12:32 am, April 6, 2017
So as you can see from my other post, I'm a returning player from so long ago I may as well be considered a newbie. I only solo PvE. I play Ele/Blood, heavy on the Ele.
I am focused on leveling my we [..]
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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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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 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 8, 2017
I used to mainly play a healer, but that was a LONG time ago.
so I am trying out tanking.
I also love Synergy meaning things that easily flow into each other, and or work well with tis each other [..]
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11:32 pm, December 29, 2016
I'm a returning player after about 1,5 years break from the game. Back then I just manage to get to the Savage Coast, now I am far more advanced. I got a pretty solid grip on stuff by now, thanks to g [..]
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12:32 pm, December 29, 2016
Good morning,
I have purchased the game last night and had enjoyed playing around with the system, trying builds out and weapon types and so far i am enjoying the game a lot. I have decided to roll a [..]
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11:32 pm, November 3, 2016
So - every time I come back to the game after a few months break I think "i have some black bullion from the seasonal events, I really must sort myself out some custom gear".
And then I spe [..]
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12:32 am, October 28, 2016
Hi,
I'd like to pick your collective brain on my first deck.
Basically I'd like to have a decent solo build which is not a burden in the halloween event dungeons/bosses (cat god, jack etc...)
As th [..]
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12:32 am, September 30, 2016
Well the title's self-explanatory, but as you may have gleaned from other posts, I'm back after an extended break.
I'm starting afresh with a new character, who is a blood/sword - which at first glan [..]
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12:32 am, August 19, 2016
Hi there,
for a while I play a Ele / Pistol build and have mostly 10.4.4 Gear with Head and weapons a little better. But i think my DPS are a little low, with just 2600 DPS on a dummy. My Build looks [..]
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1:32 pm, June 27, 2016
A couple of recent comments in the forum have got me wondering exactly what players expect other players to bring to the table, according to the suit that they're wearing, in order to be a 'proper' Ta [..]
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12:32 am, June 23, 2016
Been playing for two weeks. I originally used the Hawkward build from TSWDB. till blue mountain, then i switched the Blue Mountain special from TSW Guides to play with a Frenzy/leach build. i [..]
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1:32 pm, May 18, 2016
Okay, here's what I've got. At the moment, I'm mostly doing random mission soloing and duoing with a friend with an AR/Blood build, but I've got two problems I'm having.
1) (major one) Tokyo outsi [..]
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1:32 pm, May 15, 2016
I just started getting into to elites. People say that you can do elites in 10B and I've seen some people say you can do them in QL9B. No I mostly do solo content so, I don't have super 10.9 max gear, [..]
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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 10, 2016
I am working on my Dragon character who is mainly using Chaos/Blade though I will have all the melee weapons as her theme.
I want a build that has good survival, healing and DPS stats.http://joakibj. [..]
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1:32 pm, April 5, 2016
so i have questions as to how to get optimal dps from leecher - i read guides but they are mostly from 2012-2014 so update is needed
The Reaper guide - https://forums.thesecretworld.com/sh...ing-edit [..]
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1:32 pm, April 2, 2016
I thank all of you; every last one of you!
Once it was filled with 'relikt[sic]' spills and aspirational, time consuming, and sometimes confrontational thrills!
I do believe the party is mostly over [..]
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12:32 pm, March 25, 2016
Hello TSW people,
The arrival of Shambala brought the biggest changes to TSW PVP for a long time.
I have mostly seen discussion about game frequency, the new signets gained and also (unfortunately [..]
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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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11:32 pm, March 10, 2016
It's been a while since I played, and I'm trying to get a feel for building again. I've been toying with a hammer-based impair build. Mostly I'm doing solo play.
Here's what I've got so far:Weapons [..]
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12:32 pm, February 15, 2016
In the past you could do Shelter and see lots of yellow "6/12/20" come off of people as the Thirst buff was applied (Equilibrium did not show a number, but was also applied). Now signets on [..]
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11:32 pm, January 29, 2016
Hello!
With TSWDB about to close down, I figured I could repost the deck I am most happy with having created. It's a dual-builder, AEGIS-blasting, survival deck for Kaidan. There is not one thing that [..]
