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, February 27, 2017
PvP Strategy Guide~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Intention/introIt goes without saying that within TSW's co [..]
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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 19, 2016
El Dorado in it's current state is not working at all as intended. Literally if a team has 2 semi decent tanks and manages to get 2 relics while others have 1 each or non so that they get a point lead [..]
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12:32 pm, December 6, 2016
i just raised my talisam skills to 11 because i had the extra points. i had assumed the "understanding equal footing" thread was oudated, having the cap of resists before other stats were [..]
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12:32 pm, December 3, 2016
Camping at rival's Underdog mission is not honorable, and it happens too often.
Make it more difficult for campers to prevent players from picking up the Underdog mission. Currently, you can not star [..]
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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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11:32 pm, November 10, 2016
Hello so I am a somewhat new player to the game and for the most part unclear as to what the current meta is for DPS in terms of stats. I believe the old meta is 900+ pen 650+ hit 500+ Crit Power a cr [..]
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1:32 pm, October 21, 2016
Of some sort, anyway. Yes, I am rather new at this. But if this super flexible system is in this game, why not use it? I want to make a build that can **** healers quite well. I've seen a few ideas [..]
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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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12:32 am, October 19, 2016
I understand the point of EFB is to allow players to be on somewhat equal ground in PvP. That makes sense, to a degree. What I really don't get is why 347 blue weapons scale to 10 more max weapon powe [..]
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1:32 pm, October 14, 2016
To me, this particular signet works in a very weird way. The game has no "counter" to debuffs: if I corrupt you, there's no ability that reflects that corrupt back on to me. If I afflict you [..]
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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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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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12:32 am, September 21, 2016
I just wanted to ask. Is there ANY value to having health talismans in pvp when you're a dps spec? My build was created back before Issue 1 and a lot of people were running two HP Talismans back then [..]
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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 18, 2016
I admit it: I've never fully understood my stats. I want to make the best DPS build I can, and am asking for your help. I have three purple gear and the rest blue, and now realize I concentrated too m [..]
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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, August 9, 2016
I have a deck I put together that seems to work very well, it's affliction/impair based. I'm able to proc multiple hits in one attack (I've literally scrutinized every detail in the combat tab), anywh [..]
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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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12:32 am, July 14, 2016
Hello!
there was recently well... hmm... "event" in wich talking abaut ED went sideways.
The air of that discusion was poisonus and i would like to avoid it while talking abaut ED, becous [..]
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12:32 am, July 9, 2016
Hello I was a bit bored with my current build and was wondering if someone can help me put together some kind of build with primary dps with shotgun turret/etc pets.
How viable can it get or be?
has a [..]
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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 6, 2016
Now the title might sound like hyperbole, but I honestly think that in 18 years of playing various MMOs I've never come across anything worse than this. Let me explain:
The whole idea of creating a co [..]
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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 20, 2016
The dozen or so matches I’ve played in Stonehenge in the past several days since the 1.15.1 patch was launched have demonstrated the precarious balance inherent in PvP. It was tempting in th [..]
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1:32 pm, June 9, 2016
DPS and tanks, if you keep your healers alive, they will keep you alive. The exception to this are those in heal suits who heal no one but themselves.
This is not a call to babysit your healers; this [..]
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1:32 pm, April 16, 2016
Before reading this post, take a moment of silence to appreciate how amazing Lotiz (me) is at pvp. Once you have reflected on this, you may continue to read what I presume will make you the second bes [..]
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12:32 am, April 5, 2016
It is my understanding that PvP has only gotten worse since the last time i tried it. And it is only getting worse. From my POV, there is Only One major Problem with PvP and 2 minor issues.
The Majo [..]
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12:32 am, April 3, 2016
Strangely enough no thread about this has popped up, so I thought I'd start one. Here we will discuss the changes to PvP weaknesses, specifically the following:
Exposed: Each stack will now also redu [..]
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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 25, 2016
Hello TSW people,
The arrival of Shambala brought the biggest changes to TSW PVP for a long time.
I have mostly seen discussion about game frequency, the new signets gained and also (unfortunately [..]
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11:32 pm, March 10, 2016
It's been a while since I played, and I'm trying to get a feel for building again. I've been toying with a hammer-based impair build. Mostly I'm doing solo play.
Here's what I've got so far:Weapons [..]
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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 14, 2016
So whats the deal with this signet. Have been testing a purple quality Karma in my fist weapon for several matches now. Ive seen it proc once and heal me for 99 points. My last match I healed a total [..]
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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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12:32 pm, February 5, 2016
Are they a thing? I mean, I know efficiency is paramount, but would themed builds be okay to use as long as they work well?
