12:32 pm, January 18, 2018
Hi.
I was just wondering if there are anyone who is still interested of having some funtime in Fusang, or in any other PvP minigames?
It seems that SWL PvP is no-go, or it will be horrible and I kin [..]
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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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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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12:32 am, August 3, 2017
Hello,
I'm compleetly new to this game and I'm loving it so far but I realy need help making a shotgun(primary), assault rifle(secondary) build.
I looked around and the once I come across are from 2 [..]
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12:32 am, June 26, 2017
So I have a DPS build that when I solo PvE does really well, I can output between 20-40k damage in a massive alpha that usually does the trick.
I say usually, because I have found a *few* bosses that [..]
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1:32 pm, May 21, 2017
Started days ago playing again the game with a friend doing the history of TSW.
But I never had enough grasp of the Tree Skill and how much have changed the skills in these years... and how updated a [..]
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12:32 am, April 16, 2017
So I am finding that when I am mobbed, using my chain builder is more than enough to take out large groups, I don't need Electrical Storm. What I *could* use would be another heavy hitting solo attack [..]
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12:32 am, April 13, 2017
So I've assembled (and tweaked) what seems to me to be a decent deck, which I have mentioned on other posts and will link to below for ease of access:http://www.tsw-builder.com/#64v60661...45616403630 [..]
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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 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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1:32 pm, March 29, 2017
Thanks all for the years of fun and community. No idea if I'll stay in old TSW or go to new TSW or just quit completely as Funcom managed to do the one thing we all didn't want them to do and not allo [..]
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12:32 pm, March 6, 2017
Hey guys!
The following link is a video showing how to Heal-Tank MFA NM* Boss 1 & 2 for kit-farming.
It shows how to do the following:
- Solo impair
- Solo Heal & Tank (Of course!) [..]
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11:32 pm, February 15, 2017
Hi
New to the game and starting with pistols and chaos.
I know they don't have much synchronicity except
weakening, but it's what I got to start. It seems to be
working pretty well through the Bl [..]
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11:32 pm, January 13, 2017
Hello everyone - Myndr here!
Here is the updated Prize list - prizes will be drawn today for each, and though we had much higher participation than anticipated, I hope everyone enjoyed the event and [..]
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12:32 pm, January 4, 2017
Hi , first post on the forums.
I'm a fairly new player in the secret world, I'm almost past the Transylvanian ark of the game and would like to ask some help with some end game builds. I've looked ov [..]
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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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11:32 pm, December 28, 2016
Hey, thinking about returning to the game. Left shortly before Tokyo's release.
When I left, there didn't really seem to be any viable Pistol/Blood builds for DPS or Solo'ing, at least not that I coul [..]
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11:32 pm, December 9, 2016
Hello, when I was in Fusang Projects battlefield, there was player in our team, whose clothe be from tsw store/clothing/uniform/shinobi. Player told, that his wear before 'sign up' to Fusang Projects [..]
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11:32 pm, December 2, 2016
I know that public naming is forbidden or whatever, but a lumie using my name (Sygmaelle) apparently is having his / her fun and giving my gaming memories with the community quite the bad rep.
There' [..]
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11:32 pm, December 1, 2016
Hi,
I am completely new to the game and would like some advises on builds. I am in the 2nd zone (Savage Island) at the moment and having quite hard time taking on mobs. Two normal type mobs at the sa [..]
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11:32 pm, November 4, 2016
Hi there.
Quick question, which could apply to any type of +20% of x stat.
If I have a signet that says "when it goes off, you get +20% evade for x seconds", does that mean that you get:
[..]
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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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11:32 pm, November 4, 2016
Quick question:
For those who solo, or those who do NM dungeons (as dps) how much Pen is considered "enough" before you should then start to fill up on crit?
I've seen anywhere between 700 [..]
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12:32 am, October 21, 2016
The idea of this thread is to gather some information about the math behind the signet, items, actives and passives of the game. The goal is never to tell if signet a is better than signet b, but just [..]
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1:32 pm, October 7, 2016
Returning to the game after YEARS.
