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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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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1:32 pm, September 2, 2016
hi
the tactic i always use in NM group is "1 camp" with tank, healer, 3 dps - however i was told that nowdays people do them like elite groups - all 5 members are dps (but in NM use some def [..]
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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 15, 2016
Hello. I am new.
There's undoubtedly hundreds of these threads lying around here, but with the recent meta change due to passive/elite revamp, i will go ahead and ask these questions again on behalf [..]
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1:32 pm, July 14, 2016
So the best slot for Laceration is head talisman but assuming you decide to keep another signet there, what is the second best option? I am thinking hammer as it allows easy proccing with MS while pos [..]
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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, June 22, 2016
Hiyall,
I was playing a scenario the other day and thought about all the gadgets i have conveniently locked in an inventory bag just above my hot bars in order to use in certain situations. The probl [..]
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1:32 pm, May 19, 2016
So i recently returned to the game after a ~2,5 year break or so :P
i made myself a new character and went for elementalist + pistol, and i finished the pistol version of this build http://www.tswdb [..]
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1:32 pm, May 17, 2016
I have been working towards a DAoC style thane build using electric attacks for AoE and hammer for single target. I would like some advice on how to tighten it up to be more effective and do more dps [..]
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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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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 25, 2016
So, how are things with the woodcutter these days, for those who have them? Is the post-nerf rule of ~700 pen and using it with proc builds (since IIRC multi-hit builders can build up multiple stacks [..]
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11:32 pm, February 17, 2016
Hi, all! Membership has been greatly updated. This FAQ already exists on the main site under the Membership page: http://www.thesecretworld.com/membership/
But, for the sake of convenience and makin [..]
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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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11:32 pm, February 8, 2016
A piece of advice that we have to dispense to new players over and over again is about the Faction-specific decks, and I thought it would be useful to jot down a detailed explanation we can point at. [..]
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11:32 pm, January 27, 2016
The servers will come down for Update 1.13.2 on January 28, at 14:00 GMT/ 9:00 AM EST/ 6:00 AM PST. (check this link to see when this is in your timezone). The downtime is estimated to take 3 hours.
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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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12:32 pm, December 5, 2015
will update as we go
- Randomised start locations for ED + SH
- You can change PvP uniform on *****
- Placed relics give a debuff in aoe (1 relic = 0 debuff, then it stacks up from there)
- Held relic [..]
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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 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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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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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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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 13, 2015
The Daily challenges has made me do the normal solo scenarios again. To make them more fun Im trying to find a deck that looks cool rather than beeing as efficient as possible but still good enough to [..]
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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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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, 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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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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1:32 pm, September 4, 2015
I was speaking with some people yesterday evening about NM scenarios, and a particular build that used blade, art of war, martial discipline and clearing the path... and I was suprised that the build [..]
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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 30, 2015
hi all
wanted to ask advice for my new pvp & scenarios builds - first of all the talismans i intend to keep for both builds: coney island band, egon pendant, brooklyn bracer, subway tokens, he [..]
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12:32 am, August 28, 2015
Is it possible to have a build/deck that will work for both mission content in Transylvania and Kaiden, while also be able to score gold in elite scenarios?
I almost forgot, so far, I like assault rif [..]
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12:32 am, August 15, 2015
As one of the six or so people who'll still run scenarios after Issue 12 hits, I'm curious to know what the suggested glyph setup for full 10.5 glyphs is. Working on the basis that I already have a 10 [..]
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12:32 am, July 21, 2015
I've been running a Sword/Blood solo build with Martial Stance and The Scarlet Arts riveted to my skillbar for, gosh, actually a couple of years now on my main, so now that I've started messing around [..]
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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, June 30, 2015
My scenario build is under performing.
I have purple 10.0 Shotgun, 10.1 Elemental and Blood weapons
Mixed blue/purple gear.
Using the three weapons above (yes I know only two at a given time) what [..]
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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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12:32 am, June 8, 2015
Basically what the title says; I've recently just gotten used to elite scens and want to progress to soloing NM.
Any builds or build tips would be great (Don't have laceration sigs or the 55m to buy [..]
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1:32 pm, May 1, 2015
Hey, I was wondering, since 3 builds were added for Tokyo would it be possible to come up with a tank, heal, and DPS build to add to the game? Maybe if there was a premade PVP build it would help peop [..]
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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 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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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 8, 2015
With the 1.11 changes, Bombardment just begged to be included into a Scenario build, so here we go:
WEAPONS: blade/shotgun (972 AP)
ACTIVES
1. Blade Torrent (Blade->Technique, 1 AP)
2. S [..]
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12:32 am, April 7, 2015
So my partner and I have elite duo scenarios on farm and we tried doing a duo Group Normal with good results.
In terms of Oreos, I assume Elite Duo we're nearly guaranteed to Plat is better.