I had a few in mind, but they're really rough examples.
Blood and Thunder (A [..]
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12:32 pm, February 3, 2016
So yeah, I'm kind of surprised at the lack of Evade Tank builds online. I wanted to toss one together, get some feedback, tweak, and improve it. I wanted to do an evade tank because block has so much [..]
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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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12:32 pm, January 18, 2016
Just started the game a few days ago. Looking for a viable leveling build for Blood/Ele mix. I have the following right now and I feel it's underwhelming. Wondering what I can do to 1) Make it more vi [..]
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11:32 pm, January 15, 2016
This is a completely generic guide with universal advice for any new player who wants a solid soloing build. It is applicable to ALL weapon combinations. It is NOT the only viable soloing build but it [..]
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11:32 pm, January 13, 2016
Oh, NO! Todays patch ****** Anima Shot? I guess people will stop using AR now, or will they?
Have fun nerfing Funcom :D
Here some ideas for replacement builds. I'm reconstructing those builds from [..]
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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, January 11, 2016
As I earn more and more Ability Points, it gets more and more difficult to pick abilities. Because I only can equip 7+7 abilities, I should feel it was important to learn new abilities as fast as poss [..]
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11:32 pm, December 18, 2015
i thought i would take a moment to give some feedback after playing some pvp with the issue 13 changes.
first and foremost i really love the ability to change uniforms in every battlefield whenever y [..]
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11:32 pm, November 28, 2015
Having high-quality gear should provide either no advantage or a small advantage over less-geared players. There's a fair amount of discussion on these forums about what the magnitude of this advanta [..]
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11:32 pm, November 22, 2015
Didn't see a thread on this, after finally™ watching the Stream today, and hearing some of the new™ details on Issue #13 . . .
I'm just going to leave this feedback here . . . 1.) [..]
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11:32 pm, November 18, 2015
Hey folks,
With the Holiday season fast approaching, please note that certain Customer Support services may be limited through the coming weeks. Players may expect extended wait times on their in-ga [..]
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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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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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11:32 pm, November 3, 2015
Ok, so, I've only been playing for a few days, but as I've found myself with a lot of free time on my hands lately, I'm already into the Savage Coast. I recently did my first group mission (Polaris), [..]
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12:32 pm, October 28, 2015
So some months ago, I realized I barely ever used elementalism in my builds. Previously I'd had the same realization about hammer and it ended up becoming my favourite weapon for a while (hammer heali [..]
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11:32 pm, October 27, 2015
I want some help with testing. I can't tell if there's something wrong with Advantage Me or if it's a perceptual bias on my part. Here's what's going on:
I have an alt I've been experimenting on rece [..]
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11:32 pm, October 25, 2015
I keep hearing bits and pieces of people doing PvP-related things for Extra Life this year, and I thought I'd put this in here so that everyone who's doing something PvP-related can get it posted, and [..]
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12:32 pm, October 25, 2015
I know this thread has been done to *****..... However it still continues to be an issue. Especially now that Pvp rewards are... adequate. Given that there is no loose in pvp, and equal footing makes [..]
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1:32 pm, October 13, 2015
I'm still an average PvP player in TSW, however, I have something that currently bugs me.
I play in tank tank outfit.
Due to my build using many dashes, I always pick the "faction" relic b [..]
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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, October 9, 2015
Before you say "aw god not that again" think about it.
Pockethealers, People playing with "friends", People going in with "friends" at specific times when they know they [..]
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1:32 pm, October 3, 2015
///// BACKGROUND INFO / Please skip to the section titled: ''BUILD QUESTIONS'' if not interested :) /////
Greetings!
I am actually a veteran/lifetimer of this game (bought it back when it was released [..]
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12:32 am, September 29, 2015
What the hell is equal footing and why should you care about it?
The equal footing buff (EFB in short) is a buff that is applied to you whenever joining a PvP minigame. Its purpose is to raise your s [..]
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1:32 pm, September 22, 2015
so i used to be a fusang player. i literally only played tsw for fusang because i loved it so much and i do still log in alot.
however since it is always empty and there is no one to fight or it is a [..]
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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 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 12, 2015
Hi all,
After building Maverick>Paladin I decided to explore Penetration and Afflicted, so I made this build. There's probably a lot of stuff wrong with it, so if you've got some pointers to sh [..]
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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 10, 2015
This is the concept I've started working towards for my first build. Since I'm new to the game, I'd like opinions from people who have more familiarity with the mechanics of the game.
Actives:
Blade [..]
