1:32 pm, August 25, 2017
Hi,
I've only played dps back on TSW a couple of years ago and now I thought I'd try out a tanking role so I chose the trickster archetype. Now my tank is lvl 26 and in hell raised I keep loosing ag [..]
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1:32 pm, April 10, 2017
So I am looking at tsw-builder and it says that Blaze does 182 magical damage and that Molten Earth does 345.
Then I look at Quantum Collider-Collapse, and it says:
Quote:
Collider: [..]
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12:32 am, April 2, 2017
Hi, I got TSW when it first came out, bought a Lifetime sub, but then (for reasons I can't recall) drifted away from the game around Blue Mountain. I half remember things about this game, but mostly f [..]
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12:32 pm, March 6, 2017
Hello
I am looking for a good Hammer/something build that I can use to survive PvE stuff.
I don't play alone, I normally play with my partner who uses a DPS Blood Magic build and I tank using a Bloc [..]
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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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11:32 pm, January 9, 2017
Playing AR Blood sniper type character.
I can put out decent damage, especially 1v1 can usually **** him before he kills me, however have problems getting **** if hes getting heals (seems like burs [..]
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12:32 pm, December 6, 2016
i just raised my talisam skills to 11 because i had the extra points. i had assumed the "understanding equal footing" thread was oudated, having the cap of resists before other stats were [..]
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11:32 pm, November 4, 2016
Hello, how's it going? I just got the Secret World last week, and I've been thoroughly enjoying the game thus far. The missions themselves are well done (especially investigation missions) and the set [..]
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1:32 pm, October 21, 2016
Of some sort, anyway. Yes, I am rather new at this. But if this super flexible system is in this game, why not use it? I want to make a build that can **** healers quite well. I've seen a few ideas [..]
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1:32 pm, October 14, 2016
Heya, I'm hoping an expert here can help me resurrect my character and finally finish the story after I abandoned it in June. When last I played, I was reasonably comfortable running around northern [..]
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12:32 am, August 18, 2016
I admit it: I've never fully understood my stats. I want to make the best DPS build I can, and am asking for your help. I have three purple gear and the rest blue, and now realize I concentrated too m [..]
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1:32 pm, July 28, 2016
So yeah, newbie with a build that I'm planning on going after, being:http://www.tsw-builder.com/#94v97097...60962955866905
A lot of the build was focused around making Groundworks work as the primary [..]
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1:32 pm, July 5, 2016
So I am lacking in gear. I have like 2100 Black Bullion to buy purple gear, otherwise I have some QL 10 blue.
Combat in this game kicks my ***, hense my lack of playing for the past 2 years or so. To [..]
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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, July 1, 2016
Is it just me or is Power Line bugged since the latest update?
All it does right now is its initial lightning, then I gain the buff, it counts to two, then the button gets gray and the counter stops. [..]
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1:32 pm, June 29, 2016
The description of the ability is as follows.
"Blah, blah, blah. Lots of cool stuff. Whole bunch of damage. Blah, blah, blah.
Applies Vulnerable to Magic.
Susceptible to Anima Deviation."
So [..]
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1:32 pm, June 27, 2016
So, I started out with a Blood/Pistol build that worked reasonably well, but after the Elite revamp I've moved to Blood/Shotgun. Despite the lack of Impairs (other than when I take down an AEGIS shie [..]
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1:32 pm, April 17, 2016
My thoughts on these tanking signets...Info Box
Signet of Resilience (epic)
When you evade/glance/block, you get +150 phys and mag protection for 4 seconds, up to +450. No cd.
Signet of Reinforcement [..]
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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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1:32 pm, April 3, 2016
I've heard a lot of different stuff regarding tank gearing, and since the seemingly most popular tanking guide thread is from 2013 with only 10.4.4 gear I figured I'd double check before building my g [..]
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12:32 am, April 1, 2016
NEWIssue #14: Call of the Nameless is now out! Six all-new main missions and assorted side missions await in the sands of Egypt. This issue is available from the item store and may be purchased with [..]
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12:32 am, March 30, 2016
Returning player here wondering what to do with all the AP my toons are earning this week.