I had a ok-ish AR/ELE dps build, I have pretty much the whole wheel unlocked but my weapons (10.4 if I remember correctly) were for AR/ELE.
I'd rather not change t [..]
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1:32 pm, September 25, 2016
Hi.
I have come up with a simple survival/bullet sponge gear setup that makes tanking WC (Regret) procs easy to manage.
This is sort of a proof of concept for me, since i see a lot of people regard [..]
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1:32 pm, September 24, 2016
Hey all-
It's been about 3 years since I last played, but I'm eager to return to my adventures.
However, I have no idea what to do for a deck anymore. I know what I had, and I'm hoping that you guy [..]
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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 30, 2016
This past weekend, I got to see what happens when you successfully drop your faction's crate inside one of your facs that's under heavy attack. The magnificence was off the charts, and the carnage was [..]
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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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12:32 am, August 19, 2016
Hiya all.
Obligatory note: I am a recent return player. I played most of the BETA and a few months after release, but 2 kids later and not an MMO in between now and then... I have some more time now [..]
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1:32 pm, August 15, 2016
Thanks Jagour. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkDL8I5RM6g
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12:32 am, August 4, 2016
While no longer critical as it was when fuses were rare, I still would like to reuse gear if possible between my dps, tank, leach, and solo builds. I have come up with the following design to re-glyp [..]
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1:32 pm, July 15, 2016
I am planning on putting together a classic elemental buff tank build and I was wondering if I cast a manifestation with Crit on my elemental focus and my primary weapon has penetration, does the crit [..]
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1:32 pm, July 7, 2016
Hi, I am currently trying to put together a tanking build using the woodcutters tanking neck featuring Defense and high mitigation. For the woodcutter effect I am wondering whether 300 block or evade [..]
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12:32 am, July 2, 2016
In a new build I am mooting I have a Critical Rating of 135 and a Crit Power of 45.
In my offensive stats it says that my critical chance is 9.3% including a Fusang bonus. (I'm currently in Seoul, s [..]
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12:32 am, June 28, 2016
ArtificialMind's Ultimate Theorycrafted DPS GuideLast Update: June 27th, 2016 (1.15.2 with Elite Revamp)TL;DR: all builds can be found at http://www.markdijkema.nl/projects/tswbuildstatistics(Builds b [..]
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12:32 am, June 15, 2016
Salt in the Wound states that "whenever you apply Afflicted", and Bloodspot got a stack up Afflicted state.
So....
1) Is renewing the Afflicted status from Bloodspot counted as "applyin [..]
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12:32 am, June 15, 2016
Thinking of a solo/pvp/dps build, looking for survivability.
Will this thing work?http://www.tsw-builder.com/#38v33530...34332862330841
Aim to build resources quickly to do more "Tear 'Em Up" [..]
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12:32 am, June 11, 2016
Alright build gurus, I've got an unusual challenge for you, I hope this is an ok place to put it.
My fiancée isn't much of a gamer, but after some research, we picked up tsw to try out to [..]
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12:32 am, June 5, 2016
I've invested a load of Ap to create a hammer/shot weakness/hinder build. One of the passives that I have slotted is pinned down. The tool tip states that it should hit after each pen, but it seems to [..]
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12:32 am, May 31, 2016
Hello everyone,
I have found the following build on "Katarina1: The Ultimate End-Game DPS Guide [Ultra Performance]":
AR/Blood dps buld http://www.tsw-builder.com/#49v922g1...1021042112193 [..]
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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 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, 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
I've followed some TSWDB beginner builds to get through Valley of the Sun God. And now the sheer complexity of the outer rings of the skill wheel are overwhelming. Any advice?
So far I have been Pi [..]
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1:32 pm, April 3, 2016
So, at some point, I'm hoping to eventually give tanking Fac NM a shot. I hear that healtanking is the way to go there. I had been relying on the builds from tswdb to give me ideas for my own builds, [..]
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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, February 29, 2016
Hi !
As you have probably noticed the amount of pop for ED / SH is really low these days, it only happen during a daily challenge which is sad in my opinion.
So the goal of this thread is to provide [..]