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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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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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1:32 pm, August 25, 2015
Now with the daily/weekly PvP challenges, I'm sure many of us that haven't or don't regularly PvP will be doing so. So I had a couple or so questions about Stonehenge.
My understanding it's a 5 v 5 [..]
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1:32 pm, August 24, 2015
Hello, Builds & Decks
I was dared into producing numbers to support my assertions on hate in the age of the Orochi tower, as threads and posts by Yokai, Bluedot et al. are apparently not auth [..]
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1:32 pm, August 21, 2015
I've not played yet but from the sound of it the Underdog mission is only obtainable through the Cust. It should be available through the Faction base too as people will camp the cust and prevent us f [..]
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12:32 am, August 21, 2015
"Damage reflection effects, such as Exquisite Corpse will now only prevent an amount of damage up to the limit of the barrier's size. For example, an attack which deals 1000 damage to a reflectio [..]
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1:32 pm, August 19, 2015
According to how i understand it, the effect of Major Talisman Signets will be lost in EF adjustments for the forseeable future. So Violence, Vigor, and Amelioration will Play no role in PvP builds, w [..]
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1:32 pm, August 10, 2015
I was under the impression it buffed everything, incoming, outgoing, self or not, but was told that's not the case.
Question...I'm a tank with contortionist, will the heals coming from a healer be 10 [..]
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12:32 am, August 6, 2015
Players create alts for one reason or another. I'm curious as to how many have done so to PvP. You needn't post your alts' names or factions if you reply as I understand there are those who create alt [..]
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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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12:32 am, July 18, 2015
Hello everyone!
I am a new player to TSW and to the MMORPG world so this is a new experience for me. I am looking for help with a solo build to **** Freddy Beaumont. I like to use I'm still trying to [..]
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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 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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12:32 am, June 22, 2015
Multi-hit builders are a staple of the proc builds using Thunderstruck as an elite passive.
Safety Off, because of its cast time and when the actual hits occur, does not do well in conjunction with i [..]
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12:32 am, June 21, 2015
Can someone explain to me in which circumstances we still take damage while under the effect of Last Resort? If cleanses would remove that effect, movement should be possible straight away and not to [..]
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1:32 pm, June 19, 2015
Haven't purchased it myself, yet. My understanding is that the bike also provides sprints V and VI.
Why would someone use Sprint V if they are also provided Sprint VI simultaneously?
Also, is the [..]
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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 12, 2015
While I understand right off the bat many people will disagree with me on this, let me try to explain my reasoning. Currently there are quite a few high end PVP dps, from ALL factions, who instead of [..]
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12:32 am, June 11, 2015
I'm starting a new thread since mattman1995 asked that the pro-merge petition thread not include anti-merge sentiment.
The ostensible goal for the pro-merge forces is that a merged Fusang will have a [..]
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1:32 pm, June 8, 2015
PvP players don't ask for much, and we haven't gotten much either! I understand that Issue 13 will have a PvP update, but that's not going to be for like a year, so I think merging Fusang Battleground [..]
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1:32 pm, June 7, 2015
at the moment silver streak is severely underpowered compared to the simalar hammer ability unstoppable force.
both give hinder and impair immunity for 8 seconds
however silver streak falls short on [..]
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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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12:32 am, June 5, 2015
It has come to our attention that a number of accounts linked to Steam have had their game keys for The Secret World revoked. This has resulted in those game accounts being closed for one of two reas [..]
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12:32 am, May 29, 2015
Hey folks,
I'm goofing around with hammer/assault rifle on an alt and I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to grow the build. I'm not very familiar with these weapons which is why I'm playing them. [..]
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12:32 am, May 21, 2015
There are only patterns, patterns on top of patterns, patterns that affect other patterns. Patterns hidden by patterns. Patterns within patterns.
If you watch close, history does nothing but repeat i [..]
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1:32 pm, May 13, 2015
I started out with Blood/Ele years ago back before it was popular. Back then, procs really sucked. Since coming back, I've found out they've been buffed to be able to crit and penetrate, leading to th [..]
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1:32 pm, May 6, 2015
Hey, everyone. After spending the last couple hours reinstalling the game on my new PC and reacquiring my mods, I'm back to playing after a year and a half absence. I haven't had a chance to go throug [..]
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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 21, 2015
I noticed some text in the 1.11 patch notes regarding changes to elites to make them more useful. I remember a number of elites that I considered underpowered for a 50AP ability. That said the notes a [..]
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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 9, 2015
Hi all
Some of you may remember that I said last year that I couldn't see myself ever doing PvP. I'm just not wired that way. Some of you will have noticed that I've ended up in Fusang recently too. D [..]
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