My main is elemental/hammer. I play him with my friend who is elemental/blade. We're in Blue Mountain and h [..]
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11:32 pm, March 1, 2016
Hi guys. I played a little secret world a while ago closer to when it first released but quickly got involved in another game at the time and now I just reinstalled because I wanted to try this again. [..]
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11:32 pm, February 4, 2016
I never know what best suits my play style in any game, so I typically try out a bunch of weapons, pick what I like the look/feel of the best, and choose a bunch of skills that help me **** monsters t [..]
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12:32 pm, January 24, 2016
Hi, I'm fairly new to this exciting game… love it so far and I am eager to go on. I have 'sortof' finished Kingsmouth and have begun Savage Coast. I am a mostly QL3 Blade/AR abilities build [..]
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12:32 pm, January 12, 2016
Ok, so, my character has her APs spent almost evenly between Blood Magic and Blades. In SPs, she has Blades and Blood Magic at 5, and her talisman skills all at 4. One thing I've noticed is that the d [..]
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12:32 pm, December 25, 2015
Hi folks!
I've returned to the game after quite a long hiatus, and looking to get back into the swing of things again. Historically, I've always preferred ranged weapons/magic to Melee; however, I'm [..]
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11:32 pm, December 2, 2015
Ok so, I have searched high and low to find a build that does what I want to do...but I have been completely unable to find up to date builds.
I came back to the game a week ago after a very lengthy b [..]
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1:32 pm, October 13, 2015
I'm just now returning after a very long break from the game, been about 3 years so I'm sure everything has changed to some degree or another LoL
See many changes and nerfs since I've been away, as t [..]
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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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1:32 pm, October 2, 2015
Okay so I've read from multiple posts that melee DPS in a Nightmare dungeon is not doing the healer any favors. If that is the case, should I scrap trying to do a chaos/blade in favor of a ranged DPS [..]
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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 12, 2015
So I've lvl'd some and are about to make a decision about future skills. I've read that Exposed or Corrupted must be had in the build. That tosses a lot of builds and weapon types out the window if th [..]
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12:32 am, August 24, 2015
Check out my Destiny Fulfilled DPS build here: https://forums.thesecretworld.com/sh...-DPS-Blade-Ele.Need Build Now!!!http://www.tsw-builder.com/#25v21155...16232421612a05Intro:
This is designed to be [..]
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12:32 am, August 19, 2015
Was wondering if more experienced players could help me out with a few tricky mechanics questions.
1. Does Steel Echo's 2nd hit proc 2 cuts?
2. How much does a penetrating hit increase my damage by, r [..]
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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 10, 2015
I like my theme builds. Some are just for fun, others like my purge deck turn out to be much more powerful and useful than I anticipated.
I made me a TAoE deck and it blows.
I've been testing them o [..]
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1:32 pm, July 5, 2015
[Hematic Rites]
Active ability
TAoE: Affects up to 6 friends within a 5 metre radius around the defensive target.
Consumes 2 Blood resources. Can be powered by your own health.
Places an absorb b [..]
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12:32 am, July 3, 2015
Hello Friends i am new to this game in fact 2day is my 1st day..i love Assualt Rifle so i made this build with Assualt Rifle/ Blood Magic..
Please Advice me is this Build is fine does Assualt Rifle/ [..]
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1:32 pm, June 29, 2015
As of now I'm working on a build I'd like to call the Bleeding Turtle. Of course problem is I'd like to increase my DPS as much as I can, mainly through blood magic while keeping my block capabilities [..]
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12:32 am, June 22, 2015
Multi-hit builders are a staple of the proc builds using Thunderstruck as an elite passive.
Safety Off, because of its cast time and when the actual hits occur, does not do well in conjunction with i [..]
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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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12:32 am, June 5, 2015
Well there I am sitting at home with some back problems and I think lets take a look at the TSW a game I dropped pretty shortly after launch despite my heavy investment. So far I am enjoying myself, b [..]
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1:32 pm, June 3, 2015
Let me just start by saying that I know this has been discussed many times before, but the latest discussion I found was back when DP stacked to 150 and IM gave 10%, so the thinking might be different [..]