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11:32 pm, January 26, 2016
Hi everyone!
I just started play TSW again, after a 3-year hiatus. My current story quest is Total Eclipse which means that I’m almost in Egypt. I’ve used mostly Blade/AR until no [..]
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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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11:32 pm, January 14, 2016
For starters, let me just say that my current limiting factor is BB.
I'm still trying to convert my builds to purples. My tank builds are fully purple. My dps builds are mostly blue. My heal build [..]
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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 7, 2016
I'm a fresh novice who would appreciate some advice on Talismans.
I don't know anyone so I'm playing solo. I'm neither Tank, DSP, or Healer. Or you could say that I'm all of those in one character.
[..]
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12:32 pm, January 4, 2016
Newbie here, I've set up my own AR and Blood build. It's crude, but it does the job. Got me through Kingsmouth with ease. When I got to Savage Coast, it was more of the same until the bugs came along. [..]
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12:32 pm, December 17, 2015
Hey All,
I've been playing for just over a year but never posted so hello and I'm hoping someone can give me some advice or direction for my deck.
I'm running AR/BM DPS, I mostly play solo and hav [..]
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11:32 pm, November 3, 2015
Ok, so, I've only been playing for a few days, but as I've found myself with a lot of free time on my hands lately, I'm already into the Savage Coast. I recently did my first group mission (Polaris), [..]
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12:32 pm, October 28, 2015
So some months ago, I realized I barely ever used elementalism in my builds. Previously I'd had the same realization about hammer and it ended up becoming my favourite weapon for a while (hammer heali [..]
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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 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, September 30, 2015
I am a new player, decided to play a DPS build to get to know the game before I switch to my normal healer/support type of build.
I chose Grifter mostly because I liked the outfit. Dumb reason, but [..]
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12:32 am, September 29, 2015
Having a defensive target selected will Highlight that player and makes it easier for you to track their movements and actions, and it comes with pretty much no downside. Forgoing this additional Info [..]
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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 13, 2015
I've been playing a while, and am developing three characters practically simultaneously. As I get into the outer rings, things are getting fun. The top of this question is about my DPS build for Phre [..]
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12:32 am, September 12, 2015
I've done okay I guess with a blade / chaos build, soloing my way through the game well into Kaidan. I've purchased all the content. As to my build, it's Escalation / Consequence / Clearing The Path / [..]
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12:32 am, August 16, 2015
Hello allo returning player after a long break. Have three questions the first being about how viable my current dps build still is which I will list below. My second question is what is the most brai [..]
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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, August 9, 2015
I been mostly using sword but finding it sometimes easier with ranged and been using a shotgun, but to be honest it feels kind of clunky with elemental and I spend more time shooting my shotty then us [..]
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12:32 am, August 5, 2015
I've made it to Tier 17 of Dawning but Beaumont is giving me quite a fit! I've mostly been tanking for our cabal and, as a result, don't have a lot of healing type skills. My profile is here:https:/ [..]
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1:32 pm, July 15, 2015
Trading for the other passives I can use between the 2? Im seriously getting my butt kicked her in savage coast, my builds where fine up until this point, I mostly use thors hammer, light manifestatio [..]
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1:32 pm, July 3, 2015
Hi
I am "new" here or a returner :D
But i am sort of lost when it comes to builds in games.
I want to go blood/ele and have found some builds there was ****** and outdated.
So i would li [..]
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12:32 am, July 3, 2015
Hey everyone.
I've been playing TSW for a few days now and have had fun putting together weapon skills on my own, so far I've mostly been going with shotgun for damage along with rifle for a bit of h [..]
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12:32 am, June 23, 2015
I am not sure how well this works in this game, im usually into the battlemage or spellsword types, but as far as I can tell there is not much synergy with melee and elemental outside of maybe hammer [..]
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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 13, 2015
Hello, what are the differences between these two battlegroups - play style, strategies, players - and what are your personal experiences and interesting stories, rivalries and feuds (if any :) )? I a [..]
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12:32 am, May 29, 2015
Hey folks,
I'm goofing around with hammer/assault rifle on an alt and I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to grow the build. I'm not very familiar with these weapons which is why I'm playing them. [..]
