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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, March 6, 2017
Hey guys!
The following link is a video showing how to Heal-Tank MFA NM* Boss 1 & 2 for kit-farming.
It shows how to do the following:
- Solo impair
- Solo Heal & Tank (Of course!) [..]
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11:32 pm, January 13, 2017
Hello everyone - Myndr here!
Here is the updated Prize list - prizes will be drawn today for each, and though we had much higher participation than anticipated, I hope everyone enjoyed the event and [..]
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11:32 pm, January 11, 2017
**** Shoot - Increase the chances to 35% of each effect [purge can be at 25-30%)
Advantage Me - Purge can happen every ~10-15 seconds.
Invasive Measures increase the chance to build resources - if y [..]
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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 19, 2016
El Dorado in it's current state is not working at all as intended. Literally if a team has 2 semi decent tanks and manages to get 2 relics while others have 1 each or non so that they get a point lead [..]
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12:32 pm, December 3, 2016
Camping at rival's Underdog mission is not honorable, and it happens too often.
Make it more difficult for campers to prevent players from picking up the Underdog mission. Currently, you can not star [..]
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12:32 pm, November 6, 2016
Impair Immunity is a big thing for me and my build, with very high Immunity uptime, but sometimes just isn't working. I'm trying to narrow down the specifics of when it doesn't work - the only genera [..]
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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 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, 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, 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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1:32 pm, April 16, 2016
Before reading this post, take a moment of silence to appreciate how amazing Lotiz (me) is at pvp. Once you have reflected on this, you may continue to read what I presume will make you the second bes [..]
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11:32 pm, March 7, 2016
There's so much complaints about premades stomping pugs, but never quite take a step back and look at it from another angle.
Why do premades stomp? Why do people run premade groups to begin with?
[..]
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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 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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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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12:32 pm, February 7, 2016
I fail to see why this buff is needed. If people want to leave early they can simply jump of the ledge and exit after dying.
The only people who get the deserter buff in my experience are:
1. Peopl [..]
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12:32 pm, January 16, 2016
Dear Funcom & Co,
Some of you reading this might have picked up it's in another thread, but I can't help but feel I need to get this message across.
I like having options in your game, as m [..]
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11:32 pm, January 14, 2016
Dear Funcom & Co,
Some of you reading this might have picked up it's in another thread, but I can't help but feel I need to get this message across.
I like having options in your game, as man [..]
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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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11:32 pm, December 30, 2015
Hi Folks
PVP client performance in TSW is pretty ****. I am sure people agree.
But I have a question.
Is everyone out there in every ED match/SH match/Populated Fusang literally running around with [..]
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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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11:32 pm, November 13, 2015
Looks like the DPS Woodcutter is not going to be fixed, so in fairness everyone should know how to make this pop.
Because the glyph gives you penetration without having to have ANY PEN on your gear y [..]
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11:32 pm, October 25, 2015
I keep hearing bits and pieces of people doing PvP-related things for Extra Life this year, and I thought I'd put this in here so that everyone who's doing something PvP-related can get it posted, and [..]
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12:32 pm, October 25, 2015
I know this thread has been done to *****..... However it still continues to be an issue. Especially now that Pvp rewards are... adequate. Given that there is no loose in pvp, and equal footing makes [..]
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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 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 12, 2015
I've been playing with blade and elemental lately and I'm kind of addicted to it. I'm pretty sure the specific implementation I have is useless in a group setting, but it's been a lot more useful than [..]
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12:32 am, October 9, 2015
Before you say "aw god not that again" think about it.
Pockethealers, People playing with "friends", People going in with "friends" at specific times when they know they [..]
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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 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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1:32 pm, September 14, 2015
Hello folks!
With all the additionnal ideas that X-Pert gave to me with his thread, I've decided to try to build a Scenario Solo build for NM based on two of my favorite skills: Chop-Chop and Thrill o [..]
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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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12:32 am, August 28, 2015
So, this:
"Damage reduction effects which last until the next hit, such as Saving Grace, Fleeting Fortress, and Art of War, will now be triggered when any health is lost"
I'm trying to fig [..]
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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 11, 2015
To help make it more convenient for our different communities to use our forums, we’re merging the German, French, and English forums. This just means that all forum users will visit http:/ [..]
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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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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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1:32 pm, June 13, 2015
Greetings and salutations **** secret warriors one and all!
So, I wanted to start a discussion; with a positive lean; on what the PvP Community would recommend needs to happen for Issue 13. We have [..]
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1:32 pm, June 8, 2015
PvP players don't ask for much, and we haven't gotten much either! I understand that Issue 13 will have a PvP update, but that's not going to be for like a year, so I think merging Fusang Battleground [..]
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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, June 4, 2015
Hi everyone, I Googled and Searched but couldn't find this mentioned anywhere.
Yesterday, I tried slotting Mad Skills alongside Dark Potency but both Passives cancel the other; you only end up with o [..]
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12:32 am, May 26, 2015
Can we please confirm this once and for all, will Venice gear ever be getting .5 upgrades? And if so when can we expect it to happen?
I have had many differing answers on the matter, some say it will [..]
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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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12:32 am, May 26, 2015
Thank you to Strange Continent and my fellow BSI members for making this happen. We always have such a good time together.
We are family <3Info:
So after doing this 3 times prior, I finally [..]
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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, April 13, 2015
OOPS Razor Shards not Razor Wire.....
Does anyone happen to know if the +50% Hate modifier from Razor Shards applies to the "large amount of Hate" effect from something like Stone's Throw o [..]
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12:32 pm, March 26, 2015
I've gotten to a point with my Bladed/Fist build where I'm not sure what I should be spending AP on. Does anyone happen to have any good solo/survival builds for Blades/Fist? I've tried doing some sea [..]