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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 23, 2016
Hi,
I am running a dps shotgun/chaos on a pale horse build
but its not getting me anywhere except dead. now it could be that im **** and cant figure out ageis but I am looking for a build that is a [..]
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11:32 pm, February 18, 2016
Hello guys!
First post here.
I gonna start with a little introduction. I have played the game ALOT. Its my most played game on steam so far. When I first started playing the game a long time ago, I [..]
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12:32 pm, February 18, 2016
Howdy folks. Thanks for coming. I'm looking to get some advice regarding an "old" soloing deck of mine to see if it can be improved any further.
(I say "old" because I've been usi [..]
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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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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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11:32 pm, February 16, 2016
New Player - Build Improvement Advice
Hi Everyone,
I just started playing this game last Friday. As of now I've finished all of the quests on Solomon Island and it's been a blast. Currently I have b [..]
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11:32 pm, February 15, 2016
Topic for discussion.
Would increasing the weekly SH ED wins (only) to 5 increase engagement and competition in those zones?
That shambala, as long as it offers rewards not obtainable through the larg [..]
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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 11, 2016
Evening!
So, I started out as Pistol/Ele, did a little switch to Ele/Blood, dabbled briefly in AR/Blood, then switched to Fist/Blood before now sort of settling on Ele/Blade. And so far... it's not t [..]
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11:32 pm, February 10, 2016
I'm new to the forum, but I've been playing The Secret World for quite some time. My character is practically a character from another franchise warped into this world, and I made a build that replica [..]
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11:32 pm, February 9, 2016
Hi. My character's chronicle is here https://chronicle.thesecretworld.com/character/Barbie01 and, as currently equipped, I'm finding it hard to take on more than two monsters in Transylvania. I'm look [..]
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11:32 pm, February 5, 2016
Hey, just started playing 5 days ago and followed this build exactly:http://www.tswdb.com/builds/beginner...modern-samurai
I have everything now and even just got Bloodsport in place of Dark Potency. [..]
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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, February 1, 2016
Hi all!
We’d like to keep you all updated about a couple of changes to Customer Support services coming up in the next week.
First up, the Live Chat service will no longer be available beg [..]
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11:32 pm, January 29, 2016
Hey all,
Still getting started with this game. Gonna start from scratch a new character today, and I'm wondering what 2 weapons would you recommend to start with to jump right into pvp from ground z [..]
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11:32 pm, January 29, 2016
Hello,
I'm just a casual player, currently using the in-game elite deck Gun Hexer (AR / Blood). It's great for soloing, but I'm trying to find some AR based decks for DPS (dungeons).
Is this AR / B [..]
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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 11, 2016
Hi all!
We’d like to keep you all updated about a couple of changes to Customer Support services coming up in the next week.
First up, the Live Chat service will no longer be available beg [..]
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11:32 pm, January 7, 2016
So I've been working on a build that involves woodcutter + coney for the hell of it (while keeping coney useful for other builds, by filling it with crit) and I can land on 644 hit rating, OR 697 hi [..]
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11:32 pm, January 7, 2016
I'm a new player looking for build help. I'm working on leveling DPS and healer decks.
While running around I find I really "need" a ranged survival option as I keep ending up doing mission [..]
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11:32 pm, January 6, 2016
First of all, the ability to change your role during fighting? Great idea, I love it.
However, for Fusang it is a bit of an issue, because there is only one at the start of the map (unless I&rsqu [..]
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11:32 pm, December 26, 2015
Hello all,
I am trying to change my build. I want to change it from full dps to blade/hammer tanky dps/survival build. So here is my tanky dps/survival build. I want to ask you, what would you sugges [..]
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12:32 pm, December 25, 2015
Hi All,
I started playing the TSW when Issue 5 was released but haven't played for a LONG time. I'm currently blue mountains and was using a Clearing the Path + Empowerment survival build (sword/fist [..]
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11:32 pm, December 16, 2015
Could someone advise me on a suitable build with Blade/Chaos that would get me started in KM and let me avoid having to do much in the way of moving about? I'm not very good at combat with facing and [..]