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12:32 am, May 8, 2015
Hello,
I'm new to TSW. I currently have an injured left hand, so I can't move around much in combat. Is it possible to build a character, either ranged or melee, that is mostly stationary in PvE? [..]
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1:32 pm, April 30, 2015
Hey everyone, reinstalled TSW like 2 weeks ago, time to update my old NM dungeon DPS gear I'm now trying to gear for an effective scenario solo build (10.4.4), I know the build won't do 100% of the jo [..]
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12:32 am, April 9, 2015
I am wondering about using Mod for Chainsaw - I have dedicated Diamond Grit Chainsaw, currently with Overdrive, I am wondering how good is actually Mod (AoE physical pulse during Diamond Grit) - can t [..]
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12:32 am, April 8, 2015
Hello everyone,
could you guys help me out for a decision of a deck? I am currently playing with a friend and we are running the missions in different areas.
For now i concentrated on the soldier d [..]
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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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12:32 pm, March 22, 2015
I really like the idea of blood/blade thematically. So I am not super worried with being the ultimate top end parsing super build, but there are a lot of abilities in this game, and I am an on and off [..]
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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, 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, 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 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 8, 2015
Hey! I was wondering if anyone could help me out. I am interested in either a Blade/Pistol DPS build or a Blade/AR DPS build and just wanted to know which had the best synergy and most potential for D [..]
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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 pm, December 17, 2014
So I run Blades/Blood PBAE/penetration. Seems to be working pretty well, but my self healing ability is a bit sketchy at times. I'm in a group with three others with similar build, so I have some bl [..]
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12:32 pm, December 15, 2014
Got a challenge for you all. :P
A friend of mine, Kittymod, has been running this pistol/shotty build in Kaidan for a while. I decided to give it a shot and had so much fun with it. To challenge ours [..]
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11:32 pm, December 9, 2014
EDIT:
Okay I basicalyl answered my own question, but it appears to be only active heals that heal while they are activated (which is to say, not mockingbird). It looks like it applies an invisible b [..]
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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 11, 2014
Alright, hey everyone, so I'm still fairly new at this game, only been playing for a couple of months. I'm mostly a PVE player, so I wanted to find a Deck that I could play that was effective and enj [..]
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12:32 pm, October 31, 2014
So, I'm starting this game back up again after nearly a year (just in time for Samhain). I started out as Blade/Fist and switched to Blade/AR to get some range/pull. I also got a Quantum Brace (beca [..]
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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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12:32 am, October 15, 2014
TRANSMIT - initiate forum signal - RECIEVE - initiate Builds & Decks frequency - I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING - initiate newb lexicon - WITNESS - a request for help.
Hello all, here's the situ [..]
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12:32 am, October 11, 2014
I just recently rebuilt to a "Riot Truck" build and I love it for solo'ing (I know it's a tanking build...but it's actually done VERY well in Trans).
The question I have is this: Should I [..]
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1:32 pm, October 5, 2014
Special thanks to all the Hosts for the huge effort of organizing this Event. Stonehenge was popping like crazy and i am sure we all had mostly fun.
I'd also like to use this opportunity to apologize [..]
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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 6, 2014
Hi!
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tl;dr : I'm trying to design a "core" general purpose/survival PvE build that can be tweaked for PvP & [..]
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12:32 am, September 2, 2014
I think enough time has now passed for people to have tested the last change to Equal Footing sufficiently to give good feedback.
First of all, it seems to me that the new EF works much better than t [..]
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1:32 pm, August 27, 2014
Do you solo PVE? Do you like dakka? Do you hate adds? Is your ideal character one who walks stoically forward while blazing away at full auto while everything around him/her dies, hands desperately gr [..]
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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
Hey all,
I recently started playing TSW, I'm playing through Transylvania, 2 minors short of all QL 10 Blues. I wanted to ask a few questions before checking out the PvP here.
I'm mostly a PvE playe [..]
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2:33 am, August 26, 2014
Hi all,
i started playing the game 3 days ago with some friends and decided at first to start playing w/o worrying about builds and stuffs.
So i started with a Hammer and looked at the premade buils [..]
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