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, January 23, 2017
I don't PvP a lot, I'll admit. But I have a lot of fun when I do PvP, and I tend to go heals unless my group is top-heavy with healers. I spend more time in Fusang than anywhere else, and in there I [..]
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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, November 16, 2016
Recently i am experiencing a freeze when i leave Fusang. It hangs and doesn't port me out.
I cntrl, alt, del and it says that the program has stopped responding, so i end it.
Anyone else have or ha [..]
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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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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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12:32 am, July 2, 2016
Since the golem event started, every time I've tried to leave Fusang I've had a 5+ minute loading screen culminating in the game crashing. Hadn't entered the place for months before the event so I am [..]
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12:32 am, July 2, 2016
Hi there Traveler,
this is my first TSW-Guide, however its not my first Build-Guide.
I'm a passionated MMO-Nerd but not a "hardcore Theorycrafter".
This guide is not for those of us who a [..]
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12:32 am, May 5, 2016
I finally had *some* Fusang PvP action last night. At some point it had about 20 people.
Last night, I got bored while waiting for Shambala que with my Templar char. I thought I'll mess around in F [..]
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12:32 am, April 27, 2016
Raztec’s Video Guides
Hi all,
So my name is Raztec, and I have wanted to post this for a while now, but I was unsure of where to do so because it covers many things, so I decided to place it [..]
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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 1, 2016
Shambala has developed into something which I suspect was never intended - namely, a 10-man PvP fight whose outcome can be, and increasingly often is, determined by a single player. There are about ei [..]
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11:32 pm, February 9, 2016
Hi. My character's chronicle is here https://chronicle.thesecretworld.com/character/Barbie01 and, as currently equipped, I'm finding it hard to take on more than two monsters in Transylvania. I'm look [..]
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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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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 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 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, 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 12, 2015
Hail and greetings from the cluttered desk on JackMax. I haven't been around too long in this game (<3 months), but as I have run through the game one ability has stuck out as an aberration amo [..]
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11:32 pm, October 28, 2015
You might have known, that there has been a change to the crit rating formula.Here is what I threw together with the current patch and the data available on tswcalc.
There is a nice difference betwee [..]
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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 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, 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 16, 2015
I am posting it here too cause I know she loved her pvp and many of you probably knew her.
On Sunday the 13th of September, The Secret World lost a fantastic member of our community to cancer. Just f [..]
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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 11, 2015
A quote I heard from a player in a failing NY Raid
Now as far as I am concerned, Tanking is both fun & easy, IF you put the effort into it, and this is not an unknown issue in the game, peopl [..]
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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 3, 2015
I posted this in the official suggestion box thread on the general forums and thought I'd post it here lest it be lost in the sea of suggestions for pets and vanities.
[PvP] Allow the change of suits [..]
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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, July 30, 2015
I'm about to leave Kingsmouth with a Fist/Chaos solo build. I've used the in-game Trickster deck up to this point. Everyone says get rid of it and make your own, so I have been looking at the builds f [..]
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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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12:32 am, June 26, 2015
When: Saturday July 18th at 2PM EST.
Where: El Dorado :P
Why: To kick ****, take names, and have tons of fun!
Heya folks,
An Unkindness of Ravens (Dragon Cabal) and friends will be running a 10 ma [..]
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12:32 am, June 12, 2015
Hi, I played this game when it first came out for a fair while, and am now looking to come back and play it some more.
I am in Transylvania, the farmlands, and having trouble with some of the averag [..]
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1:32 pm, June 9, 2015
today i played Fusang and meet there templar guy which think what he best pvper (he so many trashtalk in chat) . 3 times i fight with him and every time he leave fusang with 100 hp before i ****** hi [..]
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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 13, 2015
I started out with Blood/Ele years ago back before it was popular. Back then, procs really sucked. Since coming back, I've found out they've been buffed to be able to crit and penetrate, leading to th [..]
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1:32 pm, May 9, 2015
So, Issue #11 has brought me two new glorious purples! (The one from the issue itself, and I finally spent that bullion they gave existing post-Transylvania characters on a brand new Assault Rifle.) I [..]
