DoradoRelics: There are four except when there are five. I am not certain, but I assume relics explode after a certain amount of time or transform into some monstrous beast that devours all within [..]
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11:32 pm, December 26, 2014
Hey folks,
I'm looking to gather enough interest from all Factions for either a bunch of SH or a bunch of ED matches on Testlive on a coming weekend. The idea being that so long as you get on there a [..]
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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 20, 2014
Im a passionate TSW PVP Player since 5-6 months now and I still love PVP in this game. But I would like to see Funcom putting a little bit more effort and energy into TSW PVP within the next issues. W [..]
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11:32 pm, December 10, 2014
Ok so ED is flawed in so many ways, it was a valiant effort but 2 years down the line I think its time to call it.
I propose the following:
Let Dragons (the guardians of balance whom work in mysteri [..]
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11:32 pm, December 7, 2014
I believe the rewards for El Dorado are 15 Black Marks for a win, 10 for 2nd place, and 5 for 3rd place - or rather, they should be.
My team's come 2nd on several occasions, and all's displayed fine [..]
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11:32 pm, December 3, 2014
I know that the lowering to just needing 3 people queued on a side to pop a match was done to address concerns that pops were few and far between... but I fear that it may actually have driven rare po [..]
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11:32 pm, November 16, 2014
The best time I've yet had in pvp was in Fusang this past summer. It was a Saturday afternoon, and it seemed like each faction had at least ten people in the warzone, as well as at least one facility [..]
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12:32 pm, November 7, 2014
*A voice rings through the hall; "Ladies and gentlemen, may I take this great pleasure in bringing to the stage our own lothario, rake, gigolo, our philandering seducer, *** bomb and ladies man!& [..]
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11:32 pm, October 27, 2014
so i was sitting here thinking what i would do if i were in charge of this game that would be relativly simple yet make large impacts on how i play, and as i dont do any sort of programming i find it [..]
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12:32 am, October 21, 2014
I made this suggestion some time ago, but then community dissaproved, i wonder if its opinion changed a little
My idea is to allow fourth choice of the uniform trully customaziable at faction HQ for [..]
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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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1:32 pm, October 1, 2014
Maintenance is upon us and it is time to look at some numbers.
The leaderboards are full with now inactive players, but they are still the only data provided to us by FC. Even though they are of limi [..]
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12:32 am, September 25, 2014
I've always kind of stayed away from it in juuuust about every MMO I've played, but I figured "what the hell, I'll give it a shot." So I took Jack Barrow over to Fusang, and died, and died, [..]
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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 22, 2014
So I'm not here to play the blame game about premades. What I am here to do is offer a simple solution. I propose that the ability to queue for El Dorado as a "Raid" group be disabled. Queue [..]
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