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12:32 pm, December 11, 2015
Hey folks,
This Sunday at 1:30pm EST, I will be hosting an event on Testlive for us PVPers to dig into some of the changes to ED mechanics and give our feedback. I am really hoping to get at least 5 [..]
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11:32 pm, November 30, 2015
I am going through Trans with two of my characters and have actually finished the main story to get into Kaidan for the Halloween event on both. I know a little bit about what to expect in Tokyo from [..]
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12:32 pm, November 24, 2015
Why does slaughterhouse 4 mop turn into 90 bb when a pvp victory 4 mop only turns into 15? I wanna beat down on Runamuck some more but I dont wanna lose out on all that shinies. thanks in advance for [..]
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11:32 pm, November 18, 2015
Hey there all,
I've seen a few recommendations along the Elemental/Blood lines, most particularly Katarina1's mid-range Ele/Blood, but noted it has some issues keeping health maintained without the f [..]
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12:32 pm, November 18, 2015
My build is :
Shellshocker, shot of Anima, Anima shot, Transfuse Anima, martial discipline, clearing the path and bamboo cutter.
Bloodsport, circulation, regeneration, experience, Eagle eye, leechi [..]
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12:32 pm, November 16, 2015
There is a huge population imbalance on Cerberus where the Templars have twice the players as the other 2 factions. So I'm looking for more even fights for pvp, is there a dimension with a good amount [..]
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11:32 pm, November 14, 2015
Hi there.
I know you will tell me "that depends". But in order to be a minimum effective, and considering EFB, as a tank, as a healer and as a dps, how much minimum pen / crit / crit power [..]
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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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11:32 pm, November 6, 2015
I took a brief break from TSW (I know, I had a lapse in judgment!). When I came back, I saw all of our skills go up to 11 now. Aside from setting us up for some choice Spinal Tap references, what is t [..]
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12:32 am, October 15, 2015
Hi there,
since I'm returning after a few years I decided to try tanking with a new character. What I'm seacrhing for is a good guide for tanking from normal dungeons to NM/Raids. I couldn't find any [..]
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12:32 am, October 11, 2015
Hello, my name is DonHoliday,
I have been playing this game for just over three weeks, so bare that in mind when reading my "guide".
I have guide in quotation marks, since to be honest I'm [..]
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1:32 pm, October 4, 2015
Pure Rifle/Fist healing
Hey guys.
After playing so much time in TSW as all roles, i wanted to go back to my roots as a pure healer. I never really enjoyed HoT fist healing cause it’s so depr [..]
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12:32 am, October 1, 2015
Question regarding the passives on this build.
I was in SH with this guy and he did well over 1m in healing. I died once (due to my stupid standing in the poo). I was in a mongrel build AR/Blood te [..]
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12:32 am, September 19, 2015
I want to combine these two weapons, for playing through the missions in Tokyo issues 11+ (not dungeons).
Currently using a penetrate-heavy AR+Blade build, but looking for ideas on what abilities wou [..]
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12:32 am, September 17, 2015
Played the first month and was overwhelmed by the choices i had, but couldn't decide what to do.
NOW i've come back with desire to be a healer/range damage dealer, for PVE and PVP,
but i can't seem to [..]
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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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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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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 11, 2015
I've been attempting to heal in PvP and I'm trying to figure out if there is a one build good for ED, SH and Fusang, or do I need to consider different ones for the different maps/instances?
On on [..]
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12:32 am, September 7, 2015
The Facts: Ele/Blade in Transylvania. Doing pretty good only have to skip and come back to a few of the harder missions. Primarily solo.
The Question: Read a guide about high end gear but i guess [..]
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12:32 am, September 6, 2015
Hi all!
I played a bit when the game released and am trying my luck again. :D I found a number of solo questing/survival builds that look fun to work towards. I'm especially interested in blade/cha [..]
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12:32 am, September 5, 2015
I'm new to TSW, so I have a few questions about what powers stack, and how the mechanics work.
1. Do DOTs stack with other DOTs? For example, If I hit a target with Infection, then follow it up with [..]
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