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12:32 am, May 7, 2015
Please save this page for the different Wing Abilities people recieve at the end of issue 11, so far the following has been confirmed:
Wings:
Gold
Purple
Blue
Red
Gold:
A GTAoE attack that affe [..]
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1:32 pm, April 21, 2015
I noticed some text in the 1.11 patch notes regarding changes to elites to make them more useful. I remember a number of elites that I considered underpowered for a 50AP ability. That said the notes a [..]
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12:32 am, April 4, 2015
So i have just picked this up a couple weeks ago and have been having allot of fun with it i enjoy the AR/SG line and have tried a few of the different decks including the commando starter deck. I'm a [..]
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11:32 pm, March 25, 2015
I normally don't engage in Forum activities because of laziness, but this requires community and maybe dev attention.
Long story short: Fist is utterly unbalanced and broken for anything but healing. [..]
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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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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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11:32 pm, February 9, 2015
Announcing the Architexts!
Wonderful players of The Secret World, we are happy to announce a new initiative that will answer your questions, from the Development Team themselves!How is this going to [..]
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12:32 pm, February 2, 2015
I decided to make a new consolidated thread of PvP builds because the old one is not frequently updated. I will leave it here for now, as I feel more people who can benefit from these builds will be i [..]
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12:32 pm, February 1, 2015
Hey guys,
I've been thinking about writing this guide for a year or so now....now that I have comfortably perfected the art of bursting, I'd like to share my insight.
Stage One: &q [..]
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12:32 pm, January 12, 2015
_______________________________________________Proccing Blade - A Fist/Blade proc buildRandom Rambling
I think a Fist/Blade build with proc passives hasnt been discussed thoroughly on the forums yet. [..]
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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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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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12:32 pm, November 21, 2014
the games simply dont pop anymore.
a few of the old players i know have logged in recently, they spent a while chatting with me then asked why none of the pvp mini games have popped since they que'd [..]
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12:32 pm, November 18, 2014
Hey folks,
Last week, our fighting friend, Boxcar, had a RL event which will significantly impact his game time. This seems to be far more negative to his enjoyment of TSW than my most recent gig ( [..]
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12:32 pm, November 11, 2014
Well tonight marks a new low point for me in TSW. I've never been one to complain about the state of the game or people running hacks or all the broken mechanics. I think I've always tried to treat [..]
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11:32 pm, November 6, 2014
Easy steps:
Target something
Start shooting him
While shooting hold down sidestep button (Q, E default)
Turn camera sideways
Now you're running at full non-sprint speed away from the guy you're [..]
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12:32 pm, October 27, 2014
The Whiners of Fusang ( BG-B )
You know who you are ....
Hello Fusang, my old friend,
I've come to fight in you again,
Because a dragon is softly creeping,
while some illumi's are most likely l [..]
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12:32 am, October 16, 2014
So yes, it’s one of these threads (again), yes I made a post similar to this a while back, but the recent matches have been an annoying experience, so I felt the need to share. :evil:
I ha [..]
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1:32 pm, October 15, 2014
I've been playing TSW very slowly since its release. So slowly that I only hit Transylvania for the first time this last weekend. It's felt like hitting a wall, where almost every mob is a struggle an [..]
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12:32 am, October 11, 2014
Hello, Builds & Decks
A couple of years back I hobbycoded a parser to fit my data extracting needs for TSW combat logs. It's that time of the year again, I went back to it, rejoiced at evades [..]
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12:32 am, October 9, 2014
This has been something that has been requested previously, though it annoys me by far the most in SH, where the recent event only highlighted this annoyance even more for me. :rolleyes:
A premade h [..]
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1:32 pm, October 4, 2014
*warning: it's me (i.e. loooooong)
*The light is subdued on the stage, the band; bleery eyed and exhausted raise their instruments and begin to play as the man makes his way to the microphone. Blue [..]
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12:32 am, October 3, 2014
The shadows lengthen and the warmth leeches from the days. The glare of summer fades and trees shake the leaves from their branches to swirl on the wind in a Danse Macabre.
It is growing colder. It i [..]
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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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2:33 am, August 26, 2014
Tonight in Fusang I saw yet another set of accusations flying around about fair-play, or lack thereof, like previous occasions it was because some member of the lumie side thought there was some co-op [..]
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