But for [..]
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1:32 pm, April 1, 2015
Hi!
I was not playing TSW for quite some time. Now I wish to return, but don't really know, whether my build is good or not. Its a Blood-Elemental DPS build. I was running some low-level NM dungeons [..]
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12:32 am, March 31, 2015
Hi all,
I'm wondering if it's actually possible, and if anyone has actually solo'd a Duo NM scenario.
Probably the only "reasonable" challenge that I'm interested in.
Any response/help wo [..]
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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, March 9, 2015
I didn't see it suggeested for any scenario builds, but i was curious and tested it instead of G&G (for a ele/blood aoe dps deck. Every single run it parsed as my top damage ability above GA. [..]
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11:32 pm, February 14, 2015
From what I've seen, blade and/or hammer (usually "and") seem to be the weapons of choice for people who solo Elite or NM group scenarios. I'm sure there must be other combinations that can [..]
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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, January 21, 2015
I was thinking about an afflict pen build with passives from blood and fist like iron maiden, dark potency and blood sport, which would work out better? Every hit would proc SitW but a good glyph setu [..]
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11:32 pm, January 16, 2015
I'd like to be able to run solo NM scenarios, but right now I can barely get a gold rank in elite solo.
I run a fist/chaos build, and I've tried my best to mimic the stat spreads and builds that I've [..]
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11:32 pm, January 12, 2015
WARNING: Wall of Text. Very opinionated. You may agree. You may disagree. Voice your opinions, but do so politely. This is not a suggestion so much as a topic of discussion. Thanks.
I'm not here to t [..]
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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 25, 2014
The following build is exactly what I use when I tank/carry in ED. Not only is it incredibly mitigated but when focused, which you will be if carrying, I do lots of reflect damage. Can get upwards of [..]
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11:32 pm, December 11, 2014
Refering to:
"***** Density will now correctly apply its buff to you when a team mate without the passive gets a killing blow"
"**** Streak will now correctly apply its buff to you wh [..]
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11:32 pm, December 11, 2014
Hey there,
after Issue 10 went live and with the new great patches to some underused skills, I would like to share my Tokyo-build (yea, Tokyo finally has my attention thanks to this item ) which is [..]
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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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12:32 pm, December 2, 2014
Moving from General thread:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Crynthar
(Post 1815521)
You are welcome to give it a try. There is a fairly wide gear disparity though. Chronic [..]
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11:32 pm, December 1, 2014
Hi everybody,
Hectic is the only word I have to describe the past few months. With one hand we’ve been pushing through our Halloween event and the scenario weekend, whilst the other hand ha [..]
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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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12:32 pm, November 15, 2014
They will survive! Weapons: fist
- Cost: 583 AP (Link to Deck)Actives
1. Shelter
2. Blast of Light
3. Nurture
4. Creature Comfort
5. Cauterise
6. Surgical Steel
7. ClawPassives
1. Nurturing [..]
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12:32 pm, November 14, 2014
With the scenario focus this weekend, I tanked NM scenarios for first time. I'm 10.4.4+ and ran with my normal tanking gear - http://joakibj.com/tswcalc/#weapon=5...4,5,0,4,0,3,39
I used the ground [..]
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12:32 pm, November 13, 2014
Hey, here's another one of my odd builds that I haven't seen anyone using besides myself :P
This used to be with criticality but I reworked it a bit because criticality supposedly doesn't work very w [..]
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11:32 pm, November 7, 2014
So I was bored and thought I'd try something new that I've never done before - making a video with voice commentary.
I haven't spoken english much since highschool so there's a good chance it's gonna [..]
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11:32 pm, November 7, 2014
Hi :)
Could you please recommend a few builds?
1) for playing solo, cleaning maps (I'm finishing Solomon Island) and just casual gameplay?
2) for dungeons as:
a) healer
b) dps
3) for scenarios a [..]
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12:32 pm, October 31, 2014
i was wonderinf if theres something like standerd scenario build that is centered around AR/chaos/shotty or blood since those are the main stuff i am currently speced into , and i dont wanna farm a wh [..]
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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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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, 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 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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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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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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1:32 pm, August 31, 2014
Hey guys,
after playing around with some new decks, I decided to share my deck which I use at the moment for soloing group elite scenarios and for tanking group nightmare scenarios 2-manning.
The de [..]
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12:32 am, August 30, 2014
I get asked sometimes about scenario builds, so here are the ones I'm using. They are the most up to date ones so supersede any of my previous guides/posts. I call them "top" scenario DPS bu [..]
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2:33 am, August 26, 2014
Nightmare scenarios seem impossibly hard. Can someone offer me some advice on what kind of stat spread I should be aiming for? Clearly my normal 10.4.4 raiding gear doesn't cut it.
I tend to play blo [..]
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