11:32 pm, February 20, 2018
Hi everyone,
Sunday, 25 February, 20h to midnight Paris (utc+1) a mini PvP event will take place in Fusang + Stonehenge. Only one restriction will be applied: no nightmare raid item allowed.
Every p [..]
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12:32 am, September 19, 2017
Can anyone recommend a build for dungeons based on the gear I have? Preferably DPS and preferably AR. I suspect I'll have to get a new purple 10.0 weapon though and switch one of my weapons. Wont be a [..]
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12:32 am, August 10, 2017
Thanks to all guys who were here tonight in Fusang. Still a pleasure to fight old lumies salts and find some red baby seals despite global warming.
A little thought to those who have migrated to SWL [..]
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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, March 1, 2017
The servers will come down for a Hotfix on March 2, at 15:00 GMT/ 10:00 AM EST/ 7:00 AM PST. (check this link to see when this is in your timezone). The downtime is estimated to take 2 hours.
This wil [..]
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11:32 pm, February 17, 2017
Good morning/evening,
Me and my friends are doing a lot of PvP and PvE and we always try new changes and stuff regarding Abilities and Signets, i would like to make the following suggestions regardin [..]
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12:32 pm, February 12, 2017
I've been searching around for build advice and have noticed that there is plenty of Beginning builds and Endgame builds out there, but precious little advice on what to do mid game. Which seems odd b [..]
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12:32 pm, February 12, 2017
I've been searching around for build advice and have noticed that there is plenty of Beginning builds and Endgame builds out there, but precious little advice on what to do mid game. Which seems odd b [..]
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12:32 pm, January 5, 2017
I'm a new player been in the game almost 2 months. Been messing around with builds and come up with this one. Its an AOE\DOT build using blade and blood. I've always been a fan of dot's and wanted [..]
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12:32 pm, December 30, 2016
Recently, I have learned hit is not as essential in scenarios (idiot me).
That made me doubt all my stats selection. I wonder if you could give me some advice.
I use this chaos/blood build (and vari [..]
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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, December 4, 2016
So this is the build that I'm working on for dungeon running and this is what I've come up with so far in TSW Calc. I dunno if I had to pick and choose between certain stats or if it was possible for [..]
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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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1:32 pm, September 8, 2016
I chose Assault Rifle/Pistols...Maybe that was a mistake?
Both weapons are QL 6
Talismans: All QL 6 except one QL 5
Actives: Safety off, fire at will, turn the tides, red mist, above the law, shoo [..]
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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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1:32 pm, August 10, 2016
What an awesome surprise to log in to TSW tonight and find the Fusang update had finally gone live! Excited, I jumped right in to Fusang with an eagerness I've not had since The-Time-That-Shall-Not-Be [..]
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12:32 am, July 12, 2016
Hey all - Myndr here. I want to know what the top PvE players think is the theoretically most efficient and effective scenario build. The challenge? no QL 11 gear allowed. An additional possible chall [..]
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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, June 9, 2016
Sooooooooooooooo......
Now that 10.9.5 has been out for a while, what are your thoughts? I play a lot of tank, and I find that hybrid glyphs are actually a lot better now. With the increase in base H [..]
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1:32 pm, June 1, 2016
Hey there folks, wanted to run an idea by you guys.
I'll start with this: Back when pvp was a bit more lively, I knew people who would swap from one account to another if their team was losing. They' [..]
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12:32 am, May 25, 2016
Hi all!
I haven't played The Secret World in a long time. In fact, the last issue I was around for was Issue 3 and the last issue I'd even heard about was Issue 5. I really do like this game howeve [..]
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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, 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, May 5, 2016
hey guys.
So I started off with fists/elemental and then switched to pistol/elemental. I'm still finding it frustrating at Kingsmouth when I get swarmed by mobs. I have no real clue where to go with [..]
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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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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 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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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 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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12:32 pm, February 28, 2016
Hi everyone! I've been directed here by the friendly people on the Missions subforum. I'm having a lot of trouble taking down Beaumont in Tier 17 of Dawning of an Endless Night. Up until here I've bee [..]
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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 23, 2016
So, I am thinking of trying my hand at tanking in TSW.
At least to start with it will be in the Normal dungeons and/or the easier Elites. (It will be a while before I am ready for any Nightmare dun [..]
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11:32 pm, February 17, 2016
I've been doing some research on end game healer builds and three builds below caught my attention. Fist/Pistol was what I had intended on going with originally but I'm not so sure anymore. First of [..]
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12:32 pm, February 15, 2016
I recently started branching out from my pistol/shotgun penetration build to create a blade/assault rifle penetration build, and now I'm wondering what stat values I should be looking for in terms of [..]
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11:32 pm, February 14, 2016
Hey all,
First, here's my build:
Blade / Chaos
Actives:
Escalation
Karma
Clearing the Path
Martial Discipline
Domino Effect
Smoke and Mirrors
Surging Blades
Passives:
Bloodsport
Leeching [..]