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1:32 pm, June 1, 2015
Hi!
So on my current alt, I'm running an improvised hammer/shotgun build that has been working surprisingly well so far for soloing/levelling. But I'm noticing that I'm not really using the shotgun a [..]
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1:32 pm, May 28, 2015
Hey theorycrafters!
Quick question, I been really curious bout a high Phys/Magic resist solo questing build using force crit/pen consumers for DPS. ANyone had any luck with this? I am quite token p [..]
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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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12:32 am, May 7, 2015
Hello everyone!
I'm kinda new to this game, but I'm getting more and more into it every day. After the first week, I'm confident to have figured out how things work and I started thinking about buil [..]
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12:32 am, April 27, 2015
Hello bees,
So i won a purple Aggression signet from one of the golems or a halloween event and am wondering if I should finally slot it in my main weapon (Pistols). I have the customizable purple p [..]
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11:32 pm, March 20, 2015
This is for a character I named, Gangsta-Kittenhttp://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k5...-19-11-38a.jpg
I tried to make her cute looking. My idea is that she was a college student who's roommate talked h [..]
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12:32 pm, March 16, 2015
Basically going for most efficient, like whatever weapon heals the most, or provides the most tankiness.
I've tried all the main weapons and have decided that sword is the best for me, since magic d [..]
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11:32 pm, March 12, 2015
Hello, I'm here to look for suggestions on how to change my main solo build. I started the game as Blade/AR build focusing on DPS and using leech abilities to cure myself on soloing PVE. With the curr [..]
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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 19, 2015
Hoi everyone,
I want to give Secret World another try as this is about the only modern horrorish mmo out here with a good theme and lore. I've played upto and into Blue Mountain but is got to hard f [..]
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12:32 pm, February 13, 2015
Ok so i wonna try something new... I was playing that game last year and i wonna come back to it. But i wonna give a try some new build. I wonna be dps with shotgun and some magic to it. I think i won [..]
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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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12:32 pm, January 17, 2015
Hi all, I'm brand new to the game, and still downloading. I'm purely in my theorycrafting stage, but the magic in this game looks amazing. This is a really really early build, and I'm still considerin [..]
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12:32 pm, January 6, 2015
Hi I just came back to the game (and bought the Collectors edition issues...) and I would like to pick up where I was.
I have passive skills from almost all branches but I only use magical active ski [..]
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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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12:32 pm, December 20, 2014
Ok, so I recently returnet to tsw and found myself in the middle of transylvania(haven't played since a couple of months after release). And I find myself dying a lot. I think the problem is my build. [..]
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12:32 am, October 6, 2014
Hey folks, returning player here starting from scratch.
Just completed this build as a starting build and its working well so far.http://wordpress.tswguides.com/my-fi...-with-bladear/
Unfortunately [..]
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1:32 pm, September 18, 2014
Hey everyone! I just finished up the main storyline and I'm trying to make my way into Tokyo, but I feel that the build I've been running with, while serving me fantastically, is starting to lag behin [..]
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12:32 am, September 11, 2014
I have I weapon elemental magic and I have been adding abilities to it and now have 6 slots full if I get another weapon .(.blood magic I would like) do I get another 6 slots to put my new abilit [..]
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1:32 pm, September 10, 2014
Hey people! I'm new to the game. I'm currently still in Kingsmouth. I was wondering if anyone has any decent blade/blood magic builds that I can try out. There's too much variety in the game! Since I' [..]
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12:32 am, September 5, 2014
The bodies of the innocent lay torn and ragged in the wake of those horrors that lurk in the shadows. With charged ethereal crossbows and an expertise in the occult, the Dread Hunter stalks all thing [..]
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2:33 am, August 26, 2014
So ive got about 10.4 days played. In that time i have been beat up, set on fire, had bombs explode on me, undead try to drain my life away, spoken with watchers, been to hell, all through it all i [..]
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2:33 am, August 26, 2014
Is there some sort of lag fix thing that I've missed or something?
I average on around 100ms to the servers and PVP is just full of f*** s*** if you want to use the single target melee abilities. You [..]
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