12:32 am, May 29, 2017
Anyone here anything solid on Aegis? Just watched an old video from earlier this month. They said there will be Aegis, but reworked. Others said no Aegis. It does seem weird to have it at all. The who [..]
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12:32 pm, March 6, 2017
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...zUqylTNU8/edit
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THE BOX METHOD: Pistol/Shotgun Guide
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11:32 pm, February 8, 2017
I've been playing Secret World for a while now on and off. I recently go back into it and progressed all the way to Tokyo from Savage Coast with little difficulty with my AR/Blade build so I've always [..]
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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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12:32 pm, November 2, 2016
I'm a new player to TSW and I absolutely love it. However I feel like I'm being held back by the lack of information about builds and decks that are available these days.
To be honest TSW is a fanta [..]
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1:32 pm, October 27, 2016
Hi all, first time doing a serious post to the TSW forums. I hope everyone's doing well!
One thing that I keep ******** up now that I'm in the late game isn't so much looking up a build and putting t [..]
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1:32 pm, October 14, 2016
Heya, I'm hoping an expert here can help me resurrect my character and finally finish the story after I abandoned it in June. When last I played, I was reasonably comfortable running around northern [..]
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12:32 am, September 21, 2016
After enjoying lots of fun Pvp in Fusang due to everyone trying to get the doomboard I'm sad to see things are going back to normal. While the doomboard challenge was active and players were trying t [..]
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1:32 pm, July 5, 2016
So I am lacking in gear. I have like 2100 Black Bullion to buy purple gear, otherwise I have some QL 10 blue.
Combat in this game kicks my ***, hense my lack of playing for the past 2 years or so. To [..]
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12:32 am, 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 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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12:32 am, April 12, 2016
Hey everyone. Just getting back into the game seriously and I need some help.
I picked up a build based on Sword/Blood And it works fine at most places but has some real trouble in Tokyo.
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12:32 am, April 9, 2016
Good morning.
Since I received excellent advice for my build, and how to **** Beaumont, I wish to help out my sister.
She tanks for our family group. Which is her, her husband, and myself. She star [..]
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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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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 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 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 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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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 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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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 7, 2015
I apologize in advance for asking about this. I'm sure there are a TON of similar questions and responses about this topic, but most of the stuff I've found is years old and I have no idea how outdat [..]
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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 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 15, 2015
Sometimes, it's fun to not build for power but "Just For Fun". With attempt to get a only get funny result.
I have wondered what I could do like this to makes my daily quests funnier... and [..]
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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 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
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, 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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12:32 am, August 3, 2015
I really like the idea of a close range shotgun build using point blank and raging bullet, but I'm a very casual player in TSW and I haven't spent very much time theory crafting or investigating. I ha [..]
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12:32 am, July 21, 2015
I was just wondering... during that chaotic Tokyo Subway battle at the very start, you play as Sarah(?) for a while and she has a shotgun and a very powerful Heal ability.
How do we learn that Heal a [..]
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12:32 am, June 27, 2015
Hey there!
I'm coming back to the game after God knows how long and have decided to try out that new-to-me content that is Tokyo. I've got an issue with clearing even the basic mobs, and I seem to be [..]
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1:32 pm, June 23, 2015
I've been using a Blade/Elemental build with a lot of affliction synergy for a while now and it's working pretty well in most situations. I'm at the Besieged Farmlands in Transylvania now and I've he [..]
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12:32 am, June 12, 2015
We are introducing The Secret World: Ultimate Edition! It contains the full game with all content updates so far, along with the exclusive new outfit the Zenith Core, rare and powerful starter weapo [..]
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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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12:32 am, June 6, 2015
Hello!
I'm looking for some concise and straightforward directions about DPS gearing in TSW. I have always just used gear and builds to "get by" , never really mattered to me if the mission [..]
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1:32 pm, June 2, 2015
I am using a chaos/blade build built around one build to solo Transylvania,https://forums.thesecretworld.com/sh...o-Transylvania
I have reached Tokyo but am get my *** handed to me and get ****** by [..]
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1:32 pm, May 9, 2015
So, Issue #11 has brought me two new glorious purples! (The one from the issue itself, and I finally spent that bullion they gave existing post-Transylvania characters on a brand new Assault Rifle.) I [..]
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12:32 am, May 8, 2015
With only having 3 AEGIS controllers, I feel like I have one hand tied behind my back. I can't split the controllers between weapons as invariably I'll end up trying to fight a mob where 2/3 of my att [..]
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12:32 am, May 7, 2015
Beyond the Veil
Touring The Secret World’s Issue 11: Reaping the Whirlwind (Spoiler Heavy Edition)
Quote:
We sat down with Funcom’s Communications Manager Tor Egi [..]