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12:32 pm, February 4, 2016
Hello there, I'm quite new to the game, but I recently started running nightmare dungeons as a healer. My main equip is all focussed on fistol healing. Thanks for all the great guides btw!
I started [..]
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11:32 pm, January 11, 2016
Skills that left behind and dont give a **** tho and they need to be boosted or reworked are :
1) Powerline - Fix it or rework it you dont even get max stacks in channeling.
2)My bloody Valentine r [..]
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11:32 pm, December 5, 2015
i died to a lumie in fusang using anima shot last night more then once, therefor it is overpowered and needs to be adjusted. i recommend the following changes.
rename it to "Animational Anomaly& [..]
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11:32 pm, November 12, 2015
The most brutal and difficult challenges in The Secret World await your pleasure. Test your mettle against two fresh Nightmare Raids and earn incredible rewards!
The two Nightmare Raids not only ta [..]
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11:32 pm, November 7, 2015
Actives
1. Blade Torrent
2. Domino Effect
3. Steel Echo
4. Clearing the Path
5. Four Horsemen
6. Chaotic Pull
7. Helter Skelter
8. ***** From AbovePassives
1. Leeching Frenzy
2. Immortal Spirit
3. Bra [..]
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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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1:32 pm, October 23, 2015
"Whenever an enemy attack glances you, you gain [x]% of the damage it dealt back as healing."
Is there any point at all whatsoever in building up the second blade skill line?
Ciritty has a [..]
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12:32 am, October 21, 2015
Title says it, I'm trying to improve my build for Nightmare Dungeons and Scenarios. I do alright in Elites, but I kinda wanna push the build in a direction to give it more umph, but I'm unsure which d [..]
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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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1:32 pm, October 1, 2015
Here are my top 5 reasons why:
5. Matchmaking - Why are battle rank 150+ people playing against battle rank 0?
4. Equal Footing - Most of my gear is between 10.4 and 10.7. I made some special healt [..]
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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 13, 2015
Sorry, the topic is kinda "misleading" - of course it's for Group Nightmare Scenarios!
So:
Here comes another deck.
I actually developed this deck before I made the Stunner Build to farm Gro [..]
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1:32 pm, September 12, 2015
While not an expert by any means, I have been thinking for quite a while about how to level a character fast, or at least easier. Some of these suggestions will need a friend to work with, maybe two [..]
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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 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, September 4, 2015
My son and I play Secret World together. He is tank/dps and is an awesome player, and i'm all glass cannon right now (I'm playing Ciritty's Seething Witch from TSWDB, elemental/blood), but we have hi [..]
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1:32 pm, August 21, 2015
For awhile now, I've been managing to get by with builds made up of random NM drops and bits of custom gear I've thrown together in, ah, "serviceable" builds. But now that BBs have become fa [..]
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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 5, 2015
As a part of the system changes for Issue 12, token currencies will be unified into Black Bullion. This excludes PAX, a monetary currency. A new currency will be introduced: Mark of the Pantheon. T [..]
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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, June 29, 2015
I am very much new to this game and still trying to learn alot about it!
I decided to go with a Blade/Chaos for my first seems interesting!
I like Melee
But the builds im looking how dont tell me w [..]
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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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1:32 pm, June 9, 2015
Hi all,
So I am working the grind for upgrading my custom purple pieces and what not with running nightmare 18s, and am wondering on how to slot the issues custom purple pieces that I have. I am run [..]
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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, May 3, 2015
I'm at nightmare dungeons and Tokyo and I've come to realize how I am still a massive noob. My gear is far from optimized. My builds are often taken from out of date sources (because google likes show [..]
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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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1:32 pm, April 27, 2015
Hi there
I recently started to do Nightmares and I'm trying to optimize my gear. I created an Excel Sheet to get a proper overview. I compared the values of my spreadsheet with the character statisti [..]
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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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1:32 pm, April 25, 2015
I've been trying to work on higher-level scenarios recently and been having problems. I can sometimes do a nightmare solo but I struggle at portions, and elite solo is too easy. With my partner, we ma [..]
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12:32 am, April 23, 2015
Hi folks, I've been reading a lot of threads and I think I have a good plan for how to approach my gear upgrades, but I wanted to run it by you all. Here is the scenario:
- I've recently started doin [..]
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1:32 pm, April 22, 2015
I really hope shambala will be 10 vs 10 for faster queues, more games at all time but especially at night time. Would be great.. I've always played with the same people, id like to team up with the en [..]
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1:32 pm, April 22, 2015
First what I have done and what I 99% likely won't ever do:
I have tanked Nightmares, only thing I am missing on my tanking gear is 10.4 Pen glyphs on my blade and shotgun, and decent tanking signets [..]