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11:32 pm, March 11, 2015
iv made simmilar comment in discusionj of changes with this patch, here i would like to discuse them with community to provide better feedback, so pleas dont close/merge
four winds ,
EF thing, not g [..]
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11:32 pm, March 9, 2015
Theirs alot of post so I don't have alot of time to check each one so I thought I ask here.
I have started a toon on the game my very first toon. I happen to like Elementalism fun abilities to use b [..]
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12:32 pm, March 5, 2015
Hello,
I frequently encounter Tank/Heal builds which seem to resist impairs 100%.
When hitting with "Strange Attractor" I get combat log messages like:
"Player XY resisted your spell [..]
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12:32 pm, February 27, 2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by nusquam
Regarding matchmaking: The coders looked into it not too long after that post you quoted and reported "It wasn't nearly as comple [..]
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12:32 pm, February 14, 2015
I wrote this awhile back. Its mainly just Ciritty, Claretta and Katarina's info just put together, so absolute credit to them. I think starting off it's a good path to get you at a decent level for ev [..]
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12:32 pm, February 10, 2015
been seeing more than a few of these in ED. froooom and all defenders are dead. I knew that SA cheese builds were being used last time I was here, but wow seems to hurt a bit more. I've seen [..]
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12:32 pm, February 10, 2015
I have played in a lot of groups where tanks have issues holding hate.
I quickly notice that they are using Art of War as an elite. When I point this out and ask them to switch to Stoicism, so as to [..]
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12:32 pm, February 8, 2015
Im thinking about returning (again) to TSW, because damn i love the setting, but the thing that annoys me the most is that pretty much every "top performance" build in NM/Raid setting is usi [..]
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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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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 23, 2015
Hi all,
I was thinking about Chaos Fist and was wondering if you could have a look at this Chaos Fist build that I put together. It uses burst attacks to gather health and proc Ferocity. While that [..]
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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 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 7, 2014
I first noticed this in the New York raid a few weeks ago, and I thought it was just happening because of the amount of lag I get there, but today I'm testing a build in the Cruicible and I can now re [..]
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12:32 pm, December 4, 2014
So I'm hop skipping through the game havin fun, and have been lucky enough to land some high QL dungeon drops, but I am bound and determined to make a solid Shotgun/Chaos build. I know the interwebs s [..]
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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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12:32 pm, December 2, 2014
So, I was helping a player new to TSW in PVE and we were doing one of the quests that require you to be dead to accomplish tasks...I was thinking, it would be kind of cool to take advantage of deaths [..]
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11:32 pm, November 17, 2014
EDIT: Sorry, should have just asked:
"Has anything about the game mechanics/abilities changed since April to the point where I will have to significantly rebuild my decks and glyphing?"
/E [..]
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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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11:32 pm, November 14, 2014
I have been playing TSW solo casually for almost a month now, rocking a blade / chaos build [https://chronicle.thesecretworld.com/character/HanSuna] that has been close to a cakewalk so far after gett [..]
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11:32 pm, November 13, 2014
Hey everyone
So I've been playing this game for about a week and I was doing fairly well in Kingsmouth but when I moved to next location and then eventually to Blue Mountains I ran into more and more [..]
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11:32 pm, October 28, 2014
Events in TSW seldom really include anything PvP related, only two occasions in fact spring to mind. There was that one time one of the guardians was put into Fusang, and then we had that ever so anno [..]
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12:32 am, October 26, 2014
hey,
some of you know i am around for quite a bit, very few of you know me a bit better than being just that stubborn old **** who always wants all the nice relics in one place, best with lumie tag o [..]
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12:32 am, October 21, 2014
Hello there!
So the new meta has been settled and i think we can safly comment now on some new and old problems PvP has
* PvP community, its size,events
We had amazing event some time ago(thanks ag [..]
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12:32 am, October 17, 2014
Hi everyone!
Once again, it's time for the Extra Life event! Funcom is back and ready to play this year, and I hope you are too! Just like last year, we are excited to welcome returning and new p [..]
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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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1:32 pm, October 2, 2014
Anaesthesia 3m
Beatdown 3m
Black Hole 10m (projectile)
Bushwhack 14m (lunge)
Cardiac Arrest 15m (projectile)
Chaotic Pull (15m)
Coldwave 5m
Cremate 15m (projectile)
Dirty Tricks 15m (GTAoE)
[..]
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12:32 am, September 16, 2014
Hey there.
To my knowledge, I just have a few questions that aren't answered by the FAQs in the stickied thread on the forum! Anyway, I'm new to the game -- just got off my trial access period and d [..]
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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, September 2, 2014
Today, i had an issue , i couldn't do or have damage, i was testing my tank stuff ... i don't know why , so i have reported it (ctrl+b don't know if the new will be treat with that command) , and I l [..]
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2:33 am, August 26, 2014
Hello, I recently started 3maning the elite dungeons with some friends. One of them healtanks me+the other dps, and in difficult fights they switch to tank/heal and I'm left as the only dps.
My main [..]
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2:33 am, August 26, 2014
I've wrote petition, and I was speaking with GM, but want to asks for some official statement: when we can expect RAID working again? It is super annoying, healers cant heal, we don't see what is happ [..]
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2:33 am, August 26, 2014
Hi,
i just recently came back to TSW and decided to start over. My new Toon is now almost done with Blue Mountains. So far i have not real trouble with my build, beside that it is boring as hell.
Th [..]
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2:33 am, August 26, 2014
I decided to take a break from packing, because moving sucks, because packing sucks... so bear the loins of my fruity boredom! (wait...what?)http://www.tsw-builder.com/#41v42042...55332330630436
This [..]
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