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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, 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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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
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 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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1:32 pm, April 10, 2015
Came back after long break from the game and decided to hop on into Tokyo content. I have never raged so hard in such a short space of time in my entire life...
I'm in QL10 blues with 3 pieces of 10. [..]
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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, April 1, 2015
Before I left I was using a cookie cutter Blade build to get through Tokyo, but I'm looking to try some new builds as the recent patch took some of the AoE Damage (needed IMO). My highest AEGIS is 1.4 [..]
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11:32 pm, March 24, 2015
Hi, I wonder if my normal damage suffers if I raise my AEGIS-Convert-Damage-Ammount more and more. I have returned to playing TSW after not playing for some month and if I remeber correctly people sai [..]
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12:32 pm, March 24, 2015
I stopped playing a bit before Tokyo came out, but prior to that I used the cookie-cutter p/s build that had back then: http://chronicle.thesecretworld.com/...ter/Multimelta
Did anything major change [..]
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11:32 pm, March 21, 2015
As with a lot of people I have decided to return after a long break, probably missing most of 2014 at least.
I do a lot of solo due to time constraints and my old build which seems to still be okay [..]
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11:32 pm, March 19, 2015
Today we are releasing the all new Fall of Tokyo pack! It contains three Issues, two Sidestories and one exclusive Outfit. One of the Issues is the upcoming Issue #11: Reaping the Whirlwind! It will [..]
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11:32 pm, March 12, 2015
Hello, I'm here to look for suggestions on how to change my main solo build. I started the game as Blade/AR build focusing on DPS and using leech abilities to cure myself on soloing PVE. With the curr [..]
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11:32 pm, January 16, 2015
In the latest Chaos Theory, MJ Guthrie explains why she's a lifelong fan of The Secret World as she expertly reviews some of the unique facets of the game and its development. A great read to be sur [..]
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11:32 pm, December 31, 2014
I just wanted to wish all you wonderfully **** PVPers out there a very Happy New Year (for some of you it already is 2015)
2014 hs been fun, new content, old content revised, the continuing grind, fl [..]
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12:32 pm, December 31, 2014
Hello ladies and gentlemen.
I've been experimenting with the various weapons so far, and decided that I would like a melee build, but I do not like the feel nor the animations of the blade weapons, i [..]
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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
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, November 5, 2014
Hi
I love the complexity and depth of TSW (In addition to the moods, storyline, sounds(which is very important to me)) etc. (Look at me, rambling already :-p )https://chronicle.thesecretworld.c [..]
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12:32 am, October 26, 2014
Hey there,
A couple of months ago I started to play a Pistol/Blade Deck just for fun and style, but since it performed pretty good in Tokyo (and elsewhere) and it is a lot of fun to me, I stuck with [..]
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12:32 am, September 19, 2014
Don't hate me because I'm slow on the pick-up... but BOY AM I SLOW ON THE PICK-UP.
I started playing this game at some point last year, I think. And I finally, FINALLY figured out what Leeching Frenz [..]
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1:32 pm, September 18, 2014
Hey everyone! I just finished up the main storyline and I'm trying to make my way into Tokyo, but I feel that the build I've been running with, while serving me fantastically, is starting to lag behin [..]
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1:32 pm, September 17, 2014
Saw the new "elite" archetypes for Tokyo which are interesting and if I understand correctly, some ideas where taken from this forum.
I ask myself if it would not be a idea to make a contes [..]
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1:32 pm, September 14, 2014
Hello all!
I could really some help with optmizing my build tokyo wise.
I can beat packs of weak(3 dots) monsters without problem, however any and I mean ANY single dot monster will usually take me [..]
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12:32 am, September 12, 2014
A brand new Mission Pack is live! Jump into Tokyo and play six all new missions. Take on both deep investigations, brutal action and tricky sabotage. Sidestories: The Last Pagan offers hours of new [..]
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1:32 pm, September 11, 2014
Returning after not playing since before Issue 8 dropped.
I was using the following build in Transylvania, based on a post that is now 2 years out of date:http://www.drakkashi.com/secretworld...=3&am [..]
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12:32 am, September 6, 2014
I've just started playing this game a couple of days ago. I started to build a Ele/Blood build but I'm not liking it as much as I thought I would. I'm not into melee weapons and wanted to try either S [..]
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12:32 am, September 3, 2014
Im pretty confident at being an mmo player, and have no trouble in terms of group play etc - however there is such a thing as "too much freedom" for me, as i absolutely **** at creating and [..]
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2:33 am, August 26, 2014
I tried looking into this Signet more, as it seems at least worth it for Tokyo and my one minor healing talisman still needs a signet.
Will it only trigger on direct heals or also on critical heal of [..]
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