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12:32 am, April 21, 2015
Ok, so I managed to get a build I like, I re-equipped my talisman's, re-glyphed them, etc. And my Sword/Chaos solo build carried me through the end of the Transylvania story missions.
Sword, Chaos, a [..]
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1:32 pm, April 17, 2015
(Skip to next set of parenthesis if the intro is TL;DR for you)
Lights flash from the stage and violins begin to play; a deep, smooth voice speaks into the concert hall:
"This announcement, rig [..]
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1:32 pm, April 15, 2015
https://chronicle.thesecretworld.com...er/The-Captain
That's me. I'm in Kaidan, having just come back to the game for the first time in about a year. Running about last night and the odd mobs are oka [..]
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12:32 am, April 14, 2015
Okay, so I've been playing TSW off and on for maybe, total, three or four months. I've gone through all the Story missions through Transylvania and have even begun Tokyo, though on occasion it is damn [..]
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11:32 pm, March 27, 2015
Hey! I played the game straight for the first 7 months.
I was secondary leading, in the group to do world first Polaris and Darkness war dungeons nightmare along with few other bits and bobs. I stopp [..]
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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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11:32 pm, March 17, 2015
Ok, so I know this topic has come up a few times; but I was just sharing with one of our PvP community about some of my experiences and decided to post this here.
It is my firm belief that being a je [..]
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11:32 pm, March 12, 2015
I'm looking for some advice on where to get started. I stopped playing quite a while back when I just didn't have time (probably around 1.4?) and now I'm looking to get back into things on a somewhat [..]
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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, March 8, 2015
(Skip to next set of parenthesis if the intro is TL;DR for you)
*The band begins to play upon the stage, drums rolling, horns blasting, guitars wailing and he enters from stage right; pants black, his [..]
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11:32 pm, February 23, 2015
We're not allowed to post things from testlive, but I can't and won't be testing everything myself -
There are some major changes and you guys can help by testing and providing feedback on testlive.
[..]
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12:32 pm, February 8, 2015
Ok, so I'm fresh from beating the Golden Boy (Gatekeeper), and now I've started running Nightmares with my cabal mates. I have 4 custom pieces so far-head, finger, neck, and wrist talismans at 10.1 or [..]
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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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12:32 pm, January 1, 2015
Hi, pretty new to this game and I could use some help. I have browsed the forums quite a bit before making my own post and from what I've gathered this is what I have been using so far:https://chronic [..]
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11:32 pm, December 4, 2014
Play now to enjoy the most revealing update to The Secret World yet!
Venture out of the quarantine zone in Tokyo and continue the main story as you explore new areas, fight new enemies, meet a new [..]
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11:32 pm, December 4, 2014
With changes to Double Dash, Head On can now effectively be used as an aoe fist builder with the same GCD as other skills, though it might have a very slightly longer cooldown than the GCD. I messed a [..]
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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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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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12:32 pm, November 11, 2014
Hello!
I recently started playing TSW (2-3 weeks ago) as a Tank primarily with 3-4 friends. To learn the game I'm pretty much relying on trial and error as well as what I can read on the interwebs :P [..]
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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 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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1:32 pm, October 10, 2014
Hey.
If the Golden Weekends have absolutely NOTHING to do with El Dorado, or PVP in general, why advertise them on the TSW homepage with a pic of ED concept art, eh?
Every Golden weekend, PVP intere [..]
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12:32 am, October 1, 2014
Disclaimer* This is not aimed at anyone in particular , in fact if anything its a slight dig at myself.
so NO offense is meant or inferred, ***
PVP FOOL.
Don't know much about pvp'
That's why I go [..]
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12:32 am, September 29, 2014
Jack Barrow did Stonehenge for the first time last night. For those of you who are wondering what it's like, I have faithfully transcribed his thought processes through the match. This transcription i [..]
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1:32 pm, September 28, 2014
Hi folks,
Your **** PvP event hosts got together tonight to chat and wanted to make sure we shared some information in advance and during the Seven Days event.
1 - This is a promotional event; we ar [..]
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1:32 pm, September 25, 2014
Hey, recently I've got a bit bored of my Blade+Hammer survival/ signet-farm deck so to spice up my game experience I was thinking on creating a blood based survival deck.
I have seen a few people eff [..]
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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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12:32 am, September 21, 2014
So two nights ago I went through my first dungeon. My main basically went through everything solo, skipping dungeons, because I generally dislike "the holy trinity" in MMOs -- I mean, I real [..]
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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 13, 2014
ScrapperJack is the first character I created for TSW. Completely by accident I chose Blades/Chaos as my build, and that happy accident (they synergize well) made it possible for me to go a fair dista [..]
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12:32 am, September 10, 2014
Hi all,
Sorry if this question has been asked too any times, but I have been reading all these guides about penetration and hit rating in nightmare dungeons. What I initially thought of is to get 600 [..]
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